Need printable bible trivia for a party or another occasion? Here are some bible related trivia questions with the answers. You can print them out, and use a black felt pen to cover the answers. Presto! Free printable bible trivia quizzes!
How much time did Jonah spend in the belly of the whale?A: Three days and three nights.
Why did a Bible published in London in 1632 become known as the Wicked Bible?A: Because "not" was missing from the seventh commandment, making it "Thou shalt commit adultery."
The name of God is not mentioned in only one book of the Bible. Which one?A: The Book of Esther.
What kind of wood was used to make Noah's Ark?A: Gopher wood, according to Genesis 6:14.
Who was the only Englishman to become Pope?A: Nicholas Breakspear, who was Adrian IV from 1154 to 1159.
For what event in February 1964 did evangelist Billy Graham break his strict rule against watching TV on Sunday?A: The Beatles' first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
According to the Bible, what substance was used to calulk Noah's ark and to seal the basket in which the infant Moses was set adrift on the Nile?A: Pitch, or natural asphalt.
How old was Moses when he died?A: He was 120 years old, according to the Bible (Deuteronomy 34:7).
How tall was Goliath, the Philistine giant slain by David with a stone hurled from a sling?A: "Six cubits and a span,"
What biblical Babylonian king cast Daniel into the lion's den for praying to God in defiance of a royal decree?A: Darius the Mede (Book of Daniel, Chapter6).
What is the longest name in the Bible?A: Mahershalalbashbaz, which is also written Maher-shalal-hash-baz. (Isaiah 8:1).
In the Bible, which of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse rides a red horse?A: War (Book of Revelation).
How many books of the Bible are named for women?A: Two - Ruth and Esther.
What language is Jesus believed to have spoken?A: Aramaic -- an ancient language in use on the north Arabian Peninsula at the time of Christ. A modern version of the language is spoken today in Syria and among Assyrians in Azerbaijan.
In the Bible, for what "price" did Esau sell his birthright to his younger twin brother, Jacob?A: Pottage of lentils (Genesis 25:29-34).
What did the lords of the philistines offer Delilah for revealing the secret of Samson's strength?A: They promised the sum of 1,100 pieces of silver each, according to the Bible (Judges 16:5).
In the Old Testament, who was Jezebel's husband?A: Ahab, King of Israel (I Kings 16:28-31).
What bird is named for the apostle Peter?A: The petrel, from a diminutive form of Petrus, or "Peter," in Latin.
What was the first town in the United States to be given a biblical name? Hint: Its name is the most common biblical place name in the country.A: Salem, Massachusetts. Salem is the shortened form of Jerusalem, which means "the city of peace" in Hebrew.
In the Bible, who did the sun and moon stand still before?A: Joshua.
Who is the only woman whose age is mentioned in the Bible?A: Sarah.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Friday, December 19, 2008
The Hindu God Ganesha -- Remover of All Obstacles
Here is a guest article written by my brother John for his website: Stock Photos and Funny Pictures
Hindu Gods – The Story of Ganesha
Hindu Gods – The Story of Ganesha
The Hindu Symbols of Ganesha
Ganesha, or Ganesh,
is perhaps the most beloved of Hindu Gods…and with little wonder as he
is the God of Prosperity, The Remover of All Obstacles (Avighna), the
Lord of all Gods (Ganapati), and the Bestower of Success (Siddhivinayaka).
He is the son of Shiva and Pavrati. Lord Ganesha actually has many other
names as well, but these will suffice for now. Ganesha is portrayed with
multiple arms and hands. It is, in fact, taboo to show him with only two
arms. In most illustrations Ganesha has four arms but can also be
portrayed with up to sixteen or even twenty. His arms hands and arms
are held in symbolic gesture or they are holding symbolic items. Some of
the objects are also placed at his feet. The sacred -elements range from
fruit and flowers to tools and weapons and have primarily a spiritual
significance. Different sources, however, do have varying
interpretations of the symbolic meanings…the ones I have chosen here are
the most often referred to. We will save the myriad of fascinating
stories of Ganesha for another chapter.
The Symbolic Weapons
Lets start with the
Weapons of the God of prosperity. Ganesha is almost always portrayed
with an ax or Mahaparashu. The ax is symbolic primarily for cutting the
bonds of attachment…though some interpretations have it that the ax is a
symbol of protection for his devotees. The axes can range from a
battle-axe, to a “large” axe to a pick ax (in the case of the pick ax it
also refers to Ganesha’s ability to “pick away” at the foibles and
misconceptions of his worshipers. Sometimes Ganesha is portrayed with a
sword, which can again be symbolic of both cutting away attachments and
also of protection for his devotees. The trident or Trishula that he
is sometimes pictured with refers to the three spiritual weapons of
Love, Wisdom and Action. Sometimes Ganesha wields a dagger, a chhuri,
the razor’s edge of which signifies the narrow path that must be walked
to achieve higher spirituality. A Mace, or Gada, is indicative of
Ganesha’s decisiveness and discipline as he continuously pushes his
devotees in the spiritual quest until completion. At times the Lord
Ganesha is seen holding a Vajratrishula or lightning bolt. The
lightning bolt symbolizes spirit over mind and mind over matter.
Another of Ganesha’s “spiritual weapons” is the Chakra or discus. The
discus represents the sun and the mind and is thusly a powerful weapon.
The noose, or Pasha, is yet another of Ganesha’s weapons…this one used
to pull “wandering” devotees closer to spirituality.
The Symbolic Tools
Tools are another
category of symbolic objects in Ganesha’s possession. The goad or
Ankusha, is used to prod those who tary on the path to spirituality.
Loving Ganesha often carries a Kamandalu, water vessel, and a symbol of
fullness and of meeting the needs of others. A Mudgara is a hammer to
represent his role as the Patron of Arts and Crafts…protector of all who
build and construct for the good of others. Ganesha is sometimes seen
holding his own broken tusk, which he uses, as a pen to write scriptures
with as Vyasa dictates them. He teaches us that we must finish what we
start…and that sacrifice is necessary in the persuit of learning and
higher spirituality. Ganesha has been known to use a bow of sugar cane,
an Ikshukarmuka that he uses to shoot benevolent arrows of living
thoughts. He uses a Vina, an Indian Lute, demonstrating that Ganesha is
sound, he is everything. He teaches us to listen within. Ganesha
carries a stick, a Danda, a symbol of his authority and a warning not to
resist dharma. A fly-whisk, or Chamara, is used by the Loving Lord
Ganesha to fan memories of the past from the minds of his followers and
help them reside in the present. Often Ganesha has Shastra or scripture
at his feet…he is a student of life and writes and comments on our
existence.
The Symbolic Fruit
Also at Ganesha’s
feet one can often find a basket of fruit or Phala. The fruit represents
the world at our feet…there for our asking. The Amra, or mango,
represents spiritual fruition. A mouse, or Mushika, is always shown at
his feet representing his ability to get into the smallest corner and
openings of the mind…and to represent desire that we must control.
Ganesha’s humility is demonstrated by the fact that the diminutive mouse
often carries him on his spiritual journeys. Powerful and loving Ganesha
is still a gentle vegetarian seen with a pomegranate, the seeds of which
are red, like meat and blood, but are still sweet and good.
In his hand he holds
Modaka, sweet rice balls, symbolic of the ultimate sweetness…that of
enlightenment. A coconut is used to show the ego which has a hard
outer-shell and is sweet and soft inside. The Lotus blossom (Padma) in
Ganesha’s hand symbolizes spiritual awakening as the blossom rises up in
beauty from the foul swamp waters.
The Symbolic Body
His upright hand
shows His compassion for and protection of his devotees and is often
portrayed with the symbol Aum, the cosmic sound that represents the
oneness of all. His trunk represents discernment, which is necessary to
successfully negotiate the path of spirituality. Ganesha’s large belly,
Lambodara, symbolizes his ability to peacefully digest all is good and
bad in life. A snake, or Naga, is often shown on Ganesha’s shoulder
indicative of Kundalini energy rising.
Ganesha is a
powerful and loving God rich in colorful stories and symbolism. He is a
figure that we can all use to remind of the more noble paths that we
might walk.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Siggies Tags and Tubes - Who Knew?
Free Siggies, Tags and Tubes - Images and pictures you can use to make them
A “Siggy”, “Sig”, Sig Tag” or SigTag” is an image used as a signature in forums and on emails. Closely related are “Tubes” (a tube is the removal of the background, while still leaving the main subject of the artwork intact). There is an entire culture based around the creation and use of siggies, tags and tubes.
Countless people exercise their creativity creating miniature works of art (or maybe I should say modifying the art of others) while creating and maintaining communities of like-minded people. I first became aware of siggies, tags and tubes when I began to be approached by a series of people, mostly “moderators”, of groups devoted to creating and helping others learn to create these uniquely internet art forms.
Siggies, Tags and Tubes seem to be closely related to Incredimail and to a lot of people using Paint Shop Pro. Apparently a lot of PSP Tutorials are aimed at making these e-mail stationery and forum signatures.
Quite often the creators of these diminutive art pieces begin with work from another artist and then add their own twist. Sometimes the art will be stripped out from its background (a tube) or even animated. There is increasing scrutiny on such groups for the abuse of copyright. Siggy forums and groups are responding by requesting permission from artists before using their artwork. They usually ask the artist to grant permission in the form of an email and supply a set of Artists Terms and Conditions.
Those of you interested in using my work for signature tags and or tubes can do so for free as long as you:
Include my copyright notice (©johnlund.com)
Only use the work for non-commercial projects
Provide a link to my site.
URL: http://www.johnlund.com
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A “Siggy”, “Sig”, Sig Tag” or SigTag” is an image used as a signature in forums and on emails. Closely related are “Tubes” (a tube is the removal of the background, while still leaving the main subject of the artwork intact). There is an entire culture based around the creation and use of siggies, tags and tubes.
Countless people exercise their creativity creating miniature works of art (or maybe I should say modifying the art of others) while creating and maintaining communities of like-minded people. I first became aware of siggies, tags and tubes when I began to be approached by a series of people, mostly “moderators”, of groups devoted to creating and helping others learn to create these uniquely internet art forms.
Siggies, Tags and Tubes seem to be closely related to Incredimail and to a lot of people using Paint Shop Pro. Apparently a lot of PSP Tutorials are aimed at making these e-mail stationery and forum signatures.
Quite often the creators of these diminutive art pieces begin with work from another artist and then add their own twist. Sometimes the art will be stripped out from its background (a tube) or even animated. There is increasing scrutiny on such groups for the abuse of copyright. Siggy forums and groups are responding by requesting permission from artists before using their artwork. They usually ask the artist to grant permission in the form of an email and supply a set of Artists Terms and Conditions.
Those of you interested in using my work for signature tags and or tubes can do so for free as long as you:
Include my copyright notice (©johnlund.com)
Only use the work for non-commercial projects
Provide a link to my site.
URL: http://www.johnlund.com
Link suggestions:
Funny Animal and Stock Photos
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Stock Photos and Funny Pics Creative stock photos and funny pictures of animals in all kinds of funny poses and situations.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Stock Photo and Funny Picture website optimization
Well, it's time to post again.
I'm redoing by brother's photography website. I'ts been a flash site since 03. His site is about stock photos and funny pictures of animals doing really wild and crazy stuff. His stock photos run the gammut from concept stock photography to his "animal antics" greeting card line.
His site: Stock Photos and funny animal photos
We've set up his new site with links to cafepress where you can purchase merchandise with his images printed on them, or to ImageKind where you can purchase a fine art print.
We've optimized everything, and we are working to get at least 100 pages with 500-1,000 words of text on each page. That should be enough to really impress the likes of Google and the other engines.
We are also working at getting links. The links will probably be the hardest part. Links are however, very important so we are going to reall work at it. Only sites related to photography or another part of John's site will be considered. We want high quality links.
It's been about three weeks since we took John's site live for the first week or so the only visitors from search engines were searches using combinations of the keywords "john lund" "john lund photography" "lund photography", etc.
It's already picking up significantly, especially with long-tailed keywords.
Here are the keyword phrases used by searchers who ended up on his site yesterday:
Rank Phrase - Visits
1 John Lund - 7
2 Lund - 2
3 john lund photographer - 2
4 dragon pics image - 1
5 "funny photos for john" - 1
6 funny and wild pics of animals - 1
7 john lund artist - 1
8 funnyanimals images - 1
9 funny pictures of puppies - 1
10 perfect Dragon pics - 1
11 adobe photoshop lightning bolt brushes - 1
12 fire breathing dragons pictures - 1
13 breathing dragon pics - 1
14 picture + fire breathing dragon - 1
15 dragon picture printable - 1
16 animal antics artist - 1
17 pictures of animals working together - 1
18 PICTURES OF FUNNY DOGS AND KITTIES - 1
19 lights strikes photoshop - 1
20 pictures of animals doing things - 1
21 funny photo - 1
22 pictures of fire breathing dragons - 1
23 funny animal pictures/teamwork - 1
24 photos printed on merchandise - 1
25 johnlund - 1
26 how to make devil with photoshop - 1
27 picture prints funny - 1
28 funny animal photos - 1
29 dragon fire picture - 1
30 Printable dragon pictures - 1
31 can elephant play and laugh? - 1
32 funny facts about elephants -1
This list should become prohibitively long very soon. As we keep adding pages and links the ranking should move up steadily. Right now those searchers are finding John's site on page 6-7 or even page 12 on the search engine results pages.
Just wait til he starts getting on the 1st page of results in Google. Hang onto you hat.
Thats all for today.
Bill
I'm redoing by brother's photography website. I'ts been a flash site since 03. His site is about stock photos and funny pictures of animals doing really wild and crazy stuff. His stock photos run the gammut from concept stock photography to his "animal antics" greeting card line.
His site: Stock Photos and funny animal photos
We've set up his new site with links to cafepress where you can purchase merchandise with his images printed on them, or to ImageKind where you can purchase a fine art print.
We've optimized everything, and we are working to get at least 100 pages with 500-1,000 words of text on each page. That should be enough to really impress the likes of Google and the other engines.
We are also working at getting links. The links will probably be the hardest part. Links are however, very important so we are going to reall work at it. Only sites related to photography or another part of John's site will be considered. We want high quality links.
It's been about three weeks since we took John's site live for the first week or so the only visitors from search engines were searches using combinations of the keywords "john lund" "john lund photography" "lund photography", etc.
It's already picking up significantly, especially with long-tailed keywords.
Here are the keyword phrases used by searchers who ended up on his site yesterday:
Rank Phrase - Visits
1 John Lund - 7
2 Lund - 2
3 john lund photographer - 2
4 dragon pics image - 1
5 "funny photos for john" - 1
6 funny and wild pics of animals - 1
7 john lund artist - 1
8 funnyanimals images - 1
9 funny pictures of puppies - 1
10 perfect Dragon pics - 1
11 adobe photoshop lightning bolt brushes - 1
12 fire breathing dragons pictures - 1
13 breathing dragon pics - 1
14 picture + fire breathing dragon - 1
15 dragon picture printable - 1
16 animal antics artist - 1
17 pictures of animals working together - 1
18 PICTURES OF FUNNY DOGS AND KITTIES - 1
19 lights strikes photoshop - 1
20 pictures of animals doing things - 1
21 funny photo - 1
22 pictures of fire breathing dragons - 1
23 funny animal pictures/teamwork - 1
24 photos printed on merchandise - 1
25 johnlund - 1
26 how to make devil with photoshop - 1
27 picture prints funny - 1
28 funny animal photos - 1
29 dragon fire picture - 1
30 Printable dragon pictures - 1
31 can elephant play and laugh? - 1
32 funny facts about elephants -1
This list should become prohibitively long very soon. As we keep adding pages and links the ranking should move up steadily. Right now those searchers are finding John's site on page 6-7 or even page 12 on the search engine results pages.
Just wait til he starts getting on the 1st page of results in Google. Hang onto you hat.
Thats all for today.
Bill
Monday, September 22, 2008
Experience the Benefits of Fast Hot Water!
There are numerous benefits to fast hot water such as saving water, saving time, saving money and being more environmentally friendly. It could even mean cleaner dishes from your dishwasher.
If you live in a small apartment, then fast hot water probably isn’t much of a concern for you. You probably get your hot water fast since you either have a short distance from the water heater to the fixture, or your apartment has a hot water circulating system. But if you live in a rambling ranch home with the water heater on one end of the house, and the master bath on the other end, then you know you waste a whole lot of water waiting for the hot water to reach you.
You can get faster hot water and get it without running any water down the drain with a Chilipepper hot water demand system. The Chilipepper hot water demand system is an inexpensive easy-to-install pump that mounts under your sink, and delivers your hot water to you fast, without running any water down the drain. Studies have indicated that a typical family of four can save up to 15,000 gallons of water per year with a demand type hot water system like the Chilipepper.
When you want hot water, you press a button and the Chilipepper pumps the hot water from your water heater to your fixture at high speed. When hot water reaches the fixture, the pump shuts off. When the pump shuts off you turn on the tap and you have instant hot water. The cooled off hot water in the hot water piping gets pumped through the cold water line back to the water heater inlet. No hot water ends up in the cold water line.
You get your hot water faster, and you don’t run any water down the drain. If you are one of those people who turn on the hot water, and then do something else while you wait for the hot water, and you come back to find that there is hot water running down the drain, then you can save a ton of energy too.
According to dishwasher manufacturers, the number one reason for dishwashers to not get dishes clean is that the water isn’t hot enough to dissolve the soap completely. Run the Chilipepper when you start the dishwasher and make sure the dishwasher gets hot water for really clean dishes.
If you have a tankless water heater you are saving energy, but wasting water. Tankless water heaters take longer to get you hot water since they have to heat it as well as just send it like a tank type water heater. So it takes longer, and you run more water down the drain waiting. But don’t worry, the Chilipepper works with any tankless water heater, in fact, it works with any kind of water heater including solar.
The Chilipepper is a green product, as it saves a lot of water and in many cases energy too. The pump typically costs less than $2.00 per year in electricity to operate. Saving water reduces the amount of energy needed to pump and treat it. This reduces the amount of greenhouse gas and other pollutants being released into the atmosphere. Check with your local water company, as some water companies are offering rebates of up to $200.00 on demand type hot water pumps like the Chilipepper. The Chilipepper sells for about $180.00 on the Chilipepper web site.
If you live in a small apartment, then fast hot water probably isn’t much of a concern for you. You probably get your hot water fast since you either have a short distance from the water heater to the fixture, or your apartment has a hot water circulating system. But if you live in a rambling ranch home with the water heater on one end of the house, and the master bath on the other end, then you know you waste a whole lot of water waiting for the hot water to reach you.
You can get faster hot water and get it without running any water down the drain with a Chilipepper hot water demand system. The Chilipepper hot water demand system is an inexpensive easy-to-install pump that mounts under your sink, and delivers your hot water to you fast, without running any water down the drain. Studies have indicated that a typical family of four can save up to 15,000 gallons of water per year with a demand type hot water system like the Chilipepper.
When you want hot water, you press a button and the Chilipepper pumps the hot water from your water heater to your fixture at high speed. When hot water reaches the fixture, the pump shuts off. When the pump shuts off you turn on the tap and you have instant hot water. The cooled off hot water in the hot water piping gets pumped through the cold water line back to the water heater inlet. No hot water ends up in the cold water line.
You get your hot water faster, and you don’t run any water down the drain. If you are one of those people who turn on the hot water, and then do something else while you wait for the hot water, and you come back to find that there is hot water running down the drain, then you can save a ton of energy too.
According to dishwasher manufacturers, the number one reason for dishwashers to not get dishes clean is that the water isn’t hot enough to dissolve the soap completely. Run the Chilipepper when you start the dishwasher and make sure the dishwasher gets hot water for really clean dishes.
If you have a tankless water heater you are saving energy, but wasting water. Tankless water heaters take longer to get you hot water since they have to heat it as well as just send it like a tank type water heater. So it takes longer, and you run more water down the drain waiting. But don’t worry, the Chilipepper works with any tankless water heater, in fact, it works with any kind of water heater including solar.
The Chilipepper is a green product, as it saves a lot of water and in many cases energy too. The pump typically costs less than $2.00 per year in electricity to operate. Saving water reduces the amount of energy needed to pump and treat it. This reduces the amount of greenhouse gas and other pollutants being released into the atmosphere. Check with your local water company, as some water companies are offering rebates of up to $200.00 on demand type hot water pumps like the Chilipepper. The Chilipepper sells for about $180.00 on the Chilipepper web site.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Making Money Online with Naa, PPP, GetAudioAds, 5 Second Audio Ads.
It’s been a long rocky road, but I think I see light at the end of the tunnel. NetAudioAds, or GetAudioAds, or 5 second audio ads, or whatever they are calling themselves is finally starting to play ads on a consistent basis. It’s only a trickle right now, but I think it’s going to keep growing until it is huge.
If you don’t know what I am talking about, it’s a new advertising program that plays a 5 second audio ad when a visitor lands on your web page. When the ad plays you get paid. The ads are contextual like Adsense ads, and have all kinds of unique features. You place a small snippet of code on your webpage or blog, and wait for the checks to arrive. This presumes your web site actually has visitors.
The code doesn’t take up any room on your page, doesn’t affect your adsense or other programs if you have any, and only one ad every three minutes can be played to any one visitor. One 5 second ad every three minutes doesn’t bother visitors enough to make them leave your site…that has been studied and tested for the last couple of years. Lots more information about those ads on my website Lundone.com
So put the code on your pages, and be patient. Eventually the checks will begin arriving, and if not, no harm done.
Recently one of the principals of the business has been visiting the PPP NetAudioAds help forum and providing some answers to the questions that we publishers have been clamoring for. It seems that the big problem is a lack of advertisers willing to be the first to try out this new medium. However, we are being told that some very big advertisers are coming on board, and are in various stages of the process. The ads from these big advertisers should be starting soon.
I’ll keep posting things as I learn them.
If you don’t know what I am talking about, it’s a new advertising program that plays a 5 second audio ad when a visitor lands on your web page. When the ad plays you get paid. The ads are contextual like Adsense ads, and have all kinds of unique features. You place a small snippet of code on your webpage or blog, and wait for the checks to arrive. This presumes your web site actually has visitors.
The code doesn’t take up any room on your page, doesn’t affect your adsense or other programs if you have any, and only one ad every three minutes can be played to any one visitor. One 5 second ad every three minutes doesn’t bother visitors enough to make them leave your site…that has been studied and tested for the last couple of years. Lots more information about those ads on my website Lundone.com
So put the code on your pages, and be patient. Eventually the checks will begin arriving, and if not, no harm done.
Recently one of the principals of the business has been visiting the PPP NetAudioAds help forum and providing some answers to the questions that we publishers have been clamoring for. It seems that the big problem is a lack of advertisers willing to be the first to try out this new medium. However, we are being told that some very big advertisers are coming on board, and are in various stages of the process. The ads from these big advertisers should be starting soon.
I’ll keep posting things as I learn them.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
My Wife is At It Again – This Time a Cruise to Acapulco
It started out as a simple week long cruise to Alaska. My wife and I are avid cruisers…well my wife is and she drags me along. It may appear as though I am enjoying myself, but really I just want to get back to work. My wife lets me work pretty much all the time, so I want her to enjoy the cruise. For her to enjoy the cruise she has to think I am having fun too, so that’s why I pretend to enjoy myself.
Anyway, back to the Alaskan cruise…some people we met on a cruise were going to go, and so we were going to go along as well. It’s always fun to cruise with people you’ve met before…assuming you like them of course. A couple of cruises back we went on a cruise to the Caribbean where a large number of people had been yakking at each other on the Cruise Critics message board for almost a year. People all going on the Caribbean cruise of course. It turned out to be a fantastic cruise. We had so much fun with this huge group of people. We referred to it as 62 best friends meeting for the first time. We had some group party’s and a couple of blow-up dolls as mascots and we even had a Pirate theme. It made the whole cruise far more fun. Well for Kathy it was a lot of fun, I was just pretending of course. There are a lot of pictures of the cruise, the group, and even the mascots at my cruisesrfun website.
But I digress…back to the Alaskan cruise. Well, it turned out that a whole bunch of those folks that went on that Caribbean cruise decided to do another cruise together, this time to Acapulco Mexico. The next thing I knew our Alaskan cruise had become our Acapulco cruise. I much prefer hot weather to warm and warm to cold, so I had not been looking forward to the Alaskan cruise, but a cruise to sunny Mexico would be another story. Er uh at least it would be easier to pretend to enjoy the cruise.
One of the nifty things about this cruise is it stops at Zihuatanejo, which is where my step son and his wife got married on the beach. Actually, the beach was called La Playa Ropa, and the wedding was at a restaurant called La Perla. Well…we thought why not invite our son and his wife and his sister and her husband to go along too. They are great fun and our son’s wife is Mexican and speaks fluent Spanish…it makes her very handy when in Mexico.
This cruise to Acapulco is at the end of October. We will be on the ship for Halloween. You know what that means. It means that there will be a mandatory costume party. At least it will be mandatory for anyone married to my wife. Jeeze. UPS has been making stops at my house several times a week lately bringing things like big fancy ear rings and costumes, and dresses…lots of dresses. My wife Kathy really likes to dress up on these cruises. I pretend I don’t mind donning my tuxedo a couple of times each cruise. Apparently I will also be getting dressed up as a Mexican Bandito…with bandoliers holding shot glasses instead of bullets, and holsters that hold tequila bottles. Kathy is going to go as “Miss Piggy” dressed as “Big Bird”. Doesn’t make sense to me either, but check out our website in early November to see for yourself.
This cruise is aboard the Carnival Spirit, and we have never cruised on Carnival. The last cruise I was on was aboard the HAL Oosterdam, a ship we’ve traveled on twice. On that cruise I had my iphone, and I could check my email and visit my favorite websites from almost anywhere on the ship. I hope that’s the case with the Spirit. As usual I will do a cruise review and post it on cruisesrfun.
Kathy has been in near constant communication with one of that group of 64, Judy, who happens to be a Travel agent. So now we’ve been moved around, up graded and God knows what else, but we apparently have the perfect state room…with a wrap-around balcony and plenty of room for that cocktail party. On this cruise our group will be around 20 people, and I know Kathy and two of her friends are planning at least one cocktail party for the entire group. A lot of the original group of 64 still chat on the boards, and of course this upcoming cruise has a message board at cruise critics site, and there is daily chatting. I never get involved in that stuff; I leave it all to Kathy.
The cruise begins in San Diego, and we will be staying overnight in the same hotel as the last time we cruised. Kathy has booked us a room where we can stand on the balcony and watch the ship dock early in the morning. Last time it was at like 5:00 a.m. or something…I don’t really understand the attraction., but I am pretty sure that at some un-Godly hour I’ll be up watch the ship pull up to the dock.
We usually build web pages about our cruise as we go, and upload them to the CruisesRfun website from the ship. This time we will be doing the same thing. I have a new digital camera that takes nice movies, and I would really like to begin incorporating videos into my website. If we can upload at a reasonable speed I’ll certainly have some cool videos posted on the site before the end of the cruise. If I am really lucky I’ll be able to get some really embarrassing footage of my children for all of their friends to view.
On this trip at least, what happens in Mexico will definitely NOT stay in Mexico. Vive la Internet!
Mr. Lund is an avid cruiser and cruise reviewer, and has a website devoted to his cruise ship vacation experiences. Cruises R Fun There you will find cruise reviews and loads of photos of his cruise vacations.
Anyway, back to the Alaskan cruise…some people we met on a cruise were going to go, and so we were going to go along as well. It’s always fun to cruise with people you’ve met before…assuming you like them of course. A couple of cruises back we went on a cruise to the Caribbean where a large number of people had been yakking at each other on the Cruise Critics message board for almost a year. People all going on the Caribbean cruise of course. It turned out to be a fantastic cruise. We had so much fun with this huge group of people. We referred to it as 62 best friends meeting for the first time. We had some group party’s and a couple of blow-up dolls as mascots and we even had a Pirate theme. It made the whole cruise far more fun. Well for Kathy it was a lot of fun, I was just pretending of course. There are a lot of pictures of the cruise, the group, and even the mascots at my cruisesrfun website.
But I digress…back to the Alaskan cruise. Well, it turned out that a whole bunch of those folks that went on that Caribbean cruise decided to do another cruise together, this time to Acapulco Mexico. The next thing I knew our Alaskan cruise had become our Acapulco cruise. I much prefer hot weather to warm and warm to cold, so I had not been looking forward to the Alaskan cruise, but a cruise to sunny Mexico would be another story. Er uh at least it would be easier to pretend to enjoy the cruise.
One of the nifty things about this cruise is it stops at Zihuatanejo, which is where my step son and his wife got married on the beach. Actually, the beach was called La Playa Ropa, and the wedding was at a restaurant called La Perla. Well…we thought why not invite our son and his wife and his sister and her husband to go along too. They are great fun and our son’s wife is Mexican and speaks fluent Spanish…it makes her very handy when in Mexico.
This cruise to Acapulco is at the end of October. We will be on the ship for Halloween. You know what that means. It means that there will be a mandatory costume party. At least it will be mandatory for anyone married to my wife. Jeeze. UPS has been making stops at my house several times a week lately bringing things like big fancy ear rings and costumes, and dresses…lots of dresses. My wife Kathy really likes to dress up on these cruises. I pretend I don’t mind donning my tuxedo a couple of times each cruise. Apparently I will also be getting dressed up as a Mexican Bandito…with bandoliers holding shot glasses instead of bullets, and holsters that hold tequila bottles. Kathy is going to go as “Miss Piggy” dressed as “Big Bird”. Doesn’t make sense to me either, but check out our website in early November to see for yourself.
This cruise is aboard the Carnival Spirit, and we have never cruised on Carnival. The last cruise I was on was aboard the HAL Oosterdam, a ship we’ve traveled on twice. On that cruise I had my iphone, and I could check my email and visit my favorite websites from almost anywhere on the ship. I hope that’s the case with the Spirit. As usual I will do a cruise review and post it on cruisesrfun.
Kathy has been in near constant communication with one of that group of 64, Judy, who happens to be a Travel agent. So now we’ve been moved around, up graded and God knows what else, but we apparently have the perfect state room…with a wrap-around balcony and plenty of room for that cocktail party. On this cruise our group will be around 20 people, and I know Kathy and two of her friends are planning at least one cocktail party for the entire group. A lot of the original group of 64 still chat on the boards, and of course this upcoming cruise has a message board at cruise critics site, and there is daily chatting. I never get involved in that stuff; I leave it all to Kathy.
The cruise begins in San Diego, and we will be staying overnight in the same hotel as the last time we cruised. Kathy has booked us a room where we can stand on the balcony and watch the ship dock early in the morning. Last time it was at like 5:00 a.m. or something…I don’t really understand the attraction., but I am pretty sure that at some un-Godly hour I’ll be up watch the ship pull up to the dock.
We usually build web pages about our cruise as we go, and upload them to the CruisesRfun website from the ship. This time we will be doing the same thing. I have a new digital camera that takes nice movies, and I would really like to begin incorporating videos into my website. If we can upload at a reasonable speed I’ll certainly have some cool videos posted on the site before the end of the cruise. If I am really lucky I’ll be able to get some really embarrassing footage of my children for all of their friends to view.
On this trip at least, what happens in Mexico will definitely NOT stay in Mexico. Vive la Internet!
Mr. Lund is an avid cruiser and cruise reviewer, and has a website devoted to his cruise ship vacation experiences. Cruises R Fun There you will find cruise reviews and loads of photos of his cruise vacations.
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