The More Things Change ...

Many of us are only in our comfort zones when things stay the same.  We are happy to report that, contrary to what you may have heard, things are as they were.

Take cruise ships for instance.  Please.  Take all of them and just sink them to save the cruise lines the trouble.

Just the other day the Royal Caribbean Grandeur of the Seas caught fire while on a cruise to the Bahamas.  Because the damage was so extensive, the cruise could not continue and the passengers were flown back to Baltimore from whence they came.  We can understand people fleeing from Maryland, but seriously people, on a cruise ship?  You would have been better off trying to get out by tying helium balloons to your bodies.

Sea Saw

We were seriously not going to mention last week's Antarctic cruise ship misadventure wherein The Clelia II battled thirty foot swells and a wave broke the bridge window. Apparently the passengers (obviously with too much time and money on their hands) just had a riotous good time during their little adventure and one they won't soon forget. They'll be regaling others at their country clubs for years to come!

But then we hear about another cruising bruising just yesterday and well ... we can't let that go ...

The Brilliance of the Seas was cruising the Mediterranean and (stop me if you've heard this) hit some heavy weather. Some passengers suffered broken bones as they bounced around. Yes, it's a Royal Caribbean cruise ship.

Was the Mediterranean angry that a cruise line named for another sea was in its water?

Once more, people. Ships are for fleeing to lands without religious persecution or famine. They're not for joyriding.