:: On sail ::

Monday, July 31, 2006

Orin's hospitality usually includes a nautical component, and so it did again this weekend as he took a group out for a sail around New York harbor in perfect weather. Staten Island ferry, eat your heart out.

The event gave me an excuse to bust out my new Reno 911-style sunglasses (not pictured) that I received as part of my LASIK package (probably worth $5 on the open market, but complements of the establishment to patients... if you exclude the thousands of dollars spent on the procedure).

Fun fact: when designing the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, "due to the height of the towers (690') and their distance apart (4260'), the curvature of the earth's surface had to be taken into account."

Fun fact #2: the lyrics to "Come Sail Away" by Styx are some of the worst in musical history.

Posted by morland @ 11:07 AM

:: Comments ::

Title? Come on.

Posted by: on August 1, 2006 12:43 AM

Not worse than Peaches by the Presidents of the United States.
Why do you and Dr. Glasses insist on not using Flickr like normal people? It's upsetting.

Posted by: choistein on August 2, 2006 02:33 PM

i always thought that morland was too cool for school on the using flickr thing. but then i found out that he still wears headgear (only at night), and i instantly felt better.

Posted by: a superhero by night on August 5, 2006 02:18 AM

Are you telling us that "Sailing Away" has the worst lyrics of any Styx song? I may need to disagree with that notion...I will conduct further research upon the matter and follow up with a report. That is awesome that Orland wears head gear; and explains why he needs to keep his hair so nicely trimmed.

Posted by: Noga on August 9, 2006 06:32 AM

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