Author Archives: GypsyShaughnessy

Hermitage – Costa Rica – [01/08/2014]

It occurred to me today that I have perhaps fifteen books in my cabin…some half-read and partially abandoned (though never totally), some not even touched, at least two or three that are brand new. Plus my audiobooks…we won’t go into … Continue reading

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A Perfectly Working Machine – At Sea – [01/06/2014]

The internet is the one thing created by humanity that humanity does not understand – Criminal Minds I am starting to believe that every time you buy a new electronic device, it should come with a mandatory registration in a … Continue reading

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Further Donations to the Blood Bank – At Sea – [01/05/2014]

There is perhaps, one day of the world cruise that remains my favourite. One day that I’m very protective of. I don’t even like sharing it with my co-librarian, though he’s a sweet person, and he seriously only wants to … Continue reading

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Prepare to Greet Our Clientele – Fort Lauderdale, Florida – [01/04/2014]

It won’t be a novelty; we mostly have seen them all before Prepare for the usual… You should be aware of what’s in store We’ve served them on the Baltic and the Oceanic, Olympic, Majestic and today’s the same there’s … Continue reading

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Return of the Gremlins – At Sea – [01/03/2014]

The last day of the cruise is always the busiest. The last day of the cruise with an entirely new internet system was something myself and my trainers and co-workers were dreading to begin with (I was joking that I … Continue reading

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World at Our Feet – At Sea – [01/02/2014]

If you don’t know you can’t pick yourself up by the scruff of the neck and hold yourself at arm’s length maybe you can – Polgara The Sorceress, David Eddings Sometimes I find it hard to believe that there was … Continue reading

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Looking Across – Grand Cayman – [01/02/2014]

It’s so surreal when one can look across the water from their current ship and see the ship they just left before the holidays. It’s like looking into a snippet of your own past. Not that I don’t seem to … Continue reading

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In Like A Lion – At Sea – [01/01/2014]

New Year’s Day has come in like a Lion, and 2013 definitely did not go out like a lamb, at least not out here. The seas were rough enough last night (and still are this morning) that everything in the … Continue reading

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Postcards from the Edge – At Sea – [12/31/2013]

Over the years, New Year’s Eve has been a great many things to me. When I was a child, and actually well into when I was a young adult, New Year’s Eve was a working night. I grew up the … Continue reading

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Suspended… – Panama Canal – [12/30/2013]

I never thought I would see the Panama Canal, let alone be sitting at my desk watching it slide past the ship for the 5th, perhaps 6th time – and that’s not me purposely name-dropping, I honestly have lost track. … Continue reading

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