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Project Insomnia

Project Insomnia is many things, but in this context it is simply a "braindump" of whatever I happen to be thinking/reading/watching/doing at the moment. Parental guidance suggested.

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Fortune Red has this to say:

Ye lives easy and denies yerself o' nothin' yer heart desires. Sleep soft and eat dainty, as the sayin' goes. Aye! but 'twarn't brought on by sheer luck. Nay, matey, 'tis yer clever ways that has kept yer cruise in the bravest spirits... like the enchanted cruise what sails 'round the Small World in the Magic Kingdom. Caution, matey, there be indolent swaps bent on settin' ye on a course charted on speculation and gaming. Avoid them as ye would the fever. Mark well me words: Chance be like a glass, it glitters most when it breaks.
© The Walt Disney Company

I'll grant that things have gotten rather "easier" in the past several years, but I don't agree with "denies yerself o' nothin'". It's true that this hasn't been sheer luck, though luck has played a part. I'm more interested in the fortune portion: who could these "indolent swabs" be, and what course of "speculation and gaming" could they be charting? I suppose it could be a reference to our upcoming May cruise, and specifically the onboard casino. If that's the case, no worries; I know exactly how bad of a gambler I am, and make it a point to avoid shipboard (and all other) casinos.
|| Andrew, 9:52 AM || ||

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