Red Sea, Pirates, and more.

Pirates!

25-foot seas, 30-mph winds and we are out of cooking fuel. What was I doing, here in the middle of the Arabian Sea with three strangers, being chased by pirates?

Living on the edge and living a dream.

For me, the camel’s back broke in December 1999. No more office job! I quit my job and got on the Internet. I found someone who needed crew for the next leg of his trip from Muscat, Oman to the Mediterranean. Oman is on the Southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. After travelling 21 hours, making two connections including a strange, 15-minute stop in Saudi Arabia, I really hoped that there was a boat at the end of the flight.

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The Day A Dingo Stole My What?

                                                    

It was Feb 6, 1991.  I was well into my around the world backpacking trip.  I had just come from a long stop in Byron Bay, one of the highlights of my whole trip (they are all highlights). Having seen most of Australia by this point, it was time to check out the world’s largest sand island, Fraser Island.

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I arrived in Hervey Bay at 6pm and immediately made new friends about to embark on an adventure to Fraser Island the next day.

Our international group was made up of Alison (UK), Debbie (Can), Mark and Wayne (UK) and 2 Swedish girls named Maria and Urika.  We just called them Ingrid and Helga or “The Hurdy Gurdy Girls”. (as in The Swedish Chef and not Donovan).

 We provisioned with steak, veggies, spaghetti and 5 crates of beer for two nights.  Just the essentials really.

We picked up our Toyota 4x4  outfitted with all the camping gear and food we would need for a couple of days along with tide charts.

The Day I Almost Met The Next President Of The U.S

Between 2002 and 2007 I was a sales rep for Eon Decking, an alternative decking product.  My territory was much of the United States and I was on a plane every other week for 5 years.  It was a great experience and full of memorable moments.

Normally I would touch down and work in one particular area and fly home from there.  One week I had to go from the Northeast over to Illinois to check on some new customers.

It was a regional flight and had me go from DC to Chicago.

It was not a full flight at all and when I got to the baggage claim, there were only about 10 people in the area. Eventually it was just me and a family of four waiting.

There was some delay in getting our bags and that was when I noticed a striking figure with his back to me reading a paper.

The Day I Met Carly Simon

It was 1987. I was working at CHFI 98.1 in Toronto and was a technical producer on a few shows there.  One day I was told that Carly Simon was coming in and that

they were going to interview her in my studio. Paul Fisher was the Program Director and would be the lucky one to interview Carly. She was promoting her 14th album, Coming Around Again.

After getting the room set up and making sure and double sure

that I had enough ‘clean’ ¼ inch tape to record at least an hour and a backup just in case it went on longer, I waited leaning on the studio door to prop it open.