I would rather blow torch my nipples off then work in a bank ….but it looks like they may have got their act together…..so yippee for that and now, hopefully, we can start leading normal lives again and start worrying about SARS, Bird Flu, North Korea, Iran, whether to cruise on the Carnival Spirit to Alaska or the newly renovated Carnival Fantasy…..oh yes……and hemorrhoids………one should always worry about those nasty little buggers.

However, it is good news with the markets closing way up and my Carnival shares looking as healthy as Cameron Diaz in a string bikini holding a sign saying “Wanted: Cuddly cruise director for fun, friendship and occasional rumpy pumpy.”

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