TGIF: Jacques Cousteau


Look familiar? Some of you may remember that Wes Anderson parodied this in the Life Aquatic.

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Wow. What a wonderful life!

I really enjoyed the talk this afternoon, and I will try to comment more instead of being such a lurker. It was nice meeting you, maybe next time we'll have a bit more time to talk about the fun stuff over a few beers.

Hpoe you hace a safe flight back and a good time on the beach.

Mike

By MikeG (Chris' … (not verified) on 30 Nov 2007 #permalink

Craig,
damn, I hit the wrong button (I thought the dog was peeing on the carpet, but it was the butter sizzling in the pan so there was a bit of panic).

I meant to preface that last comment with a "completely and utterly off topic" tag, as well as your name, but none of that happened. What's a guy to do? (other than spell hope and have properly)

Yikes.

By MikeG (Chris' … (not verified) on 30 Nov 2007 #permalink

On topic: Calypso was one of the few John Denver songs I ever liked, (I grew up with JD, Mom loved him.