I think I was totally worn out. Went to bed last night before 8:30 p.m. and didn’t wake up until 8:45 a.m. today!!!
Of course, if it’s a sea day, it’s a bridge lesson day!!! So, that was fun and learned some more.
The most interesting part of the day was the new speaker on board and his talk on Forensic DNA. George “Woody” Clarke is a Judge of the Superior Court for the county of San Diego. His schooling is law and he was an attorney who specialized in introducing into court scientific evidence, particularly DNA testing results. He will be speaking a couple of more times about this issue. Today was an introduction and explanation of how and why DNA is used in court cases. It was really interesting, especially in the fact that in 1995, he presented DNA evidence to the jury in the prosecution of O.J. Simpson. After his talk, he answered some questions from the audience. The first question . . . you guessed it . . . was there enough evidence to prove O.J. was guilty? He didn’t answer with a yes or no – but did say basically in a bit of a round about way that he was guilty.
For lunch, the ship had a fruit and coconut buffet in the Lido. They had coconuts prepared so you could drink the milk out of them (I have tasted that before, and without the pina colada extras, I wasn’t much interested!) as well as some exotic fruits from this part of the world. My favorite was the dragon fruit because of the way it looked both on the outside and inside. It was also pretty tasty!
You eat the white with the little black seeds that are kinda crunchy like a nut rather than like a seed in a berry. Wish we could get these in Sarasota!
Enjoyed the afternoon reading on deck – then dinner – and now getting ready for another early bed time.
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