03/25/04’s illustrious band:

Pier Pressure

Brought to you by Cool Hand Andrea. Andrea recently took a vacation in Mexico. For something interesting to do, she took a “be a dolphin trainer for a day” course. For eight hours, she and other participants got to hang out with dolphins, learn about their habits and habitat, and learn hand signals to cue them to do tricks.

Andrea was excited to learn a new signal, one that asked her aquatic partner to follow her as she walked down the pier, slapping his tail on the surface of the water to produce big splashes. She was so delighted with the dolphin’s response, looking back over her shoulder, that she kept walking and signaling -- right off the end of the pier. The dolphin and his friends nudged her back toward the ladder.

Even better, though, was that the event was caught on film; participants in the course were given videotapes of themselves in action at the end of the day. Andrea’s got rewound and rewatched a lot.

Despite that one gaffe, Andrea liked the program and the program team liked her. They need more English-speaking staff during the summer, so she’s going to spend a month in Mexico being a dolphin trainer. Beats working at Wall Drug!

Today around the world: March 25 is Brother-in-law-san’s birthday. Happy birthday, Chef Jeff! It’s also Waffle Day in Sweden. Seriously! What’s for dinner, Jeff?

Editor’s note: The Media Sensation and her cohorts will be attending a healthcare journalists’ conference tomorrow, so there will be no Friday blog. Catch you Monday!

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