Harry B. posted an article on Harry's World - Dec 15, 2010, 7:04 pm
You know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men. Well, the plan was to become a dive instructor and then move somewhere closer to Florida to be closer to our son and his wife in Florida and our new grandson. But that plan was hatched shortly before the financial collapse happened,...
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Harry B. posted an article on Harry's World - Sep 8, 2008, 8:51 pm
As I head off into my new life as a dive instructor, I've decided to start another blog chronicaling the journey and telling the story as I go. This one was almost full anyway because of all the dive pictures, so it was an appropriate time to retire it. The new address is http://www.harryblalock.blo...
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Harry B. posted an article on Harry's World - Sep 5, 2008, 12:44 am
Once upon a time, I couldn't wait to get to the computer to tell my dive stories and share my pictures with the world. I have to say that much of that joy for me was taken away when my underwater camera was stolen. I just felt so violated and disgusted that I didn't even want to look at the blog or ...
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Harry B. posted an article on Harry's World - Aug 3, 2008, 3:22 pm
This is a picture of my camera, housing and underwater strobe that were stolen last week. The camera is a Canon IXY 900IS, it's a 12.1 megapixel camera with a silver, titanium housing. The housing and strobe are both Ikelite. I'm offering a $100 reward for the return of the camera, housing and st...
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Harry B. posted an article on Harry's World - Jul 29, 2008, 4:12 pm
I've been doing an awful lot of diving lately, yes even more than usual. I've been booked pretty much solid with Axe Murderer Tours, and most of the people who've been coming have stayed for several days, so it means multiple dives. I've already got 23 dives in for the month of July, that's a pret...
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Harry B. posted an article on Harry's World - Jul 27, 2008, 3:48 pm
The lovely young lady next to me is Tikla Brown, and I had the privilege of meeting her last year when I awarded her one of the Saipan Chamber of Commerce scholarships. I was very impressed with not only how intelligent she was, but with her level of self confidence and with her focus on her goals i...
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Harry B. posted an article on Harry's World - Jul 22, 2008, 3:51 pm
No, this is not a scene from the Tinian Dynasty Casino, nor is it from Pirates of the Pacific, although there may be some who claim that I robbed them blind last Saturday night. It was the Rotary Club of Saipan's Las Vegas Night and as usual, I was dealing blackjack all night. My daughter Sarah was ...
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Harry B. posted an article on Harry's World - Jul 20, 2008, 3:59 pm
In case you've been wondering what's going on with me, have I stopped diving? Stopped taking pictures? Stopped having any interesting things happen to me? I've been sick for over a week now, and it doesn't seem to be getting much better. Before you start to lecture me on the need of going to a d...
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Harry B. posted an article on Harry's World - Jul 14, 2008, 4:02 pm
I did manage to get in 4 dives this past weekend, so my goal of 200 for the year is getting closer all the time. Then I have several new Axe Murderer Tour victims lined up already this month, and one crazy victim who just keeps coming back for more. He's very much like me in many respects, can't get...
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Harry B. posted an article on Harry's World - Jul 9, 2008, 4:16 pm
I was doing a dive last week that I had never done before on Saipan. I know that probably seems very hard to believe that there could be anywhere around this island that I hadn't already been exploring many times, but there are quite a few areas actually that I still have yet to explore. The thing t...
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Harry B. posted an article on Harry's World - Jul 8, 2008, 11:18 pm
So I think we've all heard about reality TV and some of the shows that have been running for a few years now. I've watched a few of them, but I have to say I'm not really a fan of many of them, so I was quite surprised when I got to work this morning and checked my e-mail only to find an e-mail fro...
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