Filed under: Seattle, scuba | Tags: alki, alki diving, cove 2, out of air situations, ratfish, scuba, sixgill sharks
It’s my first time out with my new regulator and I can’t believe that it’s malfunctioning. As I descend deeper into the Puget Sound behind Roberta, the dive leader, I can feel the diaphragm in my mouthpiece compressing, and I have to forcefully pull on it to get air. I think to myself that I have good breathing control, and that I can deal with this. I just have to breathe slower and more deeply.
This thought lasts about another 30 seconds. As we descend deeper still, approaching our target depth of 60’, the regulator’s functioning becomes even worse. We’re going to have to abort this dive. I can’t believe this is happening with my new gear the first time out. And then I think…
When I was assembling my rig in the parking lot of Cove 2 in Alki, I fitted my first stage onto the tank, gave the knob a spin, and hisssssssssssss! I’d not tightened the tank adapter, and quickly realizing my mistake, I did. What I did not do, however, was continue to open the valve. When scuba diving, it’s very important to open the valve all the way and turn it back ¼ of a turn. I’d barely cracked it; my gear wasn’t failing; it was my preparation that had failed.
Filed under: Seattle, Uncategorized | Tags: dirty, dirty scrabble, facebook, nude scrabble, pervs, scrabble
Because nothing’s sexier than Scrabble. In my search to find things to do instead of my own work, I came across, as many other have, the Scrabble application option on Facebook. Being the unabashed Scrabble geek that I am, I’ve long since overcome the stigma of starting speed games with random people I’ve never met.
When one’s friends are “working”, or “living their lives”, and can’t play at the instantaneous speed needed to keep a Scrabble addict from contributing to society, there is a “join table” option on the application page which allows one to search for a playing partner based on ranking, variety of speed, and speed of play. Filling out my parameters, I came across something new; “adult invites”. Thinking that this was a new feature provided for those older individuals navigating Facebook without a home network, I clicked “allow” so that I might be able to enjoy the higher intellect the older population might have to offer.
I was very, very wrong.
