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- Jaybyrd
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- Jay_Angel
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- Blogger
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- Morgan City Louisiana
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- 8y 1mo
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- February 1, 2015
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- February 23, 2015
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Recent Posts
It's Mardi Gras Time
It is Mardi Gras time down here in Southern Louisiana. Everyone down here loves Mardi Gras. Parades here are elaborate and often last more than 5 hours. There are normally around 30 floats and several marching bands.
The highlight of every parade is
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Oh No...Its A Polar Bear
On my first assignment offshore I was working on a work boat off of Barrow, Alaska in the Alaskan Arctic. We arrived there in early August. The seas were very rough and I was assigned to a 300 foot work boat (BTW, that is a small one). This added to the mi
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A short story about something that happened to me offshore.
There was a time when my crew and I had just settled down after a long shift. We ate, showered and got into our bunks. Being the oldest, I fell asleep immediately and the rest of the crew was watching television. Just as I was comfortably asleep, the super
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Today's Plans
Today I am going to the gym with my girlfriend to spend some time playing racquetball. After we are done playing racquetball, we will be getting on treadmills. I need a good cardio workout to keep me sane.
I am not used to having time on my hands. I
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Worried about going back to work
I work in the offshore oil drilling industry. Finding work has been very easy for the past three years. Now that the price of crude oil has been reduced so much the oilfield has slowed down.
Lots of guys are out of work. It is a scary time to be in this l
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I have begun a work out routine
It has become increasingly difficult for me to perform my job since I turned 40 several years ago. Sometimes i have a hard time walking up the stairs to my room at the end of a long shift.
Now that I have some time off I decided to stop feeling sorr
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My Life Offshore
This is a photo of me that was taken on one of the many boats I have worked on offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. In the background you can see one of the immense drill ships that are a common site 100-200 miles off the shore of Louisiana.
You work sev
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A Great Day In My Life
I spent two wonderful years in Alaska. While I was there I was like every other Alaskan in that I rarely slept during their amazingly short summer.
Summers up there are not like the summers that I must endure because I live in Southern Louisiana now
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Introduction for Jay_Angel
-Hello:
My name is Jay. I was born and raised around Chicago, IL. I earned a masters degree and then I went on to work as a researcher for the United States Geological Survey. While employed by the USGS, I secured my first writing gig. I was writing a w
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