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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>John Heald&amp;#39;s Blog : Holland America</title><link>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Holland+America/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Holland America</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 (Debug Build: 20917.1142)</generator><item><title>You’re Fired…..I Nearly Said to Myself</title><link>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/09/20/you-re-fired-i-nearly-said-to-myself.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:18:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0655a56b-2503-4342-b806-50877dcd70da:152657</guid><dc:creator>John Heald's Blog</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=152657</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/09/20/you-re-fired-i-nearly-said-to-myself.aspx#comments</comments><description>Professor Stephen Hawking knows almost as much as God – but ask him why women will spend a week’s wages on a pair of shoes or read Hello Magazine and watch the blank expression steal across his face. I say this with the greatest respect but Heidi just...(&lt;a href="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/09/20/you-re-fired-i-nearly-said-to-myself.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=152657" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Tales+from+the+Ship/default.aspx">Tales from the Ship</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Travel/default.aspx">Travel</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Europe/default.aspx">Europe</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Carnival+Splendor/default.aspx">Carnival Splendor</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Holland+America/default.aspx">Holland America</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Destinations/default.aspx">Destinations</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Barcelona/default.aspx">Barcelona</category></item><item><title>Holland America Line’s President Stein Kruse….And Being a Real Man</title><link>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/06/23/holland-america-line-s-president-stein-kruse-and-being-a-real-man.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:08:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0655a56b-2503-4342-b806-50877dcd70da:105304</guid><dc:creator>John Heald's Blog</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=105304</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/06/23/holland-america-line-s-president-stein-kruse-and-being-a-real-man.aspx#comments</comments><description>This morning while passing through the theatre one of our technicians gave me something that basically looked like a piece of wire&amp;#8230; It didn’t appear to be the best gift I’d ever received until he explained what it was for. “It’s so you can connect...(&lt;a href="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/06/23/holland-america-line-s-president-stein-kruse-and-being-a-real-man.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=105304" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Tales+from+the+Ship/default.aspx">Tales from the Ship</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Travel/default.aspx">Travel</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Europe/default.aspx">Europe</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Carnival+Splendor/default.aspx">Carnival Splendor</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Holland+America/default.aspx">Holland America</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Eurodam/default.aspx">Eurodam</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Spa+treatments/default.aspx">Spa treatments</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/ms+Zuiderdam/default.aspx">ms Zuiderdam</category></item><item><title>Cruising with Simon</title><link>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/06/10/cruising-with-simon.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:50:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0655a56b-2503-4342-b806-50877dcd70da:99722</guid><dc:creator>John Heald's Blog</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=99722</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/06/10/cruising-with-simon.aspx#comments</comments><description>Yesterday, while I was visiting the shipyard I did something which looked ridiculous&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;.I tried to drive&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;a Smart Car. Now I don&amp;#8217;t know if you have seen these things in North America yet...(&lt;a href="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/06/10/cruising-with-simon.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=99722" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Tales+from+the+Ship/default.aspx">Tales from the Ship</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Travel/default.aspx">Travel</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Europe/default.aspx">Europe</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Carnival+Splendor/default.aspx">Carnival Splendor</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Holland+America/default.aspx">Holland America</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Genoa/default.aspx">Genoa</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Simon+Cowell/default.aspx">Simon Cowell</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Eurodam/default.aspx">Eurodam</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Smart+Car/default.aspx">Smart Car</category></item><item><title>Gift Ideas</title><link>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/06/07/gift-ideas.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0655a56b-2503-4342-b806-50877dcd70da:98687</guid><dc:creator>John Heald's Blog</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=98687</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/06/07/gift-ideas.aspx#comments</comments><description>As Britney once said in a rare moment of sobriety &amp;#8220;whoops, I did it again.&amp;#8221;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;..just replace the whoops with the word bugger and you have the perfect quote to describe my morning. I did indeed do it again and once more dear...(&lt;a href="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/06/07/gift-ideas.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=98687" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Travel/default.aspx">Travel</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Europe/default.aspx">Europe</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Holland+America/default.aspx">Holland America</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Carnival+Pride/default.aspx">Carnival Pride</category></item><item><title>Eurodam….And Dam Cellular Phones</title><link>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/05/27/eurodam-and-dam-cellular-phones.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 18:32:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0655a56b-2503-4342-b806-50877dcd70da:93838</guid><dc:creator>John Heald's Blog</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=93838</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/05/27/eurodam-and-dam-cellular-phones.aspx#comments</comments><description>Some years ago people with egg-shaped heads realised that they should buy a product that had the rest of us laughing when we heard what they had spent their money on &amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;. they had paid billions of dollars&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;...(&lt;a href="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/05/27/eurodam-and-dam-cellular-phones.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=93838" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Tales+from+the+Ship/default.aspx">Tales from the Ship</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Travel/default.aspx">Travel</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Europe/default.aspx">Europe</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/sweden/default.aspx">sweden</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Holland+America/default.aspx">Holland America</category></item></channel></rss>