Ocupation: Author
Life: b. July 3, 1947
Birthday: July 3
The Hawaiian Islands were discovered by hardy Polynesian sailors, who crossed thousands of miles of open ocean in primitive canoes, braving violent storm-tossed seas for months at a time. My family and I arrived by modern commercial aviation, which was infinitely worse.
source: Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Talks Back”, p.107, Crown Archetype
topic: Funny, Humorous, Ocean, Hardy, Polynesians