russellviii

The fact is, that R8 has been the seed of seven kings before him.
In some far off Scandanavian country, seven kings have pooled their ancestral blood into what we now know as R8.
Not to put too fine a point upon it, but I was in the presence of royalty!
Initially, I thought I scheduled the dinner too early at 4 PM, as I didn’t have to pick up my wife at the airport until 8:40PM.
I guess I needn’t have worried; we chatted like two women for the entire time.
Thoroughly enjoyed the meeting, and since R8 comes to SoCal annually; I know I shall be seeing him again.
Excuse the fog in this picture, some of the local area wise men had brought R8 gifts of frankincense and mryhh, and the smoke sorta interfered with the snap.

A very kind, down to earth, sensible type of person.

Like me, she has some daughters who are kind of grown up, but still in need of a bit of parental guidance at times.

She seems to appreciate my sense of humor.

She also still owes me some tales from her adventure on St. Helena.

He laughs at my jokes (always a good person to have around at parties).
He already lives the life I aspire to by visiting places that are not only obscure but actually relevant!

He puts up great pics every time he visits new places. =)

_{Nice Alaska pics Russell!}

ToddieM, visitor of obscure places, podiatrist extraordinaire, master punster.

I admire his great sense of humor. He has left me in stitches many times. This has nothing to do with foot surgery either.

His puns sometimes leave me groaning, but I love the way that he can slide in a good quip without losing a beat. A lot of times people don’t even know that he’s making a joke, and he just reels them in. I love his subtlety.

What a great sense of humor!

He’s also very generous with his cheers. He’s one of only a few to cheer more than one or two of my photographs.

Jaosehl seems to be the type of person who really enjoys life. She and her husband live in the beautiful state of Florida and make frequent trips to visit many of the parks in the area.

One of her hobbies is photography. She takes a lot of beautiful and interesting pictures. I enjoy looking at the many pictures that she has posted for all to see. She makes such interesting use of color, light, and composition in the pictures that she takes. She should publish a book of them someday.

She likes to have a lot of fun and seems to have a great sense of humor, at least she seems to think that many of the things that I say are funny. She encourages me to do Diet Coke and Mentos geysers.

She also loves her husband and likes to include him in the things that she does.

What an all-around great person!

The guy has travelled everywhere! I’d love to hear all his stories about the places he’s been. Russell has a great sense of humor, he’s intelligent, he talks about his wife a lot, and he’s currently trying to figure out how to make a Diet Coke and Mentos geyser shoot higher. What a hoot!

I think he and his wife, and hubs and I would all get along like a house on fire. :)

What can I say about him? A beautiful soul and good person! And what a wonderful, understanding, and intelligent person to talk to!! He is supernice and superfine!! Anyone would be lucky to know him as a friend!!

Due to his well travelled background, he is sharp and perceptive, which clearly shows in his writing! Yes, I love meeting open minded people and I believe we would have a fascinating conversation just by talking about the world in general!!

It’s my honoured to meet beautiful minded people like him on this site!! I admire his ability to open up my mind on so many things!!

One impt thing, I love reading all his travelling journal, which he often exudes an air of classiness and honesty! That’s the reason why he is someone whom I can have great respect for!!

And thank you for using those funny pics you took in Singapore as your avatar ..Hee, if you notice, you will realise that e background ppl in e pic seem to be quite amused by him!! I think they’re charmed by him, as usual!! ;)

One thing that I can say without having met her is that she is very passionate about things which are important to her.

She has an outlook on the world which I enjoy hearing about. She seems like she enjoys life and has a lot of fun. She has traveled to many places and spent a lot of time in foreign countries and seems to have a good understanding of the countries, cultures, and people.

I think that she and I would be able to sit down and have fascinating conversations which could go on for hours. That is what I enjoy doing with some of my closest friends.