“Shark Curaçao”

My family is reliable for several things. One is novelty gifts at Christmas time. I recently became the proud owner of a pair of NERF basketball hoops (that I openly wanted) and a Bob Ross Christmas tree ornament. The shark glasses were from two years before. The second thing is intermittent reminders that for many years after “Jaws” (1975) was released, I adamantly refused to swim in the ocean. To which I answer, yes, and that’s why I’ve lived to tell about it…