Yes, I can swim. Have done it all my life, actually. And I'm not really worried about the North Atlantic, either, as I can take the cold. However, I do really live on dry land, in Munich, to be precise. I am a bit worried about poor Bruce, though, in the waters off Alaska: at the con, he didn't strike me as an inveterate fridge-sitter the way I am. He must be cold there...