The Realm is a southern California surfing products and clothing company co-founded in 1997 by noted surfers Mike Parsons and Pat O'Connell.

Giordino never married, only once considering it with a woman named Pat O'Connell, at the end of the Atlantis Found novel.

"It was exciting," said Pat O'Connell, an analyst with Refco Inc. in Chicago.

Pat O'Connell explained to my wife and me that his top "up-market" fish of the day included John Dory, black sole, turbot, sea bass and brill.

Pat O'Connell explained a bit about recent developments in local oyster-farming.

Pat O'Connell (born 13 September 1937) is a former professional association footballer who played as a half back or winger.

"The corn market, pure and simply, is bullish," said Pat O'Connell, an analyst in Chicago with the futures brokerage Refco Inc.

He has appeared in several of Bruce Brown's surf films, starring in three of them alongside Pat O'Connell.

"Rob chose the most difficult path," said Pat O'Connell, who competed on the world tour and has known Machado for 20 years.

And Pat O'Connell, a grain analyst at Refco Inc. of Chicago, said, "I think the market told us today that it's in good shape."