Thanks to Joe for his comment on Tuesday’s entry regarding the Kahala coconut trees which will soon be cut down. He shared a simple quote: I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues. – The Lorax, Dr. Seuss Thanks, Joe. The Advertiser’s buyout [...]
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I slept late this a.m., getting up barely in time to get the trash out for the usual 5:30 pickup. Now I’ve got a kitten trying to climb my legs with those sharp little kitten claws, while the big cats circle for food and sunrise looms. It looks like an abbreviated appearance here. This update [...]
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I happened to tune into the University of Hawaii’s KTUH radio yesterday morning while driving and was impressed to fall into an open-ended interview with Congressman Neil Abercrombie. This was not 30-second sound bite stuff but an extended question and answer session. The questions may not have been ultra-prepared or probing, but it was a [...]
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Thanks to Ryan Ozawa for catching this link to a Los Angeles Times story of a 1970′s cult apparently seeking a rebirth in Hawaii. Inside Higher Ed points to a New York Times story on university travel abroad programs, which apparently could be afflicted with the same conflicts of interest as the student loan programs [...]
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If you’ve been wondering what we ended up doing to celebrate our anniversary and my birthday, click on the photo and follow along on some of our three-day adventure. We’re too cheap to enjoy expensive restaurants, which we typically find aversive, and have trouble forking over what it costs for a very good bottle of [...]
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This is my birthday self-portrait taken yesterday, as usual, with camera held at arms length and aimed back in my own general direction. It was taken on the beach here in Kaaawa, where we’ve walked almost every morning at dawn for nearly 11-1/2 years. It would seem like repeating the same walk every day would [...]
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How nice of them to arrange a holiday for my birthday. Hawaii is celebrating Admissions Day. And while we were somewhat unprepared to celebrate our anniversary on Wednesday, I’m drawing a total blank on how to celebrate the Big 6-0. Dateline NBC this week featured the case of Hank Jacinto and John Elwin, the Kauai [...]
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Due to technical difficulties, you’ll just have to wait for the photos of our anniversary activities. Ka Leo, the campus newspaper at the University of Hawaii’s Manoa campus, is advertising on Craigslist for reporters and writers, although the Ka Leo web site is still “under construction”. Perhaps its time to dump Viacom and get back [...]
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