That’s my father in the center of this 1938 photo with other members of the “beef trust chorus”. It was part of a fundraiser put on by the Long Beach (California) Junior Chamber of Commerce. I believe that he was, at the same time, president of the Long Beach Surfing Club. He was just turning [...]
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Before the Honolulu City Council voted earlier this month to approve the proposed settlement of the long-running lawsuit over sewage treatment, the public was offered an opportunity to testify on its terms. Unfortunately, the public didn’t have the benefit of having a chance to review the settlement before offering testimony. I was subsequently asked for [...]
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There’s been a bit of a scare as we transferred from the dementia train to the medical express. It started with a cough. It was the middle of last week, and when I pulled into the parking lot of the nursing home for an afternoon visit with my father, I spotted my sister in her [...]
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I was prowling through some old computer files in search of a particular photo and ran across these two short videos of photos taken during the struggle a decade ago to rescue the Honolulu Star-Bulletin from closure. Those involved with recognize friends and colleagues, some who have died in the intervening years, many others no [...]
Our weekend ended on a high note–dinner with friends at their home just around the corner. They are both very good cooks, and it was another excellent meal. A beautiful green salad with a homemade dressing, tandoori chicken, lamb chops that had been marinated for two days, and a very tasty wild rice mix on [...]
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For three mornings, and the intervening nights, we’ve been trying to get a fix on the intermittent cries of one, perhaps two, unknown kittens. Never enough sound in a short period for us to launch a reasonable search, just enough to leave cat people upset and anxious. And we’re not alone. At least two other [...]
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I was looking at the coverage about Gov. Lingle’s nomination of a new Supreme Court chief justice, a decision that will influence the direction of Hawaii courts for as much as the next 20 years. The Star-Advertiser’s first day story focused on the selection process, some general background on Lingle’s choice, Intermediate Court of Appeals [...]
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Several miscellaneous items. #1: I pressed the “upgrade” button with some hesitation and lots of anxiety. Yes, I did go through the routine of backing up my SQL databases that work behind the scenes to track all the posts, comments, and other parts of the blog. But I’ve never had to restore from one of [...]
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