I was still up late Friday night when the tsunami watch became a tsunami warning. News-junkie me would normally have stayed up all night long to watch the local newscasters talk endlessly (and repetitively) about preparations, precautions, and procedures, but I was tired. I could barely keep my eyes open, and I was starting to [...]
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For one long, terrific year, I was a page editor at the UH-Hilo newspaper, something I bring up in conversation a lot more than one might expect for having served only a year. My editor-in-chief was Ryan, who remains a great friend, and our business manager was Jen, and there was a crazy mixture of [...]
Conversation I overheard between two female colleagues: A: Hey, do you have any chocolate? B: Yeah, I got some in my desk. A: I really need some. B: Sure, come on in and let’s hit that. You got a prep now? A: Yeah. B: Me too. I’m trying to imagine a similar conversation between guys, [...]
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In 1988, I voted for Bush over Dukakis. In 1992, I voted for Bush over Clinton. In 1996, I voted for Clinton over Dole. In 2000, I voted for Harry Browne over Gore and Bush. In 2004, I voted for Michael Badnarik over Bush and Kerry. In 2008, I voted for Bob Barr over Obama [...]
So. Podcamp Hawaii 2008. It was terrific, crazy, exciting, long, exhausting, stressful, and fun. A Google-chat session with Ryan while he was chatting with others led to my being asked to speak at a Wordcamp session. It went fine, ‘though I think I spoke at about a hundred and forty miles per hour. I was [...]
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People are harassing me about updating, so here we go. First, THE PAPER. All I have left to write are my conclusion, my recommendation for further research, and my abstract. Then I have to strip the paper down to satisfy the requirements for one of my other courses I never finished. I know, it’s a [...]
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Still recording the voices every night, but won’t be able to get anything up until sometime this weekend. Yearbooks went out to seniors today after an elaborate prank that had them all hooked and reeled in. It’s the subject of tonight’s voice recording. One of my secret web projects has a higher Technorati authority rating [...]
Boy am I depressed. I wasn’t expecting this at all. The Democratic caucuses in Hawaii were this evening, and of course I’m not a Democrat so I didn’t participate. So I’m feeling kind of left out, and I really feel uneasy about all this Obama momentum I’ve been seeing, especially here in my home state. [...]
Matt Groening’s Life in Hell used to publish its list of forbidden words at the beginning of every year. It still might, but I never get to read that strip anymore and therefore wouldn’t know. But in honor of that tradition, I offer my own list for 2008. It is what it is. Mitchell report. [...]
