http://blog.hawaiimode.com/hilo Hawaiimode.com Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:43:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Your old Kona is wondering if a sea change is in the air. . .or if that smell just isn't some fad drifting by on the breeze. I bring this up after hoofing to it to work the other day and nearly getting run over by some overweight slob struggling keep ... http://blog.hawaiimode.com/hilo/2008/09/04/sea-change/ That's right. You heard me. Not on my watch! What am I talking about? oil, man! OIL! I realized yesterday that I am getting just a little bit tired of all of those nattering-nabobs of negativism in the media (I'm talkin' about you Friedman!) chattering on and on about America's oil dependency.  Everyone ... http://blog.hawaiimode.com/hilo/2008/07/01/not-on-my-watch/ As I took keyboard in hand and dipped my brain into the black inkwell that is my soul, I was suddenly struck by the dearth of "nard" related humor on this blog. What happened to me? When did puerile humor suddenly slip by the wayside? Had I, Kona, the most profound ... http://blog.hawaiimode.com/hilo/2008/04/29/ouchies/ As most of you know, I am not one of the those "country-is-going-to-hell-in-a-hand-basket" kind of guys.  I'm not one for imminent doom and gloom of the Republic.  In fact, I think we were pretty much as screwed  then as we are now. . .which somehow brings me to my point: What is ... http://blog.hawaiimode.com/hilo/2008/03/28/alright-into-the-fray/ Well, my friends, it has been a while since I a have jumped on the 'internets' and I do so now with the sole intention of stating that "I am addicted to doughnuts."   I know. . .I know. . .it is rather shameful to admit it, but I was sent ... http://blog.hawaiimode.com/hilo/2008/02/20/shame/ that's right ladies and gents, due to factors completely under my control I will cease doing this blog on a daily basis. . . .however, there may be periodic updates, errata and/or et cetera. . . http://blog.hawaiimode.com/hilo/2008/01/29/seacrest-out/ Well, it had to happen.  Someone got busted for Snackin' on Snoopy.  That's right. Here. In Hawaii. I personally was not involved, but I heard it went down something like this: guy wanted to play a little round of golf with his beloved dog, staff tells hims "no doggie-nuggets on the green," man is forced to leave pooch near clubhouse, workers wander ... http://blog.hawaiimode.com/hilo/2008/01/28/snasauges/ Designers! It's Aloha Friday!. . . Make it work. I'm sure all of you out there in the real world are as tickled pink as I am to hear that the government has just announced that all of us---you, me and Toonces-the-Driving-Cat---will now all be classified as "farmers" by the federal ... http://blog.hawaiimode.com/hilo/2008/01/25/aloha-friday-3/ With all of the recent economic new, I thought I would weigh in with my liberal arts educated opinions about the whole credit debacle. . . . .It would seem, from reading the papers, that we are experiencing what economic experts refer to in technical terms as a "pooch screw," an economic situation ... http://blog.hawaiimode.com/hilo/2008/01/24/my-stimulus-package/ No-mentum. What is it? Where is it from? Why is it here? And more importantly, where is it going?. . . .Actually, nowhere.  That's right.  It's "Tuesday," the second day of the work week and my motivation is scraping the bottom of the barrel.  I got no "juice," no verve, no-mentum.  ... http://blog.hawaiimode.com/hilo/2008/01/23/20/