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The last scene in Can-can, Cole Porter’s quintessential musical of France’s golden age, was an explosion of song and dance that rattled the rafters of the, then, Honolulu Community Theatre in the early 60’s.  I stood transfixed after every performance.  Paul Tremaine, the technical director, loved the last scene, and we would come from the … Read moreA Tap With A Slap Of A Fan Can, Yes You Can Can-Can, Too

‘Officer Krupke’ burst from the lungs of the taunting but playful Jets as they made fun of the local police officer.  Arab was just about to do his solo when his left contact lens popped out and landed somewhere on stage. During the intervening hi-jinks he crawled on the floor trying to find it.  Groping … Read moreThrough A Contact Lens Darkly

Fiona, our alien cat, has been learning new tricks.  I haven’t minded the late night calls to other galaxies, or the fact that her eyes glow in the dark.  I expect that of all alien cats.   However, recently, she has taken umbrage at my shoelaces.  She makes it almost impossible to put on my … Read moreWhere is Flash Gordon When You Really Need Him?

Why do people want to blindly follow a person in a democratic society?  Despite racist, misogynist, hateful and backward-thinking, an individual can gain support.  There always seems to be those who would support leaders like that whether it be Netanyahu, Trump or Hitler.   I always thought that after the second world war we learned … Read moreMake America Hate Again

Wet behind the ears and full of vim and vigor, Cher and I descended upon Highlands Intermediate School in Pearl City in the early 1960’s.  During the 8th grade she received an assignment to correspond with a politician, and she chose George Wallace, the Governor of Alabama.  She asked him why he supported segregation, since it … Read moreThe Answer Is Blowing In The Wind

A dream is like a leaf that floats and drifts on the wind and waits for you to catch it before it settles amid the thousands of others coloring the sumptuous landscape.   Can you catch it?  It is elusive. It moves, changes direction and floats on.   In youth, when you saw something you wanted, … Read moreCan You Still Follow A Dream?

One of the grandest spectacles on display today is the complete dysfunction of the British government.  Probably fueled by Russian dollars and influence, it has become a cornerstone of Stone-Age thinking.   I don’t say this because I care one way or the other whether the British succeed in damaging or destroying their economy, but because … Read moreThe Brexit Spectacle – Front Row Tickets Free!

Fred Biletnikoff was a great Oakland Raider receiver.  The playing pinnacle of his career was winning the Most Valuable Player Award in Super Bowl XI, with Oakland beating the Minnesota Vikings.   Fred used Stickum, a concoction of ingredients to make the ball stick to his hands.  You could catch a ball with one hand (one … Read moreCheck Your Stickum At The Door

I have renewed respect for the mob.  Yes, I know their original goals of security and protection in the new world became dangerously out of step with the new realities in the 20th century; however, I have always liked their can-do attitude.  No fooling around with considerations like danger,  laws,  the police . . they … Read moreSwimming With The Frozen Fishes

The scariest thing I have ever had to do is go under the hood in a small plane and try to recover it as it spun out of control.  The hood didn’t allow you to see the ground for reference . . you had to recover from the gyrations and G forces just by looking … Read moreThe Safest Plane In The World