Notes From Serendipity

One day in 1961 Paul and I took the Honolulu Community Theatre truck (now the Diamond Head Theatre) and drove on bumpy roads up the side of Diamond Head and through the tunnel.  In those days the interior of Diamond Head was used as a dump.   We were on the look out for parts that … Read morePaul Tremaine Has Passed

I played baseball with the Pearl City Tigers when I was young.  It was a stellar team with a lot of talented players . . and, then there was me.  Well, that’s not the story 🙂 . The catcher on the team was a good friend.  He was my friend when I had few others.  … Read moreAnd Boris Doesn’t Even Play Baseball

It’s a shame that the Afghans threw away an opportunity to move into the 19th century.  It is clear what they want . . a return to strict Islamic law. It is only in those countries that have advanced into the 21st century that can see the waste and horror that lays in front of … Read moreSo, What do WE Want?

Dupleix is an old train station.  Take the train one way and it heads out over the Seine.  Take it the other and you are headed to the heart of old Paris.  The train is never late in Paris.  So, within a few minutes I was on board the green, people-laden workhorse which housed all … Read moreReality Rears Its Ugly Head

The pandemic in all its ferocious forms was and is a horrible blight on the world.  However, there are silver linings to every disaster. The pandemic brought an end to the terrorist reign of D. Trump.   Without it, he would have been re-elected.  As it was, despite his massive incompetence and corruption, the election was … Read moreDemocracy Is Not A Given

The impeachment trial is another curious test for Republican leadership.  It is a case where the key things being measured are intelligence and love of this country. This is the proverbial case where The Donald shoots someone in broad daylight on Fifth Avenue in New York. Donald Trump is obviously guilty.  The proceedings are mandated … Read moreKool-Aid Anyone?

Let’s consider for a moment that the Republican right-turn into Nazism isn’t just an aberration of the Donald Trump personality.  Perhaps he only ripped off the scab of racism and bigotry in this country and, from that gash in the American experience, poured an army of hatred, misogyny and stench that extends back, not just … Read moreDefiling the X-Files

I don’t want to harp on this but the Republican leadership is CRAP . . and is the reason Republicans are fleeing the party in droves.  Let’s hope that they are never given the privilege of being elected again. Better yet, find out how you can replace them with responsible people. I am somewhat dismayed … Read moreNow Is The Time To Make It End!

Well, to start with, not me 🙂 ! However, in my enfeebled mental state, it seems to me that the conviction of Donald Trump in the Senate is a simple intelligence test.  Those that would try to find some excuse to let him off the hook, should consider that if you can’t convict someone for … Read moreSo, Who Has an IQ Greater Than 80?

I was walking home from my fourth grade class at Waianae Elementary School, along Farrington Hwy, kicking some gravel to keep me interested with my best friend, Paul Christensen.  He was a likeable guy, not like me.  I was still in my ‘wise guy’ stage before I emerged, full bloom, into confused adolescence. I reached … Read moreCacao Bean . . And The Unrelenting March Into Obscurity