Category Archives: ramblings

Just August.

It’s already coming up on the end of August. The older I get, the quicker time flies. Days run out of hours, and months combine into one long monotonous blah. I’ve been at the same company for five years now. … Continue reading

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Breaking Bad S05E06 “Buyout” (Beware of Spoilers)

Another great episode. I always watch BB at least two times on Sunday nights… Sometimes three. Some thoughts so far: The opening sequence… the music and the visuals of Walter, Mike, and Todd disassembling the motor bike so deftly and … Continue reading

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Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day!

According to SysAdminDay.Com, today marks the 13th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day. Tell your system administrators (and any IT personnel, really), that you appreciate them today!  At my company, I can’t thank my admin since it’s pretty much me, but … Continue reading

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Just Us

Taken 6/28/12. My cat, Squirrel. Sometimes she follows me around the apartment. Sometimes she leans in, and rests her head against my forehead. I don’t know how she got to be such a sweetie pie. I adopted her last year … Continue reading

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Made Use of My Free Shutterfly Book Offer

I got a couple of offers for free photo books for Shutterfly, from Best Buy, when I purchased my cameras last year. The first one was going to expire in two days. I hurriedly put a book together this morning, … Continue reading

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It’s Aloha Friday: Art in Kaka’ako

One day, as I was driving back to Waikiki after some server maintenance, I ended up in Kaka’ako. I was trying to avoid the crazy lunchtime traffic clogging the arteries of Nimitz highway, and took a left onto Cooke street, … Continue reading

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Cheers – Revisiting a Classic Sitcom

So, I’ve begun re-watching Cheers since it’s on streaming Netflix, and also because of a really excellent blog posting on LanceMannion.typepad.com that analyzed Shelley Long and the Diane Chambers character  in such an interesting light I decided to take another … Continue reading

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Anime Crushes: Robotech Edition

Robotech was an interesting import, because it consisted of three totally separate anime series in Japan, that were re-written to be interconnected stories in America, by Harmony Gold. (Big ups to Carl Macek)! It wasn’t the first anime I’d ever … Continue reading

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Bride in Profile

I loved her plumeria haku lei-inspired headdress that was attached to her veil. Also, she looked great in all those ruffles. In the building I work at, there’s an agency whose clientele consists of Japanese couples coming to Hawaii to … Continue reading

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A Cat Named Squirrel

Let me introduce you to Squirrel: Squirrel was adopted from the Hawaiian Humane Society on June 4, 2011. She’ll be seven years-old next month. The name Squirrel was given to her by the people at the Humane Society and I … Continue reading

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