It’s sort of snowing here in Tacoma. Here’s the lighthouse at Brown’s Point, just down the hill from my parents’ house, photo taken yesterday (it was warmer yesterday): bkd
Although I’ve heard it said that no one truly owns an elk, so much as the elk owns them. Found this in the comments of an LA Times blogicle regarding Ron Paul’s polling numbers: You publication must be purposely censoring post. I put in the right code and my comment was not spam. You and
While at IHoP in Murray, Utah three weeks ago, they played New Order’s “Age of Consent†over the PA. I thought I was the only person who’d ever heard that song before (or close enough). How does New Order back-catalog become part of 80s-themed MUZAK? It felt like sacrilege. bkd
Given a choice, never take the red-eye again. Changing planes in HNL probably isn’t that bad a thing. Look at the directions for how to get to the hotel/condo you’re staying in before getting into the rental car. And check to see whether the rental car has a dome light before driving off. Because if
Pros: Strikes impressive pose against red-clay graveyard backdrops. Complete inability to effectively lock vehicle (you can’t lock the zippers and velcro that keep the top on) enforces devil-may-care attitude regarding stuff. Has an AUX jack for your iPod. “When you’re driving behind a Kia and the Kia makes it through the flooded road all right,
Endured another couple days here on Kauai. Went up to the North Shore today and hiked up to Hanakapi’ai Falls. It’s sort of like you’re going on the big Na Pali hike, except that after two miles you chicken out and turn left (instead of doing the 11-in, 11-out of the full two-dayer). One of
But am trying to make due. Been on Kauai since Wednesday. It’s different from Orange County. Hard to find POG for some reason. Haven’t found a plate lunch place yet. Still haven’t figured out how to relax. I should be *doing* something. Bought two Hawaiian shirts and a shell necklace yesterday, which I’m hoping will
Everything.
And when I say “war books”, I’m talking about non-fiction stuff I’ve read as “research” for my “novel”. With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa by E. B. Sledge — Painfully unaffected first-person account of two of the bloodiest campaigns of the Pacific. It’s like being there and it’s beautiful and it sucks. If
I’d never get up to 100. Eleven seems reasonable enough. 1. Unforgiven 2. Apocalypse Now 3. O Brother Where Art Thou? 4. Black Hawk Down 5. The Incredibles 6. Shawshank Redemption 7. United 93 8. L.A. Confidential 9. Bridge on the River Kwai 10. High Noon 11. Das Leben der Anderen (Lives of Others) I