Hawaii Blog

As if I wasn’t busy enough.
What was I thinking? I should never have started. Next thing I know, I couldn’t back out, and I couldn’t not finish before I left for Kuala Lumpur. I wonder if this is my subconscious’ way of dealing with my oft-explained fear of flying? (If so, [...]

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Monday, April 29

UA 827 Departs Honolulu (HNL) April 29 at 10:20 a.m. - Time: 8 hrs., 5 mins.
UA 827 Arrives Narita (NRT) April 30 at 1:25 p.m. (6:25 p.m. April 29 HST) - Time: 4 hrs., 30 mins.
UA 897 Departs Narita (NRT) April 30 at 5:55 p.m. (10:55 p.m. April 29 HST) - Time: 6 [...]

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Peril of Parenting #2215: It’s 11:43 a.m. on a lazy Saturday, and my daughter Katie has now, for the sixth time, run up to my wife’s computer and played the same song (”Spread A Little Aloha” by The Mana`o Company). Even a cute song like that can drive you up the wall after [...]

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Fascinating. A local prank (unleashed on the islands in 1959) made the list of the Top Ten April Fool’s Day Hoaxes of All Time. Dubbed the “Hawaiian Tax Refund,” the announcement (made by an unnamed radio station) claimed that all Hawaii residents would get their entire income tax for the previous year back [...]

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