Lost and Found It takes a certain earnestness to make a commitment to read a book of essays by a bus driver, this exposition being no exception. Not only that, but the decision to go ahead and publish a chapter is one of the toughest decisions I’ve had to make–next to what to do when …
Author Archives: driverdoug2002
Mmm. Mmm good
What are your family’s top 3 favorite meals? Keeping clam with Chowder, especially with the crackers, beats the Ivar’s recipe motto perfectly! I learned the difference between Manhattan style and traditional New England when I was 6. Strength come from Chicken and Stars soup carried all the way up the trail, by my mom, to …
Ace Ventura Pet Detective
I guess it was a Samsung television I bought at Costco for $1600. I packed it myself after I owned it for two years, when I left Honolulu for San Francisco, and it came back looking like this: Oddly, I just laughed when I pulled the tee-vee out of the box and plugged it in. …
Sheem Sheem Shalah-Beam
The mystery of the Genie-in-a-bottle becomes very clear after watching “Being John Malkovich.” Two-thirds of the way into the movie–maybe a little bit more–tidbits of secrets are revealed about our social-memory-complex in revealing what was well understood by the Draconian race and culture–which had or still has–working knowledge about reincarnation. Our vessel, our channel, our …
My Dream Come True
What’s something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail. I would attempt to find a place to stay that has a nice view and a pool.
Haring and the Bean
If you live in Honolulu and are familiar with the Duck Butt Cafe, you’ll be in the know about artist murals and graffiti in the Kaka’ako–the industrial slash artist neighborhood bordering downtown sandwiched between the Civic Center and Waikiki. My favorite artist in Hawaii is Bean, who recently took his life– may he Rest In …
The iPhone Generation
Your life without a computer: what does it look like? Though the intent of this daily prompt is probably referring to desktop computers and software—and the screen time that consumes our attention at our desk— the life we have with our phones does count as part of our daily routine. Numerous studies show that people …
No More AV Ports after 2017
What details of your life could you pay more attention to? Learning more about computers’ ports when going to buy technology items online. I just turned-in my perfectly good 2017 MacBook Air for a new 2022 model and the new laptop is fantastic. But I was shocked when I found out that the new MacBook …
Sharing the Road
What’s the trait you value most about yourself? I love smiling and waving a car, truck, or bicycle on at a 4-way stop when we arrive at the same time to the stop line. Especially when they are on my right. Do you know what Right-of-Way means? How about Stop Line? If a vehicle is …
Learning How To Eat Less–and do More
Subject: Re: Keep Pushing! email topic from my trainer Doug Woo: Coolness. I am going to bed right after this….early too because I did not get enough sleep for the last two nights, so I am going to catch up now rather than take in caffeine and sugar tomorrow and go off of my food …
The Dao of Doug: A Bus Driver's Perspective 