What’s the one luxury you can’t live without? I’m taking the bus to the airport tomorrow and I’m using my $45 a year fast pass to get there. I’m then going to fly first class to San Francisco to spend the rest of my life living there. Yup. Honolulu has been expensive—and I hear it’s …
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Quality Endures
The most important things needed to live a good life are: Better yet, 3. be a bus driver and get a free pass for life! P.S. It’s good money and a steady paycheck. Having your rides in a bus allows you to meet new people, and look at your phone legally. The price of fuel …
Wake Up
Like Captain Kathryn Janeway of the Star Trek Voyager, I’d like to follow in the footsteps of great woman role models. I could only wish for Jane Curtain’s legacy series on SNL of being, “A Coffee Achiever.” And although I was told never to begin a new sentence with the word, “and,” I nevertheless, shadow …
The Washrack
Gold to Silver Ratio and Francis Hunt
The person most on point right now is Francis Hunt as the Gold Sniper. His technical analysis with the Gold to Silver ratio is telling about the smack down we in the West have been experiencing–keeping the precious metals price too low to prevent us from seeing how much purchasing power we’ve lost from endless …
To Thine Own Self Be True
Productive or Destructive?
I feel creative and most productive when I’m on the way to a movie I want to see. Recently, it was on the way to the Dune 2 movie. Better go see it now ’cause it’s leaving the silver screen after this weekend! Don’t worry, it’s available in DVD already! As for time of day, …
The Mountain
The photo above of Mount Rainer is from Pier 64, miles away from the beautiful spring flowers that bloom in fiery colors all over the scenic drive around the side of the mountain. My mom asked me if I wanted to go on a scenic drive around the mountain when I was visiting them in …
A Man of Masks No More
I left my job in San Francisco as well as my Heart during COVID. I’m still trying to recover my nesting instinct and pushing Newton’s Law, “A Body at Rest Tends to Stay at Rest.” and the laws of the conservation of energy! Thank God for Zoom and the upsides to WFH, Work From Home!
Rainbow Warriors
“It’s raining!” “So what? It’s Hawaii!” The gentle morning rains can sometimes feel annoying at first blush, but very soon the sun comes out and we get rainbows. Lots and lots of rainbows. There really can’t be a more beautiful immediate outcome from our morning winter rains here in Waikiki. The post effectively captures the …
The Dao of Doug: A Bus Driver's Perspective 