You’ve all heard it… It was in the closing credits of “Finding Forrester”, it was in “Meet Joe Black”, and “50 First Dates”. If you’re an ER fan, you might remember it from the episode where we said “Goodbye to Dr. Green”. It’s that haunting, heartfelt rendition of “Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What a [...]
Archive > July 2005
Aloha ‘oe!
Aloha ‘oe… farewell to thee. Today is my final day on the islands of Paradise and I thought I would leave you with the translated lyrics to a song, written by Queen Lili’uokalani, the last queen of the Hawaiian Islands. She dedicated this song as her farewell to her beloved country upon her removal [...]
Hawaiian Notes
The other night, I went out to dinner at a local Bar & Grille here on O’ahu and on the TV, everyone was watching women’s professional log rolling. First of all, I didn’t know there was such a thing. Second of all, why are Hawai’ians interested in log rolling? I will [...]
The Aloha Spirit
The Aloha Spirit was actually passed into law by the state legislature of Hawai’i. It is encoded in the Hawai’i Revised Statutes, section 5-7.5 and acknowledges that The Aloha Spirit “was the working philosophy of native Hawaiians and was presented as a gift to the people of Hawai’i.”
All citizens and government officials of Hawai’i are [...]
Living in Paradise
Right now, it’s mid-afternoon in Atlanta… but here, in Hawai’i, the morning is just getting started. Last night, I crashed early, slept hard through the night and woke up to a beautiful sunrise. Here I sit, eating my breakfast, looking out the window of my 20th floor flat (picture is from the window), [...]
Aloha from Hawai’i!
This picture is from my last visit, back in February of 2005, to Honolulu. I’m on another business trip to Honolulu.
I arrived last night, after riding a direct flight from Atlanta to Honolulu. Almost ten hours on a plane isn’t necessairly my idea of a good time, but fortunately, I got bumped up [...]
What’s your kink?
Lately, it seems all we hear about anymore is how bolder kids are getting these days about sex.
Who ate my Mango?
I was reading my usual list of blogs this morning and Mango has decided to shut his blog down. I am a bit saddened by the news, but Mango wouldn’t want us to be sad. And I suppose he’s right… I’ll move on and find another blog to read in it’s place. But very few blogs mastch the humor and the wit of Mango.
