Americans believe that a business should be allowed to require employees to speak English on the job. Or, so says survey results which seem to echo common sense. Let’s say you’re in a warehouse and a stack of something big and heavy is about to fall on your head. Do you want to be warned … Read More »
Don’t complain about the rain
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Don’t complain about the rain. We need it. Remember, it was just a year or two ago when Hawaii received 40 days and nights of rain. We needed it then but complained anyway. Well, we’ve used up all that rain and then some, and now we need more. Well, it’s here, so let’s not complain … Read More »
The Rise and Fall of Joe Moore
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
I watched Channel 2′s news the other night. Joe Moore did it again. He called the University of Hawaii’s football team the, ‘Rainbow Warriors.’ Joe knows what he did was wrong. The name was changed to the ‘Warriors’ years ago. Joe knows that but doesn’t care. Does it matter? After all, how many of us … Read More »
How many bills can you name?
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann signed five bills into law yesterday. Do you know what they were? How many bills signed by the Mayor into law this year can you name? The new laws were numbered Bill 63, Bill 69, Bill 71, Bill 72, and Bill 73. The nearly sequential nature of those bills indicates that … Read More »
Black Friday Redux
Monday, November 26, 2007
Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving. It’s not a bad day, like Black Monday, or a bad thing, like Black Bart. Black Friday is the day which marks the start of profits for retail stores. They’ve led everyone to believe they’re in the red and don’t make money from January through Thanksgiving, so they … Read More »
They need me again
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Today’s Honolulu Advertiser had a nice graphic which showed that visitor arrivals to Hawaii dipped in November. With conspicuous timing, Hawaii’s hotels and resorts appear to need me again. Just a few years ago we vacationed on the neighbor islands. First, the Grand Wailea on Maui, then an anniversary celebration at the Four Seasons Hualalai … Read More »
