Despite reports to the contrary, cheerleading is not a sport. Otherwise, Bill Clinton would be a professional athlete, right? There’s little doubt that cheerleaders have a place in American sports. Football and basketball teams have cheerleaders. Baseball does not. I wish they did. Maybe attendance at the ball park would go up if scantily clad … Read More »
The free lunch is there, not here
April 7, 2008
Starbuck’s is not the place to go for lunch. For free coffee, go to Starbuck’s Tuesday, April 8th, starting at 9:00 am and get a free cup of Pike Place Roast. Pike Place Roast is named after the first Starbuck’s location, Seattle’s Pike Place Market, which opened back in 1971. Today, Starbuck’s has 1.4-million locations, … Read More »
Doing the right thing on rail
April 6, 2008
Has Honolulu’s city council and the Mayor been unduly influenced by campaign contributions from companies bidding on the Honolulu mass transit system? What a novel thought. The city (Mayor and council members), for whatever the reasons, plan to plunge Oahu’s residents deep into debt with a much-ballyhooed and costly mass transit system that will compete … Read More »
Whatever happened to wind energy?
April 5, 2008
I saw a Hawaiian Electric commercial on television last week which said something to the effect that ‘we need to reduce our need for imported oil’ in Hawaii. Unless I’m mistaken, all the oil we use in our refineries in Hawaii is imported, and barring a huge deposit of oil found somewhere in the Hawaiian archipelago, … Read More »
It’s a cold day in Hawaii
April 4, 2008
Winter is over, spring is here, summer is on the way. Then why was it so cold last night? Yes, I know. Cold is relative. An overnight low in the mid-60s can’t be considered cold, especially to those who shiver day and night where it’s really cold (Missouri, I’m lookin’ at you!). It’s not really … Read More »
Another one bites the dust
April 3, 2008
First Aloha Airlines, now ATA. This has been a bad week for anyone associated with airlines in Hawaii. In an odd sort of way, it didn’t come as much of a surprise when Aloha Airlines finally closed the doors, and parked the planes. The airline struggled for much of the past 20 years, and was … Read More »
