tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91681487542412072012024-03-17T17:03:59.591-10:00Friday 5 AnswersMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.comBlogger415125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-49504222512124090092024-02-23T23:49:00.003-10:002024-02-23T23:57:47.616-10:00Friday 5 for February 23: Noms<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="478" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-BLM1naCfME" width="636" youtube-src-id="-BLM1naCfME"></iframe></div><p>Questions from Scrivener's <b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2024/02/23/friday-5-for-february-23-noms/" target="_blank">Friday 5</a></b> blog.</p><p><b>1. What’s the strangest food you’ve eaten out of a can?</b></p><p>The usual canned foods I eat are tuna and sardines. Once in a blue moon spam or corned beef. I can't think of anything strange. When it comes to food I tend to go with what is familiar. I am not adventureous.</p><p><b>2. What food most recently made you ill?</b></p><p>I can't think of anything recent. As for something years ago, the only thing I remember are the runs as if my stomach was being pumped. Mamacita's pasta... lovely... gross.</p><p>It was most likely spaghetti years ago from Mamacita (I think that is the name) of the Ala Moana Center Food Court complex, which recently closed... for good... After getting sick from their awful food, I never went there again.</p><p><b>3. What movie makes you really want to eat?</b></p><p>Here at home anything that is longer than a half hour on streaming will get me to go back and forth to the fridge or pantry. Most recently it was the movie <b><i>Tetris</i></b> on Apple TV before my free subscription ran out. It's a good movie about the development and marketing of the popular computer game Tetris. Developed in the old Soviet Union, sold and pirated on PCs and how it got to the Nintendo Game Boy during the transition of the old Soviet Union into the "new" Russia. Good movie.</p><p><b>4. What haven’t you eaten in a really, really long time?</b></p><p>My Mom's Thanksgiving stuffing and macaroni potato salad. It is something I will never ever eat again considering Mom passed away in 2015 and stopped cooking about two years before that. I miss Mom.</p><p><b>5. What did you most recently eat in a moving vehicle?</b></p><p>My commute to anywhere is generally short, so I can't remember what I recently ate. In the past I've eaten burgers and fries after ordering them through the drive-thru.</p>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-83701834236537684952024-02-09T20:05:00.002-10:002024-02-09T20:05:43.241-10:00 Friday 5 for February 9: Insert coin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6qj5NP2_bI6QiwA1XTQmvnZo959S6Xuj-MgdiW4O0I2bilZW9eY_jn8Bvhr1Blk_djhNQl6mz3jQ7zZ9RuKWMRAB41Q0aPOjz96KBrUp6WXSpPZWVNoofu_kbQd6zzneKJWA5fHEURcP1rmuY2yC_mo3XrYnO8xQSCM9ynuYu4RraR04YGdYYZve6ekv/s2400/VendingMachines.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2400" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6qj5NP2_bI6QiwA1XTQmvnZo959S6Xuj-MgdiW4O0I2bilZW9eY_jn8Bvhr1Blk_djhNQl6mz3jQ7zZ9RuKWMRAB41Q0aPOjz96KBrUp6WXSpPZWVNoofu_kbQd6zzneKJWA5fHEURcP1rmuY2yC_mo3XrYnO8xQSCM9ynuYu4RraR04YGdYYZve6ekv/w659-h412/VendingMachines.jpg" width="659" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">From Scrivener's Friday 5</span></b><span style="color: red;">:</span></span></p><p>Hello, and welcome to this week’s Friday 5! Please copy these questions to your webspace. Answer the questions there; then leave a comment below so we’ll all know where to check out your responses. <b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2024/02/09/friday-5-for-february-9-insert-coin/" target="_blank">Please don’t forget to link us from your website!</a></b></p><p><b>1. How do you feel about vending machine food?</b></p><p>Candy, potato chips and other junk foods are the highlight of most vending machine food fare. My feelings about them? Is this all there is? They are expensive! Cheaper at the supermarket for better food. It is a good thing none are near me.</p><p><b>2. Where on this planet is the vending machine you’ve given the most money?</b></p><p>My bank ATM machine when I make deposits to my own account(s).</p><p><b>3. Have you ever purchased a non-food, non-beverage item from a vending machine?</b></p><p>Yes.... Money! A Bank ATM vends cash when after you insert your bank debit card or any credit card.... in denominations of $20 usually. I only use my debit card for these at my own bank. Don't want to pay for the fees for using my card in some bank that I don't belong to.</p><p>Another type of vending machine I used a long time ago is a Jukebox...where you could play a recorded song on a 45 rpm record for about a dime back in my kid days, and a quarter later... long before the Walkman, iPod and other personal music audio devices.</p><p>And of course who can forget a payphone? I've used these off and on more than 35 years ago. There are still a few of them around, though the best ones can be found in posh hotels and at big international airports.</p><p><b>4. Where’s the nearest vending machine right now, and what would you get from it if you were to go immediately?</b></p><p>There is a Coca Cola machine four floors down in the building I live in.</p><p><b>5. What would you like to see in a vending machine?</b></p><p>Free money with no fees.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-33017440282231156982024-02-04T12:58:00.000-10:002024-02-04T12:58:31.569-10:00 Friday 5 for February 2: Mayday! Mayday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="417" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AepyGm9Me6w" width="629" youtube-src-id="AepyGm9Me6w"></iframe></div><p>Hello, and welcome to this week’s Friday 5! Please copy these questions to your webspace. Answer the questions there; then leave a comment below so we’ll all know where to check out your responses. Please don’t forget <b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2024/02/02/friday-5-for-february-2-mayday-mayday/" target="_blank">to link us from your website!</a></b></p><p><b>1. What does it take to make your way in the world today?</b></p><p>Staying focused (which is not easy), keeping myself safe and avoiding risk, being on time and know where I am going. Planning ahead if it is a destination I don't normally go to... Also keeping costs to a minimum if at all possible... Avoiding high priced events, venues and activities.</p><p><b>2. Where do you go to take a break from all your worries?</b></p><p>Can't really escape all he worries, but sometimes to the beach to catch the sunrise or sunset... somewhere in the country if I am so motivated... or else the easy way is to bury myself in recorded music.</p><p><b>3. Where does everybody knows your name and they’re always glad you came? (or where did everybody know your name and were always glad you came?)</b></p><p>Family reunions or more usual, at a funeral for a family member. As you age you end up going to more funerals until your life ends.</p><p><b>4. Which no-longer-in-business establishments are you nostalgic for, and is nostalgia generally a positive or negative emotion?</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Tower Records</li><li>Woolworth</li><li>Kress Store (Downtown Hilo / Kai'ko Mall)</li><li>SEARS</li><li>JC Penney's (dept store closed all locatons in Hawaii)</li><li>DJ's Sound City (record store)</li><li>The Record Museum</li><li>Records Hawa</li><li>Computer City</li><li>Comp USA</li><li>Patti's Chinese Kitchen</li><li>The original Jelly's Records and Books</li><li>Froggies (records and books)</li><li>Dairy Queen of Honokaa</li><li>Hamakua Fountain</li><li>Waikiki #1 #2 and #3 Theaters</li><li>Cinerama Theater</li><li>Honolulu Weekly (free newspaper)</li><li>Project 3 LTD (Hilo record store)</li><li>MJS Music (Hilo record store)</li><li>Interlude Music (record store + books)</li><li>TKS / T. Kaneshiro Store (Honokaa HI)</li><li>Ujiki Store (Honokaa HI)</li><li>KKUA radio 69 on the AM dial</li><li>KPOI 1380 AM radio</li><li>KPOI 97.5 FM (98 Rock) - various other rock formats</li><li>Radio Free Hawaii 102.7 FM</li><li>Muxtape</li><li>Finetune.com</li><li>Power Computing (Mac clone maker)</li><li>Be Inc. (BeOS)</li><li>Jaiku (social media website)</li><li>Modern Photography magazine</li><li>MacAddict magazine</li><li>MacUser magazine</li></ul><div>I'm sure there are more than I could mention. May all those businesses and their generally affordable prices and merchandise rest in special places in our memories.</div><p></p><p><b>5. Which television shows have great opening theme songs with opening title sequences?</b></p><p><b>My Top 10</b></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Hawaii Five-0 (1968 - 1980 original series)</li><li>Miami Vice (Jan Hammer)</li><li>Crime Story ("Runaway" by Del Shannon)</li><li>Star Trek The Next Generation</li><li>Babylon 5 (5 different theme variations for each of the 5 years)</li><li>The X Files</li><li>The Avengers (British TV series 1960s)</li><li>Mission Impossible</li><li>Gilligan's Island</li><li>Cheers</li></ol><div>More for the songs but the opening video clips are mostly memorable.</div><p></p>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-47427844227685386882024-01-28T23:45:00.000-10:002024-01-28T23:45:41.087-10:00Friday 5 for January 26: On the right tracks<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="405" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t2aIo20zwsY" width="487" youtube-src-id="t2aIo20zwsY"></iframe></div><p>Another <b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2024/01/26/friday-5-for-january-26-on-the-right-tracks/" target="_blank">Friday 5 question group on music</a></b>... Late but could not pass this one up.</p><p><b>1. Which obscure song is better than well-known songs by the same artist?</b></p><p>There are plenty... but for now I will go with <b>Paul McCartney. </b>Here is a guy that goes all the way back to the 1960s and most well known for being one of the four <b>Beatles</b>. However his career continued moving forward from the 1970s til today. Over those decades he has churned out many memorable and popular tracks on his own, as well as with his next group, <b>Wings</b>. That said, here are my Top 5+5 "obscure" hits by Paul McCartney.</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>1. I'll Give You A Ring (1982)</li><li>2. Ou Est le Soleil (1989)</li><li>3. Temporary Secretary (1980)</li><li>4. Seize the Day (2020)</li><li>5. Country Dreamer (Paul McCartney & Wings - 1973)</li><li>6. Frozen Jap (1980)</li><li>7. Sing the Changes (The Firemen - 2008)</li><li>8. Daytime Nighttime Suffering (Paul McCartney & Wings - 1979)</li><li>9. Sally G (Paul McCartney & Wings - 1974)</li><li>10. The Mess (Live - Paul McCartney & Wings - 1973)</li></ul><p></p><p><b>2. What are some no-skip albums, albums whose tracks are all great to listen to?</b></p><p>Not counting compilations and boxed sets, here are my favorites:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>1. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (1977)</li><li>2. Ring - The Connells (1993)</li><li>3. Let It Be - The Beatles (1970/2021 Deluxe)</li><li>4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John (1973)</li><li>5. Revolver - The Beatles (1966)</li><li>6. Cannibal Courtship - Dengue Fever (2011)</li><li>7. Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor - Caro Emerald (2010)</li><li>8. A Hard Days' Night - The Beatles (1964)</li><li>9. Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings (1973)</li><li>10. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles (1967)</li></ul><p></p><p>Many others would also be on this list. The most recent album that I love all tracks:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="445" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8kWt8ELuDOc" width="627" youtube-src-id="8kWt8ELuDOc"></iframe></div><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Hackney Diamonds</span> - The Rolling Stones </b>(2023)</li></ul><p></p><p><b>3. Which album didn’t do it for you at first, but became a favorite after repeated listens?</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent - Lewis Capaldi (2019)</li></ul><p></p><p><b>4. Which album is best listened to at night?</b></p><p>I like listening to the following albums by <b>Enya</b> to put me to sleep:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="373" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jl8iYAo90pE" width="615" youtube-src-id="Jl8iYAo90pE"></iframe></div><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Watermark</li><li>Shepherd Moons</li><li>The Memory of Trees</li><li>Amarantine</li></ul><p></p><p><b>5. Which album is best listened to in a car?</b></p><p>I don't listen to albums in the car since my commute is short.</p><p>That said, I figure the main reason to listen to an album in the car is to keep you up and not fall asleep while driving... so here goes....</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Fleetwood Mac - Rumours</li><li>The Connells - Ring</li><li>The Raveonettes - In And Out of Control</li><li>The Raveonettes - Pretty in Black</li><li>The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds</li><li>AC/DC - Power Up</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ga5qfM2-kog" width="641" youtube-src-id="ga5qfM2-kog"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><p></p>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-55540794727975151882024-01-24T23:31:00.005-10:002024-01-24T23:43:01.086-10:00Friday 5 for January 19: Random topic generator<p> From Scrivener's <b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2024/01/19/friday-5-for-january-19-random-topic-generator/" target="_blank">Friday 5</a></b> blog, here are the questions and answers nearly a week late.</p><p><b>1. How much experience do you have with tobacco?</b></p><p>Personally ZERO - and all instances that I ran into damn tobacco smoke have been NEGATIVE. Stinky. Awful. Foul. Why burn good money on this crap????</p><p><b>2. What have you made with wood?</b></p><p>When I was in middle school I made a wooden napkin holder and doorstop for woodshop class. I have a picture of those somewhere... can't find it now.</p><p><b>3. What do you think of farmers markets in your area?</b></p><p>I rarely go, though when I do go I like looking around and buying some fresh veggies and fruit. Some of these markets also sell too many non-farm produced trinkets which I never buy.</p><p><b>4. What’s a good movie, novel, or TV show containing a shipwreck?</b></p><p>While the fictional love story is basically crap, the re-creation of the sinking of the <b><i>Titanic</i></b> is great... Gotta love the special effects of that sinking in the movie.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="326" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iyBHIF-b0M0" width="645" youtube-src-id="iyBHIF-b0M0"></iframe></div><p>Other great shipwreck movies:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><i>The Poseidon Adventure</i></b> (1972)</li><li><b><i>Mysterious Island</i></b> (1961)</li><li><b><i>The Final Countdown </i></b>(1980) - what if a massive shipwreck event could be prevented....</li></ul><p></p><p>And the ultimate shipwreck TV series.... <b><i>Gilligan's Island</i></b>... a silly but classic TV show of all time.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cfR7qxtgCgY" width="623" youtube-src-id="cfR7qxtgCgY"></iframe></div><p><b>5. What’s a good song with the word magic in its title or lyrics?</b></p><p>Here are a few quick titles...</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles</li><li>Magic - The Cars</li><li>You Can Do Magic - America</li><li>Magic - Olivia Newton John</li><li>Magic's In the Dancing - Lighthouse</li><li>Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac; famously covered by Santana</li></ul><p></p><p><br /></p>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-89068567896540287012024-01-12T06:23:00.002-10:002024-01-12T06:23:31.567-10:00 Friday 5 January 12: Stolen 5<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="440" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_mEC54eTuGw" width="668" youtube-src-id="_mEC54eTuGw"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-89057a76-7fff-746f-0e7f-4a0f1646d876"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>1.What do you drink in the morning?</b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Water is the only thing I drink 98% of the time during my day. Since I have to take my morning medications, I almost 100% take them with water.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>2. What was the last song you heard?</b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This changes by the minute or at the most a few hours. Except when I am at work, I always have some music playing. Right now that song is "The River" by the fictional rock band Daisy Jones & The Six from the Amazon Prime TV series of the same name. This is what I was listening to when I was typing up the responses for this blog on Google Docs a few hours ago.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You can keep up to date on what I last listened to by checking out my <b><span style="color: red;">Last FM</span></b> profile:</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.last.fm/user/macpro" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.last.fm/user/macpro</span></span></a></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I love music, music genres, lists and tracking the songs I listen to through a process called "scrobbling" at the Last FM website. I also publish music charts on my blog and at the M4B Personal Charts site online where chart geeks hang out.</span></span></p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">M4B Charts Website</span> </b>- my username there is macprohawaii.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://freakyflybry.proboards.com/board/38/personal-charts" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://freakyflybry.proboards.com/board/38/personal-charts</span></span></a></p><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Mel's Current Top 20</span></b> chart page</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://macpro.freeshell.org/music/WTop20.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">http://macpro.freeshell.org/music/WTop20.html</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> - This is an old school web page that I have continually published since 1999.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Mel's Music Blog</span></b> - charts, music streams, opinions, videos… lots of pop rock and oldies stuff here.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://macprohawaii-music.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://macprohawaii-music.blogspot.com/</span></span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My current most favorite song since September 2023 is "Angry" by The Rolling Stones. It is quite surprising that these three remaining 80 year old guys can still rock it along with their much younger back-up musicians. So in the end of my most recent scrobbles, you'll find "Angry" as the song I last played.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>3. What are your feelings about ghosts?</b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The day I see and photograph one I'll believe it. Currently: <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">No</span></b>.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>4. How do you feel about camping?</b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Inconvenient but could be fun. The last time I camped out was on July 11, 1991. I slept in a car waiting for a total solar eclipse to occur early the next morning.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQq-bK4_VfTry1Q4-3gYlu_0SfBkFtAsPshFk3kwhOMTVG9f2RqS2NFTlhE43Nd9UK3JGSv9JinKoEv1VWT7Eu0VSz3twckkjP8YMx1HB2bnNnqoGvzzE32MzIx1eWL6rB-Mmc2B-tz_mRXF8AvJf4OrKK0EFiyAjdw5nucpOLSeTxYbEoo5xUMTt2H9_e/s900/1991Eclipse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQq-bK4_VfTry1Q4-3gYlu_0SfBkFtAsPshFk3kwhOMTVG9f2RqS2NFTlhE43Nd9UK3JGSv9JinKoEv1VWT7Eu0VSz3twckkjP8YMx1HB2bnNnqoGvzzE32MzIx1eWL6rB-Mmc2B-tz_mRXF8AvJf4OrKK0EFiyAjdw5nucpOLSeTxYbEoo5xUMTt2H9_e/w475-h356/1991Eclipse.jpg" width="475" /></a></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>5. What are your thoughts on showers vs. baths?</b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Showers are quicker. Both can be fun if you can do something creative with them. But for the most part I'm in a hurry and have to move on.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These questions and more are posted on <b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2024/01/12/friday-5-for-january-12-stolen-5/" target="_blank">Scrivener's Blog</a></b>.</span></span></p><div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-55764508758583100792024-01-06T08:58:00.002-10:002024-01-06T09:01:22.417-10:00 Friday 5 for January 5: Touch that dial<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGmIPHG8wQnuTOslX3d4l0Ui-ar6-HLStJsRpnosdsd0gMmlXtQYIyO1ntmLDhEMi1ITYFoWR2usfN4gUV4Yiax2S_G89UKHXAlcuj0_elDa4nIdgqw_kIvtaaUjtOQYdXOKo_eaMpQa1K3qt8Q0uDjLyquN49wjiydZVbLhl_EajxBAy-yhjkd3FoI19/s1600/TV-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGmIPHG8wQnuTOslX3d4l0Ui-ar6-HLStJsRpnosdsd0gMmlXtQYIyO1ntmLDhEMi1ITYFoWR2usfN4gUV4Yiax2S_G89UKHXAlcuj0_elDa4nIdgqw_kIvtaaUjtOQYdXOKo_eaMpQa1K3qt8Q0uDjLyquN49wjiydZVbLhl_EajxBAy-yhjkd3FoI19/w624-h510/TV-1.jpg" width="624" /><br /></a></div><p>The following questions come from the weekly <b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2024/01/05/friday-5-for-january-5-touch-that-dial/" target="_blank">Friday 5 blog</a></b>. Scrivener says, "Please feel free to define TV anyway you wish." - For me TV is well, TV, computer, tablet and smart phone. Mostly I watch TV on my Mac.</p><p>BTW, when was the last time you saw a TV with a dial on it?</p><p><b>1. What’s the most boring thing on TV?</b></p><p>Too much to mention. There are so many boring things on TV, but I would guess a test pattern, snow (on old analog TV sets) and the blue screen of death are probably the most boring things on TV. I mean a test pattern. How long can you stand watching this:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="532" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/On1b2TCbnUc" width="640" youtube-src-id="On1b2TCbnUc"></iframe></div><p><b>2. What’s the most enlightening thing on TV?</b></p><p>Nothing is really enlightening on TV. Perhaps if you are of faith there may be some types of religious programs that you might find enlightening.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="455" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/otUXOq6LrwQ" width="654" youtube-src-id="otUXOq6LrwQ"></iframe></div><p><b>3. What’s the most comforting thing on TV?</b></p><p>Free streaming from YouTube, Pluto TV, TUBI TV and other streamers... plus TV stations that you can catch for FREE using an antenna. It is comforting to know that despite annoying ads, a lot of content is available and you don't have to spend a single penny to get it...re: no subscription fees. All the free streams are good for background noise while you do something else. My favorites are music mixes and <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AIRLINEVIDEOS" target="_blank">Airline Videos</a></b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="409" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d3Pxghp-3IQ" width="670" youtube-src-id="d3Pxghp-3IQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b>4. What’s the tawdriest thing on TV?</b></p><p>Currently any press conference coming out of The White House.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="367" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QqkR7SXUhGE" width="670" youtube-src-id="QqkR7SXUhGE"></iframe></div><p><b>5. What’s the most thrilling thing on TV?</b></p><p>That changes a lot from time to time. Thrilling can be anything from rocket launches, Dragon spaceflight, Starship, Falcon 9, Falcon Super Heavy, etc. (think <b>Space X</b>) to science fiction TV shows and movies that I watch over and over again: <i>Babylon 5, Star Trek</i> (various), <i>Star Wars, The Expanse, The X Files</i>, <i>The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits</i>; anything in space and sci-fi oriented. I also like the <b>Taylor Sheridan</b> produced shows, many which I have yet to watch.... think <i>Yellowstone</i> and several spin-offs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="357" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C3iHAgwIYtI" width="683" youtube-src-id="C3iHAgwIYtI"></iframe></div><p>A lot of Space X content streams live on YouTube and NASA TV. All free of charge. Yay!</p>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-85167427343862503432023-12-31T08:35:00.000-10:002023-12-31T08:35:32.240-10:00Friday 5 for December 29: Repetitively redundant<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjoR67AhfUR6PLT0RkqDgo59GMZsT5xLsn3wAHs9B23qJ_fYDfXPf9sI9WZLz-UgmTUU8KPqIU_U7ZuETR7BXiaddEmsAE-GKlRHyRCQeAIy6AxIce3mXc9qI9sqsWhlumtqiXqrxTh3PSqz8hDRzCgNqaxJpxLYTZDzpZNiYOpUnDn2WQTzEIY40bAL-/s1280/IMG_0706M2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="631" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjoR67AhfUR6PLT0RkqDgo59GMZsT5xLsn3wAHs9B23qJ_fYDfXPf9sI9WZLz-UgmTUU8KPqIU_U7ZuETR7BXiaddEmsAE-GKlRHyRCQeAIy6AxIce3mXc9qI9sqsWhlumtqiXqrxTh3PSqz8hDRzCgNqaxJpxLYTZDzpZNiYOpUnDn2WQTzEIY40bAL-/w631-h631/IMG_0706M2.jpg" width="631" /></a></div><p></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The last <b>Friday 5 Answers</b> blog entry - <b><span style="color: red;">123 123 </span></b>(December 31, 2023).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><h1 class="entry-title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Questions from</span><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: 300;"> </span><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2023/12/29/friday-5-for-december-29-repetitively-redundant/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span>Scrivener's Friday 5 blog</span><span style="font-weight: 300;">.</span></span></a></span></span></h1><div><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 300;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div><b>1. What inconveniences do you experience every single day?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>I hate bending down.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>2. What do you wish you weren’t so often in close proximity to?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Rail and TOD developments.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>3. This past week, what would you have appreciated some advance warning about? (alternate question: What were you grateful to receive advance warning about?)</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Paper copy of birth certificate. Fortunately I found it. Yay!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>4. What caused you to smile happily today?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>My best friend waking up and saying "<span style="color: red;"><b>Happy 123 123</b></span>." It's the last day of the year.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>5. When did you recently give in to a sudden impulse?</b></div></div><div><br /></div><div>I ate a whole can of Almond Roca while watching TV.</div><div><br /></div>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-88855409878254334472023-11-18T12:07:00.000-10:002023-11-18T12:07:42.772-10:00Friday 5 for November 17: Roll the bones<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrF-s7f1IblLOaV9kvCZz6s9o7FgXV8ioafoISxqglat_1DxmHGpayGs47pH3ajL0_VxOjq98ZcCn8ZJ_KeN0fpFd-EM3wUHWQ2YjO-xT_s4efYsgBJjQP_g-CMG5dfyxJWOYLUCluQmcmcdAdmPZlCK4z1ySS72ATUXGq4FcFqo_yrtV0Ptw4w9sea1j/s1019/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-18%20at%2012.03.30%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="1019" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrF-s7f1IblLOaV9kvCZz6s9o7FgXV8ioafoISxqglat_1DxmHGpayGs47pH3ajL0_VxOjq98ZcCn8ZJ_KeN0fpFd-EM3wUHWQ2YjO-xT_s4efYsgBJjQP_g-CMG5dfyxJWOYLUCluQmcmcdAdmPZlCK4z1ySS72ATUXGq4FcFqo_yrtV0Ptw4w9sea1j/w631-h379/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-18%20at%2012.03.30%20PM.png" width="631" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><h1 class="entry-title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">From </span><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2023/11/17/friday-5-for-november-17-roll-the-bones/" target="_blank">Scrivener's Friday 5 blog</a><span style="font-weight: 300;">.</span></span></span></h1><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>1. How do you feel about gambling?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm not a fan of gambling. I don't gamble.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>2. Which casino-type game do you most enjoy?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">None.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>3. What’s the riskiest thing you’ve done recently?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Spent money.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>4. What are the chances this will be a terrific weekend for you?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Chances are low that it will be terrific.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>5. What’s your favorite (gambling or not gambling) card game?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Solitaire on my computer or phone.</span></p><div><br /></div>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-25237418344887970772023-11-12T10:04:00.000-10:002023-11-12T10:04:03.993-10:00Friday 5 for November 10: When it’s time to change, you’ve got to rearrange<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="395" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Im8zYhFB0JA" width="665" youtube-src-id="Im8zYhFB0JA"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>I was going to use <b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">The Brady Bunch'</span></b>s "hit" single "Time to Change" for this <b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Friday 5 Answer</span></b>. However I am late in answering and saw that two other bloggers used the song in their responses. That said I offer this song of "Change" from 2013. It was my favorite song of that year... the band is <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_(band)" target="_blank">Churchill</a></span></b>, who disbanded shortly after this became a #1 alternative rock hit and a free iTunes giveaway.</p><p>As usual the source for the <b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2023/11/10/friday-5-for-november-10-when-its-time-to-change-youve-got-to-rearrange/" target="_blank">Friday 5 is from Scrivener.</a></b></p><p><b>1. If you could change one minor thing about your life right now, what would you choose?</b></p><p>What I do is usually safety check my car about 1 or 2 days after the expiration date. That way my next safety check deadline is pushed to the next month of the following year. Been doing this now for several years.</p><p><b>2. What’s your favorite bubblegum?</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbO_7YskFhPc1KVccFYKq_9QAAe8Wt8TxZEnQqM257OsbFIbB5xXBU30eqbYPf3C-M_2Op-B7EXuisUQ6dHzPBY-BTr7_bjoRXUBQza111X_OwwyvAe-d0qZNfNkDRsgkxSSfTt7c0oC7pTGOOXbVBXJyUbZrwhaLtrubi1FX-LHYax9hsQsRKhyphenhyphenP3dnSj/s800/Bazooka_gum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="800" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbO_7YskFhPc1KVccFYKq_9QAAe8Wt8TxZEnQqM257OsbFIbB5xXBU30eqbYPf3C-M_2Op-B7EXuisUQ6dHzPBY-BTr7_bjoRXUBQza111X_OwwyvAe-d0qZNfNkDRsgkxSSfTt7c0oC7pTGOOXbVBXJyUbZrwhaLtrubi1FX-LHYax9hsQsRKhyphenhyphenP3dnSj/s320/Bazooka_gum.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazooka_(chewing_gum)" target="_blank">Bazooka Bubble Gum</a></b>.. if you combined two or more together they could make the biggest bubble ever that broke on your face. Plus it had that funky <i><b>Bazooka Joe</b></i> comic strip folded within the gum wrapper. It was back in my day only a penny per gum. I haven't seen this bubble gum in ages. I looked it up, the company Bazooka is still in business making the gum, though the comic strip is no longer offered.<p></p><p><b>3. When did you most recently need an unexpected change of clothing?</b></p><p>While it was not expected, a few times I was caught in a rainy downpour... but then I was just wearing very casual clothes so I did not much care... plus I was close to home. We haven't had rain in a long time here.</p><p><b>4. Where do you keep your (currency) change?</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Dollar bills assorted </b>- Mostly in my wallet.</li><li><b>Loose Change / Coins </b>- In plastic 35mm film containers and prescription pill bottles. Also some loosely in desk drawers, car console area.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>5. When did you most recently need a change of scenery?</b></p><p>I haven't traveled out of the Honolulu urban core for more than three years now. I probably do need a change of scenery, even if only temporarily.</p><p><br /></p>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-88660328364334835682023-11-08T14:21:00.000-10:002023-11-08T14:21:22.944-10:00 Friday 5 for November 3: Late again<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYtpMG-HGSO6BoMOBLor0mgQW_wZkgzq-EWOzu-DhNz_G5gF81QgK2uYCRrP1_oBnWlqVRpzD3FMlErzA-gh9HXxxAYFbX_wf8QdhDJYxAncnYPBeRlBfEbHEtwBXtz0x0zMu_sj4eew_whQ6wzjTriJq5RZPrHn0AUacfePWgwZ5D5AYVQ5d_nvWxAWHp/s1600/IMG_2544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1061" data-original-width="1600" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYtpMG-HGSO6BoMOBLor0mgQW_wZkgzq-EWOzu-DhNz_G5gF81QgK2uYCRrP1_oBnWlqVRpzD3FMlErzA-gh9HXxxAYFbX_wf8QdhDJYxAncnYPBeRlBfEbHEtwBXtz0x0zMu_sj4eew_whQ6wzjTriJq5RZPrHn0AUacfePWgwZ5D5AYVQ5d_nvWxAWHp/w650-h431/IMG_2544.jpg" width="650" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Hey! In keeping with this week's theme... I'm late with my reply to the <b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2023/11/04/friday-5-for-november-3-late-again/" target="_blank">Friday 5 questions</a></b>. Yay!</p><p><b>1. When did you last miss a scheduled appointment?</b></p><p>Hair cutter back in May of 2023.</p><p><b>2. What’s usually the reason you’re late for something?</b></p><p>When I don't really want to be there and I know there will be no line to wait in.</p><p><b>3. What have you recently finished well in advance of a due date or deadline?</b></p><p>Usually the Assistance League of Hawaii monthly newsletter.</p><p><b>4. In your daily life, what strategies do you use for not being in a hurry?</b></p><p>The main one is <b><span style="color: red;">BE EARLY.</span></b> Leave early, especially if what you need to do is on some other entitie's schedule that you rely on... like... um... airline travel. I am always at the airport 2 or 3 hours before flight. You can never tell if there will be some long ass line at TSA, ticketing or both.... I like being early at the airport because that gives me an excuse to take pictures, though often times of numerous planes that are the same airline as the one you are flying on.</p><p>I hate missing planes especially if you have someone at the other end who will pick you up at the airport.</p><p><b>5. What are you waiting for?</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>a. My aging old Mac</li><li>b. Resumption of <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i> TV series</li><li>c. Whatever I may have on order from Amazon</li><li>d. Black Friday bargains from streamers</li><li>e. Death! (Oh what fun!@)</li></ul><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-30309773547401060342023-10-21T11:01:00.000-10:002023-10-21T11:01:10.303-10:00 Friday 5 for October 20: On the subway walls<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcPh3R0uj0ER6v7hXoTS8O3d6olsvQlXupIUwUUhH7eRy2VluC2-7Qe-WDrr-c5a69cdol1LFwlbHXcaD-MYY5HA802BVWm9DOsD5ozbGvuKwyuiqYw8URlZcGDrHRdhBYLDPUrIwjbH8cMPQlR2QzsBI-a-7D777YRGM4-XV8IwYQtLnTJWwwd6THppc/s3264/IMG_0511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcPh3R0uj0ER6v7hXoTS8O3d6olsvQlXupIUwUUhH7eRy2VluC2-7Qe-WDrr-c5a69cdol1LFwlbHXcaD-MYY5HA802BVWm9DOsD5ozbGvuKwyuiqYw8URlZcGDrHRdhBYLDPUrIwjbH8cMPQlR2QzsBI-a-7D777YRGM4-XV8IwYQtLnTJWwwd6THppc/w643-h482/IMG_0511.JPG" width="643" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Friday 5 for October 20:</b> On the subway walls: As usual the questions originate from <b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2023/10/20/friday-5-for-october-20-on-the-subway-walls/" target="_blank">Scrivener's Friday 5 blog</a></b>.</p><p><b>1. Which words do you use too frequently?</b></p><p>- Swear words when I am frustrated, startled or angry... the two common ones starting with <b><span style="color: red;">F</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #990000;">Sh.</span></b></p><p><b>2. Which words do you use not enough?</b></p><p>I apologize.</p><p><b>3. Which words have you recently learned?</b></p><p>- <b>Rakkyo</b> - I thought it was "Ronkyo". I recently found out that <i>ronkyo</i> does not exist but instead it is called <i>Rakkyo.</i></p><p><b>4. Which words do you love to hear?</b></p><p>"<b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Chuckle</span></b>" - it's cute when I hear it spoken in audio books or podcasts. I think about fuzzy little creatures that purr similar to Tribbles in <i>Star Trek, </i>even though it means a somewhat subdued laugh.. <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b>Chuckles</b>.</span></p><p><b><span style="color: #13c902;">FREE STUFF </span></b>- Yep, that gets my attention.</p><p><b>FREE PARKING</b> - self explanatory</p><p><b>FREE ADMISSION</b> - yep!</p><p><b>FREE STREAMING</b> - yep... Pluto TV, Tubi TV, iHeartRadio, etc.</p><p><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">FREE</span></b> - by itself is generally good too.</p><p><b>5. Which new slang terms do you especially like or dislike?</b></p><p>Some of these may be new, but I suspect and know several are old:</p><p><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Like:</span></b> </p><p><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Legit</span></b> - legal, legitimate</p><p><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Doh!</span></b> - what?!! Oh NO! (adopted from <i>The Simpsons)</i></p><p><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Cluckers</span></b> - I made this up and use it... chickens! </p><p><b>Puka</b> (Hawaii) - hole </p><p><b><span style="color: red;">Dislike</span></b>: </p><p><span style="color: #783f04;"><b>Brah</b> </span>(local Hawaii) - I hate being called that... "Eh brah"</p><p><b><span style="color: #783f04;">Unkle</span></b> (local Hawaii) - I am not your uncle.</p>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-6576862940602891942023-10-13T20:22:00.001-10:002023-10-14T07:20:29.644-10:00Friday 5 for October 13: Capitalizing on Opportunity<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="518" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1j6MhRVF-Ec" width="623" youtube-src-id="1j6MhRVF-Ec"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From <b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2023/10/13/friday-5-for-october-13-capitalizing-on-opportunity/" target="_blank">Scrivener's Friday 5</a> </b>weblog.</div><p></p><p><b>1. When did you last visit a building where legislation or executive governing take place?</b></p><p>Hawaii State Capitol - May 2023.... will be visiting again next week.</p><p><b>2. What do you carry on your person, in a bag, or in your car, just in case?</b></p><p>Either my primary smartphone (Google Pixel 4a) or my secondary "dumbphone", an Alcatel Smartflip 2. I was opposed to cell phones for a long time until I needed one in 2014 to communicate on the go and at work with my slowly dying Mom. I got a cheap 3G Smartphone at that time, which eventually saved my life in late 2015 after I suffered a mild heart attack at a public park. After that I always have one of them with me.</p><p><b>3. When did you last lower yourself (physically) through an opening of some kind?</b></p><p>It was either in 2010 on a tour aboard the <i>U.S.S. Ronald Reagan </i>aircraft carrier, or more recently in 2015 on another tour on the historic battleship <i>U.S.S. Missouri.</i> Lots of climbing up and down, especially the carrier. </p><p><b>4. How do you feel about the death penalty?</b></p><p>I'm all for it in its use in capital crimes such as murder, serial murder, treason against the United States of America, and for serial rape. </p><p><b>5. Which vocalists most impress you with their ability to sing in the upper register?</b></p><p>Off the top of my head <b>Art Garfunkel </b>comes to mind... and maybe <b>Jon Anderson</b> in the group <b>Yes</b>. Of course there is always the late <b>Tiny Tim</b>... "Tiptoe through the tulips with me...."</p><p>However females can naturally hit high notes and for me the most famous locally is <b>Genoa Keawe</b>, a Hawaiian music singer who could hit high notes and sustain them with aplomb. See video at the top of this posting.</p><p>Below inside the Hawaii State Capitol Senate Chamber earlier this year. I work there part of the time.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mQpjiHsTlILir0Dn0A7-gBbGKtYdN8vsI_rtShEZ4sbOfR-9GO5SVZQsk7puUKOlX55fmWwtB_rNWjuImmQN-uabLdRSg5YsdFuwjmhBkBbpI_DZr_h_cUIn1izhJsHslRUF3QJckZj6coUmqmfqM3XXf99_zdVebOaTyi3Dvq-4N_DG1036p9935F42/s4032/PXL_20230323_213253374.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mQpjiHsTlILir0Dn0A7-gBbGKtYdN8vsI_rtShEZ4sbOfR-9GO5SVZQsk7puUKOlX55fmWwtB_rNWjuImmQN-uabLdRSg5YsdFuwjmhBkBbpI_DZr_h_cUIn1izhJsHslRUF3QJckZj6coUmqmfqM3XXf99_zdVebOaTyi3Dvq-4N_DG1036p9935F42/w649-h366/PXL_20230323_213253374.jpg" width="649" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div><br /></div>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-88164283412794128192023-10-07T13:07:00.000-10:002023-10-07T13:07:51.254-10:00Friday 5 for October 6: Boo!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg27IvjfZo2UKHf6kFjACaqpv60QiWuMeN8R5U9sHPlYR1HmW-Y692y3JJoHyrDTeo-BOTsfsMbbEMQYkvnpGXPCapiMhq55VHCMmxB41Zs2XPBdMNXGz6CFrbKWOs7G3e92DmukCLdPewEbDe4w3lmU8-Rwu4R61TmCQlpb1I7AuiFdTpJ0aoReLM3Kxwm/s800/IMG_8522-S2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="800" height="411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg27IvjfZo2UKHf6kFjACaqpv60QiWuMeN8R5U9sHPlYR1HmW-Y692y3JJoHyrDTeo-BOTsfsMbbEMQYkvnpGXPCapiMhq55VHCMmxB41Zs2XPBdMNXGz6CFrbKWOs7G3e92DmukCLdPewEbDe4w3lmU8-Rwu4R61TmCQlpb1I7AuiFdTpJ0aoReLM3Kxwm/w609-h411/IMG_8522-S2.jpg" width="609" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: red;">It's SATURDAY October 7.</span></b> The following questions came from the <b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2023/10/06/friday-5-for-october-6-boo/" target="_blank">Friday 5 blog</a></b>.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1. How easily are you startled?</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Very easily. I don’t like sudden, unexpected things that pop up.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2. What music do you find scary?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Gangsta rap music and any type of ghetto (black) music associated with threatening messages, disrespect for the law, disrespect for our flag and country, espousing urban and rural violence, etc. That is the kind of rap music I would not want to be caught someplace where people love that stuff congregate. It is threatening.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3. When did you last attend a performance you didn’t think highly of?</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I rarely ever go to live performances. I think the thing that offends me the most about paid live performances, is not the performers or the performance itself, but mostly the high ticket prices and zeroing on those horrid, mandatory “service fees”. Looking at you Ticketmaster. Blech!!!! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Of course I know way in advance as to whether or not I would like the live performance by the type of content it would be… like I would go to some rock show and never ever go to a rap or hip hop concert.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So the chances of attending something I don't think highly of is fairly minimal at best.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">4. What caused your most recent small cut or scrape?</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Razor.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">5. When was your ego most recently bruised, and what did you do to recover?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Can’t remember anything of recent times. I generally avoid situations where something negative may happen to me.</span></span></p>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-26951456793244135662023-09-29T10:48:00.002-10:002023-09-29T10:57:31.261-10:00 Friday 5 for September 29: Gang aft agley<p>Does this one sound like it is following another nautical term? From <b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2023/09/29/friday-5-for-september-29-gang-aft-agley/" target="_blank">Scrivener's Friday 5 </a></b>site, come these stirring questions.</p><p><b>1. When did you last plan a special gathering or event?</b></p><p>I think that was around 2019.... though I was not the main planner which is a good thing... It was for a family reunion back home on Hawaii Island... I just had to plan on being there as the main photographer... that was it. Oh and help set up the Facebook page for that.</p><p>Prior to that... um... my Mom's funeral in 2015 and some years before that, my Dad's funeral in 2010.</p><p>Oh what fun! 😟</p><p><b>2. How do you rate yourself as an organizer of activities?</b></p><p>I'd rather avoid it. Just invite me to eat or take pictures at your event. That is good enough.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQsWUtcS84wmgqAnglN_NUOnZTYq3VasQ5ZlhQXyUYIKxXIUIzQPkcakjseu7OezJ91lHdr5XdJbzzfqAbzbnnixB6LKlQMapSuYwsNwJjUfJ7tPWthuT7b8aj92MUap0fKg7MOJXwAxPyUO8-wZ6wHg17h96606yIiqEVeTeYOu0rokAi4-di9qKcAAv/s1600/Sam&JA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="433" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQsWUtcS84wmgqAnglN_NUOnZTYq3VasQ5ZlhQXyUYIKxXIUIzQPkcakjseu7OezJ91lHdr5XdJbzzfqAbzbnnixB6LKlQMapSuYwsNwJjUfJ7tPWthuT7b8aj92MUap0fKg7MOJXwAxPyUO8-wZ6wHg17h96606yIiqEVeTeYOu0rokAi4-di9qKcAAv/w578-h433/Sam&JA.jpeg" title="Junior Achievement 2002." width="578" /></a></div><p><b>3. When did you plan something and then say, “Never again!”</b></p><p>Um... certificate presentations for my former employer between 1999 and 2014. Those horrible things were like trying to herd cats to a specific day and time for a rather public event. I did not relish doing them, but for the most part I pulled them off. At the end of whatever presentation we were doing, I always said to myself "never again". But then another one would come up, much to my annoyance. The above photo was taken in 2002 during one such event.</p><p>Today I would not want to do them. Too much headache. Just let me take photos if you need me for something like that.</p><p><b>4. When were you especially impressed by someone else’s planning for a special event?</b></p><p>The special events that I have been to have more of less turned out well. When you are not involved with it, you don't see or experience the behind the scenes stuff, so if something went wrong or a detail was missed, I would not know or care. I haven't been to anything that was so awful to make a bad impression on me. But then I don't go to many organized activites in my life.</p><p><b>5. When have you recently experienced a sudden change of plans?</b></p><p>I try to avoid change of plans, especially if I have to travel off island. That can be EXPENSIVE. The travel industry tries to nail you for every change you make and whatever changes you do make, causes the experience to SOUR and put a bigger hole in your POCKETBOOK.</p><p>I guess that is a reason why I do not like traveling so much. It is stressful just taking a plane from one island to another because we can't even drive to another county in this state surrounded by water. </p>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-52434065854907998332023-09-23T13:49:00.000-10:002023-09-23T13:49:10.165-10:00 Friday 5 for September 22: Don’t tip the boat over<p>Shades of The Hues Corporation for a song that is only a few years younger than you <b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2023/09/22/friday-5-for-september-22-dont-tip-the-boat-over/" target="_blank">Mr. Scrivener</a></b>. "<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_the_Boat_(The_Hues_Corporation_song)" target="_blank">Don't rock the boat, don't tip the boat over</a></b>." I remember when the song went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 as <b>Casey Kasem</b> counted the hits down on <b><span style="color: red;">American Top 40</span></b> back in the summer of 1974.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="338" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iKr9wZpjBqE" width="592" youtube-src-id="iKr9wZpjBqE"></iframe></p><p>Anyways here are my answers to these disco music inspired questions.</p><p><b>1. When did you most recently feel you should be dancing?</b></p><p>Not in this century. Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s I did some stints as a disco DJ... that was another lifetime ago, though all of the songs linked to in these questions were popular dance numbers at the time I was working.</p><p><b>2. What hot stuff have you recently consumed?</b></p><p>Black pepper? Mostly seasoning on stuff. A recent Saffron Road microwave dinner was quite spicy hot.</p><p><b>3. What kind of side-hustle would be fun to try?</b></p><p>I don't know if I would be relevant now, but mobile DJ again. However today it is probably real easy as you can load your entire dance trax and much more into a laptop computer(s). Back in the day it was a couple of crates of heavy LPs, 45s and 12 inch singles - and then there is the heavy gear.. nope not going there. Plus no one worried about copyright and public airplay back in those days.</p><p>Probably a better one would be radio DJ if that were available, but most radio stations are all computerized.</p><p>Other than that I have done freelance desktop publishing and wedding photography in the past. The latter is too stressful to cope with at my advanced age. Was fun in the film days because not everyone was good at shooting photos in those days, and no one had a smartphone or digital camera.</p><p><b>4. What were some of this summer’s good times?</b></p><p>None. I'm just plodding through life at my slow, mundane, old way.</p><p><b>5. What are your plans for Saturday night?</b></p><p>More than likely staying home, watching a movie and maybe ordering a pizza to go. </p><p><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">S</span> <span style="color: red;">A</span> <span style="color: #ffa400;">T</span> <span style="color: #fcff01;">U</span> <span style="color: #04ff00;">R</span> <span style="color: #01ffff;">D </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A </span><span style="color: #800180;">Y</span> </b> <b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">night!!!! </span></b></p>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-89594056618498578592023-09-17T10:20:00.000-10:002023-09-17T10:20:30.870-10:00Friday 5 for September 15: Happy Hour<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ciWpEbWw9OdOaGVhKRWDlC4LOtw6tuu--2z3AQ5hkTsuJ0RXr0KZsHg64PfMr8yoVLWFDV2R9HyQCmV8A8TsZlpVPWPQQ6cS3k7vEIyeTpwgen4W_eX37Fth10jDfpi8cTdRrcVKjkaoctza7S0ioYDvE4QTAoubtQeT2Y967Wt-UNEWOw0p-aWi46Kn/s4032/PXL_20230830_215055718.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ciWpEbWw9OdOaGVhKRWDlC4LOtw6tuu--2z3AQ5hkTsuJ0RXr0KZsHg64PfMr8yoVLWFDV2R9HyQCmV8A8TsZlpVPWPQQ6cS3k7vEIyeTpwgen4W_eX37Fth10jDfpi8cTdRrcVKjkaoctza7S0ioYDvE4QTAoubtQeT2Y967Wt-UNEWOw0p-aWi46Kn/w661-h372/PXL_20230830_215055718.jpg" width="661" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">I recently ate at Chic-fil-A for the first and only time so far. It was okay but nothing spectacular.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">Happy Hour? Not.</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> </span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">I had all of my answers saved to Google Docs on Friday but forgot to post them here until today... Sunday. Questions come <b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2023/09/15/friday-5-for-september-15-happy-hour/" target="_blank">from their usual source</a></b>.</p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">1. During which specific hour of the day are you likeliest to be happy?</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It depends on the circumstance and where I am during the day.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">2. Which food-beverage pairings do you feel strongest about?</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The standard burger - bun, beef, chicken or fish - should have tomato, lettuce and onion and one sauce at their most basic level.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The burger can be matched with water (my preference) or a soft drink of some type.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Optional - French fries or macaroni potato salad.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Optional 2 would be cheese, cucumbers, additional spices, avacado.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">3. Do you enjoy (or have you enjoyed) socializing with coworkers?</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It depends on where I have worked. Office parties are an unwanted social chore for me…. As are most "business" lunches with the entire group. I'm not a big fan of group gatherings.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">One on one (or two) with a trusted colleague is more to my preference if one must socialize. Generally I rather go home.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">4. When did you last try something different (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) to drink?</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I haven't tried anything new in the drink department for a long time. I don't do any alcoholic drinks, and have sworn off sugared drinks since 2011. I mostly drink just plain old water.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">5. What’s your favorite way to unwind after a long day of doing whatever you do during the day?</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Listen to recorded music on one of my many owned playback devices. Records, CDs, tapes or digital files / streams. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">If I feel motivated, i also like to take photo walks with one of my many cameras.</span></p>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-83161489265855858982023-09-08T17:32:00.001-10:002023-09-08T17:37:42.448-10:00Friday 5 for September 8: Kickoff<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/78631472@N03/25734015892/in/pool-737bbj/" title="A6-AIN BOEING B737-7Z5 BBJ B737/WL c/n 29268 I/n 280 → ROYAL JET / ROJ // BJ 1999 // auch A6-AIN → ABU DHABI AMIRI FLIGHT > AUH"><img alt="A6-AIN BOEING B737-7Z5 BBJ B737/WL c/n 29268 I/n 280 → ROYAL JET / ROJ // BJ 1999 // auch A6-AIN → ABU DHABI AMIRI FLIGHT > AUH" height="427" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/1511/25734015892_dd89a59aa3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><br /><p><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">Friday 5 for September 8: Kickoff</span></b></p><p>From <b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2023/09/08/friday-5-for-september-8-kickoff/">Scrivener...</a></b></p><p><b>1. What is your system or routine for paying bills?</b></p><p>Some are on auto pay, others are manual via online payment. A few are done the old fashioned way, "send in a check". I don't do any mobile payments. Only my wired Mac computer.</p><p><b>2. Forced to choose from a lion, bear, and panther, which would you keep as a pet, which would you put on your family crest, and which would you be reincarnated as?</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Crest - Lion</li><li>Pet - Bear</li><li>Reincarnated - Panther</li></ul><p></p><p>And all of these are names of NFL football teams.. maybe I should be reincarnated as an NFL team owner?</p><p><b>3. Who in your life is (metaphorically!) a saint?</b></p><p>No one is perfect. So the answer is NONE.</p><p><b>4. Assuming no negative impact on the environment and all expenses covered by someone else, where would you go (and what would you do) right now if someone offered you use of a private jet?</b></p><p>First back to the Big Island and then traveling in different places around the United States. Of course it would depend on the size and range of the jet. </p><p><b>5. Brown gets a lot of hate, but what are some lovely brown things?</b></p><p>One of the cars I used to own was brown. Dirt is mostly brown but you need it to grow things. I don't have any hate of brown. Heck I am brown skinned myself. So there.</p>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-66544233632814069412023-08-26T10:00:00.002-10:002023-08-26T10:10:59.223-10:00Friday 5 for August 25: Until it hurts<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAcs3XWrx3jN_Alge5l1HHRFUysgfdRmo8WIICh1O_adS82F2CIFue4V6pWXt9KaXOQ-t7jdXkcHP0cI9GAlKC-myWso6v1UhTryVq1Ie-3YZ0QW-k7Lw_YQMK9f3kLY2nz_0XUKt86oYvFB_huZtmqAg6OdHi_6_9dyh-15yhUwQzp79yykdvQnC_i2lL/s1558/ALHBanner-FB.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="1558" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAcs3XWrx3jN_Alge5l1HHRFUysgfdRmo8WIICh1O_adS82F2CIFue4V6pWXt9KaXOQ-t7jdXkcHP0cI9GAlKC-myWso6v1UhTryVq1Ie-3YZ0QW-k7Lw_YQMK9f3kLY2nz_0XUKt86oYvFB_huZtmqAg6OdHi_6_9dyh-15yhUwQzp79yykdvQnC_i2lL/w659-h249/ALHBanner-FB.jpg" width="659" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The following questions come from <b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2023/08/25/friday-5-for-august-25-until-it-hurts/" target="_blank">Scrivener's Friday 5 </a></b>website:</p><p><b>1. Which charitable organizations do you think do especially meaningful work?</b></p><p>There are many that do good work. But from my biased perspective, I will go with <b>Assistance League (of Hawaii)</b>. I am their website administrator, photographer and newsletter editor. Our mission statement:</p><p>"Assistance League volunteers transforming the lives of children and adults through community programs."</p><p>In other words, we provide needy children and families with school clothes, supplies, baby items, emergency supplies, education services reading enrichment (through our OWL and literacy services programs) and much more.</p><p>Learn more by downloading our <a href="https://www.assistanceleague.org/hawaii/about-us/community-newsletter" target="_blank"><b>community newsletter</b> </a>or visiting our <b><a href="https://www.assistanceleague.org/hawaii/" target="_blank">website</a></b>.</p><p><b>2. When has someone recently appreciated your giving them your time?</b></p><p>The member volunteers from Assistance League of Hawaii like the work I do for their website and monthly member newsletter.</p><p><b>3. When have you asked someone to give you a little space?</b></p><p>I keep my distance and rarely have to ask anyone to give me more space.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-7Bos9YkYYbKpL5e0BpYLaGpNrWZrCh6CuPP_gQhZIeUFmPzSnwN0ykrBeJerPBPRvygmS2sn-mdJczupmWEB8HcAx6uj_NyZMGVJvC4Cb1W2rpz2LfAevhAn9n3rulipnGZJZ9VWh7a4axknn72fRi0kWA75fTuw4olQ3pbpYV4Mtx0HI9uctomtAcP/s300/nopee.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-7Bos9YkYYbKpL5e0BpYLaGpNrWZrCh6CuPP_gQhZIeUFmPzSnwN0ykrBeJerPBPRvygmS2sn-mdJczupmWEB8HcAx6uj_NyZMGVJvC4Cb1W2rpz2LfAevhAn9n3rulipnGZJZ9VWh7a4axknn72fRi0kWA75fTuw4olQ3pbpYV4Mtx0HI9uctomtAcP/s1600/nopee.gif" width="300" /></a></div><p><b>4. What do you simply not give a darn* about, despite its mattering to your friends or relatives?</b></p><p><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Dogs. </span></b>High maintenance, costly waste of money, messy, noisy, smelly, jumpy and sometimes biting. <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Yuck!</span></b> How can people put up with such creatures... especially indoors, on bedding, furniture and everywhere else these stinky things go. Ugh!</p><p><b>5. What are you close to giving up on?</b></p><p>Hulu, Paramount+ when the 1 year promotional trial rates expire.</p><div><br /></div>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-57827222859202206822023-08-18T12:09:00.002-10:002023-08-18T12:11:25.645-10:00Friday 5 for August 18: Career day<p> The following questions come from <b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2023/08/18/friday-5-for-august-18-career-day/" target="_blank">Scrivener's Friday 5</a></b> site.</p><b>
1. What is an ideal career for someone who’s your exact opposite?</b><div><br /></div><div>Communist party chancellor, president or dictator.<br /><br /><b>
2. What do most people not know about your job?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>That for the last few years, I occasionally work there.<br /><br /><b>
3. Which stereotypes about people in your job are pretty close to accurate?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Government bureaucrats.<br /><br /><b>
4. Which movie or TV series has a pretty good portrayal of your job?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>I can't pinpoint any to the nth degree. But thinking back on most of the jobs I had, it would be within the legislative profession, photography or the advertising/marketing area.<br /><br /><b>
5. Which wild animal would be best suited to doing your job?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Donkey... plenty of those there. </div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YVEjDpvJ9pOnMAWSNsRmpQaiRuqRqnB6gO91dKpnIBsKTmB96bCS5ghZQ0K45RDPSW7bOb1FCK2oyJ0MXZa4if0mlXFOiiaHA4ubDVJAgoJOSzuRJi6hfF2De5RXgk-uToMnVwUjjo6tkie8kY82BGGKTEndtMOqj2mc7TzekqQl_kl4SUwTKusgGKpo/s3308/PXL_20230323_212901129.PANO.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1636" data-original-width="3308" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YVEjDpvJ9pOnMAWSNsRmpQaiRuqRqnB6gO91dKpnIBsKTmB96bCS5ghZQ0K45RDPSW7bOb1FCK2oyJ0MXZa4if0mlXFOiiaHA4ubDVJAgoJOSzuRJi6hfF2De5RXgk-uToMnVwUjjo6tkie8kY82BGGKTEndtMOqj2mc7TzekqQl_kl4SUwTKusgGKpo/w620-h306/PXL_20230323_212901129.PANO.jpg" width="620" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The public arena where I have spent several years working, lately though only part time.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-74353715768946886522023-08-11T12:06:00.000-10:002023-08-11T12:06:34.128-10:00Friday 5 for August 11: For argument’s sake<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPTCilSrE2hFbkUm7S-9ISRH-_COh3pyxJglzpf9sF9KZnk5UYp9RbbHea0qrwhbjxmXmvDR-p1H9Y2wzShZ-f2r4pMqNRoRU2pOW9TUlMNTHiyfxGZRw1pjcgxbDBLm2bSaFqk02gjcm7pyA6ChOKD87vaQS0JKzVyoVjeUNBBc4nzGMTPOUmObEZzV3/s1280/DOT%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPTCilSrE2hFbkUm7S-9ISRH-_COh3pyxJglzpf9sF9KZnk5UYp9RbbHea0qrwhbjxmXmvDR-p1H9Y2wzShZ-f2r4pMqNRoRU2pOW9TUlMNTHiyfxGZRw1pjcgxbDBLm2bSaFqk02gjcm7pyA6ChOKD87vaQS0JKzVyoVjeUNBBc4nzGMTPOUmObEZzV3/s320/DOT%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alexa lives in the Amazon Echo Dot.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I have long surpassed <b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2023/08/11/friday-5-for-august-11-for-arguments-sake/" target="_blank">992 Arguments. </a></b></p><p><b>1. How argumentative are you?</b></p><p>You probably don't want to be in the same room with me if that happens.</p><p><b>2. With whom do you have a friendly, long-running argument, and what is it about?</b></p><p>A person I know who supports rail and I don't. Been simmering since 1992. "Rail is not a right".</p><p><b>3. What was your most recent argument about?</b></p><p>Alexa.</p><p><b>4. When did you most recently overhear an argument between people you don’t know?</b></p><p>From the upper floor of my building where I live occasionally we can hear late night arguments on the street with who know who! Sometimes very loud and police are called.</p><p><b>5. What’s an unpopular opinion you have about food?</b></p><p>Organic food is just a way for the food industry to push more expensive food on consumers.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="351" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yWIDlCK_C8w" width="617" youtube-src-id="yWIDlCK_C8w"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><div><br /></div>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-54997498259536301532023-08-05T11:25:00.001-10:002023-08-05T11:25:28.331-10:00 Friday 5 for August 4: The Bard says<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXki4hFls82YCX6waAPQCziCtH6LiFH4fARNShZDgac1XrvJ7y1UWQda1ULhvMI2FWD1umVK2wgbYvDhtay42dDa6CAHe1gi3l99wvQQk8mDMuWIlVR3AekqarJpMDTZcHbxwO2QYDuAH-wGvLXMDAMOtzQ_zMQIXoY3Ah2K5nmruqI8XKkPA2tEiX6oDT/s1800/Volcano2005-2A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1800" height="477" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXki4hFls82YCX6waAPQCziCtH6LiFH4fARNShZDgac1XrvJ7y1UWQda1ULhvMI2FWD1umVK2wgbYvDhtay42dDa6CAHe1gi3l99wvQQk8mDMuWIlVR3AekqarJpMDTZcHbxwO2QYDuAH-wGvLXMDAMOtzQ_zMQIXoY3Ah2K5nmruqI8XKkPA2tEiX6oDT/w636-h477/Volcano2005-2A.jpg" width="636" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"> Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island is one of my favorite places to visit.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">Bard or What?</span></b><br /><p>The text on<b><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2023/08/04/friday-5-for-august-4-the-bard-says/" target="_blank"> this blog is not Barded.</a></b></p><p>I use Bard. It is a good writing aid. Write your prose as normal, get Bard to fix it, and then rephrase it somewhat to make it your own. Will use Bard as long as it remains free. It is a nice tool to use in writing or editing. </p><p><b>1. What is your favorite thing to learn about?</b></p><p>Learning is a lifelong process. There are all kinds of subjects that I pursue more knowledge of. Top of mind for me include keeping up with the latest news on cord cutting, best ways of getting tech without spending too much money, discovering both new and old music, political news, local news and issues, and much more.</p><p><b>2. What is your favorite thing to do with your friends?</b></p><p>Eat, walk around taking photos of stuff, talk about or listening to music, whatever.</p><p><b>3. What is your favorite place you’ve ever been?</b></p><p>Any place on Hawaii, the Big Island…. Hilo, Honokaa, Volcanoes National Park, Waimea, Kohala, Laupahoehoe, Ookala, Kalopa, Akaka Falls, Rainbow Falls, Waipio Valley.</p><p><b>4. What is your favorite way to relax?</b></p><p>Listening to music on my stereo or devices at home.</p><p><b>5. What is your favorite thing to cook</b></p><p>I'm not good at cooking. I can make hamburgers and spaghetti with meat sauce (hamburger).</p>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-37747553189275861042023-07-29T09:26:00.001-10:002023-07-29T09:33:24.558-10:00Friday 5 for July 28: (abbr.)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="352" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VexKSRKoWQY" width="654" youtube-src-id="VexKSRKoWQY"></iframe></div><p></p><p>Questions from <a href="http://f.riday5.com/2023/07/28/friday-5-for-july-28-abbr/" target="_blank"><b>Scrivener's Friday 5</b> </a>page.</p><p><b>1. What shortcuts do you frequently take? </b></p><p>When I'm walking to certain locations, I tend to think what is the shortest way to get there and then follow through.</p><p><b>2. How do you make up for one of your shortcomings?</b></p><p>Most of the time, I try to avoid those once they happen.</p><p><b>3. What does your favorite pair of shorts look like?</b></p><p>Old with a bunch of pockets... Well worn.</p><p><b>4. What was meant to be short-term but lasted much longer than planned?</b></p><p>Recurring seasonal employment for the last five years.</p><p><b>5. Which short films do you especially like?</b></p><p>My favorite from when I was a kid until today is <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Balloon" target="_blank"><b>The Red Balloon</b></a></i>, a French film that came out in 1956. I first saw it in school a long time ago for one of our classes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="364" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dVKHHB8fzrs" width="578" youtube-src-id="dVKHHB8fzrs"></iframe></div><p>The <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@watchdust" target="_blank">DUST Channel</a></b> on YouTube have a ton of great short, science fiction films. I can't remember the titles of specific films, but for the most part they have all been good.</p><p>NPR has the <b><a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1B627337ED6F55F0" target="_blank">Tiny Desk</a></b> short in-studio concert series and <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@kcrw" target="_blank">KCRW</a></b> have some good concerts. Don't know if they qualify as short films, but I enjoy them.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="337" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CHd30cYMIQk" width="579" youtube-src-id="CHd30cYMIQk"></iframe></div><br /><p>Lastly <b>Michael Jackson</b>'s long form video for "Thriller" is also a good short film.</p>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-80293038310275811082023-07-21T12:05:00.003-10:002023-07-21T12:05:44.955-10:00 Friday 5 for July 21: Scattergories Part 13<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z54XNJivHOs" width="613" youtube-src-id="Z54XNJivHOs"></iframe></div><br /><p>These are the answers to <a href="http://f.riday5.com/2023/07/21/friday-5-for-july-21-scattergories-part-13-what/" target="_blank"><b>Scrivener's annual Friday 5</b> <b><i>Scattergories </i></b></a>questions which features the never changing <b><i><a href="http://www.dave-reed.com/Nifty/randSeq.html" target="_blank">nifty online random-letter generator.</a></i></b></p><p>My letter for 2023. I got a 3 letter sequence: <b><span style="color: red;">btv</span></b></p><p>I'm going with the letter <b><span style="color: red;">B</span></b> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_(Sesame_Street)" target="_blank">Ernie</a></b>.</p><p><b>1. What should you always be careful with?</b></p><p><b>Bullies.</b> If you know someone who is a bully, the best thing to do is to avoid them whenever possible. I always take this to another level by avoiding "bully locations" such as...er... um Kalihi and Kuhio Avenue in Waikiki during the night time hours. Those areas and several others in Honolulu are high crime areas where bullies, drug pushers, gangs, etc. could strike at you in a very negative way. So yes... <b>B is for BULLIES.</b></p><p><b>2. With whom would you like to have dinner?</b></p><p>Just off the top of my head, there is no one I personally know that whose name starts with the letter B. That said my other choice would be the actor <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Boxleitner" target="_blank">Bruce Boxleitner</a></b>. So B is for <b>BRUCE BOXLEITNER</b>... and we have <b>a double B</b> here. Yay!</p><p><b>3. What would you like to learn how to do?</b></p><p><b>Bake</b> a cake or pie? Sounds delicious. I have never considered myself a cook. I can make edible stuff to just get by. Baking I don't have much patience for, but it does yield something delicious, most of the time... Oh and baked chicken I guess. That is good. <b>B is for BAKE.</b></p><p><b>4. Where will you find what you’ve been looking all over for?</b></p><p><b><a href="https://www.benfranklinhawaii.com" target="_blank">Ben Franklin Crafts</a></b> store. I may be able to get some materials that I need to cut and shape and use to replace light baffles in several of my aging film cameras. <b>B</b> is for <b>BEN FRANKLIN CRAFTS STORE.</b></p><p><b><span style="color: red;"> B</span></b> is also for <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" target="_blank">Benjamin Franklin</a></b>, one of the <a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/founding-fathers-pennsylvania#franklin" target="_blank">Founding Fathers </a>who signed both the <i><a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration" target="_blank">Declaration of Independence</a></i> and the <i><a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution" target="_blank">U.S. Constitution</a></i>.</p><p><b>5. What do you dream about?</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVyxROcbUTitOj1DydGpxEaflQB_mc98HrRbOGflkP_f182R9rqwNVapkel_7Bnr4RSdAMPJ44Q4Bqnfe1N9_ndZ5dfwm2ALwyX_kPAXCtCJrhGTBKPe1rCiAteao1IqraTBShBc7278eiMTjOe4QBvF4y10Gjtr6joaVSAmzORERfgWXAY8-Y6Gy0Bxs/s780/Babylon%205-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="780" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVyxROcbUTitOj1DydGpxEaflQB_mc98HrRbOGflkP_f182R9rqwNVapkel_7Bnr4RSdAMPJ44Q4Bqnfe1N9_ndZ5dfwm2ALwyX_kPAXCtCJrhGTBKPe1rCiAteao1IqraTBShBc7278eiMTjOe4QBvF4y10Gjtr6joaVSAmzORERfgWXAY8-Y6Gy0Bxs/w572-h323/Babylon%205-1.jpg" width="572" /></a></div><p></p><p><b><br /><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>New <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/babylon-5-creator-says-a-single-warner-bros-executive-stopped-the-shows-comeback-for-close-to-20-years" target="_blank">BABYLON 5 movies and series</a> is a dream every B5 fan like me wants</b>. </p><p>This year fans are getting a one-off animated <b><i><a href="https://collider.com/babylon-5-best-sci-fi-tv-show/" target="_blank">Babylon 5</a></i></b> TV movie of the beloved sci-fi series that helped <a href="https://collider.com/babylon-5-best-sci-fi-tv-show/" target="_blank">revolutionize episodic TV storytelling</a>. </p><p>The place is Earth 1993; The show is <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_5" target="_blank">Babylon 5</a></b></i>. It premiered on the now defunct <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Time_Entertainment_Network" target="_blank"><b>PTEN</b> </a>network in 1993 (the pilot) and launched into a full blown TV series lasting 5 more years through 110 episodes. <i>Babylon 5</i> had a focused storyline with interesting characters, plots and sub-plots that carried from one episode to another forming a long, planned story arc that lasted for five years (seasons).</p><p><i>Babylon 5</i>'s creator and writer of nearly all of the episodes <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Michael_Straczynski" target="_blank">J. Michael Stravinsky (JMS)</a></b>, pitched the series as a "five year novel for television." First run episodes of the entire story ran from 1994 to 1998 on the PTEN network and TNT cable. The show was released to DVD and is streaming on TUBI TV and the Roku Channel.</p><p>After the original series finished its network run, a short-lived sequel series titled <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusade_(TV_series)" target="_blank">Crusade</a></b></i> was produced for 13 episodes in 1999 before being cancelled by TNT. Four made for TV movies were also produced and aired between 1998 and 2000 on TNT.</p><p><b>Warner Brothers </b>television, the franchise rights owner to<b> <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/05/babylon-5-reboot-status-alive-the-cw-1235027808/" target="_blank"><i>Babylon 5</i> announced a re-imagined series</a></b> that is supposed to debut on the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_CW" target="_blank">CW network</a> </b>written by JMS. Since 2020 the series is in development limbo due to a number of factors impacting the show's production.</p><p>This year a <b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_5:_The_Road_Home" target="_blank">Babylon 5: The Road Home</a></i></b>, an animated movie written by JMS will be released to home video and possibly run on a streaming service such as Amazon Prime. An official announcement regarding the movie's streaming schedule and channel has yet to come. Orders are now being taken for the DVD.</p><p>Speaking of which, JMS also announced that <a href="https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/babylon-5-blu-ray.html" target="_blank"><b><i>Babylon 5</i> will be released to Blu-Ray DVD</b> </a>for the first time ever. For many years fans had to be satisfied with releases on VHS and standard DVDs. I have all of the standard DVDs. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="492" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tWl1ZteUS8U" width="591" youtube-src-id="tWl1ZteUS8U"></iframe></div><p><b>Above</b>: Civil war breaks out between the Earth Alliance and Babylon 5. This clip is from the Season 3 episode <i>Severed Dreams</i> which won a Hugo Award back in 1994. All of the music for Babylon 5 was composed by Christopher Franke of Tangerine Dream.</p><p><br /></p>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16908469906482094915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168148754241207201.post-21831194740658590692023-07-14T07:16:00.000-10:002023-07-14T07:16:05.602-10:00 Friday 5 for July 14: Late night dorm talk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="386" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Euy4Yu6B3nU" width="632" youtube-src-id="Euy4Yu6B3nU"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Matt Damon</b> in "Air"... good new movie on Amazon Prime.</div><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The following questions come from </span><b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://f.riday5.com/2023/07/14/friday-5-for-july-14-late-night-dorm-talk/" target="_blank">Scrivener’s Friday 5</a></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> blog. </span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-ee265a2d-7fff-1d2e-bc88-66e8907d90c9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>1. If you could dispense one condiment from each finger on your left hand without its ever running out (and without losing any normal use of your fingers), which condiments would they be?</b></span></p><br /><ol style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Salt</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pepper</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cinnamon</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sugar</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oregano</span></p></li></ol><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>2. Which you is the realer you: real-world in-person you, or online you?</b></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Probably a blend of the two.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>3. Who’s a better actor: Leonardo DiCaprio or Matt Damon?</b></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Matt Damon</b> nailed it for me in “The Martian”, one of the better science fiction movies of recent times. He also gave a good performance in the recent Amazon Prime movie, “Air” which is about how Nike wooed <b>Michael Jordan</b> to become their spokesman back in the late 1980s, early 1990s. He was also good in the “Bourne” series of movies.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I only remember Leonardo from the movie “Titanic” and it is a good thing he sank to the bottom of the ocean. Heh!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>4. If you had to watch (and stay awake during) the same movie repeated for 24 hours, which movie would you choose and why?</b></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While I would prefer not to watch any movie on repeat for 24-hours, any of the three original Star Wars movies would do fine for me. Probably the “Empire Strikes Back” would be the best one, even though I love the original “A New Hope” a lot.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the neatest things to do is to binge a movie series that you like a lot all in a day or whatever time it takes to go through them. I did it with <b><i>Star Wars</i></b> 4, 5 and 6 and also the entire 5 movies of the original <i><b>Planet of the Apes</b></i> series.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>5. Who are the five most visually recognizable people in the world?</b></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just because I mention someone, it does not mean I am a fan of the person. I am going to break these down into categories….</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>DEAD PEOPLE</b></span></p><br /><ol style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President Abraham Lincoln</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President John F. Kennedy</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President Ronald Reagan</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marilyn Monroe</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Michael Jackson</span></p></li></ol><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>POLITICIANS</b></span></p><br /><ol style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President Donald Trump</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President Barack Obama</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">King Charles III (U.K.)</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kim Jong Un (North Korea)</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President Joe Biden (current)</span></p></li></ol><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>MUSIC INDUSTRY</b></span></p><br /><ol style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Beatles</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Madonna</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mariah Carey</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ed Sheeran</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Rolling Stones</span></p></li></ol><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>CELEBRITIES</b></span></p><br /><ol style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tom Cruise</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tom Hanks</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kim Kardashian</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; 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