I have several of them, but I hardly use them. I usually drink my water out of a bottle or pitcher poured into a glass or cup.
2. When did you last hold a mic?
This past week I was looking for missing microphones among my collection of electronic stuff. May need them to record some videos later this month. I found a big one that I used to plug into my Radio Shack Mixer, but the 1/4 plugs are too big for the small jack on my camera. I know I have a couple of smaller mics around.
3. Of whom are you jealous?
No one. I am satisfied with who I am.
4. For what are you zealous?
I don't get too enthusiastic about anything. Most things cost way too much money and I tend to avoid them as much as possible. Nope, can't think of anything that excites me enough to be "zealous".
5. And when might you go on a hike?
I've always wanted to do a photowalk up at Lyon Arboretum or on the other side of the island at Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden. Never been to Lyon and the last time I went to Hoomaluhia was way back in the 1980s. At my age challenging hikes are off the table, though I did a few way back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Gravity can be cruel to hikers.
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1. What’s your favorite Elvis song?
I have a lot favorite Elvis songs, but if I go according to my list of songs for every year since my birth, then my go to Elvis track is "Jailhouse Rock". The songs catches the essence of early rock n roll, and Elvis was at his peak in his early years.
Top 5 Elvis songs (revised September 2025)
Jailhouse Rock
Blue Suede Shoes
I Gotta Know
Ku'uipo
It's Now of Never
2. When did you last wear something Pink?
I'm a guy and I don't wear any Pink. If I did it probably is very long ago and I don't remember it.
3. What’s the most intereSting thing you learned last week?
Charlie Kirk made contingency plans for his succession long before he was brutally shot and killed. His organization Turning Point USA will continue and his message will spread. News of his death was a total Sting for me. So young. He could have been elected President of the U.S. as early as the mid 2030s.
4. When did you last treat someone awFlea (or when were you last treated awFlea)?
It was a while back, but the people at the UPS store had gawd awful service at the Makaloa Street location. I vow never to go back there ever. Now if I need to deal with UPS I go to the Downtown location.AFLEA.... hmmm...
5. Which notable people do you Cher a name or birthday with?
If I told you this I would have to reveal my birthday which I prefer to keep confidential. However I will say one of the cast members of the old ABC TV series China Beach has the same birthday as me.
ELVIS - Jailhouse Rock
PINK - Get The Party Started
STING - Fields of Gold
FLEA - Give It Away, Give It Away (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
CHER - Half Breed
I don't know if we had to figure something out with these words. So I just matched it up with my favorite songs by these people.
Definitely NOT FRUITCAKE.... Overall most Fruits, but defying the letter F, most likely for me it is WATERMELON or Banana. I'm not a fan of Figs, and they don't ring "summer" to me. Sorry F.
2. What item not usually bequeathed in a will, would you like to pass along to someone when you die?
Since I haven't died and my parents did not bequeath specific items, I would have to say FURNITURE for this one... and I don't have much... mostly cheap Walmart furniture. I also have a FAN, and maybe if I dug through my closet, perhaps there is a rotting FRUITCAKE... though that is unlikely.
3. What’s an admirable quality in a book but not in a person?
A lot of fiction liberally use the word FUCK in their narratives, but generally it is not a good thing for a person to say. I don't think the word is admirable, but I do notice it a lot. That said a good FINALE to a good story is admirable, while a FINALEin a person's life usually means death.
4. What’s a good food to add to other foods?
FRENCH FRIES go good with hamburgers, sandwiches and cheap Fish and Chips. And then again many varieties of FISH are great. Plus chopped raw FISH goes well with Sushi and other dishes.
5. What could make your day better right now?
FINISHING it off on a good note!
Yep, this one was late... it's Wednesday and I could not pass up Scattergories. Thanks Scrivener.
After rebooting my Mac I got it to reconnect to the internet again.
2. How would you do in a spelling bee for adults where the other contestants are your average people at the bookstore?
I would probably not do very well, especially if the possibility involves well read people who frequent bookstores. Spellcheck and AI are good friends.
3. When did you most recently keep a cross word to yourself?
Can't remember. A lot of things make me upset.
4. What word’ll best describe your expectations for the coming weekend?
Patriotism.
5. If you could read the strands of your own DNA, what would you most like to know?
I know enough about myself without having to sink to the expensive DNA level to find anything else.
These questions are too personal, so I am going to just generalize.
1. How is professional you different from home you?
Professional you have to be on your best behavior, be productive and generally be dressed for a business type environment. At home I am terribly casual and just do things in time as they come.
2. How is grown-up you different from teen you?
The teen me was very long ago. but some of those things that I enjoyed as a teen still appeal to me, like listening to rock music.
3. How is online you different from IRL you?
About the same, though I may be more outspoken online, depending on the place I am posting something. Of course IRL as well as online, everyone has to be very careful and keep your privacy and security in mind.
4. How is morning you different from evening you?
I am more alert and better prepared to do work tasks in the morning vs. in the evening. Night is the time to relax, do more casual things and sleep vs. having to be productive. Sometimes I have to do work related tasks at night.
5. How is drinking you different from sober you?
I don't do any alcoholic beverages at all, so if the drinking me is doing water, well the sober me is also doing water. Both the same, never intoxicated, therefore not prone at all to get a DUI. Yay!
Will photographers and models be essential in the future when anyone can just tell AI to create a photo shoot with a virtual model such as this simplified one above?
Friday 5 for June 20: What color is your parachute?
1. Which job on a film crew would you most like to do, and which would you be best suited for?
I was a producer for our student TV show many moons ago in college. That involved trying to round up a ton of chickens (talent and crew) to be in same place at the same time doing the tasks they signed up for. We had about a dozen people working on this for a short time and it was always a pain to get everyone there at the right time, rent the studio and finish the shoot within a prescribed time. And then there was post production which back in the day was all on 3/4 inch Sony U-Matic tape.. going from master to slave, etc. and cutting it in electronically on this big analog mixing board thing.
Today most of the stuff can be done on computer(s) depending on the size and scope of the production. Surely professional level movies and TV shows take a lot of people to put together... just watch the credits at the end of these... all kinds of specialists employed to get a show produced. Hence the huge budgets to get anything made.
Lisa and I wrote this for Assistance League of Hawaii and I storyboarded it out. We had it produced at Olelo TV in November. Somebody else coordinated the other parts like scheduling time, and bringing in the talent. It took a while to put together and it is only 40 seconds in length.
2. Which job on a hotel staff would you most like to do, and which would you be best suited for?
Probably working in their marketing department producing newsletters, taking photos, maybe updating their website, doing social media photography... who knows. I don't stay in hotels very much but I am sure they do a lot of marketing and media.
3. Which job in a hospital would you most like to do, and which would you be best suited for?
I am probably best suited for dying in the hospital. Got close to that once. That will probably happen again.
4. Which job on a cruise ship would you most like to do, and which would you be best suited for?
Um... probably similar to hotel. I would rather work onshore for their marketing department. Can't stand the thought of being cooped up on a ship, in crew quarters for most of the year. If I had to work on board ship, probably ship photographer, but I would prefer not to.
5. Which job on a fashion magazine would you most like to do, and which would you be best suited for?
I don't have any fashion industry experience, but then again being a fashion photographer may be nice but very demanding. Models can be difficult to work with. I'd probably be better suited for working as a production artist on a computer doing the graphics, page make-up. etc... though I have been out of mainstream print media for quite some time now. A lot of the Mac programs have changed over the last 20 years, much of it not good... especially Adobe products with their horribly expensive subscription model. I used to work in advertising many years ago. A lot of jobs above may be replaced by AI.
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