Two mornings. Two photographs of nearly the same view. Each day is different, as we’ve discovered over the past 15+ years of walking daily at dawn. Tuesday, above. Wednesday, below.
Entries from November 30th, 2011
Cat people: Young cat needs new home
November 30th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Cats
I just got a call from a friend in Kaaawa. She has a neighbor with a male tiger cat, just growing out of kittenhood (maybe five months old?), who has started spraying. They don’t have money to get him fixed, which very likely would cure the problem, and say he has to go. Now. She [...]
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What to say to a rebellious knee?
November 30th, 2011 · 22 Comments · General
My knees and I used to be friends. After all, I made it through the high risk period, back when I played basketball, without scalpel or scar, unlike a lot of my friends. Perhaps I failed to pay enough attention to my knees, which tend to be overlooked when they are working just fine. Perhaps [...]
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Court rejects challenge to state use of surplus health funds
November 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Court, General, Labor
Here’s my favorite quote that surfaced yesterday: Arizona State Senator Lori Klein, Herman Cain’s Arizona campaign chair, quoted by CBS News: In politics, she said, “we want a virgin to do a hooker’s job.” Ooops. An abbreviated version of this entry was posted by accident this morning. Isn’t language a great thing? That third-person phrasing [...]
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Is Honolulu rail contract a legal defense tactic?
November 29th, 2011 · 24 Comments · Court, Politics
After the city signed off on the rail contract with the Ansaldo partnership, valued at either $1.3 or $1.4 billion depending on the source, Ansaldo now says it is the largest contract in the company’s 150-year history. So not only does it come as Ansaldo faces unprecedented corporate challenges, we now know it is the [...]
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Star-Advertiser offers weekend home delivery plus digital access for $12
November 29th, 2011 · 32 Comments · Media
There’s a new discount offer for the Star-Advertiser making the rounds–$12 for a year of full digital access plus the print edition delivered on weekends (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). That’s 76% off the “regular” $50 digital subscription for Hawaii readers. What a deal! Meanwhile, I’ve been getting an error message fairly regularly in the past [...]
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Spinning the HGEA contract reopening
November 28th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Labor, Politics
Don’t you love the way professionals can spin information? I caught this little instance in yesterday’s Star-Advertiser story by Derrick DePledge on HGEA’s request to reopen contract talks with the state. The story was pretty straightforward. HGEA is asking to reopen negotiations under a “favored nation” contract provision. The HGEA’s contract contains a “favored nation” [...]
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