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Entries from November 30th, 2011

The difference a day makes

November 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Kaaawa, Photographs

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.

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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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