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Oahu Photo Location: Moanalua Gardens (the Hitachi Tree)

Looking for photo opportunities on Oahu? The best spots for scenic pictures? Secret places around Honolulu to take top shots? Great photography starts with great subjects, and to find great subjects it...

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Oahu Photo Location: Barbers Point Beach Park

Dear photographers: (non-photographers can skip this post) In my last blog post, I told you about the Hitachi Tree, and I listed other sites around Oahu that might be good for photography. Today I want...

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Happiness Meditation Poem: “An Undisturbed Mind”

Time for poetry! This is the second in my series of poems inspired by the Tao Te Ching. (The first one is here.) Happiness Meditation Poem – An Undisturbed Mind Evil cannot disturb me. I can only...

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Roger Friedman Loves Phylicia Rashad, Phylicia Rashad Loves Bill Cosby, Rape...

A guy I never heard of before named Roger Friedman wrote an article, here, in which he adoringly defends Phylicia Rashad’s adoring defense of Bill Cosby. “Someone is determined to keep Bill Cosby off...

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The Next Liberal Rights Movement

In the past few decades the USA has made great strides in terms of racial equality, women’s rights, and LGBT rights. We have our first black president. Our next president may just well be a woman. Gay...

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Terry Pratchett’s Raising Steam and The Shepherd’s Crown

I traveled cross-country on a train once and I hoped for a magical sort of experience, but I’m sorry to say—with no offense meant to railfans, whose enthusiasm I applaud—it wasn’t magical, it wasn’t...

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Windows 10 is AWESOME!

I had to struggle a bit to get my Windows 8.1 laptop to upgrade to Windows 10, but it finally worked out, and I’m very pleased. Windows 10 is the best Windows OS of all time. It’s that good. At least...

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The Shepherd’s Crown

I’m four chapters in. And I just couldn’t wait to post about it. My early review (no spoilers): CRIVENS! So far it’s perfect! Fun, funny, beautifully written, impactful. It’s as crisp and solid, at...

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Pharyngula on Animal Rights

Before I delve into this, let me say that MerrilyDancingApe is, after three years online, actually receiving hits. Not a million hits per day or a thousand or even a hundred, but a few, and that ain’t...

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Luke the Villain? I Think Not.

A blogger over at HuffPo has posted his theory that Luke Skywalker actually turned to the Dark Side at the end of Return of the Jedi and will be the villain in the new movie. It’s a fun read. The...

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Kioni Dudley: Hero of the West Side

O’ahu is a plutocracy, plain and simple. Perhaps it always has been, at least going back to 1893 and the Committee of Safety, the gang of businessmen who found the rightful Queen of Hawaii inconvenient...

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The Irony of Prayer

Mike Huckabee was on Fox News recently and he said he prays that Donald Trump wins the election. I don’t fault Mr. Huckabee for supporting the candidate whose views are closest to his own, even if I...

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I Voted…

Ballot is in the mail. I voted for Hillary Clinton and for other Democrats up and down the ballot, except for mayor. Time for a Republican there. I voted for Djou. In 2014, I didn’t want Djou in the...

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Kumare

If you’ve got Netflix, check out the documentary Kumare. I’ve been fascinated lately by gurus. The documentary takes a fun look at how people suspend their critical thinking when they believe they’ve...

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I’m With Her

Why did I vote for Clinton? The two pro-Hillary articles I found most convincing were these: 1- The New Yorker’s endorsement, here. 2- Zompist’s take down of Trump, here. Also see here. It’s time for a...

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John Oliver on Multilevel Marketing

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Brace for Impact

Like most liberals, I’m having a really hard time with Hillary Clinton’s loss. I’m feeling shock, horror, dread, anger, and immense disappointment. And most of all I’m very, very sad. But let’s get...

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Election Consolation… From Gandalf

We find ourselves in a surreal nightmare. This was a stupid, unnecessary loss, caused by misinformation and carelessness and apathy, and the consequences will be dire. Now we must watch helplessly as...

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Make the Argument

This may be a bit Norman Peale-esque, but here goes… I used to be an actor in New York City. One of my acting teachers was a really brilliant guy and he had great wisdom to share, primarily about...

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Why Trump Will Be Around For Eight Years, Thanks to HuffPo

I’ve held off on posting about Trump’s presidency, but it’s time to wade into the muck. If you haven’t seen this yet, there’s a fun video where Brooke Baldwin at CNN sums up Trumps presidency so far:...

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