As I was getting everything squared away here on v5 of my blog, it dawned on me that I’m not very nice to people when they fail to meet my expectations. Ok, that’s not true. I have a general disrespect for most people, but I hide it really well when I want to. That said, … Read more
The common myna is probably the first or second bird you’ll notice on Maui (the zebra dove being the other). Occasionally you’ll see one that is trained. There was an elderly gentleman named Bill in the condo complex where we used to live who had trained one. The myna would fly down off the trees … Read more
For 6togo who asked me for a picture of the worst tourist I ran across lately in The One Where You Control The Vertical. I would have taken a picture of the front of her shirt (which had little hearts all over it), but she gave me stinkeye when I raised my camera. I had … Read more
Makes you want to run right out and go for a swim doesn’t it? I especially like the icon for “man of war,” which looks suspiciously like huge mutant spermatazoa looking for any opening with which to impregnate the hapless swimmer with their evil spawn. Perhaps someone should suggest Dubya use this icon for his … Read more
There really are only two kinds of people in this world. Predators and prey. You can live in a blind panic all you want, but it won’t change the fact that you’re either eating or being eaten. Me? I’d rather partake of the feast than be the main course. I’m too fatty anyway and since … Read more
Daxahol, requested an image of Molokai Hot Sauce and I diligently oblige. This stuff looks volcanic even with the curry, coconut and other flavors cutting it down. They have about 80 different ones from what the Red Queen told me. And here is the daytime view Meimur requested (I live in the green garbage recipticle … Read more
Meimur, the lovely host of Socially Inept, asked me to provide an image of my view. Here it is: Okay. I’m kidding. That’s the Iao Needle. I have to admit that I haven’t checked my blog all day so I just got this request. It’s a little before 7 pm here so the view isn’t … Read more
The Red Queen is off doing Mother/Daughter things on Oahu with, you guessed it, her mother. I on the other hand had a couple of articles that needed my attention. As I write, I tend to wander through blogexplosion so that the sheer boredom of my articles doesn’t kill me before it has a chance … Read more
I’ve seen this done on various blogs and considering that I’m going all over the place taking pictures, I thought I’d give you a chance to decide what you want to see. So, here’s the deal: Tell me (by commenting here or by email: monkeydiaristATgmail.com) what you want to see pictures of and I’ll do … Read more
Living on Maui means that occasionally you have to bite the bullet and do touristy stuff with visitors. The Red Queen’s Uncle Ian and Cousin Lynn are in town and they’re a hoot. Today we went on a whale watching tour with the Pacific Whale Foundation and I came away with some 200 pictures of … Read more