What? Monica Lewinsky is apparently “upset” that Clinton didn’t formally state that he destroyed her when he chose to protect his presidency rather than admit that he banged her like a screen door in a hurricane. Ahh, nothing like personal responsibility to elevate a person beyond their circumstances. See, the former President didn’t ruin Monica … Read more
Who actually believes that we are winning the war on terrorism? Who ever actually believed there were WMD in Iraq? Who ever believes politicians? I didn’t make as much money this month writing as I should have. Granted I spent way too much time fuckerooning around, what with the Red Queen arriving and both of … Read more
Today the Red Queen and I went on a hike up into the lush rain forests on the Northside of Maui with some friends of ours . We meandered around a stream that winds its way down from the cloud forest above the Iao Valley. I managed to ramble over slippery rocks and muddy banks … Read more
Ahhh! Nothing quite like sitting back on the couch and surfing the glorious world wide web! Now I am no longer required to schlep the mile or so to the local internet cafe and pay twenty cents per minute to access my beloved internet. It’s been tough mind you. Research for my articles has been … Read more
Today I went to the public library here on Maui. Ive never used the word quaint to describe something in my life. Mostly because, well, Ive never had occasion to use it Until now.
The library in Kihei is small, mismanaged and rather light on decent books. In fact, Id go as far as saying there are ghetto libraries that are better equipped to disperse reading material and information.
You know that American Idol contestant? Moesha? No, wait. It’s Jasmine. Yeah. Anyway, people here are nuts about her. They have articles daily in the Maui News it seems like. The thing is, I’m guessing it isn’t for any other reason other than she is a local girl. While I didn’t watch the show this … Read more
I haven’t driven a car consistently since 1995. I haven’t had a valid driver’s license since 1998. Since I lived on Russian Hill in San Francisco a car (and by extension) a driver’s license were pretty useless most of the time. I can’t get away without either anymore since public transportation is almost non-existant here … Read more
This is Charley Young Beach in Kihei. This particular beach is one of my favorite beaches on the entire island of Maui. Mostly because that it is relatively secluded and few tourists frequent its pristine shoreline. Also, it doesn’t have the sewage problems that many of the beaches on the southside of the island have. … Read more
I’ve been here since Thursday. I’ve had intermittant internet access for a few days but to be honest, these people seem to be stuck in a time warp. You can’t possibly image how hard it is to find high-speed access on this island. I finally had to discuss the situation with a local I-Net provider. The conversation went something like this…
ME: So, high-speed for your company means any connection that’s 56K or better?
Local Internet Guy (LIG): Bruddah. You on Maui now, yeah? You on island time now, yeah?
ME: What the holy kamole does that mean?
LIG: You be patient, yeah?
ME: Look, you promised me that I could get access in 24 hours or less.
LIG: 24 Hour long time bruddah. Long time on da island, yeah?
ME: What the fuck you keep saying “Yeah” after every fucking sentence? Are you retarded?
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Apparently, they don’t like it when you cuss at them. I think he’s sending over a few pipe-hitting Somoans on over to hammer me into a bag of poi with the DSL Modem. This island living thing might be really fun.