This one was inspired by a post on A Girl & A Boy. When I was very little, little not being relative to my current weight and height, but to my current age, my father sat me down upon his knee and said, “There are two ways to live your life. The first is like … Read more
Posting might be lighter than usual this week. We’re moving into our new deluxe apartment in the skies high above South Kihei. Hope your holiday week was fabulous.
I know this is the day where we’re all supposed to be good. Of course, if I did that, I’d be a hypocrite. Some less than suitable observations on Christmas Day: 1. Why is William Hung famous? Doesn’t anyone notice that he looks a lot like Corky from Life Goes On? The guy is more … Read more
Naming your blog is possibly the most important step in this whole blogging business. For instance, Grace D. chose I Am Dr. Laura’s Worst Nightmare as the title of her blog. As you can imagine, her chosen name pushes buttons like a checker at the grocery store. Before I stumbled on the name The Monkey … Read more
Some of you may remember the Sad Day In Mudville post in which I detailed the dunking of my camera into a stream while hiking. I just got the repair estimate… I’m now $161 poorer, but the cost is worthwhile if you consider a new camera of equal capability is in the $1000 range. I … Read more
As you can see, I’ve made a few alterations to the monkey diaries. I’m tooling around with CSS (cascading style sheets) in anticipation of a project I might be working on. I have a love/hate relationship with CSS that began a few years ago when I left Blogger (or bloogle if you’re paying attention) for … Read more
Walking around here on Maui, I’m not reminded very often that it is late December much less that we’re knee deep in the hypocrisy of Christmas. I can’t say that my utter contempt for this particular holiday and the fact that it isn’t a big a deal here had much to do with my decision … Read more
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events is the short attention span answer to the Harry Potter books. I’d have to say that I didn’t really find much to like in the Lemony Snicket series with the exception of the main premise, which is three orphans struggling to survive a series of unfortunate events. The … Read more
I grew up with the schlocky Rankin & Bass animated holiday specials… you know the ones… “Year Without A Santa Claus,” “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,” and “Frosty the Snowman.” They served their purpose, but now they’re really outdated. A few years ago, Mad TV unveiled the first of dozens of shorts produced and directed … Read more
The Red Queen and I are watching the show now. Of course, being almsost five hours behind the East Coast here on Maui, the rest of the nation already knows what happened, but I have avoided reading my normal sources so that I can be surprised. As the show goes on though, it’s clear, at … Read more