I just picked up a second job to augment my insurance income. I'm now working for eight hours each day, plus whatever time I can push myself to put in for my insurance work. The plan is that I'll be working for about 12 hours a day ( Read more... )

The Fence isn't high enough ( Read more... )

When I was a young boy ( Read more... )

We awakened early to the sound of machinery. Work was being done on or around the museum, and we decided it would be a good idea to leave quickly and get out of the workers' way ( Read more... )

We awakened bright and early at Arnott's. This was the beginning of a theme for us: up at six, back down at 7. We rose and set with the sun ( Read more... )

When we arrived at Hilo, we were surprised to find that it was precisely what we'd been taught to expect ( Read more... )

It is now the practice of airlines (at least those in the Star Alliance) to charge up to $110 more per seat in exit rows and bulkhead areas (those with more leg room), so we settled for two seats together. The ticketing agent was kind enough to give us two seats in an otherwise empty fow of three. As we'd secured a row of three seats to ourselves, ( Read more... )

Having landed in the sprawling and mid-renewal LAX, Kathy and I decided three things must be located: First, where we could get our seats changed for two located together. This involved a daring move onto a bus to unknown destinations within the sprawling, Spacepod/Spider-Raunt afflicted maze of LAX under construction. By chance we got off at the ( Read more... )

We've landed in Los Angeles. We are about to step out of the plane, and drink in some tan-colored air.

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The river was actually a series of reservoirs, the Horseshoe in particular. After a brief stop in at Jodi Moroni's Sausage Kingdom for a $25 breakfast (welcome to the airport), we're back on the plane and hheading for LAX.

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