This weekend I watched The Lightning Thief; just your typical myth-based action-adventure hoo-hah, the type of movie which I can say with unreserved geekosity I honestly love.  Except for the fact that, you know, they usually suck.  Like, not just usually, but with a percentage approaching one hundred.  The Lightening Thief, and with that build up ( Read more... )

Unfortunately, Maui yet again caught fire.


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Unfortunately, Maui is on fire.

A lot of people are under the impression that Maui is this magical place where palm trees and rainbows abound.  If that's what it were actually like, I would not be here, and if you grew up thinking that weathering a hurricane was a good way to spend your vacation, you would not be here either.  I live in Kihei, which is on the south-western coast ( Read more... )

It's not good when you need to spike your morning coffee ( Read more... )

Women are callous bitches. This is a fact we all know. We don't fall in love the way men do ( Read more... )

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I decided to develop psychic powers and apply them in the dubious capacity of handicapping horse races - that is, gambling.  So, I did my psychic analysis, I enlisted my friends to do psychic analyses, but the results, alas...I accurately placed three of six horses!  But not the one that mattered.  But I will loose only money, not heart! For I have ( Read more... )

Months ago I said to myself "how will I ever last until until the Darwin movie comes out?" I was distressed. It seemed September would never come, my time would surely expire before this film could complete my earthly experience. Then September came and went with little fanfare. "NOOO!" I wailed. How could I have been such a neglectful fool? I ( Read more... )

I dreamed I was chased around the bathroom by a horrifying praying mantis-roach-rabbit ( Read more... )