It's About Time

About the photo above... It's from my last visit to Disneyland, and it's a photo of good Friend Marcus DeChevrieux, Marine Art Historian extraordinaire, and Carol Ruby a former Lutheran High School graduate and fellow GLASS Fan! Also with us at Club 33 were JC & Franci Agajanian. But that's another story...

Today is all about July 8th, and TIME. Terry "Ike" Clanton, host of THE HAUNTED SALOON shared this tid-bit, "... at five minutes and six seconds after 4:00 am on the eighth of July, the time and date will be 04:05:06 07/08/09." Just now in reading today's SCUTTLEBUT, the Curmudgeon provided this observation: "Shortly after noon on July 8, comes the moment that can be called 12:34:56 7/8/9." Now I found both those items rather interesting, and just had to share them with Ya'll.

And speaking of "Ya'll" - I would like to acknowledge everyone who's taken the t me to let me know you do follow along, and check out these post's every now and then. It's appreciated, and the only real reason to continue on. There just always seems to be so much going on in life and this just seems like a pretty darned good way to share it, at least from my POV.

Along with Michael Jackson's Memorial Service today, the 4th of July has come and gone. I spent the better part of the day watching the Coke Zero 400 NASCAR race at Daytona, with young and wild Kyle Bush providing more than his share of FIREWORKS and giving Tony Stewart the Win. Man that Kid can sure drive, but he's gotta loose the "ATTITUDE" and smarten up. When he does, he'll wind up winning a Championship or two for sure.

Right after the race Kyle & Amanda showed up with Tyler & Hailey and their Friends Steve & Laura (? hope I got that right Amanda...) after a day at the beach. They only made a brief stay, just long enough to hose off the Kids an say Hello & Goodbye, as they were headed home to BBQ and enjoy the Neighborhood fireworks, which in their neighborhood is quite the show. but Amanda clued me in that Kelly and her two, Madison & Grayson and Nana (Anne) were still there (Keiki Beach) and were planning on staying for the Lahaina Fireworks. Well, I grabbed a spare bottle of water and walked right on down. had a nice visit with them, watched a GREAT fireworks show thanks to the Merchants of Lahaina. It was quite the show with a full moon coming up over the West Maui Mountains and the fireworks reflecting off the water. Pretty darned good for a free show.

Tree trimmers were here all day, and that's about it for now. I didn't get my nap today, so it's early to bed for me tonight. Aloha and God Bless.

"Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please." Mark Twain

Don't Forget Victor - Vote, Vote, Vote

Please vote for Baseball's All Star Game Player Shane Victorino. Shane's a Maui Boy, and plays for the Philadelphia Phillie's. If you follow Baseball at all, you know he gets better every game. Anyway, we can vote him onto the team, it's not too late, and your vote (or 20) can make the difference. Click on the Link below, and after you complete the short form, you can vote as many times as you want. THANKS.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2009/fv/ballot.html

It's Not ALL About the View... Well Maybe just a Little

Yep, I've fallen victim to Polynesian Paralysis... I seem to be particularly vulnerable after long durations away from Home. Part of the problem has to do with having my wonderful Ocean View obstructed with the occasional HUGE, Sleek, Luxury Sailing Yachts that seem to show up from time to time. This particular one happens to be a beautiful 130' Dubois gem named SY JANICE of WYOMING. She's of New Zealand Registry, has a mostly Australian Crew, and boasts a 175' Mast! OMG is all I can say. And no, I didn't manage to get aboard, although the Captain and Crew did spend a considerable amount of time in the Lahaina Yacht Club, and a good time was had by all.

But that's been far from all that's been distracting me... I've actually been plugging away on a few of my Web projects, which I seemed to neglect whist on the Mainland... (yes, I've got excuses for both sides of the Water). Did a little polishing and fine tuning on www.kamehamehasails.com, a site for good Friend Captain Tom Warren, aboard whose fine vessel KAMEHAMEHA we'll be having a little Holo Holo sail tomorrow with several Lady Friends...

I'm just getting a new one started for the LAHAINA SWIM CLUB, which I'm thinking could be fun, and they meet at the Community Pool where I do all my "training" (OK, we'll call that occasional therapeutic exercise.

And now (drum roll please) here's my BIG NEWS! I had my Blood Tests and CAT Scan last week, and on Monday had my final follow-ups with Doctors Newman (ENT) & Coty (Oncologist), and have come away with rave reviews. In fact, all "A's"!!! Here's the scoop for those of you who care about the details:

There’s no sign of Cancer or any tumors. My lungs are clearer than they were 2 months ago, and they’ve no concerns about them. My heart sounds good, steady & strong, and breathing is clear. My blood pressure is GREAT - 100/50. My weight has been stable at 195 for 3 months (what I weighed as a Sophomore in High School), and my cholesterol is well BELOW average, which is good. My blood work is good, and no serious concerns there. I’m a LITTLE bit anemic (no red meat/Iron) and a LITTLE bit high with glucose (sugar in Ensure) but otherwise, AOK.

As for the “saliva” and my eating issues… Now it’s a bit more clear why everyone was so non-committal and vague about it in the early days. What they’re saying now is, this is pretty “normal” and it could be years before I see much change, and most likely it will never be back to completely where it was originally.

Dr. Coty did say I needed to be more aggressive in my approach to “eating” and encouraged using the blender, etc. He also was pretty adamant that the way I’ve done so far, I could live the rest of my life with my current kind of diet. So, I guess it’s up to me. I’m having soup with boiled vegetables at this very moment. I'll have more on Diet next time.

Whew, I've worked up an appetite... it's time for a drink! Wishing you all good health, fair weather, and fun times!

I’ve heard it said, “There are 3 kinds of people: Those who can count and those who can't.” However I prefer, “"There are only 10 kinds of people: Those who understand binary and those who don't!"