Saturday, June 20, 2009

WARM Chocolate Chip Chocolate Cookies - YUM!

Walked into a house smelling of cookies baking.  Oh yeah!



This is what is left of the first batch. It is not gonna last long.

Dad: Did you make these cookies?
Son: Dad, how old am I?
Dad: I dunno, how old are you?
Son: I'm 5 years old.  I can't bake!  Mom baked the cookies, I just smooshed them.

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The Mall is So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades...

Anyone else notice that the wing @kahalamallctr with Pizza Hut, etc. has some new lights?  They are super BRIGHT!  At night the rest of the mall looks really dark and spooky now.


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The Not-So-Magical Disappearing @tracitoguchi Poppy Muffin





Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of the original muffin to show how it started out. The actual consumption of this muffin took over 4 hours to complete. And I'm not positive but I think at one point @tadasauce may have snaked a piece of two from it.

Needless to say it was a productive meeting and entertaining thanks to the side show of watching this muffin meet it's very very slow death. R.I.P. Poppy Muffin.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Seen at the Mall

Ok, so for some reason today there were a number of things that I passed while at Kahala Mall that I just could not resist snapping a picture of.

The first was this set of tables that I came across on my way to check out the new Game Stop location and the old rest stop location. Well more the second than the first but you get the idea.

For some reason seeing these super low tables in the middle of the floor just cracked me up.  I guess Kahala Mall is trying to attract the vertically challenged by providing tables to accommodate them.

Then sitting in front of the Apple Store scavenging free wifi access I see this.

Whoa, Grannie rocking the Apple laptop! 

I didn't have the guts to go up and ask her if she was tweeting.  Especially after seeing the brace on her leg.  She must kick butt!

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Sunday, June 14, 2009

The NBA Finals On the Goooooo!

I am so bummed that I didn't look into this when the NBA Finals first started. This would have been much better than listening to the games on the radio like I ended up doing because of the milestone events that were coinciding with the games this year.

Sunday (and Tuesday if necessary) again presented itself with a conflict with my watching of the kiddies basketball games and the NBA Finals. Making it even harder was the fact that for one of the kiddie's games going on we were also in charge of "snack" for the day so it isn't like I could just dig out early or show up late.  Then while doing research on LCD monitors for a video project coming up I get whacked in across the head with the realization that these things are also TELEVISIONS and the game is on a broadcast station and not cable. D'oh! All of a sudden my gloomy conflicted world is sunny and bright.  Ahhhhh....technology!







Go Lakers!

BTW - I take back everything bad I've ever said about how digital TV was going to be bad for those with old battery powered TVs they use for emergencies.  Suck it up folks! If you really want something for emergencies, but a digital TV. The picture is amazing and well worth dumping the old stuff for new.

Here are some quick screen shots.  Including one where the signal wasn't too good.


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Monday, June 8, 2009

Go fly a kite!

Whenever I share my opinions with people I am always being told to "Go fly a kite!" and so the other day my youngest son and I went to do just that




As you can tell from the photos we were not very successful, but he did sleep well that night. Hahaha. Will try again on a hopefully more kite friendly windy day.

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Saturday, June 6, 2009

Dinner at Chinpei Ramen (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Stopped at a ramen place that we have never been to before tonight.  Chinpei Ramen on South King Street.  Food was great and we're happy to have stumbled across it.



Shrimp and char siu fried rice. No veggies or egg.  YUM!!!


Shoyu char siu ramen. No bamboo shoots. No green onions. Thin noodles.


Shoyu ramen. No bamboo shoots. No onions. THICK noodles.


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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Our little baby is a baby no more. Sigh.

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Waiting to get in to the graduation.

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On the Arizona Memorial

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@sheilas and T-boy checking out da guns.

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Anyone want crabs?



A beach.  Three boys.  Three nets.  Two flashlights. And a red bucket. = Crabs.

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