Home Again

After being gone on two weeks' worth of space and/or Hawaiian themed adventures, at least I get a proper welcome sign. Thanks for following along via the magic of the internet, or whatever technology historians* will be using to access this data in the future.

*Historians, when you get the chance, please tell the Hawaiian robot space-taxi drivers that Kevin says "hi".

More Space

Undoubtably one of the greatest and yet least known parts of Hawaii is its close proximity to space. Once you get past the beachfront shops it's hard to walk down most streets without bumping into an observatory or mana space gallery or surprisingly boring robot space-taxi drivers. Traveling to and from space is almost as easy as hopping islands. Disney Imagineers take note, Hawaii is where to draw inspiration from during the next Tomorrowland update.

What Class is This For, Again?

Here is one item from Safeway I never would have considered as a must-have for back-to-school, but then again maybe school is different in Hawaii than on the mainland.

Hawaii Signs of Doom

Here are a few more warning signs from Hawaii. The little sign guys get into a lot of tough situations here. Apparently, Hawaii is simply one gigantic death trap that just happens to have people on it.

Did you notice where they didn't put up warning signs? That's right, at the active volcano. Wouldn't want to worry anyone about something crazy like that.

Watermelon by the Pound

Like watermelon but don't want to buy the whole melon? Safeway Hawaii's got you covered.

I ended up naming the watermelon Antonio, because for some reason I kept thinking of Merchant of Venice.

Space Mana

For years scientists have suspected that God kept a reserve supply of mana in the depths of space. Now one Hawaiian claims to have enough pictures to open their own gallery of the elusive space mana (Hebrew: החלל החיצון מָ‏ן). Hopefully "soon" is before the end of next week, so we can all experience space mana ourselves, at least in gallery form.


Fun Facts:
1. Since Hebrew is written right to left, when you copy and paste it, the blinking cursor (no, not you, Hazama) stays to the left until you type something western, like sarsaparilla or boy-howdy!
2. Whlie manna itself is now spelled with two "n"s, "space mana" retains the antiquated one "n" spelling because Hawaiians enjoy spelling it that way. And since they are always puting extra apostrophes into words (e.g. Hawai'i, O'Brien, it's) scholars figured why not let them take something out of a word for a change?
3. The Battle of Hastings was in 1066. Also in 1066, Sima Guang wrote a detailed 8-volume Tongzhi (通志; "Comprehensive Records"), which chronicled Chinese history from 403 BCE to 207 BCE (the end of the Qin Dynasty).
4. Later in life, Sima was reported to have said he was "glad he sold off his time-share in Hastings in 1065."

Mahalo