From our Good Friends at Kashi

I've always thought these two happy people on the box were dating, but it turns out they're just good friends. I owe somebody five bucks now.

Why do they make you choose?

Pig races or literacy? Someday, the greatest English-language novel of all time will begin with this very same dilemma.

Caution

Use caution near the edge.

But once you've already fallen off, feel free to wave your hands around and enjoy the flight.

At least that's the message I took from this sign.

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".

Cafe

It's possible this sounds like a more appealing cafe when it's translated into Korean, but somehow I doubt it.

On the plus side, they do have karaoke.

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.

The A-Maze-ing Hibiscus

Today I somehow wandered into the world of Harry Potter. Luckily they had signs.

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.

Battle Plans

Here's a picture of me outlining my plan to beat back the Martians prior to exploring outside our solar system. We're working off the theory that Martians only see in black and white and won't be able to see our red battle plan lines we have Spirit and Opportunity drawing out on the martian surface as we speak.

Sub Map

Here's a map from the viewing globe of the trek of my submarine. What's up in space? Stay tuned.

Question

I know by now everyone is saying Hawaii is cool and all, but...

Handwriting on the Wall

Today I saw the handwriting on the wall. I will let all of you draw your own conclutions.

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.

Sign Dedication

This picture is dedicated to Jordan, who will no doubt find a warning sign with a picture of a guy falling on his head to be extremely hilarious.

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.

I can't make those characters on my keyboard.

Today we wandered into the little known Ethiopian district of Hawaii. Besides the coca cola products shown to the right, they also claim to have built an exact replica of the ark of the covenant out of sand, although scolars are divided on wether the sand ark is in the Hawaiian-Ethiopians' or Scotish-Hawaiians' posession, or if it's in fact still buried somewhere along the beach. Then there are the skeptics who claim the whole story was made up by some random blogger in 2008, but they ignore the massive amount of photographic evidence of coke cans.

Hopefully Shia LeBeouf can pick up where one his fathers left off (Indiana Jones, Steve Stevens, Ron Witwicky, it doesn't matter which, they all wanted Shia to do something with his life) and solve this mystery once and for all.

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

Volcano

No epic stories this time, just a cool shot of lava spitting out of the earth. About two minutes after this it started downporing! We had to hike back a ways completely soaked at night. My shirt is still wet, but I had some shorts to change into.


By the way, this is that spot that used to be a neighborhood in the 1980s. There are still about 5 houses down the road, and lots (no pun intended) of land for sale.

Mahalo

Dagobah Park

Ask anyone what they think of when they think of space, and 95% of the time, chances are you will hear that space has really big trees. Until today, I always thought that was just a myth, but look at this:

Yes, that's me with my arms stretched out at the bottom of the picture. I'm pretty sure this thing is bigger than my apartment.

Space via iPhone

For everyone who wonders what space looks like from an iPhone, I took this picture. -->

Also of note is the giant "please touch" sign located just below Antarctica that has puzzled penguins and astronauts alike for years now.

Rocks!

As promised, here is the exclusive insiders look at America's first line of defense against the other side of the Big Island. That's right, it's a rock monster secretly guarding the ocean. These guys are no doubt hiding all along the wall, ready to attack any Mermaids or Hurricanes foolish enough to mess with the good old U S of A.

Rock Wall

So, here we have the southern tip of the United States, complete with a lava rock wall that will be important if Hawaii is ever attacked by land. I think our government may have learned the wrong lesson from Pearl Harbor when they decided to build this.

Or, is there a secret weapon hiding nearby waiting to surprise any would-be Mongol Hoards? Stay tuned until after I eat breakfast for the answers...