Have a Rocking Angus Day

Happy Bday!

NPR picks up the mashup below:

Here's the story

OMG That ROCKS!

I've pointed a lot of people to BoingBoing over the years (I keep the link over there on the right hand column) but incase any of you missed it....

Some mad genius of teh Intrenets took other people's YouTube videos, remixed them and created a seriously rocking jam. Trumpets. Drums. Bass. Guitars. THERIMIN (!).

Enjoy. I'm still shaking my head at the supreme awesomeness.

You asked for it.

Brother Midnight (he so doesn't remember his nickname I'm sure) has questioned my mental health: he claims this blog evidences an "unhealthy obsession with (my) children"

Furthermore he demands more pictures of Kim.



This is the guy who (oh so many years ago) said to me and another friend "Let's have a contest to see who can make Kim their girlfriend"

I won, already.

Move on dude.

Hello old friend

Had to run an errand today...and got to park next to my old car!

Of course, since the dude who bought the Honda works at the Museum with me, I get to see her everyday anyway.

'ch angen beth?*

*TRANS "You want what?"
So heritage day is coming up on Friday for Jake's kindergarten class. Kids are supposed to bring in food that reflects their ethnic heritage.

Since Jake is Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, Japanese from his mom's side, we could bring in just about anything that local kids eat here on a daily basis:

• Mochi


• Musubi


• Haupia


• Kulolo


• Noodles


• Fugu (ok, maybe not an everyday food)

So what does Jake ask for?

"I want Welsh food"

Um.

Dude.

Boiled mutton will not go over well...but I am the kid's dad and will do what I have to do. Fine.

This is why they invented the Internets.

So I was calling around trying to see who has ingredients for Jake’s Welsh dessert request. Hard to find Caerphilly cheese 8,000 miles from its source.

I did find this recipe though:

Cynhwysion
450g o fwyar duon wedi eu golchi a'u sychu
75g o siwgwr brown
150g o flawd codi
75g o fenyn
ychydig o ddŵr
Cyfunwch y mwyar duon, y siwgwr ac ychydig o ddŵr mewn sosban a berwch y gyfuniad am tua 5 munud. Yn y cyfamser rhoddwch y blawd mewn powlen a rhwbiwch y menyn iddo nes fod y gymysgfa fel briwsion mân. Trosglwyddwch y mwyar duon i ddesgil addas i'r popty a rhodwch y gymysgedd crymbl am ei ben.

Trosglwyddwch i bopty wedi ei gyn-gynhesu i 175°C a phobwch am tua 20 munud, neu nes fod pen y crymbl yn euraidd. Gweinwch yn boeth gyda chwstad.

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Once again, I'd thank my ancestors for leaving the old country and moving to America where there were plenty of vowels.

I doubt my descendants will be able to take our family’s quest for a low consonant to vowel ratio much farther than Hawai‘i.

We are, at long last, home.
( or if you prefer: ]m , am ddyhea bara , addef)

Translations provided by the Internets.

When life gives you the Lemmonds kids...

Take them to the beach and skating at the Ice Palace

Exploring the Ka Iwi Coast









Mermaidens


Making off with the trail mix




And then....time to crash

The Mini Me's

Aunty Chris took the kids for an outing last Sunday. 

They were stoked that they got to ride in a sport (ok, sporty) car.

A good time was had by all.

Here's hoping.

Like so many millions of people, I'm on Facebook and yes, it's totally addicting. Like all fads or diseases, there is a classic infection curve. Slate has a great story of one of the mini-fads within Facebook - The 25 Random Things.

The graph shows the growth of 25 Random Things in the facebook world. With my low, (relatively) unhip, and (for the most part) trusted friend count, I didn't get hit up to do my own until February 10 well after the epidemic had begun to peter out.

I'm hoping that my unsociability in the real world (reflected by my paltry Facebook friend total) will save me when ebola or bird flu goes airborne, or people start turning into zombies. 

I'll be up in the hills with a shotgun and MRE's by that time. 

*Note to self. Find out where to get shotgun, how to load shotgun, how to fire shotgun, research zombie physiology to exploit weaknesses. Don't forget can opener for MRE's. And MRE's. Bug spray. Sunblock. Couple books. Definitely a guitar....

Alright.(Some of) you asked for it.

Got some grief that I've been slacking. 

Pull up a chair and pop a 12oz. of your choice: this might take a while.

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Punahou Carnival

malasadas.whiteelephant.games.midway.rides.booths.friends.nomud.announcements.gyros.hamburgers.ferris.whee.lfun.house.

Oh the lines

Ferris wheel: going up!

Quite the view from up high....

Not actually scared...

Getting too big for this...

Finally! Jake get's to go on the REAL rides!

This is gonna ROCK!

Hey....wait a minute. Why do they lock us in? Um...hold on....

Joy

Aftermath - parents.

OK. While I'm faking, Kim is Boom Boom Out Go the Lights.

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New Year's (Chinese)

Tradition: go to Chinatown and watch Lion Dances

Gotta give them the lychee for good luck ;)

DRAGON!

Couple pics by Jake.

Picture 15 of a 234 part series. 

Pretty girls in Corvettes. 

Jake's favorite photographic subjects.

From on top of Dad's shoulders - quite the crowd scene.

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New Year's (Western)

Tradition: bouliabaisse and hang out.

In you go !

Dad prepares to dig in....

Adding insult to injury.

Lobster + crab + butter + poi + garlic bread (not shown) = mmmmmmggmmfgrgrg*

*Note - sound your stomach makes when quite pleased.

Another tradition. 

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Uncle Kahea and Auntie Ying's wedding.

A great wish was granted by Uncle Kahea/Uncle Jacob when Lily and Jake got to be part of the wedding party as  Flower Girl and Ring Bearer. 

We also got to be part of the rehearsal and dinner where O‘ahu was treated to an islandwide....

BLACKOUT! Fortunately for the happy couple, that was pretty much the ONLY thing that went wrong with the ceremony or anything else that weekend....they got it out of the way nice and early.

Got some cool pics out of it though. Not so cool that people didn't complain when I made them the masthead. Fine!

We'll go with the traditional....

Getting hammered on virgin mango martinis

Playas.  

And I don't mean Mexican beaches. Wait. Maybe I do, since should it be Playahs....? Is there a correct spelling for Ebonics terms?

Can you see two things wrong with the gestures in this photo?

Looking handsome

Mom and Kalei do a hula

Signing the cast

Dad goes with the Jackass theme....

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XMAS!

An Easy-Bake oven for xmas....


and Lily officially joins American Girlhood.


Xmas present time! Got all sorts of goodies from all over....

Got a Wii from Tutu Kane: Jake in mid-lightsaber duel. 

Reason 1.2 billion why living in Hawaii rules....

....when your Auntie Bandit get's you a Slip-n-Slide for Xmas, you can use it THAT DAY !

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Caution: Nerd Zone below.

Haven't been showing off the models lately vie this venue since I've become a little self-conscious since it's just a bit dorky. But damn! I'm getting good ! 

So suffer.

Kinda proud of this one. Painted to match the plane of an Iraqi defector who flew his MiG-21 to Israel in the last 60's. They put it to use to learn about their opposition and even had it on standby as an interceptor.

What was fun was the painting. Did it all in one fell swoop. Of course that meant a serious job with the...

Masking tape. About 5 hours of work, cutting, planning, testing, for about 2 minutes of spraying.

Kim and I are complete BSG nerds now. She got me a Viper kit for my b-day.

I've wanted to make one of these since I was 10.

Last one promise.

An Israeli F-16. One of the ones that took out Saddam Hussein's under-construction nuclear reactor in 1981. Interestingly, one of the pilots on that mission, Ilon Ramon, was at the controls of Space Shuttle Columbia when it disintegrated on reentry. That's his plane that I made....

First in flight one I've made. Here's a look at the base made from scraps from around the Museum....