Corporate Crap and Other Dubious Wisdom

UPDATE:  I’ve placed a special Xmas story on my other Blog, and see the lastest escapades of the Hawai`i Bloggin B’s(minus one) here.

Since December is our “Blogaversary” B’Tude and I have decided to make it a special Blog month.  (Actually, I was planning on kicking back for a couple of weeks but she is a SWBP after all :)

To get everyone in the spirit I’ve decided to steal an idea from an insurance commercial and Kim’s (ok, so maybe it wasn’t her idea but Andi’s… go with it) damned Elf shorts.

I’m going to go out and purchase, at great personal expense, a couple of non-perishable leis`.  Sorry, as much as we’d like to, trying to send live flowers from here is a no-no.

1. At the end of my contest, I will ship both leis` to one lucky winner. 
2. One you will get to keep, the other you will ship to the next lucky winner along with a small gift from your own state or country.
3. You must attach a creative tag to the “traveling lei”, such as “Aloha from Hawai`i”, or “Howdy from Texas”, etc., and your blog address.  The tag should be no larger that the size of an airline baggage tag or Xmas tag so we can get lots of them on there
4. When you receive the lei, you must post a picture of yourself wearing it and holding a sign that says “I got lei’d by DB in Hawai`i!” (or whomever you got the lei from).  Also post a link back to me and the person you got the lei from so we can keep track of our Aloha, as well as these rules personalized to your own site.
5. Then create your own contest for the next winner, but the rules for the traveling lei will remain the same.  The contest should run for no shorter than a week and no longer than two weeks.

The idea is that we want to send this Aloha lei all around the world if we can.  Eventually it should have tags from everywhere its been I will keep track of the leis’ progress so we always know where it is.  Simple enough?

The most creative answer to this question by December 8^th will get lei’d by me—“What is the best way to get lei’d in your city?”

Don’t forget B’Tudes contest this month too

Now go out and get lei’d. 

So far school this semester hasn’t been too unkind.  Luckily the professors are gullible enough to think I actually know what I’m talking about… well… mostly.  Here’s the impressions so far.  The final results won’t be in for a few weeks when LAST TESTS are taken.

I was invited into the CS100 classes to inflict share some of my IT knowledge with their young virgin militant impressionable minds.  Suprisingly enough it went well, and little blood was shed.

Hired by the IT department shortly before the start of the semester, I was allowed begged asked to help them organize their Help Desk.  Of course in hind sight, and after the fact, they decided that it didn’t didn’t really seem that bad before (non-existent), but they paid me anyway so it was all good.

My least favorite class turned out to be a surprise… friggin Botany.  Go figure.  I really like plants, but who the hell in their right mind needs to memorize the classifications and common names of 1,000 plants?  It looks like I may still pull a friggin "A" outta there but it won’t be because the instructor was soo helpful.  (More like a chipmunk on speed.)  Ever try and take notes, listen to a lecture, and look at a slide show for three hours at Mach Speed?

E=(MC)squared  Look familiar?  Sure, good ole Albert snuck into Astronomy again.  Would have been nice if he’d left his notes, because mine left me somewhere in Betelguese (the star dammnit, not the movie).  My only saving grace in this class was that there were actually other people in the class that were dumber than me.  The instructor grades not on a curve, but on a downhill straightaway.  I think there are only about 10 or so of us left tho, so it should be interesting.  I’m riding the edge of an "A"…. maybe everyone else will develop massive brain farts in the last test.

English comp is fun anyway. (yes, I have to take the damned thing.  For some reason they wouldn’t accept my earlier grades from the early 1900’s)  I am idolized by the small class of students, who as B’Tude has mentioned have on occasion spontaneously applauded my papers.  (Gimme a break, they’re young)  Have also been invited to write for the school paper.  Clark Kent, here I come!  The only way I’ll miss my "A" in that class will be if I set the classroom on fire.

Ahhhh… Philosophy.  I think the only reason I get an "A" in this class is because the teacher finds my counter arguments…. er … interesting.  Who knew?  What the hell, it’s amusing anyway to see the dumfounded looks on their faces.  The worst part is healing up from the bruises after B’Tude kicks me a few dozen times during class.

That’s the latest on my school efforts to date. I’ll let you all know later how badly the instructors needed amusement by inflicting me on yet another professor next semester.  The University has invited me to join Phi Beta Crapsalot or some such Honors nonsense, but I figure it must have been a mistake… either that, or it’s just a politically correct new name for the short bus.

When life gets the best of us, and we’re too broke to pay attention, sometimes it’s hard to remember the things we’re thankful for.

I’m thankful for a beautiful daughter and granddaughter who are safe and healthy.

I’m thankful for having met wonderful friends here in Hawai`i with whom I can share my life… and grateful I met a very special man and his family who define what love and family are all about.  Thank you Charley.

I am thankful that the professors at school haven’t yet figured out just how dumb I really am.

I am thankful that I get to live in a paradise with no snakes, well, at least not the long skinny ones with fangs.

I’m thankful to live in a country where we can speak our minds openly, and to those who gave their lives to make it so.

I’m thankful to all of you who have read my Dubious Wisdom over the past year, and for some reason you keep coming back.

Most of all…

I’m thankful for a Woman who loves me in spite of my…ummm… idiosyncrasies, yeah, that’s it.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

What are you thankful for?

We have a dear friend who is relatively new to the BlogWorld and could really use some Aloha about now.

Aunty Mapuana is a Hula teacher on the mainland and is trying to get herself and her students to Hawai`i .  She is a great lady, and has been a good friend for a long time.  All she needs are some good marketing ideas so she and the kids can get going on raising the funds.

Please go and visit her and if nothing else pass our Aloha on to her.

B’Tude has also posted about some of the other good people who make our days a little brighter every day.  If you don’t know them, stop in and say Hi!