What’s your favorite cartoon?
[ What Is My Favorite Cartoon? ]
[ My Favorite Cartoon’s To Read Is … “The Far Side” ]
[ Because It Makes Fun Of Sometimes The Most Mundane Things ]
[ My Favorite Cartoon To Watch Growing Up? … “Popeye” ]
[ Because He Loved Eating His Spinach ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
What are your two favorite things to wear?
[ Favorites To Wear? ]
[ No Matter The Season … ]
[ No Matter The Weather … ]
[ No Matter The Time Of Day/Night … You Wear Shorts & Van’s ]
[ Sometimes You Put On A Pair Of Vasque Boots Or Merrill Boots If It Is Raining Or Snowing Outside ]
[ You Only Own One Pair Of Pants & It Was Probably (6 or 7yrs) Ago That You Wore Them ]
[ It Was Either To A Wedding Or Funeral. It Was Hard To Remember Since They Are Fairly Similar In Mood & Purpose ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
If you didn’t need sleep, what would you do with all the extra time?
[ If I Did Not Need (Or Get) Much Sleep, What Would I Do? ]
[ But Then Monday Night, I Could Fall Asleep @ 2330hrs, Wake-Up @ 0800hrs Then Fall Back Asleep An Hour Later ]
[ Well, My Sleep Is Never The Same, From One Night To The Next ]
[ Sunday Night I Could Fall Asleep @ 2200hrs & Wake-Up Around 0230hrs ]
[ I Would Probably Attempt To Write, Play Games On My Phone, Or DVR Something On The T.V. ]
[ I Try To Write Whenever I Can, But The Words Have Been Slowing Down ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
Name your top three pet peeves.
[ My Top (3) Pet Peeves ]
[ Liars ]
[ Thieves ]
[ People Who Lie About Stealing From You ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
Who are your current most favorite people?
[ Your Favorite People Are The People In Your F.I.M., Family I Make ]
[ All Along This Arduous Path, That Some People Call Life, You Learned A Painful Lesson … Blood Is NOT Thicker Than Water ]
[ People Who Are Of Your Same Blood Are Not Necessarily The Best People To Be Around ]
[ Now That This Is Coming Into The Silly Season, It Sends You Back To Holidays When You Were Young & Were Made To Dress Up To See Some People That You Would Only See Once A Year ]
[ Why Do You Only See Each Other Once A Year? Because You Don’t Like Being Around Them Any Other Time Of The Year ]
[ The Snobby, Entitled Bitch Of An Aunt & Her (2) Very Spoiled Kids ]
[ Cousins You Have Absolutely Nothing In Common With Because You Did Not Grow Up On Their Side Of The Tracks ]
[ You Only See The Relatives Once A Year For A Reason. The Reason? That Is All You Can Handle ]
[ Now Your In-Laws Have Turned Into THOSE People ]
[ Your Wife Is The Number One Person That Is Important To You ]
[ The In-Laws? No ]
[ The Handful Of Friends, Yes ]
[ Your (2) Wonderful CG’s, Yes ]
[ & The People That Follow Your Stories ]
[ That’s About It ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
If you could meet a historical figure, who would it be and why?
[ The Only Person That I Would Want To Meet Would Be President John F. Kennedy ]
[ His Life & The Assassination Of Him Has Fascinated Me Since I Was In My Early 20’s ]
[ Why Was He So Driven? ]
[ From Being A Big Brother, To Surviving In The Military, To His Political Career ]
[ He Surrounded Himself With Some Of The Brightest Minds Around. One Of The Most Trusted Was His Younger Brother, Robert F. Kennedy ]
[ Why Did His Assassination Turn Into One Whose Conspiracy Wrapped Around A (3) Ring Circus Filled With Enough Controversy To Last For Decades & Decades ]
[ This Has Become One Of Histories Biggest Unsolvables ]
[ It Just Seems Like The Powers-That-Be Does Not Want To Or Agree On Any One Set Of Players Or Reasons ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car).
[ What Is The Most Expensive Item? ]
[ It Would Have To Be My Rotel Home Stereo System w/Boston Acoustic Speakers That I Bought (20yrs) Ago ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
What was your favorite subject in school?
[ What Was Your Favorite Subject In School? ]
[ In Junior High School, You Can Remember (2) Subjects That Really Stood Out For You, Your Typing Classes & Your Health Class ]
[ Not Alot Of Guys Were Learning How To Type @ (13-14yrs) Old In The Mid 1970’s. Primarily Girls. It Definitely Paid Off Once You Were Old Enough To Go Off To College. Before You Went, You Asked For An Electric Typewriter For Your Birthday. Not Too Many College Students In 1982 Had One. Word Got Out In The Dorm That You Had Your Own Typewriter. So You Earned A Couple Of $’s Typing Other Students Papers For Them. The Typing Skills Also Made You Better Qualified For Some Jobs ]
[ The Health Class Was Your 1st Exposure To The Bodybuilder, Arnold Schwarzenegger, & The Whole Idea Of Perfect Symmetry Of A Bodybuilder. That Changed Your View & Purpose Of Your Lifting Weights ]
[ There Were No Favorite Subjects All Through Your High School Years ]
[ Your Favorite Subjects All Through Your (2) Different Stints In College Were Philosophy, Psychology & Criminology ]
[ You Liked Your 1st Philosophy Class Because The Papers You Needed To Write Made You Think Outside The Box. The Professor Gave Us All One Tip That You Still Remember To This Day. He Always Wanted You To Put Alot Of Thought Into Your Papers & That “You Can’t Flunk Your Own Opinion” ]
[ You Loved All Of Your Psychology Classes. There Were A Couple Of Class Subjects, That Stood Out. Human Development Was One. It Was Very Fascinating To Learn That No Matter Where You Were Born In The World, People Will Go Through The Same Stages Of Development As They Age. In That Same Area You Liked Researching F.A.S. When Women Would Drink, Smoke Or Do Illicit Drugs During Their Pregnancies, It Would Cause Catastrophic & Irreversible Effects On The Fetus. With What You Researched, It Showed That These Were Very Self-Centered Actions That Would Totally Change The Future Of That Baby. The Research & Studies That You Found Were Very Sad. Another Subject That You Researched That Fascinated You Was “The Use Of Eugenics In America & The World.” “Eugenics Was The Pseudoscientific Practice Of Improving A Human Population Through Selective Breeding, Aiming To Enhance Desirable Traits And Eliminating Undesirable Ones.” This Practice Was Used By Adolph Hitler In Germany. So If A Baby Was Born With What They Labeled As A Defect, When The Person Came To A Certain Age, The Doctors Used Forced Sterilization On The Individual. Hitler Went A Step Too Far With The Jewish Community, Because He Wanted & Tried To Erace A Whole Group Of People Whom He Felt Were Far Inferior People. Now If You Think That Was A Horrible Thing For Hitler To Do, The U.S. Still Used This Practice Of Birth Control Clear Into The 1970’s ]
[ Now Is Your Favorite Class The One That Entertains You, Or The One You Learn The Most In?
[ Okay, Your Utmost Favorite Class Is … Life! ]
[ Everyday Brings A Different Topic To Work On ]
[ Each Day Brings More Highs & Lows ]
[ It Shows To Expect … The Unexpected ]
[ Whether You Like It Or Not, There Is Usually The Opportunity To Learn Something New EVERY SINGLE DAY! ]
[ You Are (62yrs) Young & Every Day You Keep Waking Up For Another Class Of Life ]
[ You Also Fell Madly In Love With This Girl In Class Over (31yrs) Ago ]
[ Maybe Someday You Will Get The Courage To Ask This Beautiful Girl Out On A Date! ]
[ You Really Hope She Will Like You ]
[ Maybe Over Time ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
[ Yo Ho Ho, It ‘Tis The Holiday Season Of The Year ]
[ When It Is Time To Go Broke ]
[ It Is Supposed To Bring You Good Cheer ]
[ & When You Start Mixing Some Kind Of Alcohol, In With Your Diet Coke ]
[ Nobody Cares About The Other (2) Holidays ]
[ The Effects Of Those Holidays Do Not Really Last ]
[ The Last Holiday Of The Year Pays ]
[ Really Fast ]
[ That Is The Holiday That Retail Businesses Really Count On ]
[ There Is Not Any Money Left In Their Banks ]
[ When The Year Is Almost Gone ]
[ Working In Retail Security For (8) Long Years Sure Took Its Toll ]
[ & Working Those Holiday Seasons Really Kicked Your Ass ]
[ If You Were To Go Around To All Of The Full Time Workers & Take A Poll ]
[ If Given The Choice Of Working The Holiday Season’s, Most Of Them Would Take A Pass ]
[ There Were (2) Holiday Season’s, Before Working Security, When You Even Took The Foolish Chance @ Working @ A Portland Area “Toys R Us” Store ]
[ It Was Wall To Wall Kids From The Very Second The Manager Opened The Door ]
[ It Seemed Like When A Parent Left Their Child On The Floor ]
[ They Would Run To Their Car While Yelling, “I Will Pick Them Back Up Around (4)” ]
[ It Made Alot Of Employees That Were Restocking The Shelves On The Aisles, Kind Of Nervous ]
[ The Consensus Question That Most Employees Had ]
[ “Since When Did We Also Become A Babysitting Service?” ]
[ “For Every Mom Or Dad?” ]
[ You Had No Patience For Telling A Little Kid, “Don’t Run!” ]
[ Kids Were Only There To Have Fun ]
[ You Were Only There To Get Your Assigned Jobs Done ]
[ Working Retail During The Holiday’s Is The Best Birth Control You Could Ever Have ]
[ If You Were Ever Riding The Fence About Having Kids In The Future ]
[ Working Around All Of The Screaming, Whining Kids, Will Cut Your Want In ½ ]
[ If Your Significant Other Doesn’t Understand The Work That You Have To Do ]
[ They Won’t Understand The Extended Hours ]
[ & They Won’t Like All The Time That They Can’t Be With You ]
[ Some Partner’s Never Understand The Other Person’s Job’s ]
[ More Than ½ The Time ]
[ Men Do Not Understand Why Their Partner Sob’s ]
[ Retail During The Holidays Is Really A Mind Changer ]
[ The Holidays Have Transitioned Into Chasing Or Spending The Mighty Dollar ]
[ Lost In The Transition Was The Fictitional Story About The Baby That Was Born In The Manger ]
[ What Happend To The Sharing Of Love ]
[ & Giving Your Spouse A Gift? ]
[ Now All You Remember Is The Last Customer That Gave You A Hard Shove ]
[ Then Causing You To Work An Overtime Shift ]
[ The Holidays Create Their Own Individual Mess ]
[ It Causes A Business ]
[ & The Employees, So Much Stress ]
[ Especially If The Yearly Sales Outlook Comes Out Looking Like They Are Going To Make Alot Less ]
[ Neighbors No Longer Know The Name Of Someone Who Lives In The Next House ]
[ Some People Only Want To See Their Neighbor’s Spouse ]
[ Totally Forgetting The Line, “If You Settle In To A Married Life” ]
[ “Do Not Go Next Door & Try To Covet Your Neighbor’s Wife” ]
[ These Are Some Of The Main Reasons ]
[ Why You Call The Time Around Christmas ]
[ The “Silly Season” ]
~ Ka hopena ~
Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe
~ Aloha ~
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How do you manage screen time for yourself?
[ How Do I Manage My Screen Time? ]
[ I Used To Think “Screen Time” Meant Time Watching T.V. ]
[ Well, It Is Not Like That Anymore ]
[ I Seem To Be On My Phone For Most Of The Time That I Am Awake ]
[ I Write My Thoughts, So The Urge To Write Moves Me To Write ]
[ When It Is Time For Dinner With My Wife, I Turn My Phone Off ]
[ That Is The Only Meal That My Wife & I Share. Because My Wife Leaves The House @ 0730hrs & Gets Home @ 1720hrs ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
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