What are your top ten favorite movies?
[ Shawshank Redemption ]
[ Brian’s Song ]
[ When Harry Met Sally ]
[ Tombstone ]
[ The Last Samurai ]
[ Groundhog’s Day ]
[ Animal House ]
[ The Good, The Bad & The Ugly ]
[ Dances With Wolves ]
[ Goodfellas ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
If you won two free plane tickets, where would you go?
[ My Wife & I Would Fly To Alaska In The Summer ]
[ I Have In Alaska (2) Times ]
[ The First Time I Rode In A Very Used Pick-Up Truck, With (2) Good Friends ]
[ I Have Been Told That “Murphy’s Law” Works Twice Against Me ]
[ On The Drive Up “The Al-Can Highway” Some Parts Of The Highway Was Under Construction ]
[ By The Time We Arrived, We Had To Fly Out The Next Day ]
[ (2) Years Later That Same Friend Flew Me Back Up To Alaska, To Be His Best Man @ His Wedding. Had To Fly Out The Next Day ]
[ (2) Trips Up To Alaska, But Was Unable To Sight See @ All! ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world?
[ I Would Like It If My Blog Will Point Out There Are As Many Opinions On Subjects As There Are People & Subjects ]
[ Blogs Can Be Thought Provoking, Whether You Agree With I Wrote Or Not. You Probably Had An Opinion On It. My Blog Proked, Or Caused Someone To Have A Thought. Thought Provoking ]
[ I Would Like My Blog To Show The Reader A Different Way Of Thinking. America Is Based On Choices. What Kind Of Drink. Alcohol Or Not. Soda Or Not. Android Or Apple. Choices. Agreeing Or Disagreeing With Something/Someone Is A CHOICE! ]
[ I Always Hope That The Reader Will Like What I Write! But Not Everyone Will Like My Writings. I Am Not Naive Or That Big Of A Dreamer. Enjoy ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
What is a word you feel that too many people use?
[ Love … ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
What brings you peace?
[ My Writings Give Me Peace ]
[ My Wife Brings Me Peace ]
[ My Dog Brings Me Peace ]
[ My Son Brings Me War ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
What is the most important thing to carry with you all the time?
[ There Are Lots Of Things That Are Important ]
[ I Can’t Think Of Something Important To Carry ]
[ There Are Several Important Thought Thoughts That I Have In My Mind All Of The Time ]
[ The Most Important Thought Is To Stay Humble ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
What traditions have you not kept that your parents had?
[ This Question Kind Of Hit Me Between The Eyes & Caused Me To Be A Little Sad ]
[ For The Life Of Me ]
[ I Cannot Remember A Single Tradition That Was Handed Down To From My Mom & Dad ]
[ They Never Stressed Different Ways ]
[ To Celebrate The Holidays ]
[ Don Never Taught Me Anything Fun ]
[ He Never Started ]
[ So He Was Never Done ]
[ When It Was His Time To Be One Of The Dearly Departed ]
[ I Found Out That He Never Even Wanted To Adopt A Son ]
[ I Guess If I Ever Needed To Put Him In A Class ]
[ I Would Take A Pass ]
[ The Only Label I Would Give Him ]
[ Is That He Is Being Remembered As Being An Ass! ]
[ Now That He Has Passed ]
[ Much Of What He Said To Me Was Not Positive ]
[ So The Point Did Not Last ]
[ In What Little Time That I Spent With Him Years Before He Died ]
[ I Never Lied ]
[ When I Have Told Others That There Were Only (2) Pleasant Years Living By His Side ]
[ Because From What I Have Remembered ]
[ He Was More Or Less A Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde ]
[ Neither Don Nor Barbara Ever Took The Time ]
[ To Even Show Me The Difference ]
[ Between A Lemon Or A Lime ]
[ If Someone Ever Wanted To Use That Example As A Reference ]
[ Send Me A Dime ]
[ The Main Problem ]
[ From What You Can See ]
[ Traditions Did Not Mean A Damn Thing To Either Of Them ]
[ Whatever Those Might Be ]
[ Don Did Teach Me How To Drive ]
[ So I Guess One Tradition That He Did Hand Down ]
[ Was To Stay On The Right Hand Side Of The Road If I Wanted To Stay Alive ]
[ I Must Confess ]
[ That Sounds Kind Of Meaningless ]
[ But Hey, It Was Something ]
[ Because As I Look Back Over Everything ]
[ Don & Barbara Never Taught Me Anything ]
~ Ka hopena ~
Mahalo nui loa
Aloha
Na
Lopaka DeVoe
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[ Well … What Is A Typical Day To Me? ]
[ Let’s See ]
[ What It Could Be ]
[ It Depends If I Slept The Night Before ]
[ If Not ]
[ Then I Will Try Not To Stumble Onto The Floor ]
[ I Hope That What I Am Saying Will Not Be Misunderstood ]
[ I Have (2) Caregivers Come During The Day ]
[ Because My Health Is Not Very Good ]
[ Hopefully I Will Be Able To Eat Something ]
[ I Have Not Had Much Of An Appetite As Of Late ]
[ So I Guess Trying To Eat Anything ]
[ Would Be Great ]
[ Because I Have To Sit All Day On Our Bed ]
[ I Like To Write The Thoughts ]
[ That Are Swirling Around In My Head ]
[ To Some This Might Seem Like The Ideal Life ]
[ But Everyday I Feel Guilty ]
[ Because I Cannot Go Out & Work Like My Wife ]
[ So The Typical Day Can Have Alot Of Downtime ]
[ That Is How & Why ]
[ I Write Stories That Rhyme ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
How would you describe yourself to someone?
[ I Guess I Would Call Myself An Aquired Taste ]
[ Take The Time To Get To Know Me ]
[ Don’t Leave En Haste ]
[ Hopefully You Will See ]
[ That The Time Spent, Was Not A Waste ]
[ I Will Give You Cause ]
[ To Pause ]
[ For A Little Personal Introspection ]
[ Not Persecution ]
[ There Is So Little Time For A Specific Description ]
[ I Definitely Side With The Non-Fiction ]
[ I Try Not To Always Live In Fantasy Land ]
[ Even Though There Is A Little Bit Of Disneyland ]
[ In All Of Us ]
What’s the story behind your nickname?
[ One Place I Was Working, There Was A Father & His Son Working. They Were From Hawaii. I Told Them I Was Also Born There. The Father, Kavika, Told Me My Name Is Lopaka. So That Is My Nickname & How I End My Stories. Lopaka DeVoe ]
