What food would you say is your specialty?
[ Specialty Food That I Want? ]
[ Specialty Food That I Cook? ]
[ Specialty Food That I Bake? ]
[ I Have Made Incredible Lasagna Before, Following A Recipe ]
[ I Put A Certain Twist On A Box Of Brownies ]
[ I Do Not Disclose My Secrets, Because Then There Would Not Be A Mystery To My Baking. Then They Would Make Me Disappear Since My Usefulness Would Not Be Needed Anymore ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
What’s the biggest risk you’d like to take — but haven’t been able to?
[ The Biggest Risk I Would Like To Take Would Be Taking A Step Towards Self-Publishing My Stories ]
[ That Would Be A Risk Because How Would My Self-Esteem Handle Not Selling A Single Copy? ]
[ It Is A Huge Risk Because I Write Whatever I Am Thinking Or Feeling @ The Time ]
[ That Would Leave Me Wide Open To Scrutiny & Criticism From Strangers That Couldn’t Care Less How It Would Come Across ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
What have you been working on?
[ The Main Thing That I Am Working On Is Myself ]
[ Trying To Be The Best Person That I Can Be, For Myself & Others ]
[ I Am Working On My Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence ]
[ I Am Working On Trying To Be The Best Husband. Because My Beautiful Bride Of Almost (30yrs) Deserves That ]
[ I Am Working On Trying Be Transparent To Others. Showing Others That There Is No Hidden Agenda In My Words, Or Actions ]
[ I Am Working On Trying To Be The Easiest, Less Demanding, Most Accommodating/Honest/Caring/Understanding Client To My “Dream Team” Of CG’s, Needle & Bump ]
[ I Am Working On Trying To Be The Best Kind Of Friend To My Handful Of Friends ]
[ I Am Working On Letting Go Of The Grudges That I Have Been Carrying With Me For All These Years ]
[ I Am Always Working On My Writing ]
[ I Am Working On Completing My ’75 Topps Mini’s Baseball Card Set That I Started (50yrs) Ago, But Then Set It Aside ]
[ I Working On My Diet So I Can Get My Much Needed Spinal Surgery ]
[ I Am Working On My Eating So I Can Lean Down To A Lower Weight ]
[ I Want To Work On My Baking Skills ]
[ I Am Working On Drinking More Water ]
[ This Has Become A Much Longer List Of “What I Am Working On” Than I Previously Imagined. It Looks Like I Have Alot Of Work I Should Be Doing! ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
Do lazy days make you feel rested or unproductive?
[ It Depends On Why It Is Called A Lazy Day ]
[ I Am Home On Permanent Disability ]
[ If I Wanted To, Or Was Not Careful, Everyday Could Turn Into A Lazy & Unproductive Day ]
[ I Try To Write SOMETHING, Every Single Day ]
[ Unless I Am In The Hospital ]
[ The Year 2025 Was Not A Good Year, Health Wise ]
[ An Unproductive Day, Would Be One When I Could Not Write ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why?
[ There Have Been Alot Of People Who Were Regular People That Became Successful ]
[ Bill Gates & Paul Allen Come To Mind ]
[ They Became Successful By Simply Collaborating On An Idea & Went For It & Created Microsoft ]
[ Phil Knight Became Successful When He Was A College Student Running Track For The University of Oregon ]
[ A College Kid That Had A Dream & Combined His Ideas With His UofO Track Coach & Created Nike ]
[ Mark Cuban Was A College Student Who Combined Ideas With His Friends To Become Successful
[ Damon John Came Up With The Idea For FUBU & Became Successful Building A Clothing Empire ]
[ My Powerlifting Coach Terry L. Was A Very Successful Coach. Our Team Started Out As A Core Team Of About (8) Of Us Lifters. The Team Grew To Over (15). We Then Had Maybe Over (9) Of Us Become World Champions & World Record Holders In Our Federation ]
[ The Lifter’s That Reached That Pinnacle Were Successful ]
[ Becoming Successful Can Take Alot Of Time, Hard Work, Sacrifices & Oftentimes Money ]
[ Very Few People Are Overnight Success’s ]
[ Everyone Has Something In Them That They Might Be Good @ ]
[ Take The Idea, Dream, Work Hard & Try, Fail, Try, Fail & Keep Trying Until You Feel Like You Are Succeeding ]
[ Everywhere You Look There Are Successful People In All Different Fields ]
[ Making Money Is Not The Only Guage Of What Makes Someone Successful ]
[ Having An Idea & Working Towards It Until You Are A Success To Yourself, Makes Someone Successful ]
[ Some People Are Never Happy With What They Do Or Have Done ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
What makes a good neighbor?
[ A Good Neighbor Usually Leaves You Alone ]
[ He Doesn’t Invade Your Privacy ]
[ By Using A Drone ] …
[ When You Drive By Him While He Is Working In His Yard ]
[ He Waves Because He Is Friendly & Nice ]
[ During The Winter, He Works Really Hard ]
[ Using His Shovel On The Sidewalk, Clearing Away The Snow & The Ice ] …
[ He Barbecues All Year Long ]
[ & It Smells Really Good ]
[ He Knows That He Can’t Go Wrong ]
[ When He Barbecues For The Whole Neighborhood ] …
[ He Is Generous To A Fault ]
[ When You Knock On His Door ]
[ To Ask Him For Some Sugar Or Salt ] …
[ He Keeps His Eye On Your Property Whenever You & Your Family Are Out Exploring Other Towns ]
[ When You Meet Him ]
[ You Would Definitely Agree With His Pronoun’s ] …
[ He Is Just One Regular Guy ]
[ He Won’t Ever Steal Your Mail Or Newspaper ]
[ & He Bakes A Wonderful Apple Pie ] …
[ Everyone Around You Lives A Quiet & Comfortable Life ]
[ They Are Nice To Your Kids ]
[ & Nobody Tries To Covet Your Wife ] …
[ A Good Neighbor Will Always Care ]
[ If They Happen To Buy The Winning Megabucks Ticket, They Better Share ]
[ Because If They Won’t ]
[ You Will Become Their Worst Kind Of Nightmare! ] …
[ A Worst Neighbor They Would Never Find ]
[ Because You Would Become The Kind ]
[ That Would Mess With Their Mind ] …
[ As A Neighborly Rule ]
[ Nobody Will Treat You Like A Fool ]
[ When They Come To Their Senses & Start To Share, Then Everything Would Go Back To Being Cool ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)?
[ Well I Feel Like There Is A Huge Difference Of Feeling/Being/Acting Mature & Feeling Like A Grown Up ]
[ I Feel Like I Am & Act Mature ]
[ I Don’t Want To Feel Like A Grown Up ]
[ For Me To Feel Like A Grown Up I Feel Like I Would Be Giving Up That Youthful, Playful Side Of Me ]
[ I Am 62yrs. Young ]
[ Do Not Dress Like A Grown Up! ]
[ I Wear Shorts Year Round ]
[ I Wear Vans, Adidas Shoes & Merrill Boots ]
[ T-Shirts, Sweatshirts, Hooded Sweatshirts, Adidas Socks, Baseball Hats ]
[ I Shave My Head, Instead Of Being In Denial When My Hair Starts Thinning ]
[ I Will Never Be Doing That Horrible Looking Comb Over Style. No Hair Clubs For Me ]
[ No Slacks, Cardigans Or Black Socks ]
[ I Listen To Old & New Music ]
[ I Appreciate The Youthful Side Of Thinking & Life ]
[ If You Look, Act, Or Want To Be Different, Good For You ]
[ Don’t Let Anyone Paint, Or Mold You Into A Box Of What Someone Wants You To Be Like ]
[ I Live By The Saying, “You Do You” ]
[ My Parents Were The Grown Ups In My Life. I Don’t EVER Want To Be Like They Were. No ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to?
[ Honestly … I Would Put It In My Will That My Wife Will Get It ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
What’s something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail.
[ I Would Love To Teach High School Boys & Girls How To Lift Weights ]
[ I Am (62) Years Old, So I Am Very Old School When It Comes To Weight Lifting ]
[ When I Was In The 5th Grade I Asked My Parents For A Weight Set For Christmas ]
[ I Followed The Instructions & Taught Myself How To Lift Weights ]
[ I Lifted In Gyms When I Was Old Enough ]
[ In ’94 I Joined A Powerlifting Bench Press Team ]
[ ’99 Was My First Time @ The World Championship For Our Federation ]
[ I Competed In The 165lbs Police/Fire Division ]
[ I Took Home 1st Place Trophies In ’99, ‘2000, & 2001 ]
[ I Would Teach Proper Form FIRST! ]
[ Teach Them That When Learning Proper Form You Start Out With Light Weights ]
[ Then & Only Then You Start Lifting Heavier ]
[ When You Lift With Bad Form/Technique You Risk Injury ]
[ After Teaching Weight Lifting, I Would Coach Them & Love Watching Them Succeed ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
What is your favorite hobby or pastime?
[ Writing Poetic Stories ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
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