What TV shows did you watch as a kid?
[ T.V. Shows That I Watched … ]
[ Back When I Was A Kid Was The Late ’60’s – ’70’s ]
[ There Were Channels 2, 6, 8, & 12 ]
[ Cable T.V. Did Not Come Around Until After I Had Graduated High School, 1981 ]
[ Ramblin’ Rod ]
[ Batman & Robin ]
[ Numerous Cartoons ]
[ 1 Adam 12 ]
[ Wonderful World of Disney ]
[ Friday Night Wrestling ]
[ Game Shows ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
What’s your favorite time of day?
[ Honestly, My Favorite Time Of The Day Is When My Wife Comes Through The Front Door ]
[ Then We Get To Eat Dinner Together, Just The (2) Of Us ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
Where did your name come from?
[ When I Was Born, I Was Named After My Father ]
[ After My Father Took His Own Life, My Sister & I Got Put Into Foster Care ]
[ While In Our 3rd Foster Home, We Got Legally Adopted, Thereby Changing Our Last Name ]
[ This Was The Name I Went By Growing Up ]
[ I Became Estranged With That Dad In My Early 40’s ]
[ Well, One Day In 2011, I Woke-Up & Had An Epiphany. I Never Liked The Last Name That I Got Stuck With, Or Had Any Kind Of Emotional Attachment To It. Since That Man Wrote Me Out Of His Life In 2009, I Felt That He Did Not Deserve To Have His Last Name Carried Into The Future, By My Son. After Talking With My Wife, We Decided To Change Our Families Last Name To Her Maiden Name ]
[ Her Father Has Been A Bigger & Better Influence On Me Than The Dad That Raised Me. I Was Also Told In My 40’s By The Mom That Raised Me, That They Never Wanted To Adopt A Boy. They Only Wanted To Adopt My Sister, Therefore Making Me The “& One”. See Why That Man’s Name Did Not Deserve To Be Carried Forward? ]
[ I Carry My Wife’s Maiden Name With Honor. I Carry My Connection To My Wife’s Dad With Love & Pride. That Is The Last Name That I Proudly Put @ The End Of My Stories! ]
[ I Only Have One Regret In This Whole Thing … I Wish I Would Have Had This Idea Years Before 2011! ]
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
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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