The Warrior Beat - Hinshaw chat moved to Friday; comeback for Yamanoha?

Comment from: myki [Visitor]

Good morning Stephen! Are you having trouble sleeping like I am? Go to sleep, you're working too hard. Don't you have class in the morning?

03/26/08 @ 01:18

Comment from: Shannon [Visitor]

Good to see I'm not the only one awake...

03/26/08 @ 01:34

Comment from: SteveM [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos

Good morning everyone!

....time to go sleep. Will be back before brunch...

But interesting news about Russell Yamanoha.

03/26/08 @ 01:49

Comment from: bighilofan2 [Visitor]

Hi SteveM

Great job on your page. I'll see you on the 26th.

03/26/08 @ 01:57

Comment from: myki [Visitor]

Hi bighilofan2

What! You have a hard time falling asleep too. I think you working too hard, just like ST. Looking forward to seeing you next month.

Good night! Sleep tight! Don't let the bed bugs bite!

03/26/08 @ 02:02

Comment from: bighilofan2 [Visitor]

Myki
Howzit sistah. Catching up on all my reading. I like be humorous like homey and Vegas. Looking forward to seein you an hubby next month. okay, back to reading. 'nite.

03/26/08 @ 02:22

Comment from: protector [Visitor]

I like Russel Y!! That'll be great.

03/26/08 @ 02:47

Comment from: Stretch [Visitor]

Good Morning Tsaikos!!

What's up with Hinshaw?? Changing our chat date because she has to meet the Legislature?? Someone let her know that the Tsaiko's are more important than the lawmakers that will be giving her the millions to fix the school!!

Everyone have a good day at work, except the people who have Prince Kuhio Day off.

03/26/08 @ 04:29

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://www.fresnobee.com/sports/bulldogs/story/484317.html

Fresno State article.

Is this team really as good as most think, and is it realistic to think an outright Western Athletic Conference title and a Bowl Championship Series game is possible?

The number of returners is there. So is the talent. There are depth concerns at each position -- particularly at linebacker, quarterback and offensive line -- and how the Bulldogs will transition to another offensive coordinator. But for the most part, Fresno State is working with a proven, veteran group. And a good run in nonconference would appear to allow the Bulldogs to rise quickly in national rankings because of Fresno State's tough schedule.

But the Bulldogs have flourished when they were considered an underdog. Being the favorite has been an uncomfortable role of past teams (see 2005-06, post-USC stretch). And right now, it's possible Fresno State would be favored to beat all teams except Wisconsin.

03/26/08 @ 04:46

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://www.fresnobee.com/sports/bulldogs/story/484317.html

Even though Fresno State has so many people returning, it seems that they are missing some key people.

Who will be the most difficult to replace: team MVP and do-it-all running back Clifton Smith, the WAC's defensive player of the year in linebacker Marcus Riley, or four-year starting offensive lineman Ryan Wendell?

The easy answer is all of the above. And don't forget departed three-year starting defensive end Tyler Clutts, who led the WAC in sacks.

Watching who takes over Smith's role during the offseason will be the most entertaining since Smith was such a playmaker. But the progression of Ryan Mathews should soften Smith's loss. And considering the talent and depth at each of the positions, replacing Wendell would appear to be the toughest challenge of them all.

Then again, Fresno State's worst stretch of play during the past four years occurred when Riley was injured.

03/26/08 @ 04:47

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://www.fresnobee.com/sports/bulldogs/story/484317.html

I cannot imagine a college player who has 4 different offensive coordinators in his 4 years in college! That requires so much adjustment...though since they did it so many times already maybe they have it down now.

How long will it take for new offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier and the players to get comfortable with one another? More specifically, what kind of relationship will Nussmeier and three-year starting quarterback Tom Brandstater have?

It took all spring and summer camp, and half of the 2007 season before ex-offensive coordinator Jim McElwain and the Bulldogs started to click. Brandstater, like the rest of the upcoming senior class, is working with his fourth coordinator in four years. McElwain restored confidence in Brandstater, helping him understand the coverages better and to see the game at a slower pace. Nussmeier's challenge with Brandstater will be to get him to play as he did during the final three games of last year -- efficient as usual but capable of taking over a game, if needed.

03/26/08 @ 04:48

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/aztecs/20080325-9999-1s25azfoot.html

San Diego State has a LOT of question marks.

The Aztecs, coming off their ninth straight nonwinning season, are bereft of eight offensive starters from a year ago. Gone are quarterback Kevin O'Connell, who also led the team in rushing; Brandon Bornes, the team's top running back; Brett Swain and Chaz Schilens, SDSU's top two receivers; tight end Steve Schmidt; and three offensive linemen, including tackles Mike Kravetz and Will Robinson.

The most glaring unknown is at quarterback, where the trio of sophomore Kelsey Sokoloski, redshirt freshman Ryan Lindley and junior transfer Drew Westling will try to fill the void left by O'Connell, a player who had a hand in nearly 77 percent of the team's total offense last year.

03/26/08 @ 04:49

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080326/FSU03/803260393/1026/RSS13

From what I understand, Mack's coaching clinic will be free for the local coaches. Florida State is charging $50 for their coaching clinic, and they brought in a guest speaker.

A question-and-answer session with head coach Bobby Bowden and former Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz on Saturday morning will highlight this week's annual Florida State coaches' clinic.

The Q&A, which will be moderated by current FSU linebackers coach Chuck Amato, will culminate the three-day event that starts on Thursday afternoon.

"That, to me, is worth the price of admission right there," said Florida State Director of Player Personnel Bob Lacivita, who helped organize the event.

But the $50 fee includes more than just the two hall-of-fame coaches answering questions.

Much more, in fact.

"You'll hear a presentation from the whole offensive and defensive staffs," Lacivita said. "There will be huddle sessions, one-on-one time with the coaches. There will also be presentations from the all of the state champions from the state of Florida."

Florida State's strength and conditioning coach Todd Stroud will also make a presentation, as will former FSU All-American Derrick Brooks.

"Then," says Lacivita, "Coach Bobby Bowden and Lou Holtz will sit down and reflect on the game of college football. And the discussion will be moderated by Coach Amato — How can you beat that?"

He added: "Plus, interspersed with all of that, the coaches will get to watch the practice on Friday and the scrimmage on Saturday."

Virtually every major college football program in the country conducts its own coaches clinic.

03/26/08 @ 04:51

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080326/SPORTS0601/803260420/1035/RSS020601

Tennessee's coach really put down his backup OL!

The UT coach was worked up after working with various backup offensive linemen, including Cody Pope, Ramone Johnson and Darris Sawtelle.

"They're soft," a fiery Fulmer said. "That group of guys, they're soft 300-pounders. They should be big, ugly tough guys. Right now they're not very tough."

03/26/08 @ 04:52

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/comments/st-pete-bowl-targeted-for-dec-21-2008/

ESPN is creating a new bowl game, this one for C-USA vs. Big East.

A proposed bowl game to be played at St. Petersburg’s Tropicana Field starting this season will be submitted to the NCAA’s bowl certifying board by Tuesday.

“We have been exploring with a number of partners, the viability of launching a bowl game in St. Petersburg,” said Pete Derzis, senior vice president and general manager of ESPN Regional.

The game, to be televised on ESPN or ESPN2, would pit teams from the Big East Conference and Conference USA and is tentatively scheduled for Sunday night, Dec. 21, a Rays official said. If the Rays’ outdoor stadium is built — if approved, it would open in 2012 — the bowl would move there.

The bowl, which likely would be named the St. Petersburg Bowl if a corporate sponsor can not be obtained, would be the sixth bowl run and operated by ESPN. The network’s other bowls: Las Vegas, Hawaii, Armed Forces, Papajohns.com and New Mexico.

03/26/08 @ 04:55

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/academics/

Remember the 4-part series on academics withe the University of Michigan Athletic Department?

03/26/08 @ 04:55

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080325/SPORTS06/80324081/1054/rss19

Michigan's President, Provost, and Athletic Director responded to the articles.

Eight days after the Ann Arbor News published an examination of the athletic department's handling of its students, U-M president Mary Sue Coleman, provost Teresa Sullivan and athletic director Bill Martin released a joint statement:

"When the Ann Arbor News implies, through four days of coverage, that the academic experience for University of Michigan student-athletes does not meet our standards or expectations, we must cry foul. Our job as faculty and administrators is to help these student-athletes succeed academically, just as we are committed to the academic accomplishments of all Michigan students. As with their peers, student-athletes are encouraged to pursue any major and degree program they want, depending on their interests, ambitions, and abilities."

The statement also attacked the News' four-day series, although Coleman and Martin refused requests for interviews before it ran.

03/26/08 @ 04:57

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080325/SPORTS06/80325064/1054/SPORTS06

Michigan lost one of their starting offensive linemen, who apparently felt that spring practices were too hard.

The Michigan football roster has suffered another casualty.

Junior-to-be Justin Boren, who started at center and left guard last season, left the team on Monday, U-M coach Rich Rodriguez announced Tuesday.

The first-year U-M coach refused to discuss specifics, saying he talks only about guys who play for Michigan.

But Boren told much of the story 10 days earlier, following the team’s first spring practice.

That day he cited the change in the offense and how grueling the first workout was.

He said he had early thoughts about the process and the difficulty of the new conditioning program and how difficult it was for the offensive linemen having to run constantly back to the line of scrimmage in the no-huddle offense.

“We didn’t know what to expect, a lot of screaming and yelling, a lot different, but we’ll get used to it,” Boren said that day. “It’ll just take time.”

The departure was not a shock after those comments, but Boren also had a strong affinity for Michigan because his father Mike played for the Wolverines under Bo Schembechler.

Boren, an All-Big Ten honorable mention selection last season, did not return messages left Tuesday at his Pickerington, Ohio, home.

A pair of upperclassmen who started at right guard last year, Alex Mitchell and Jeremy Ciulla, left the program soon after Rodriguez arrived. Another player who served as depth, Grant DeBenedictis, did not return for a fifth year.

03/26/08 @ 05:00

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://blog.al.com/rapsheet/2008/03/saban_on_les_miles_raise_i_cou.html

Nick Saban is not upset that LSU's Les Miles now makes $1000 more than him.

What was Saban's view on Miles' contract that pays the current LSU coach exactly $1,000 more than the former LSU coach? (No, really, that's what it is.)

Knowing how much he loooooves to talk about money stuff, I asked Saban yesterday:

Me: "Were you upset that you're no longer the SEC's highest paid --"?

Saban: (Interrupting my question) "I could care less."

03/26/08 @ 05:01

Comment from: Garret [Visitor]

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2008/03/25/2008-03-25_jose_cansecos_new_book_links_arod_to_kno.html

If Jose Canseco was seeking revenge, he found it.

Canseco says he was nice enough to educate Alex Rodriguez about steroids and even introduced him to a friendly steroids dealer in the late 1990s, but A-Rod returned the favor by trying to bed his wife, the former Bash Brother alleges in his new book, "Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars and the Battle to Save Baseball."

Whatever his motivation, Canseco writes that he is "confident" the Yankees star and three-time MVP used steroids.

"I did everything but inject the guy myself," Canseco says in the book.

Canseco said he introduced the future Yankee to a trainer named "Max."

"This trainer was a fan of steroids, and he had connections with local suppliers," Canseco writes.

Max later called Canseco to thank him for the reference. "He said A-Rod had signed on," Canseco adds. "I didn't ask for specifics."

"I'm confident it was the 'roids (that made A-Rod buff). I believed it then, and I believe it now. I've been down this road too many times with too many guys. I know my (stuff), and I know the way it works. I may not have seen (A-Rod) do the deed, but I set the whole thing up for him, just like he wanted. I saw the changes in his body in a short time. Hell, if you ask me, I did everything but inject the guy myself."

***

"The very next time Alex (Rodriguez) came over, he asked me, point blank, where one would go to get steroids if one wanted them. He was a cautious, cagey guy, Alex. He didn't say, ‘I want to buy steroids. Can you point me in the right direction?' Or, more accurately, as far as I'm concerned, he did say it, but not in those exact words."

03/26/08 @ 05:07

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/0325abrk-shaq0325.html

Police confirmed Tuesday that Phoenix Suns star Shaquille O'Neal is set to become a volunteer with the Tempe Police Department in the near future.

O'Neal was at the station last Thursday to discuss with Police Chief Tom Ryff what he will be doing within the department, said Sgt. Cindy Davies, a police spokeswoman.

While playing for the Miami Heat before being traded to the Suns, O'Neal was a reserve officer for the Miami Beach Police Department, drawing a salary of $1 a year. He also was a reserve officer in Los Angeles when he played for the Lakers.

03/26/08 @ 05:07

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://www.sundaymorningqb.com/story/2008/3/25/172957/608

VERY detailed evaluation of Washington State, a UH opponent this season. The evaluation of Washington State (interesting to read about their new offensive coordinator) ends with this prediction. Looks like they are predicting Washington State to beat UH.

The Cougars were predictable under Doba, if nothing else: winners when expected, losers when expected - aside from upsetting Oregon in 2006 and immediately giving it back in a surprising loss to Arizona, Wazzu has been almost right down the line as a favorite and underdog over the last four years. With about four "swing" games, that gives State a window of somewhere between three and six wins, not enough in a 13-game schedule to break the bowl slide, and certainly not enough to break even in the conference, where it's probably the least talented team overall (this doesn't say much for Doba's recruiting, either). This is not a dire rebuilding job, but this fall will probably feel like one: much as there is potential for excitement out of the offense, the best thing that can happen to the Cougars is a solid upset (over Cal, UCLA or Arizona State, maybe), general improvement from the beginning of the year to the end, a strong closing stretch against Washington and Hawaii and a sense of momentum entering 2009. I wouldn't predict better than 6-7.

03/26/08 @ 05:11

Comment from: Mei Ling [Visitor]

Aloha Kakahiaka, Tsai-kos!

03/26/08 @ 05:44

Comment from: Garret [Visitor]

Hi ST!

03/26/08 @ 05:55

Comment from: Garret [Visitor]

Rich,

I hope that your audit goes well today. It was good that you had your assistant to help out last night.

03/26/08 @ 05:58

Comment from: Maverick [Visitor]

Morning Gang.

The chemistry of Papa Leahey and Russell works well.

The bunching of Three commentators in TV and radio usually gets confusing for the listener/viewer.

They are our Ambassadors for Net fans across the nation, hopefully capturing the audience that is new to Hawaiian style broadcasting that will want them to return for the next game.
Time for K5 to step up with something new for looks, get rid of that local news at halftime, and show the halftime show. I thought that was personally cheap of them. Why would I pay money to watch the local news?

03/26/08 @ 06:22

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/shared-blogs/ajc/cfbrecruit/entries/2008/03/24/georgia_narrowl.htm

This is something to keep in mind when UH has their Junior Day in the (hopefully near) future. I don't think many high school sports are going on now, so this will probably not be a problem except for the track and field guys.

When Georgia coaches learned late last week that Patterson was scheduled to participate in a Georgia High School Association-sanctioned track meet and attend junior day in Athens on Mar. 22, they told the junior to delay his visit until early April.

“[Georgia defensive coordinator] coach Willie Martinez called and said a player can’t participate in an athletic activity and attend a junior day on the same day,” Patterson said. “So he wants me to be there on April 5 for the spring game.”

03/26/08 @ 06:26

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/7952596/20-questions:-Heisman-contenders

Article predicting the Heisman finalists.

Graham Harrell, QB Texas Tech

Welcome to this year's Colt Brennan. After finally breaking through the ceiling and the stigma of Texas Tech quarterbacks just being numbers guys, he's ready to take another huge step after leading the nation in passing, averaging 432 yards per game (62 more than Paul Smith of Tulsa, who finished No. 2) and throwing 48 touchdown passes. Leading the way to two straight comeback bowl wins, and a win over Oklahoma, has softened even the harshest of Red Raider quarterback critics.

He'll win it if ... He does that again. Like Brennan last year, Harrell will have the preseason excitement generated from being a statistical superstar. Of course, Brennan became a Heisman finalist by leading Hawaii to a 12-0 regular season record and the BCS with a few tremendous comeback performances. Harrell will have to at least get Texas Tech in a position to win the Big 12 South.

03/26/08 @ 06:32

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/7952596/20-questions:-Heisman-contenders

The article discusses who will put up crazy numbers but get no support for the Heisman.

Chase Holbrook, QB, and Chris Williams, WR, New Mexico State

The numbers should be astronomical. This is Holbrook's third season as the starter, and had been around the system for years before that following head coach Hal Mumme over from SE Louisiana. Williams was the nation's leading receiver two years ago, and was well on his way last year before getting hurt. With everyone coming back to the Aggie offense, these two should go ballistic.

Ian Johnson, RB Boise State

There are two keys for Johnson. 1) He has to stay healthy, and 2) the quarterback situation has to be settled in a hurry. Johnson ran for 1,714 yards and 25 touchdowns in his breakout sophomore season, but he wasn't right over the second half of last year.

03/26/08 @ 06:34

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/notebook?page=nonBCSnotebook080324

ESPN note on UH gives a shout out to the Advertiser.

Hawaii quarterback Tyler Graunke was reinstated Tuesday after a 40-day suspension for violating team rules, but the projected successor to superstar Colt Brennan will have to claim the starting job in spring practice. Graunke improved his academic standing, completed community service and paid a fine to clear his record. He was barred from team activities during the offseason.

Graunke passed for 1,234 yards and 10 touchdowns last season, leading Hawaii to a critical win at Nevada after Brennan was held out with an injury. He seemed like the clear-cut starter before the suspension, but Warriors coach Greg McMackin has said the quarterback spot is wide open.

When spring practice kicks off March 31, Inoke Funaki will start off as the No. 1 signal caller. "It was really depressing to not be around the team when I'm supposed to be a leader," Graunke told The Honolulu Advertiser. "If I have to start on the bottom of the depth chart again, it's not going to bother me. I've done it before."

03/26/08 @ 06:35

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/notebook?page=nonBCSnotebook080324

Article on Nevada discusses their QB situation.

Last season, Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick was like a young pitching prospect getting by on a live fastball.

The 6-foot-6 freshman showed off his bionic arm whenever possible, even when he didn't have to. Kaepernick wound up winning WAC freshman of the year honors after passing for 2,175 yards and 19 touchdowns in eight games as the starter, but he was far from a finished product.

"He's a gifted kid," Nevada coach Chris Ault said. "Now we're honing in on the finesse [aspects] of the position, which he was very, very green at last year."

For Kaepernick, finesse means learning how to make different types of throws, including football's version of the knuckler.

"[Ault] calls it the sponge ball, when the receiver's wide open," Kaepernick explained. "I try to put more touch on it, make it an easier catch for them. We're trying to tone it down a little bit."

Graziano has been held out of contact drills this spring but should be fully cleared by May.

Ault expects Kaepernick to start off with the first-team offense in training camp this summer, but Graziano, who threw for 1,119 yards and 10 touchdowns before his injury, will have the chance to close the gap.

"I'm not a two-guy quarterback," Ault said. "I've done it before when the situation dictated it and I'd do it again. When we come back to camp and the competition starts, the best one's going to start and play.

"The beauty of this thing is there's times where you'd like to take your starter out. Maybe he's faltering, he's not reading things, so you can put somebody else in there to move the club. We're going to have that available to us."

03/26/08 @ 06:38

Comment from: LizKauai [ Believer ] [Visitor] · http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32305.asp

Aloha Kakahiaka!

SteveM- the cook/history book is reviewed on the above link. There are other articles linked from Google but they include another newspaper.
It may have been reprinted, not sure. But it was a best-seller during the holidays at Borders when it was released.

03/26/08 @ 06:39

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/7942952/20-questions:-Ready-to-heat-things-up

I like how this Fox Sports guy basically says that Colt proved he was an NFL prospect and was not a system QB.

Graham Harrell, QB, Texas Tech

Kliff Kingsbury, B.J. Symons, Sonny Cumbie, Cody Hodges ... Texas Tech has had a slew of marginally talented quarterbacks who put up ridiculous numbers. Harrell is different. Oh sure, he's cranking out the stats, leading the nation in total offense and throwing for 10,689 yards and 89 touchdowns in just over two seasons, but he's an actual NFL prospect. Sort of like Colt Brennan showed that he just wasn't a system quarterback at Hawaii, Harrell might finally break through as he leads a loaded offense that gets Biletnikoff winner Michael Crabtree back and loses just one starter, WR Danny Amendola. After throwing 48 touchdown passes with 11 400-plus yard performances, he should be even better.

03/26/08 @ 06:39

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/7942952/20-questions:-Ready-to-heat-things-up

NMSU gets some recognition by Fox Sports.

Chase Holbrook, QB, New Mexico State & Chris Williams, WR, New Mexico State

After doing a little bit of thinking about jumping ship to the NFL early, Holbrook chose to return for his final year after realizing he'd likely have been a late second-day pick. So far he's thrown for 8,485 yards and 60 touchdowns with 27 interceptions in two seasons. However, after an ultra-efficient sophomore season, he struggled with interceptions throughout last season, throwing 18, with two or more tossed in six games. At 6-foot-5 and 240 pounds, he has the size, arm and knowledge of the offense. Now with his prime receivers returning, he should be in for a huge final season and take over for Colt Brennan as the WAC's big passing star.

Williams caught 56 passes for 772 yards and 11 touchdowns in just under eight games, but it was that eighth win over Idaho that cost him his season as he suffered a broken collarbone. On the positive side, one of the nation's quickest, most productive receivers is back for a final year and, if he can stay healthy, will be one of the nation's most productive receivers. A wisp at only 5-foot-8 and 157 pounds, he can't take too many big shots, but he's uncoverable.

03/26/08 @ 06:40

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://nebraska.statepaper.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2008/03/24/47e7c3648f7fc

I like the way they compare Nebraska's starting QB (remember, they have a pass-oriented offense now) to Colt.

Reviewing Ganz's three starts last fall, it's fairly clear that he's not Colt Brennan. If Ganz passes 40-50 times a game, he'll throw interceptions.

03/26/08 @ 06:41

Comment from: Garret [Visitor]

Okay, it is obvious I have too much time on my hands now after my proposal is done. I'm banning myself until after lunch so that I do not take over this blog any more than this!

03/26/08 @ 06:42

Comment from: djmitcho [Visitor] · http://www.myspace.com/djmitcho

I love the press. Funny that everyone seems to be comparing this year's QB's to Colt. I guess when you set such a high standard, people have a lot to live up to.

03/26/08 @ 06:48

Comment from: LizKauai [ Believer ] [Visitor] · http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/7952596/20-questions:-Heisman-contenders

Garret, I liked this one.
Funny how being compared to Colt Brennan is taking on a positive note now!
I guess late respect is better than no respect at all ;-)

Graham Harrell, QB Texas Tech

Welcome to this year's Colt Brennan. After finally breaking through the ceiling and the stigma of Texas Tech quarterbacks just being numbers guys, he's ready to take another huge step after leading the nation in passing, averaging 432 yards per game (62 more than Paul Smith of Tulsa, who finished No. 2) and throwing 48 touchdown passes. Leading the way to two straight comeback bowl wins, and a win over Oklahoma, has softened even the harshest of Red Raider quarterback critics.

He'll win it if ... He does that again. Like Brennan last year, Harrell will have the preseason excitement generated from being a statistical superstar. Of course, Brennan became a Heisman finalist by leading Hawaii to a 12-0 regular season record and the BCS with a few tremendous comeback performances. Harrell will have to at least get Texas Tech in a position to win the Big 12.

03/26/08 @ 06:49

Comment from: LizKauai [ Believer ] [Visitor]

djmitcho- wow, are we in tune this morning or what?

GO COLT!!!

03/26/08 @ 06:51

Comment from: bighilofan2 [Visitor]

Good morning Tsaikos.

Garret thank you 4 the info.

Warrior Mojo, others possibly habut w/me yestaday I'm very sorry I sullied your day.

I feel it was a terrific chat with the coach. If I was a player or a coach working with him, i would come away with the feeling that he has my back. I think Keenan and Geordan feel that way especially after yesterday, and if I was one of the other players, like Barry said, I would strap it on for him too. He gave us enough to keep us fanatiks going, an he never bad rapped anyone all the while knowing he did what he had to do with Keenan, in a dignified way.
So, ahem, accept my apology for my inexperience, I'll try to remember from da adlib chastising. Also, loosen your panties, stop sniffling and dream of da glory we going get outta these hard working and humble guys. An practice yoa singing cuz it sounds like me an Rich 2176 going damage da mike sumtime soon.

GO WARRIORS. hiho hiho.

03/26/08 @ 06:59

Comment from: LizKauai [ Believer ] [Visitor]

OK Stretch and SteveM- I am booked for the CRAZY KARAOKE CALL April 19. We better get the minimum number of singers/listeners/comedians because the tix are non-refundable... bwahahaha!!!

03/26/08 @ 07:22

Comment from: Stretch [Visitor]

liz - Awesome!! Enough or not, we are still going to be there singing!!

03/26/08 @ 07:38

Comment from: myki [Visitor]

Liz, can't wait to see and hear you again!! Don't forget to bring pix of the baby.

We're going to have an awesome time with the ohana.

03/26/08 @ 07:44

Comment from: chawan_cut [Visitor]

kazz,

(from yest)

you really need to check out kiawe grill....
everything i've tried there is great.

03/26/08 @ 07:53

Comment from: djmitcho [Visitor] · http://www.myspace.com/djmitcho

Ok, it's the end of March and it's snowing! Not what I want right now. I need some sun!!!!

Liz,
I guess so. By the way, did you know that Jordan Dizon now has a football card. I bought a couple of them on ebay. Autographed even.

03/26/08 @ 07:54

Comment from: Esme [Member]

Yeeehaaa! Liz is coming to the K-Call!

That news made my morning. Glad we'll get to see you again, Liz!

except now i shame sing... :P

03/26/08 @ 08:58

Comment from: Esme [Member]

Good morning, Tsaikos!

And don't forget to salute your blog host:

Good morning, ST!

03/26/08 @ 09:00

Comment from: Mei Ling [Visitor]

Good morning, Stephen! You up now after staying up so late? No forget to take your meds.

djmitcho, hope we don't get anymore snow. Stay warm.

03/26/08 @ 09:11

Comment from: Da Punchbowl Kid [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tsaikoware.html

Howdy Stephen!

03/26/08 @ 09:11

Comment from: Stephen [Member]

If people were to enter the blog without back knowledge, "take your meds" sounds like your blog host has a psychotic problem.

03/26/08 @ 09:37

Comment from: Esme [Member]

ST, I thought about making a joke. Then I decided against it. Too easy.

:D

03/26/08 @ 09:43

Comment from: Stretch [Visitor]

Tsaikotic??

03/26/08 @ 09:43

Comment from: Kazz [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tailgate.html

Chawan,

A mini Kiawe Grill opened up in Aiea, closer to where I live, I will have to get out there.

Always seems busy tho.

However the next time I will encounter Kiawe-cooked food will most likely be at the Ohana Football Festival Tsaikogate.

Chawan, can you make it?

03/26/08 @ 09:43

Comment from: SteveM [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos

ST -- of course not, why would anyone reading and seeing the "Tsai-kos" everywhere construe that? BTW, Good morning!

Esme - in the karaoke space launch metaphor, today we just achieved second-stage booster ignition by Liz . :-)

03/26/08 @ 09:46

Comment from: uh808sfriend [Visitor]

Good morning, Tsaikos!

03/26/08 @ 09:58

Comment from: Stretch [Visitor]

howzit uh808friend... I hope you are not at work today!!

03/26/08 @ 10:01

Comment from: Stephen [Member]

I must say a year does make a big difference.
Without Colt, I just can't get excited about the Heisman buzz. Then again, the Heisman will be awarded eight months from now.
But still ...

03/26/08 @ 10:02

Comment from: Kazz [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tailgate.html

Comment from: Esme [Member]
Good morning, Tsaikos!

And don't forget to salute your blog host:

Good morning, ST!

03/26/08 @ 09:00

Ok Esme,

Without further adieu:

O Blog Host! Our Blog Host! Another wonderful season is done; this past season has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought was won; the new season is near, the Ha'a I hear, the people all exulting,

While follow eyes the steady snap, the opposition is grim and daring:

But O Hawaii! E'o Na Toa O Hawaii Nei!

O the bleeding drops of GREEN,

Where on the practice field our Blog Host stands,
Ready to report and comment.

O Blog Host! Our Blog Host! rise up and see the calls;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the beer flows;
For you buffets and karaoke—for you the TSAIKOS a-crowding;

For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager fingers typing.

03/26/08 @ 10:06

Comment from: Stephen [Member]

In answer to the unanswered question: Yes, Mack does read the blog.

03/26/08 @ 10:11

Comment from: Kazz [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tailgate.html

Before working for the bank, I took state holidays for granted.

03/26/08 @ 10:12

Comment from: rage777 [Visitor]

ST,

Did UH send the Coolen's a 1099-C or something? How would the Government know that somebody took the trip?

03/26/08 @ 10:15

Comment from: Stephen [Member]

rage777:
Not sure what form he was sent, but, yes, he was sent a form from UH.
He knew that coaches had to pay taxes on the free season tickets they receive (although I'm not sure why, since there's no dollar value listed on the complimentary tickets). But he was surprised that he had to pay taxes for his wife's trip, which was paid by the school.

03/26/08 @ 10:18

Comment from: Stephen [Member]

Because Coolen's wife works at Punahou, one of their kids receives a tuition waiver.
She was surprised that the waiver is not considered taxable while the trip is.
I thought that was an interesting debate.
And don't get me started on inheritance taxes. I mean, Joe Schmoe pays taxes on all of the money he earns toward his estate. Then he dies. And that money is taxed again? What did the government do except watch Joe Schmoe die?
(This is where Rich2176 comes in an gives some lecture on the value of trusts.)

03/26/08 @ 10:21

Comment from: Barry Markowitz [Visitor]

Garrett, That Michigan blurb may explain why Abe got a note from Coach Rodriquez saying that they were evaluating Abe. We laughed it off thinking that they mistook Abe for Class of '09 not his Class of '08. Abe's process is turning into bizarro world...and he is in LA and hasn't even seen what is going on. Without you Garrett I'd be completely in the dark. Abe is staying near you at a private home in San Clemente til Friday, and is at Magic Mountain today for a well earned day off.

03/26/08 @ 10:22

Comment from: Loa [Visitor]

Howzit ST!

morning rage, kazz, stretch, uh808sfriend, esme, dpk, mei ling, rest of the gang!

thanks coach mack for the great chat yesterday.

probably the guy gonzo hit doesn't remember who hit him either.

that tax thing sucks for coach coolen, wonder if the sugar bowl gang got notices, btw caught the end of yesterdays game, great finish, congrats to the wahine.

03/26/08 @ 10:27

Comment from: Stephen [Member]

Loa:
It was a great softball game.
But the post-game interviews are difficult because the parents make great meals. You try to interview a player who's eating a plate lunch.

03/26/08 @ 10:32

Comment from: uh808sfriend [Visitor]

Stretch
Not at work! Finally have time to check and see whats going on.
See all kinds of events!

03/26/08 @ 10:33

Comment from: rage777 [Visitor]

ST,

I think the reason the tuition is not taxed is because Punahou is a private school. The 1099C is a way for UH to show the government that it lost some money and to relieve some tax debt. UH doesn't have to claim the money to the government. If they don't then they won't get the 1099C form and they wouldn't have to file it with their taxes.

I got a 1099C when I did a short sale on a house. Hopefully I will get it waived because of the new law that Bush signed.

Forgot to say hi ST and Loa.

03/26/08 @ 10:33

Comment from: Stretch [Visitor]

Re: Taxes on Travel

WTF is that all about?? Are other coaches allowed to take their spouse on roadtrips?? Did they get tax papers also??

03/26/08 @ 10:34

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

There was a time I wanted to become an attorney – maybe even a tax attorney. Forget about it. Tax law is crazy, it makes my head hurt.

Hmm, I'm pretty sure my UH tuition waiver is taxable.

03/26/08 @ 10:34

Comment from: gigi-hawaii© [Visitor] · http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com

ST, next time you see Hinshaw, ask her if she reads the blog regularly.

03/26/08 @ 10:35

Comment from: Loa [Visitor]

ST - speaking of interviews, i caught the one where one of the gals told the radio host she never heard of his station and she had to go work out, had a good laugh on that one

did they offer you a plate?

03/26/08 @ 10:36

Comment from: gigi-hawaii© [Visitor] · http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com

TurboTax is the way to go. Hubby swears by it.

03/26/08 @ 10:37

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

ode to ST

You are Stephen, king of the blog
We are the Tsai-Kos, many shaped like a blob
You inform the public and the worlds masses
We read and and we comment, while sitting on our asses
Now today we learn about taxes
That's right, income, not J.J. in Texas

03/26/08 @ 10:40

Comment from: Da Punchbowl Kid [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tsaikoware.html

I wonder where homey is. I asked a t-shirt question again during the GM chat, and I'm sure homey would like to get an early start ripping me about it. homey, if you're lurking, can we please get this over with already? I'm here. Rip away.

03/26/08 @ 10:41

Comment from: Loa [Visitor]

morning gigi, jason, barry!

gigi - why don't you ask her on friday?

stretch - lol, i almost spit out my beverage when i read WTF

jason - when is spring break over?

03/26/08 @ 10:42

Comment from: gigi-hawaii© [Visitor] · http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com

Vegas, that was cute.

03/26/08 @ 10:42

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

What's this about homey ripping off DPK's shirt? Let's keep this G-rated, please.

03/26/08 @ 10:42

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

Loa: We just get this one week. Back to school on Monday. Sad for us, sad for everyone enjoying the lack of traffic.

03/26/08 @ 10:43

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

Unless I'm mistaken, Homey would need a running start to jump up and rip DPK's shirt.

03/26/08 @ 10:44

Comment from: d1shima [Visitor]

Good morning all.

Happy Kuhio Day...even those who have the day off.

Yamanoha would be good for the color guy.

03/26/08 @ 10:45

Comment from: ralvic [Visitor]

Good Morning

Would being two sandwiches short of a picnic qualify as being tsaikotic or untsaitisfied?

03/26/08 @ 10:46

Comment from: gigi-hawaii© [Visitor] · http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com

I'd rather watch the games on OC16 than on K5.

HD, that's why.

03/26/08 @ 10:47

Comment from: Stephen [Member]

Wait a second.
Isn't Mr. Gigi a CPA?
So why is Gigi telling us about Turbo Tax.
Wouldn't that be like me telling our readers to get the paper online?
Whoops ...

03/26/08 @ 10:48

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

Oh, be quiet, some of us can't afford 52" HDTVs. ;-)

03/26/08 @ 10:48

Comment from: Loa [Visitor]

jason - was wondering cause the traffic is pretty light this week, also was thinking that might have plenty parking on lower campus for those going to see spring practice

morning las vegas, d1Shima, ralvic!

03/26/08 @ 10:49

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

I remember Yamanoha from many years ago and did not care for him.
He had too many on camera tics, such as shaking his head like a meaty hamster or squinting his eye every few seconds.
His delivery was also hard to follow and all over the place.

If he's gotten over that stuff, I hope he does get the gig, he seemed smart enough.

03/26/08 @ 10:51

Comment from: gigi-hawaii© [Visitor] · http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com

It's not a secret that most accountants use TurboTax. When hubby does taxes for his co-workers, he uses it.

03/26/08 @ 10:51

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

Shall we ask Dr. Hinshaw to extend the break a week?

Sorry, traffic will be back to normal next week, and parking for spring practice will be scarce. Not my fault, though, I catch TheBus.

03/26/08 @ 10:51

Comment from: d1shima [Visitor]

wassup Loa!

For the record, if anyone wants to fund me a trip to Vegas and give me a 1099, I'm in.

03/26/08 @ 10:52

Comment from: Stephen [Member]

TV:
Actually, I'd rather watch a game live. Four-wide offenses are meant to be seen in person.
One of our page designers, Stan Pusieski, had the best idea. He bought season tickets in the red level of the South end zone. It's a great view, he can see the JumboTron and, best of all, it's not in the premium-seating zone.

03/26/08 @ 10:52

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

おはようLoa

03/26/08 @ 10:53

Comment from: Stephen [Member]

I think this is the part of the story where Mr. Gigi kicks Gigi under the table and says: Shhhhh. Don't tell.

03/26/08 @ 10:56

Comment from: d1shima [Visitor]

las vegas,
Loa is a Buckeye fan?

03/26/08 @ 10:56

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

Jason,
(Edited)= male or female name?

03/26/08 @ 10:57

Comment from: Stephen [Member]

I'm all for extending the break.
Pay not to play? That's America, baby!

03/26/08 @ 10:57

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

South end zone, that's where I want to get my season tickets — when I'm no longer a UH student, that is. I remember when I was at the 2005 Sheraton Hawaiʻi Bowl, I moved from seat to seat, trying different places. End zone view was the best, cause you had the best viewing angle to break down the offense and the defense. I waited all game for Nevada to start throwing skinny posts, cause that route was open all day, the way the safeties were playing. I think they finally realized that for one or two big plays.

03/26/08 @ 10:57

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

D1,
funny
ROTHFLMAOUITUOTNC

03/26/08 @ 10:58

Comment from: d1shima [Visitor]

Stephen,
Agreed. Although for most of the games I've been to it's a matter of getting neck stretches done to see the replays. (cheaper seats with kids)
Plus EZ is the best for watching line play.

03/26/08 @ 10:59

Comment from: Loa [Visitor]

shoot! i cannot see lv's icons

03/26/08 @ 10:59

Comment from: oxymoron [Visitor]

Anyone want to bet that Keenan Jones' days as a Warrior are numbered? That additional year he was granted is probably all for naught...think it's safe to say that McMackin is going to lay down the law as the new Sheriff in town. He's not going to let that stuff slide, nor should he.

03/26/08 @ 10:59

Comment from: Stephen [Member]

Sorry, Vegas, we're limiting entendres to singles today.

03/26/08 @ 10:59

Comment from: gigi-hawaii© [Visitor] · http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com

Well, TurboTax is not that easy to use for nincompoops like me. But, if you know what you're doing, it makes filing taxes so much easier.

I wonder if the H&R Block people use it.

03/26/08 @ 10:59

Comment from: d1shima [Visitor]

las vegas,
Sorry I going let Mrs. A-house work on the rest of that string. UITUOTNC???

03/26/08 @ 11:04

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

ST,
amazingly it's a real name.
person is inquiring about limo service for a wedding.
wanted to reply with the appropriate title i.e. Ms. or Mr.

How about just "Yong" male or female name?

03/26/08 @ 11:05

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

D1,

Until
I
Throw
Up
On
The
New
Carpet

03/26/08 @ 11:07

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

Loa: You need to install East Asian languages. Follow through Step 4 of the following guide:

http://tinyurl.com/1npx

LV: Not sure. And I still don't get the joke.

03/26/08 @ 11:08

Comment from: oldie [Visitor]

I heard Jim Donovan on Jeff Portnoy's show this morning. One thing he mentioned was about how PPV is great for the senior citizens who no longer can make it out to Aloha Stadium.

If they are considering raising the price of PPV to encourage more attendance at games, why not give senior citizens a break (say 25% off the PPV price)? Verify with a copy of an ID with home address. Set an age 60? 65? 70?

I'm still prefer attending games, but I'm sure fans like Tom Mui would appreciate the price break.

Just a thought...

03/26/08 @ 11:08

Comment from: d1shima [Visitor]

las vegas,

Thanks.
You did know that it's right b4 lunch time here, eh?
haha

03/26/08 @ 11:08

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

Just said Good Morning, Loa

03/26/08 @ 11:09

Comment from: oldie [Visitor]

Excuse me.

Good morning, Tsai-Meister and the rest of the Tsai-bloggers.

03/26/08 @ 11:10

Comment from: d1shima [Visitor]

oldie,

Eventually Aloha Stadium is going to need to retrofit handrails along the aisles to accomodate the growing # of Sr's.
I get worried about some of them now.

03/26/08 @ 11:12

Comment from: SteveM [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos

Karaoke Call
,Saturday, April 19, 2008
midnight

Krazy Karaoke
1308 Young Street, Honolulu

Cost: $15 per person (for room and karaoke equipment use for 4 hours)
B.Y.O.B. in coolers and your own food/pupus
The site also sells soft drinks, hot beverages, and munchies for convenience. Free ice.

Need at least 25 persons to be feasible --but
space is limited to the first 32 -- so please RSVP
on the blog or email SteveM - stevem.hnl (at) gmail.com

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Please note that Stretch is putting up the non-refundable 50% deposit for this reservation. Stretch has attended a karaoke party there before and has inspected our room. He is very satisfied with the room setup.

Current RSVP Count = 13

03/26/08 @ 11:12

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

Jason,
Not a joke.
Guess I just gotta get around the name thing.
Thanks anyway.

03/26/08 @ 11:12

Comment from: d1shima [Visitor]

SteveM,

I'm trying to work out a "compromise" with the Mrs. for KCall. Will let you know.

03/26/08 @ 11:14

Comment from: SteveM [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos

Sorry, my center tag is doing strange things--cutting of various lines. Should read:

Karaoke Call
Saturday, April 19, 2008
midnight

03/26/08 @ 11:15

Comment from: ralvic [Visitor]

Good Morning

In reply to oxmoron's post about KJ

It's no minor crisis(1) that KJ got himself into this time.In fact it's pretty ugly(2)because it's no open secret(3) that Coach Mac will not be alone together(4) in his assessment of KJ. I'm clearly confused(5)because in my unbiased opinion(6)he a has lot to look forward in his last year.Even odds(7) said he might of been a starter.It's sad that his career has come to a rolling stop(8).

03/26/08 @ 11:15

Comment from: SteveM [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos

Sheesh.... 8:00 PM – Midnight

03/26/08 @ 11:17

Comment from: d1shima [Visitor]

ralvic,
Is there some cryptic intent to the (#'s) in your post?

03/26/08 @ 11:19

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

LV: Checked with my Mom. If it's 영석 (Seok), it's male. If it's 영숙 (Suk), it's female. Only problem is, with the different Romanization systems out there, Seok is sometimes written as Suk.

03/26/08 @ 11:20

Comment from: gigi-hawaii© [Visitor] · http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com

haha, so per Jason, there was no double entendre meant.

03/26/08 @ 11:22

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

Jason,
Thanks to you and mom.
Looks like I can address this person as Miss or Ms.
mahalo

03/26/08 @ 11:23

Comment from: d1shima [Visitor]

Well I'm sure las vegas wants to tread lightly, a mistake here would really suck!

heheheh

03/26/08 @ 11:23

Comment from: ralvic [Visitor]

d1shima- #=numbers and # =a running count of oxymorons in reference to oxmorons name...just trying to being whimsical.

03/26/08 @ 11:24

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

I swear that's the same name he used in a joke the other day.

03/26/08 @ 11:24

Comment from: midori7 [Visitor]

Good almost afternoon Tsaikos!

SteveM: sent you an email

03/26/08 @ 11:24

Comment from: SteveM [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos

d1shima --Hope you can work something out for the 19th. The gals have us out-matched so far..

Same for WarriorMojo who might be out of town but is hopeful.

03/26/08 @ 11:26

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

Gigi,
If a double entendre was purposely meant, I like to think that I would do a much better and subtle job than that.
Any updates on Tokyo?

03/26/08 @ 11:26

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

Jason,
I did use that name, I'ts been on my mind for over a week.

03/26/08 @ 11:28

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

You'd like to think you'd do a better job, but maybe you're just getting old. Seriously, by looks of the pictures, you're almost gigi's age. ;-)

03/26/08 @ 11:28

Comment from: gigi-hawaii© [Visitor] · http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com

Vegas, I'll contact Hata Bus Tour on April 15. Has to be 2 months or less to reserve the Dynamic Tokyo tour.

03/26/08 @ 11:28

Comment from: gigi-hawaii© [Visitor] · http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com

I'm proud to admit that I am past middle age. haha

03/26/08 @ 11:29

Comment from: oldie [Visitor]

d1shima,
You're right about the stadium needing rails. They should address that before something serious happens.

Our seats are 3 rows below the concourse so it's not a problem for us. Maybe they should target seats near the concourse for senior citizens.

03/26/08 @ 11:30

Comment from: Kazz [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tailgate.html

Speaking of Aloha Stadium and handrails.

I had this dream/nightmare last night that I was sitting in the yellow and then the section started to buckle and sway violently.

Those that have been sitting there for years looked at me odd when I was screaming for my life...

Thank goodness I sit in the orange in the end zone where there is a concrete base.

03/26/08 @ 11:30

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

Jason,
That was no joke, it's the begining of my new adventure series of paperback books.
So far I've got a half page done.

03/26/08 @ 11:31

Comment from: Loa [Visitor]

jason - thanks for the tip, but i cannot find my xp disk to complete the installation. i'll try again later. thanks again.

03/26/08 @ 11:31

Comment from: d1shima [Visitor]

ralvic,
:-)

03/26/08 @ 11:31

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

But how far past? ;-)

Just kidding, I'm just a little more kolohe today than normal.

Okay, I'm out of here. Got a date ... a study date with my Math Team kids.

03/26/08 @ 11:31

Comment from: gigi-hawaii© [Visitor] · http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com

Kazz, all the more reason to stay home and watch it on PPV.

03/26/08 @ 11:32

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

Getting close to Gigi's age?

Oh my god!

No wonder I always stop next to the muu muu display at Hilo Hatties.

03/26/08 @ 11:33

Comment from: gigi-hawaii© [Visitor] · http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com

Hilo Hatties? hmm not a bad idea.

03/26/08 @ 11:35

Comment from: A-House [Visitor]

Taxes on "gifts" are old stuff, but most people do not realize, if the gift is substantial, there is a tax to be paid. I do not know what the dollar cut off point is. Thus, all the "invited guests" to the Sugar Bowl should receive a 1099 for their 2008 tax year.
"Bachi" for using dollars that could have gone to the UHAD.

Every time I watch a game show and see a "big" winner, I always comment, "hope he/she has money to pay the taxes".

Deal or No Deal falls into the same category.

03/26/08 @ 11:38

Comment from: LizKauai [Visitor]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/nfl/03/26/bc.fbn.
nfl.hair.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

NFL to consider rule on hair length
Owners will vote on proposal at next week's meetings

03/26/08 @ 11:40

Comment from: LizKauai [Visitor]

A-House - Remember the Diamond Head Game? My friends won a Mercedes.
They had to sell it to pay the taxes.

03/26/08 @ 11:41

Comment from: Koauka [Visitor]

Gee whiz, nothing is free. Uncle Sam is always holding his handout.

But what about is wanker who was formerly known as the athletic travel. Hmmm? How much mileage did he accumalate? Tax free of course.

And those aku birds who went to NOLA, better call your tax preparer....

03/26/08 @ 11:43

Comment from: SteveM [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos

READER ADVISORY
To: Jason -- las vegas is only around uncle bulla's age.

03/26/08 @ 11:43

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

LizKauai,
Same deal in 'Vegas.
When most people win a car out here, they immd sell it back to the dealer so they can pay the taxes.

03/26/08 @ 11:44

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://www.sportshawaii.com/sh/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=25192&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=15

This post on SportsHawaii is interesting, but I hesitated to post it here until now. I waited a day and figure that this is public anyway...

I’m Keenan’s father and I just want to convey some facts before any more speculation.
The woman who made these accusations is in fact his x girlfriend. They have had numerous conflicts stemming way back to when my son was playing Junior college football.The relationship was obviously getting volatile yet against my wishes he choose to stay in the in the relationship. But he has never hit or struck this woman! She is the daughter of former friends of my family that has cause so much drama and confusion, they purchased their daughter a one way ticket to Hawaii because she was no longer welcomed in their home. Even before this, My wife and I provided shelter for her at the request of my son’s wishes while he was attending school in Hawaii. Unfortunately we had to ask her to leave because her unwillingness to abide by our house rules. I believe she is genuinely a nice person but to my surprise she can be very cunning , manipulative and has fabricated on numerous occasions. She is not a student and we do not know how she even supports herself. It has recently come to our attention from friends of her family that she has had a history of serious volatile relationships. Her last relationship she drove to her previous boyfriend’s job and dosed him with hot coffee. You can’t imagine our fear once this was reviled us. My son has a heart of gold and he has always defended the
ostracized. This is a relationship that he has desperately tried to peacefully an amicably
end. What you’re reading in the paper is not accurate! If you know anything about these types of situations please reserve your judgment until the investigation is concluded.
Thank you,

03/26/08 @ 11:45

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

SteveM,
No fo'get mention da hair, still get plenny hair.

03/26/08 @ 11:46

Comment from: Loa [Visitor]

morning tutu liz - bummers on the hair, maybe they will tuck it under the jerseys.

koauka - lol, haven't heard aku birds in a while

03/26/08 @ 11:48

Comment from: Garret [Visitor]

ST,

A recent winner on the Price is Right explained to the San Diego Union Tribune that he was given the option to take the prizes he won OR the cash equivalent. So, no problem paying the taxes for him since he exchanged most of the stuff he won for cash.

03/26/08 @ 11:49

Comment from: Kazz [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tailgate.html

I'm always cautious about reading stuff from someone that claims they are a parent or a relative of said collegiate athlete in reference to a controversial situation.

Especially when they choose to explain things on online forums. (No offense to SportsHawaii).

To me, these are not the right venues to try to convey another side of the story.

But again, if something is in litigation, then I guess an informal/anonymous forum would be a place to get the other side of the story out.

03/26/08 @ 11:52

Comment from: LizKauai [Visitor]

Garret- thanks for the post on Keenan Jones.
Innocent until proven guilty.
Just the facts, ma'am.
Judge not, lest ye be judged.

I feel Coach Mack and UH will do the right things.

We can pray for a good outcome for all.

03/26/08 @ 11:53

Comment from: Kazz [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tailgate.html

Comment from: gigi-hawaii© [Visitor] · http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com
Kazz, all the more reason to stay home and watch it on PPV.

03/26/08 @ 11:32

Gigi,
NEVER!!!

03/26/08 @ 11:54

Comment from: gigi-hawaii© [Visitor] · http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com

Well, hubby's boss pays for our meals at restaurants, but we don't get taxed on them.

03/26/08 @ 11:54

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08086/867945-194.stm

The editorials are turning against Joe Paterno...

This column long has been of the opinion Joe Paterno had the right to end his career as football coach at Penn State how and when he wanted. Certainly, Paterno was owed that much by the university. Whatever Penn State has done for Paterno, he has done 10 times that for Penn State.

This was a concept on which most people, even many of his detractors, agreed. But as the years go by -- Paterno is 81 -- this one-time simple equation becomes complex. Paterno, in the final year of his latest contract, is on the verge of overstaying his welcome. By all accounts, the university wants him to come to some decision about when he will retire. It's a fair request, considering his age, but one, as near as can be determined, Paterno wants no part of doing.

For all we know, Paterno might be holding out for another five-year contract.

This reluctance by Paterno to put some type of succession plan in place has changed the parameters of the discussion. Penn State has a right to plan for the future. If Paterno refuses to engage in good-faith discussions about that future, he is wearing away some of the loyalty he so richly has earned.

There's another issue in this discussion: Competence. And we're not talking about Paterno's won-loss record. We're talking about his abdication of the day-to-day operations of the football program.

Paterno wants to work from home. Who doesn't? For some people, newspaper columnists, for example, that's a plan that can work. For others -- people in charge of a multimillion dollar business like the Penn State football program and people who are expected lead a coaching staff and a team -- it is not a good plan.

03/26/08 @ 11:54

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://shots.bostonsportsmedia.com/2008/03/espncom-has-some-explaining-to-do/

ESPN had a big blunder, but at least they fixed it when it was pointed out to them.

Under the heading of (Monday) March 24, 2008 on its “Transactions” Page ESPN.com was listing this transaction as late as 2:00 a.m. on Wednesday (bottom entry): (Toronto Blue Jays Logo) “Activated pitcher Cory Lidle from the 15-day disabled list.”

Lidle was tragically killed in an October of 2006 plane crash in New York. The error comes just two days after what would have been Lidle’s 36th birthday (March 22).

There was this March 24 Lidle news from a year ago (2007), but that appears to be coincidence. Lidle did, in fact, play for Toronto in 2003, but no March transactions occurred for the pitcher surrounding his time with the Jays.

The unimaginable gaffe is compounded by the fact that it has most likely remained on the site since some time on Monday, possibly as long as 48 hours as of this Shots’ posting.

ESPN has responded to the Lidle screw-up. In an email time-stamped 4:15 p.m., spokesman Paul Melvin apologized “for the delay,” saying he “wanted to be sure I found out what transpired.

“We apologize for the mistake. It was the result of an error in an automated data feed that ESPN.com receives from a third party, and we removed it from the site immediately upon becoming aware of it. We were first aware of this error at 7:30 this morning and and took action to remove it immediately. And again…we apologize for the mistake, because at the end of the day, this is our site and we are responsible for its content.”

Melvin declined to identify the third-party. “(W)e’re not looking to hang any of our third-party collaborators out to dry, and would not be proper for us to do so simply because they made an error.”

Shots’s only conclusion is that it must be an exclusive deal that ESPN has with the mystery “third party” because the transaction was not found anywhere else on the Internet.

03/26/08 @ 11:57

Comment from: onarock [Visitor]

Garrett,

Thanks for sharing. Definitely sheds a different light on things when all we have to go on is what the media spits out at us. It's like how this blog is, it opens our eyes to the human side of our Warriors. If any questionable thing happened to any of the blog guests we've had thus far - I bet a lot of us would give him/her the benefit of the doubt before passing judgment. Same should apply for Keenan (never been a blog guest?). Hope what his Dad shared comes to light, is validated, and deserved vindication follows soon after, but the 'validation' is the tricky part......

03/26/08 @ 12:02

Comment from: oldie [Visitor]

Garret,
If Penn State is having trouble getting Joe Paterno to move on, I know a former AD who is getting at that and may still be looking for employment...

03/26/08 @ 12:02

Comment from: Esme [Member]

Kazz, re: 10:06.

Haha! Holy smokes! *wiping eyes*

You do NOT fool around, eh!

Standing O for Kazz, whom I nominate for Poet of the Day.

03/26/08 @ 12:02

Comment from: ralvic [Visitor]

Lizk-It nice to see good people out there like yourself.And the record shows that I wrote in wanting to vilify KJ.In fact I bucked heads with the newspapers of their choosing to publish his picture from the HPD showing him with his shirt off.I wrote suggesting this picture compromises his chance,especially a picture with a shirt off suggests a combative light.I was against this picture.I take solace,though,that his father I can sense was talking the truth about his son.And like everyone else I hope there's a good resolution.

03/26/08 @ 12:07

Comment from: Kazz [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tailgate.html

Esme,

No can win Poet of the Day when I just changed the words to "O'Captian, My Captain".

03/26/08 @ 12:09

Comment from: Kazz [Visitor] · http://www.gainesville.com/art...75123879/0/news

Not sure if this was posted already.

I skimmed the blog to make sure BUT...

Looks like our D will have to deal with a "no-huddle" offense from the Gators.

03/26/08 @ 12:10

Comment from: Kazz [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tailgate.html

Ooops...

here is the link. Cut and paste please:

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080321/NEWS/275123879/0/news

03/26/08 @ 12:13

Comment from: Da Punchbowl Kid [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tsaikoware.html

SteveM,
Count me in for the 19th. My birthday is on the twelfth.

03/26/08 @ 12:19

Comment from: onarock [Visitor]

Kazz,

Good find. Thanks. Coach Mack, any thoughts on this? Oh, the chat's over, great chat yesterday by the way. Mahaloz!

03/26/08 @ 12:20

Comment from: d1shima [Visitor] · http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i8HEH9p3W0Ymw3SCWPdgoIY9GmXA

We've all heard, "Boy, the boss tore him a new one..."
But sheesh!

03/26/08 @ 12:26

Comment from: Kazz [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tailgate.html

onarock,

No worries, as ST says Coach Mack reads the blog!

But this is the defensive mind that brought us two WAC championships and two memorable seasons thus far.

Defense wins games.

There is nothing we can find online that Coach Mack hasn't already caught wind of.

03/26/08 @ 12:28

Comment from: Garret [Visitor]

umiaq...69 points on my scrabble turn because the q was also placed to make qat, and the q was on a triple letter score. That is a nice way to relax after all the work I had to do the past 2 weeks.

03/26/08 @ 12:37

Comment from: Garret [Visitor]

oldie,

I remember that Penn State just gave their AD a 5-year extension. In the battle between the AD and Coach Paterno, they signaled who they are backing with that extension.

03/26/08 @ 12:38

Comment from: Unkanesson [Visitor]

Aloha kakou, ST and all Tsaikos --
I'm a long-time lurker, rare poster, but I've been reading this blog for so long now (year-and-a-half or so?) I feel like I know all of you regulars. If I lived on O'ahu (instead of Big Island), I'd be a season ticket holder and would participate in various Tsaiko get-togethers.
Anyway, just wanted to comment on Russell Yamanoha. I'm glad to hear he may be coming back. I feel he's akamai and does a good job as a color man. The only thing we kind of laughed at with him last time was his repeated use of the word "ridiculous" in describing the Warrior offense and Colt's stat's. But I would welcome him back as Leahey's partner.

03/26/08 @ 12:38

Comment from: d1shima [Visitor]

Garret,
Relaxing for you!
How does Lori feel about it?
haha

03/26/08 @ 12:38

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1113687/index.htm

Nice SI story on Timmy Chang breaking the record.

Timmy Chang broke the record in style. Hawaii's senior quarterback went into last Saturday's game against Louisiana Tech needing just 14 yards to eclipse the NCAA career passing mark of 15,031, set by BYU's Ty Detmer from 1988 to '91. Less than six minutes into the first quarter, Chang claimed the record--not on some cheapo swing pass or dump-off, but with a seven-yard dart to wideout Jason Rivers for the Rainbow Warriors' first touchdown of the night.

Having made history, Chang was hugged by his teammates, his head coach, June Jones, and by Vili the Warrior, Hawaii's grass-skirted, bare-chested, heavily perspiring 300-plus-pound mascot. Detmer then appeared on the scoreboard video screen, graciously congratulating Chang, his family and the fans of Hawaii.

If Chang is an NFL success, he'll have the support of an entire state behind him. Chang starred at Honolulu's St. Louis School, throwing an absurd 64 touchdown passes as a senior. He had offers from all over the country, and even his parents hoped he would leave the nest. "I wanted him to go," says Levi Chang, the principal at another Honolulu high school. "I wanted him to be exposed to different people from different parts of the country." Pride in his home state was one of the main reasons that Timmy spurned schools from the mainland. "If I was going to do something special with football," he says, "I thought I might as well do it here."

After Chang hit Rivers for that seven-yard score, he took the ball the referee had given him and trotted to the visitors' sideline, toward a man wearing a red baseball cap. For the last 10 years Levi Chang has been the "red cap" at Hawaii home games--the guy in charge of letting game officials know when a TV timeout is over. In one of the more touching vignettes from this season, the son embraced the father. There was no doubt, in that moment, that Chang's decision to stay in Hawaii was the right one.

03/26/08 @ 12:42

Comment from: Garret [Visitor]

d1shima,

She beat me by 130 points in our last game! That was 10 days ago, before I knew about the proposal that I just submitted.

03/26/08 @ 12:47

Comment from: SteveM [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos

Comment from: Da Punchbowl Kid [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tsaikoware.html
SteveM,
Count me in for the 19th. My birthday is on the twelfth.
03/26/08 @ 12:19

Hoooraay! That's good news, Kid!

The guys group is bolstering up now! If this was karaoke football, my biggest fear now is that the Tsai-kettes will counter by loading Wena and Mrs. BG into the slots and shovel pass to Mrs. bulla up the middle while we try to double cover Esme and and LizKauai.... :-)

03/26/08 @ 12:49

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QjZsTPDsvc

Chad Owens video: game winning TD catch vs. Michigan State.

03/26/08 @ 12:54

Comment from: d1shima [Visitor]

SteveM,
Just be wary if the pupu sign-up sheet comes back with dpk's name under "Dessert".
We could be getting week-old cake!

heheheh

03/26/08 @ 12:54

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptlKjCr5UW8

Chad Owens video: Amazing punt return vs. Northwestern.

03/26/08 @ 12:55

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jDfszTciy4

8 minute highlight reel of UH's win over Michigan State.

03/26/08 @ 12:56

Comment from: Garret [Visitor]

I found those videos when I was searching around for Chad Owens stuff in the SI Vault.

By the way, since everything in the archives is available for free, that means that every swimsuit issue photo is now available online.

03/26/08 @ 12:58

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1018041/index.htm

This list of the 50 greatest sports figures in Hawaii history will definitely include Colt whenever it is updated. This is from 1999.

1 Duke KahanamokuGreatest Hawaiian swimmer

2 Chad RowanSumo grand champ, a.k.a. Akebono

3 Clarence (Buster) CrabbeSwimming gold in 1932

4 Russ FrancisThree-time Pro Bowl tight end

5 Mosi TatupuSpecial teams standout at USC

6 Herman WedemeyerAll-America running back

7 Ford KonnoSwimming gold in 1952, silver in '56

8 Warren KealohaDominant backstroker in 1920s

9 Derek TatsunoSet NCAA career strikeout mark

10 Sid FernandezTwo-time All-Star pitcher

03/26/08 @ 13:06

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1018041/index.htm

I think Colt would probably make the top 20.

11 Robyn Ah MowHawaii volleyball All-America

12 Robby NaishDominant pro boardsailer in 1980s

13 Mike Lum103 career major league pinch hits

14 Jesse SapoluFour Super Bowl wins with 49ers

15 Adrian MurrellThree-time 1,000-yard NFL rusher

16 Tom HaineU.S. volleyball captain at 1968 Games

17 Jackie PungFirst Hawaiian on LPGA tour

18 Mark TuineiThree Super Bowl rings with Dallas

19 Jesse KuhauluaFirst foreigner to win sumo title

20 Rell SunnWomen's pro surfing tour pioneer

03/26/08 @ 13:08

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1018041/index.htm

21 Carl (Bobo) OlsonMiddleweight champ in 1950s

22 Wally YonamineJapanese baseball pioneer

23 Dave ShojiTop women's volleyball coach

24 Kurt GouveiaSuper Bowl ring with 1987 Redskins

25 Aileen Riggin-SouleDiving gold at 1920 Olympics

26 Garrett GabrielRecord-setting Hawaii QB

27 Derek HoWon pro surfing tour title in 1993

28 Thomas KaulukukuiAll-America halfback in 1935

29 Nani CockettHS hoops and volleyball champ

30 Ted MakalenaFirst Hawaiian to win on PGA Tour

03/26/08 @ 13:12

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1018041/index.htm

Two UH coaches made this part of the list!

31 Keala O'SullivanDiving bronze in 1968 Games

32 Lenn SakataMajor league infielder from 1977 to '87

33 Ben Villaflor44-5 as junior lightweight

34 Red RochaFirst Hawaiian to join NBA, in 1947

35 Peter VelascoAlltime volleyball great

36 Benny AgbayaniMets' breakout rookie in 1999

37 Rich MianoPlayed 10 years at safety in NFL

38 Cal LeeCoach of 13 state HS football champs

39 Pua KealohaSwam in two medals in 1920 Games

40 Fred HemmingsWorld surfing champ in 1968

03/26/08 @ 13:13

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1018041/index.htm

An AD candidate also made the list.

41 Salvador (Dado) MarinoWorld flyweight champ

42 Nuu FaaolaFour seasons with Jets and Dolphins

43 Traci PhillipsThree-time Olympic kayaker

44 Charlie AneLions two-time Pro Bowl tackle

45 Brian ViloriaAmateur light flyweight champion

46 Al NogaViking defensive end from 1988 to '92

47 Jim NicholsonSix seasons as Chiefs tackle

48 Rockne FreitasLions' two-time All-Pro tackle

49 Alika SmithTop three-point shooter at Hawaii

50 David IshiiFive top 10 finishes on PGA Tour

03/26/08 @ 13:16

Comment from: Tombo Ahi [Visitor]

okay garret, now post links to the top 50 swimsuit photos. stat!

03/26/08 @ 13:25

Comment from: Da Punchbowl Kid [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tsaikoware.html

LOL! Whoa, I see da 'Ahi snaps at that one!

03/26/08 @ 13:37

Comment from: Garret [Visitor]

Tombo,

I think that the list you are asking for would be even more controversial than a list of the top athletes from a state!

And I'm searching through the SI website while playing scrabble with Lori...I do NOT want to look at swimsuit photos now!

03/26/08 @ 13:43

Comment from: gigi-hawaii© [Visitor] · http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com

Garret, do you use the Scrabble Dictionary?

03/26/08 @ 13:53

Comment from: poidog [Visitor]

stephen gonzales is still my favorite UH linebacker of all time. i was a student @ UH while he played, so even though they didn't win much that team will always be special to me. if i remember correctly, he had a long fumble return for a TD against BYU i think.

03/26/08 @ 14:00

Comment from: Rich2176 [Visitor]

Comment from: gigi-hawaii© [Visitor] · http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com
It's not a secret that most accountants use TurboTax. When hubby does taxes for his co-workers, he uses it.

Every paid professional tax preparer uses a program similar to Lacerte. I believe the license agreement with Turbo Tax is for personal use only, and not for paid tax prep for several people. I remember reading someplace years ago that there is some type of barcode on the return or it can be traced if the return is filed electronically if too many returns are filed from a particular copy of TT.

TT is fine for most simple returns, but not for anything too complicated. BTW, I use a CPA. I refuse to deal with it and it's worth the money, which is deductible if you itemize.

03/26/08 @ 14:19

Comment from: ralvic [Visitor]

Re-Top 50 list

Where's Tom Henderson,AC Carter?

03/26/08 @ 14:20

Comment from: ralvic [Visitor]

I guess Colt wouldn't be on the list if it looks like it's athletes born and raised in Hawaii.

03/26/08 @ 14:22

Comment from: LizKauai [Visitor]

Kazz-

No worries, as ST says Coach Mack reads the blog!

But this is the defensive mind that brought us two WAC championships and two memorable seasons thus far.

Defense wins games.

There is nothing we can find online that Coach Mack hasn't already caught wind of.

True, true, but my personal fave is - The best defense is a GREAT, BUTT-KICKIN', IN YO FACE, LEAVE YOU IN DA DUST OFFENSE!

Woo Hoo!

03/26/08 @ 14:24

Comment from: Rich2176 [Visitor]

From the TT License Agreement page:

You are not licensed or permitted to use the Software, or allow the Software to be used, to prepare tax returns, schedules or worksheets on a professional or commercial basis (i.e., for a preparer's or other fee). Additionally, you must indemnify and defend Intuit against any claims or lawsuits, including (without limitation) attorneys’ fees, that arise from or result from the use of the Software on a professional or commercial basis.

Also:

License Grant and Restrictions.
Intuit Inc. ("Intuit", "we", "our", or "us") grants to the person (an individual or single entity) who purchases an authorized license to use the Software and to members of that person’s immediate family household (i.e., spouse or domestic partner, children, parents, grandparents, and brothers or sisters who regularly live at the same residence) (together "you", "your" or "user") a personal limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license, provided that you comply with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

03/26/08 @ 14:31

Comment from: Stephen [Member]

That loud scream you're about to hear is Homey getting another tattoo.
I ran into him at Windward Mall today.

03/26/08 @ 14:32

Comment from: Stephen [Member]

Garret:
I actually compiled the list for SI back in 1999. (I'm a stringer for the magazine.)
They overruled me on a couple, such as I had Tommy Kono, but they ruled he wasn't born here.

03/26/08 @ 14:36

Comment from: gigi-hawaii© [Visitor] · http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com

Rich, hubby is not a tax accountant. He is the controller/accountant of a private business company.

He's been using TurboTax for himself, his children, his relatives, and co-workers for years with absolutely no problem.

And he buys just one TT for the year.

03/26/08 @ 14:36

Comment from: gigi-hawaii© [Visitor] · http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com

Rich, I guess the way out for him is that he never types his name as the "tax preparer" at the bottom of the form.

03/26/08 @ 14:38

Comment from: d1shima [Visitor]

I seem to find myself wondering if any lurkers work for the IRS or DOJ...

03/26/08 @ 14:45

Comment from: d1shima [Visitor]

...but that's just me.

03/26/08 @ 14:47

Comment from: Stretch [Visitor]

Unkanesson - Welcome to the blog. Make sure you post more often and let people know when you are on Oahu.

03/26/08 @ 14:48

Comment from: LizKauai [Visitor]

hmm. I wonder if xs-homey's new "2" will have a Tsai-ko somewhere in it ;-)

03/26/08 @ 14:50

Comment from: LizKauai [Visitor]

Just watched the space shuttle make a dark landing. I always feel a great sense of pride when people enter and return from space safely.

Gene Roddenberry rules!

hiho

03/26/08 @ 14:52

Comment from: Ronnie [Visitor]

78 Days and counting!

03/26/08 @ 14:52

Comment from: James [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tsaikoware.html

Stretch,

I'll pass on the good word to Chancellor Hinshaw when I see her...

GO WARRIORS!!!

03/26/08 @ 14:54

Comment from: James [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tsaikoware.html

Today is a day off?? Who is off?? Nobody told my bosses that today is a holiday....mwahahahahahahahaha

03/26/08 @ 14:54

Comment from: Rich2176 [Visitor]

Gigi - whatever works and hopefully nobody will get caught. Of course, if you use the online version, there is a fee paid for each return submitted since there is a different user name for each return. BTW, H&R Block use their own program.

03/26/08 @ 14:55

Comment from: gigi-hawaii© [Visitor] · http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com

Rich, hubby said TT is better than the H&R Block program.

03/26/08 @ 14:57

Comment from: Stretch [Visitor]

James - what "good word"??

03/26/08 @ 15:00

Comment from: James [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tsaikoware.html

That Tsaikos are more important than lawmakers....mwahahahahahahaha

03/26/08 @ 15:03

Comment from: d1shima [Visitor]

Maybe TT is better for an accountant to use to do a few tax returns but H&R Block can't hire only accountants to do what they do and make a profit.
I'm sure they use a program that they can train people to use to process thousands and thousands of returns.

03/26/08 @ 15:03

Comment from: Stretch [Visitor]

James - I figured it was common knowledge around here but maybe word hasn't reached upper campus yet.

03/26/08 @ 15:04

Comment from: James [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tsaikoware.html

ST...

Homey ventures to the Windward side???

GO WARRIORS!!!

03/26/08 @ 15:06

Comment from: gigi-hawaii© [Visitor] · http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com

hmmm, I don't usually consider men who have tattoos as being "elegant." Time to revise my opinion of homey?

03/26/08 @ 15:07

Comment from: James [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tsaikoware.html

Stretch...

I totally agree. We need to start spreading that word to upper campus....I'll start with the Chancellor.....ha ha ha

I actually like the fact that she let someone know...and the reason why she couldn't be here...and than rescheduled accordingly....It seems she gets it......

GO WARRIORS!!!

03/26/08 @ 15:08

Comment from: James [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tsaikoware.html

I actually use TT online...easy, fast, and gets the job done for me....

03/26/08 @ 15:09

James, hubby buys TT from Costco. Hd says it's cheap there.

03/26/08 @ 15:11

Comment from: James [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tsaikoware.html

gigi...

Online version is fairly cheap. And if you file be a certain date they don't charge a filing fee...I think I paid $34.99 and than $15.00 for the refund directly to my account.

03/26/08 @ 15:14

Comment from: James [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tsaikoware.html

Okay gang...gotta go back to work...hope to talk later....

03/26/08 @ 15:16

Comment from: LizKauai [Visitor]

gigi- many of the Warriors have tattoos - they are pretty elegant too ;-)
I've only seen xs-homey in a tank top, so elegant wasn't the first thought that came to mind... it was more like - WOW! bwahahahaha!

03/26/08 @ 15:35

Comment from: uh808sfriend [Visitor]

Hi Garret

03/26/08 @ 15:38

Comment from: LizKauai [Visitor]

Hi uh808sfriend! Longtime nosee!
Are you coming to Karaoke?

hiho

03/26/08 @ 15:41

Comment from: uh808sfriend [Visitor]

Hello Liz
I am trying to clear my schedule. I definitely look forward to seeing all of you at the 4/26 Tsaiko's gathering.

03/26/08 @ 15:46

Liz, sorry, tattoos and tongue, lip, and nose piercing -- they are painful and I really don't think they enhance a person's appearance.

The nearest to that for me was when I had my ears pierced. Ow!

03/26/08 @ 15:46

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

I guess gigi approves of nipple and belly button piercing, since those aren't in her list. Maybe she secretly has those herself? ;-)

03/26/08 @ 15:55

Jason, of course not!

03/26/08 @ 16:03

Comment from: Barry Markowitz [Visitor]

ST, I guess SI didn't know that Mosi Tatupu was born in American Samoa, but raised here. Tommy should have been included.

03/26/08 @ 16:03

Comment from: Dennis Halloran [Visitor]

Barry,
OC Register blog asked about the size of Abe as a discus thrower after he won the Surf Cities Meet last week. It seems he beat Blake Ayles, the highly touted TE/Wr from Orange Lutheran who might start as a Frosh at SC in football and goes 6'5" and 235. Paper says Ayles fouled on a 180 toss.

03/26/08 @ 16:10

Comment from: kama krab [Visitor]

Eh SteveM

You can put me in for the 19th. Me and Wreck can handle things. LOL

03/26/08 @ 17:01

Comment from: SteveM [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos

Hey Kama -- glad you can make it! Alright...another musician for the guys team. ;-)

03/26/08 @ 17:16

Comment from: LizKauai [Visitor]

Woo hoo! The 19th is starting to get more interesting.
So ladies, I suggest we get together for some close harmonies and take on all comers.

Neighbor island peeps- let's rock! I took Stretch's advice and called in my Aloha miles. No sense let um disappear!

03/26/08 @ 17:18

Comment from: LizKauai [Visitor]

So BarryM - what's the latest with Abe???

Gotta go home while the sun is shining- one son owes me a carwash!

03/26/08 @ 17:21

Comment from: d1shima [Visitor]

Sounds like we get our own Kohaku Uta Gassen building here.
Still working on the Mrs., Steve. Close though...

03/26/08 @ 17:25

Comment from: kama krab [Visitor]

Sorry SteveM but can RSVP for one more. Just talk to the wife a little while ago to let her know that I RSVPed and she told me that we get one wedding to go to. So I asked her if she wanted to go karaoke after and she said o.k.

Thanks SteveM and sorry for the hassel

03/26/08 @ 17:41

Comment from: Kazz [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/tailgate.html

I forgot to mention:

Also since the Chancellor is busy at the Capitol, she was also supposed to be at the L&L tapings this morning, but of course she had to cancel.

So I believe Coach Mack will be taking her place for tonight's episode.

03/26/08 @ 17:50

Comment from: Stephen [Member]

We're unveiling some new system tomorrow, so if the post is late or coded funny, that's the reason.

03/26/08 @ 17:58

Comment from: Garret [Visitor]

Hi uh808sfriend! I hope that you are doing well and that we get a chance to talk again soon. It would be sad if the only time we get to talk is in New Orleans!

03/26/08 @ 18:03

Comment from: Garret [Visitor]

ST,

I didn't realize that you made the list for SI--that must have been an interesting (and difficult) task. I should have remembered that they were going by the state someone was born in, so Colt would not be in the Hawaii list.

If they make another list down the road I wonder if Samson would make the list? Interior linemen, especially centers, can have extremely long NFL careers. I know Samson went to Kailua High but am not sure if he was born in Hawaii.

03/26/08 @ 18:12

Comment from: SteveM [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos

Kama -- Peaches and I look forward to meeting your wife. Glad you both can attend.

03/26/08 @ 18:17

Comment from: Barry Markowitz [Visitor]

Dennis & Liz,
Abe is 6'3", 275lbs. The irony which might delight the OC Register bloggers, Dennis, is that Blake Ayles and Abe might be Trojan teamates this Fall & Spring as Abe received a letter of acceptance for admission from USC a few days ago. USC's o-line coach has asked Abe to play center and Ron Allice the Track coach has asked me if Abe would join the USC Track team as a thrower. Abe makes an unofficial visit with USC Football & Track this Friday afternoon to observe both T&F and FB practice...andchat with the coaches. Yesterday at Occidental College Abe threw 176', so he is improving daily. Track meets are free, I think Abe would throw better if he knew a few of his uncle and aunty Tsaiko's were cheering for him up in the stands. You can delight in Billy Stutzman,Adam Hom, Aaron Tipoti and other local FB standouts. Abe's distant cousin, Jerrod Avegalio (Kahuku), holds Hawaii's H.S. record in discus at 186 ft., so Abe would like to update the record and keep it in the family. With that said, Michigan State e-mailed today asking if Abe could check-in as they are discussing with Abe a 2009 Greyshirt
full ride offer. I think the Tsaikos should vote on where he should go as he is also seriously considering full ride offers from Miami (Ohio) and Jerry Glanville's Portland State Univ. aka "Tutu Liz's 2nd City University" Liz sent Abe some great pics of PSU town area to get a feel before he makes his official visit in mid April.

03/26/08 @ 18:21

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

Garret: Samson was born on Oʻahu, according to his UH page.

http://uhathletics.hawaii.edu/Player/player.html?pid=3&aid=12082

03/26/08 @ 18:36

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

Awesome, I was able to find press releases online from each of the past nine years. Now I can make an all-star UH team for NCAA Football 08.

If anybody wants to go down memory lane:

http://uhathletics.hawaii.edu/Fball/PR/99fb13.pdf

http://uhathletics.hawaii.edu/Fball/PR/2000fb12.pdf

http://uhathletics.hawaii.edu/Fball/PR/2001fb12.pdf

http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/media/PR/Fball/2002fball14.pdf

http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/media/PR/Fball/2003fball14.pdf

http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/media/PR/Fball/2004fball13.pdf

http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/media/PR/Fball/2005fball14.pdf

http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/media/PR/Fball/2006fball16.pdf

http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/Fball/2008-sugarbowl-mg.pdf

03/26/08 @ 18:45

Comment from: bulla [Visitor]

barry,

congrats to Abe!! good job. wow, 2 sport athlete....awesome!

03/26/08 @ 18:47

Comment from: Chris [Visitor]

ST,

thanks for the love... flattered to get a mention between Eddie and Gonzo!

Chris Shinnick

03/26/08 @ 18:55

Comment from: Barry Markowitz [Visitor]

Bulla, with Da Beast's rep for strength, I sincerely believe he would be a great shot put guy for St. Louis. Why doesn't he give it a try...Joe Onosai and the other coaches will help him along, its still early season, and he could use the simplified technique. Standing in the front of the ring Abe throws it around 50' sometimes without the spin move. I think Ryan could do the same or better with his build. Go for it.

03/26/08 @ 19:06

Comment from: chawan_cut [Visitor]

kazz,

i'm most likely gonna be at the tailgate

03/26/08 @ 19:09

Comment from: WarriorMojo [Visitor]

Chris, many of us Warrior fans remember you for your toughness and aggressiveness on the Warrior D. We may not have won that many games during the Von Appen years, but guys like you always made sure the other team knew they were going to have to earn whatever they got. Thanks for being a Warrior!

03/26/08 @ 19:14

Comment from: Stephen [Member]

And don't forget that Chris is the son of Don Shinnick, who played linebacker for the Baltimore Colts for 13 years.

03/26/08 @ 19:20

Comment from: WarriorMojo [Visitor]

Actually, that's what first brought my attention to Chris. I was a Colt fan back in those days they played in Baltimore. Mike Curtis, Bubba Smith, John Mackey, Johnny U of course. Great, great players.

03/26/08 @ 19:32

Comment from: Garret [Visitor]

I remember Chris Shinnick! Awesome player for UH...I really appreciated his spirit and fire despite playing on teams that were not favored to get the "W".

Thank you to Chris for stopping by...and thank you for your play for UH!

03/26/08 @ 19:44

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/longhorns/03/27//0327bohls.html

Arkansas is buying itself out of a game against Texas in 2009. Apparently Texas is actually open to getting *Fresno State* to fill the open spot in 2009 if Fresno State wants to play them.

I guess this is a sign of how Fresno State is getting respect on a national level--being favored to win the WAC this year, beating a very good team in last year's bowl game. And I guess that Fresno State is looked at as no more difficult than Arkansas, so they don't mind scheduling them.

Assuming Arkansas returns a signed contract approving a move of the 2009 game with Texas in Fayetteville to a much later date, the Longhorns could schedule in its place a game with:

(a) Austin High.

(b) Louisiana-Something or other.

(c) Southern Cal (stop snickering).

(d) Fresno State.

Answer: B, most likely. But Mack Brown said he would be agreeable to a game with Pat Hill's bunch. Fresno, please call Butch Worley immediately.

03/26/08 @ 19:56

Comment from: Garret [Visitor] · http://blogs.chron.com/fantasyfootball/2008/03/cowboys_db_ratings_leaked_texa_1.html

Interesting that a TV crew taped a piece in the Cowboys "War Room"...and someone forgot to erase the board and left their ratings on DBs for this draft on the whiteboard.

By now many of you have heard that a television in Dallas went into the Cowboys "War Room" to do a piece on them and the cameraman inadvertently had a background shot of the Cowboys defensive back ratings. Someone who saw the video put a screen capture to it and sent out a few pictures. I had it sent to me a couple of weeks ago but forgot to share it with you. So here you go:

03/26/08 @ 19:58

Comment from: bighilofan2 [Visitor]

Barry,

let your son Abe know we are proud of him too. To you and the Mrs, good job guys!
I can feel your pride.

Just got through watching Coach Mack on L&L. Great show. I am soooo pumped!

03/26/08 @ 20:23

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

quiet

03/26/08 @ 20:38

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

Gigi,
An interesting, once in a lifetime stop is at the TSUKIJI ICHIBA (fish market)

Sushu bars open around 8 a.m. and close for the day at noon.
If you like sashimi, this is the place to be, watch the auction (ahi will sell for thousands of $) than go eat.

see video below

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fu8OtbeeGeA

03/26/08 @ 20:47

Comment from: Pomai [Visitor]

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/
Awesome, I was able to find press releases online from each of the past nine years. Now I can make an all-star UH team for NCAA Football 08.

Jason how did you find these, did you just search the site or go through all of the press releases?

03/26/08 @ 20:49

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

watch a pro take apart a Maguro

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NN02KzINVSU&feature=related

03/26/08 @ 20:52

Vegas, there is a Tsukiji Restaurant and Fish Market at Ala Moana Center. I ate there, but was not impressed with the buffet.

I don't like raw fish.

03/26/08 @ 20:55

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

Hawaii's Tsukiji has nothing on Japan's Tsukiji.
But if you don't like raw fish, may not be the place for you.

03/26/08 @ 20:58

Somebody left a comment on my blog regarding my trip to Japan. He said I should call Visa and tell them about my trip. Otherwise, my charges will be rejected.

I don't recall doing that with my Master Card before my trip to Europe back in 1990.

03/26/08 @ 21:05

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

Gigi,
Something you and Mr Gigi might want to try while in Japan.
(I see you as darth)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywH7KfBK8fw&NR=1

03/26/08 @ 21:06

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

Sometimes it's prudent to give your CC company a heads up, so they don't think your card has been stolen.
Several of my customers have had their CC declined because of abnormal activity.

03/26/08 @ 21:10

hey they dance like me! BTW, almost everybody there wore pants and shirt. Only 2 women wore a dress.

Yeah, I'll fit right in with my muumuu. hahaha

03/26/08 @ 21:10

That's why I emailed customer service about my trip.

Have not heard from them yet.

03/26/08 @ 21:11

Comment from: oldie [Visitor]

las vegas,
Interesting that you bring that up about credit card companies. My daughter just got a transaction with Bangkok Airways blocked by American Express because they were suspicious. She had to use her Visa to complete her transaction. Can't blame the Amex as they are just trying to protect us.

More interesting is that the transaction would have been $1537 with Amex but cost her $1591 with Visa. Visa charges a larger percent for the exchange fee.

03/26/08 @ 21:41

I guess I'll pay for my purchases with yen. I plan to bring $1,000 in yen and $500 in travelers checks.

This is for 3 day trip.

I hope it's enough for me and hubby.

03/26/08 @ 21:46

I must remember to reserve $120 for the airport shuttle for the 2 of us.

03/26/08 @ 21:47

Comment from: SteveM [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos

We have reached the halfway point in max. capacity...

Karaoke Call
Saturday, April 19, 2008
8:00 PM - midnight

Krazy Karaoke
1308 Young Street, Honolulu

Cost: $15 per person (for room and karaoke equipment use for 4 hours)
B.Y.O.B. in coolers and your own food/pupus
The site also sells soft drinks, hot beverages, and munchies for convenience. Free ice.

Need at least 25 persons to be feasible --but
space is limited to the first 32 -- so please RSVP
on the blog or email SteveM - stevem.hnl (at) gmail.com

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Please note that Stretch has put in the non-refundable 50% deposit for this reservation.

Current RSVP Count = 16

03/26/08 @ 21:49

Comment from: las vegas [Visitor]

Oldie,
I guess we should be thankful to the CC companies.
To easy to use others CCs.

03/26/08 @ 21:53

Comment from: Stretch [Visitor]

A-Joe & A-Sports - Everything work out okay??

03/26/08 @ 22:06

Comment from: oldie [Visitor]

gigi,
There are a lot of hole-in-the-wall type eating places that are very reasonable (under 1000 yen) so it depends on how much you want to live it up. No tax and restaurants don't expect you to tip.

You should watch Soko Ga Shiritai on Kiku-TV. Runs Mon to Fri at 7 pm. Programs are over 10 year old, but they show many interesting sides to Japan.

03/26/08 @ 22:15

Oldie, our hotel is located in Shinagawa. Do you know if there are any cheap restaurants there?

We will be arriving late, so we may have to eat at the hotel, which might be costly.

03/26/08 @ 22:18

Comment from: Stretch [Visitor]

gigi - if you are going to travel to another country, no sense be cheap. You are going to regret it later that you didn't want to spend money to try autentic food. When you get back to Hawaii, you will not have the same opportunity unless you fly back there again.

03/26/08 @ 22:21

Stretch, so true. But the hotel probably serves Western food. The hole in the wall places probably serve local food, so we should eat there instead.

03/26/08 @ 22:26

I just hope their menus show pictures of the food so we can point at what we want -- since we don't speak or read Japanese.

03/26/08 @ 22:26

Comment from: addahknowjoe [Visitor]

Stretch!

Mahalo, my braddah, for stopping by. Everythings OK.

What a coincidence, yeah? Too funny.

Eh, next time you on Kauai, stop by 'sports uncles shop again and tell 'um you know us. He going crack up!!

03/26/08 @ 22:31

Comment from: oldie [Visitor]

gigi,
Sorry. Not familiar with Shinagawa. We stayed mostly in business hotels that didn't even have eating places, except they served complimentary breakfast of musubi and tsukimono every morning.

How come only a 3 day trip?

03/26/08 @ 22:32

Oldie, 3 days are all we can afford!

03/26/08 @ 22:35

Comment from: Stretch [Visitor]

gigi - I had thought you were only 3 days because of scheduling. It it is financial, you should wait. Right now is probably the WORST time to visit Japan. The rate is horrible. You can save money and go at least a week. There is so much to see around the country. You can take the train to other cities from Tokyo to Hiroshima.

03/26/08 @ 22:46

Stretch, too late. We bought the package from Panda, and will be penalized if we change any aspect of our trip or cancel it.

03/26/08 @ 22:50

Comment from: LizKauai [ Believer ] [Visitor]

gigi- remember, AMEX is/was the standard-bearer for international travelers since the advent of credit cards. VISA and MC were something newer and not as well-known internationally. I don't use AMEX myself - try to stick with spending only what I have saved for special occasions (except for NOLA), but sometimes a CC is necessary- like when renting a car. They are leery of debit cards now.

Ronnie- sorry I missed the chance to send you a shout earlier today! Look forward to seeing you!!

03/26/08 @ 22:51

We are going in June, which I am told is monsoon season. I just hope it doesn't rain when we are there.

03/26/08 @ 22:52

Liz, I have both AmExp as well as Visa. We use the AmExp just for Costco, and Visa for other stores.

03/26/08 @ 22:54

Comment from: LizKauai [ Believer ] [Visitor]

gigi- June, eh? The one and only time I was in Japan was in 1965. In June. I had an unscheduled overnight layover at Haneda Apt. because there was a typhoon warning. I was on the way to Seoul.

03/26/08 @ 22:55

Liz, I don't need a typhoon to make our trip exciting!

03/26/08 @ 22:56

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

Jason how did you find these, did you just search the site or go through all of the press releases?

I was Googling to see if Samson was indeed born on Oʻahu, and while searching I saw a link to one of the 2006 press releases. I then realized that there might be some older ones still online, so I changed the years and the numbers in order to find those from the last game of the season.

03/26/08 @ 23:02

Comment from: LizKauai [ Believer ] [Visitor]

gigi- it will be a great trip, no matter what! Make a few friends and enjoy the beauty and uniqueness of that place. You might want to go to WalMart and pick up a couple dozen Hawaii keychains. I like the ones that come in bunches of 6 or 12. They have a clear hard plastic over surfboard or palm tree shapes and are inexpensive. Hand them out freely to all the people that drive you, serve you, work at the hotel, cab drivers, etc. Spread the aloha!

03/26/08 @ 23:05

Liz, excellent idea!

03/26/08 @ 23:06

Comment from: LizKauai [ Believer ] [Visitor]

oh- one more thing - gigi- do you find the AMEX for Costco to be useful? Is the rebate worth it? I got the higher level Costco membership to let it rebate the annual fee.

03/26/08 @ 23:08

Liz, Costco allows only AmExp for charges. No choice in the matter.

03/26/08 @ 23:10

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

gigi is the only person I've ever seen say "AmExp" rather than AMEX.

03/26/08 @ 23:11

Comment from: LizKauai [ Believer ] [Visitor]

gigi- I use my debit card at Costco.

03/26/08 @ 23:12

Jason, I'm unfamiliar with AMEX. I always write AmExp in my checkbook when I pay the bill.

Liz, I didn't know you could use a debit card. But there's no rebate with it, is there?

03/26/08 @ 23:15

Comment from: SteveM [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos

I bought a Wii Zapper today and finally stuck the included Link's Crossbow Training disc in at 2200. Feels strange pulling the trigger with my brace hand rather than my shooting hand... but it fun. Anyone else get one yet?

03/26/08 @ 23:18

SteveM, not familiar with it.

03/26/08 @ 23:20

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

I always write "AMEX" in our checkbook register. :-)

03/26/08 @ 23:21

I guess I better get with the times, eh, Jason? OK, I'll switch to AMEX.

03/26/08 @ 23:23

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

Nah, I just thought it weird. It's the first time I've ever seen that.

From Google:

Results 1 - 10 of about 12,500 for AmExp

Results 1 - 10 of about 48,600,000 for AMEX

03/26/08 @ 23:26

12,500? Good to see I was not alone!

03/26/08 @ 23:27

Comment from: SteveM [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos

gigi -- acessory for shoot-em-ups. See the URL below...

http://www.nintendo.com/wii/what/accessories/zapper

I found it a Game Stop today...the one near you. Had to ask a clerk because they had them behind the counter. $25

03/26/08 @ 23:28

Steve, the Wii Play has moving targets to shoot at. Really tough for us. We are not good at it and find it frustrating to play.

Even tennis is hard because of poor eye-hand coordination.

Bowling is probably the easiest and therefore most fun for us.

03/26/08 @ 23:34

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

Psst. If you get so frustrated that you want to get rid of your Wii, I know someone who can take it off your hands.

03/26/08 @ 23:44

Jason, just think -- you will have a teaching certificate at age 23 and will finally be drawing a salary. By then, the Wii will have come down in price, and you can buy it.

03/26/08 @ 23:46

Comment from: LizKauai [ Believer ] [Visitor]

Hi SteveM and Jason. Hmm. the Wii Zapper looks interesting. I got the kit thst had the tennis racket, golf club and baseball bat but that was a waste and we don't use them.

ukuboi is platinum on everything - I'm with gigi. But I do see an improvement in my tennis and other sports if I practice (surprise!).

gigi- re Costco, I get a rebate on everything but gas with the $100 membership and use my debit card. With a Prius, I don't know if the AMEX will earn THAT much more in rebates. My gas costs are around $20 a week - as opposed to my friends who have to put $70 or more in to fill up every week.

03/26/08 @ 23:51

Comment from: LizKauai [ Believer ] [Visitor]

Nitey Nite and sweet dreams ka kou!

03/26/08 @ 23:55

Comment from: SteveM [Visitor] · http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos

Gotta work tomorrow. Maybe we'll hear Wii Zapper reports from Garret, Al, Stretch, homey, Liz...(and who else has one?) tomorrow. The zapper is OK for action games of today, I guess, but maybe not for everyone. Have to use the other side of my brain to operate--say, I wonder if that's on purpose...?

Good night everyone!

03/26/08 @ 23:57

Liz, since I work at home, I pay $23 per MONTH for gas. lol

But I don't get it at Costco, because it is out of the way for me. I use my Visa at Chevron.

03/26/08 @ 23:59

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

I'm actually going to get my M.Ed. And I'll probably get a Wii during the summer. :-)

03/27/08 @ 00:01

When I thought of becoming an elementary teacher in the 1980s, UH required a professional diploma before getting a Masters.

03/27/08 @ 00:03

Comment from: TChahng [대장입니다] [Visitor] · http://www.engrish.com/

gigi,

Some of the hole-in-the-wall, and some of the (not) hole-in-the-wall restaurants will have a vending machine that has pictures of entrees. You pay first at the machine and it spits out a ticket of your order. The server will take your ticket, and in a few minutes, will bring out your food.

03/27/08 @ 01:16

Comment from: Jason [Visitor] · http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/

Psst. Today is the birthday of a certain Tsaiko and Northern Colorado alumnus. Hint: His name includes 808, but it's not brew808, and he definitely is not in the 808 right now. So when you call him on the phone, you gotta pay extra.

Thank goodness for Facebook's birthday alerts, otherwise I'd never remember any.

03/27/08 @ 01:17

Comment from: Stephen [Member]

Hey, I put up a new post, but it looks kind of funny. They're unveiling the new format today, and I haven't been attending tech classes.

03/27/08 @ 01:23


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