Aloha.

Just thought I pop in and post a quick update lest people start thinking I've closed up shop here for good.

If you've been wondering about the dearth of posts here, I've been super busy. My workload doubled at the beginning of May when one of our instructors was laid off and pretty much his entire course development and training schedule got dumped on top of my already formidable list of duties.

In addition, we're doing some major remodeling on my house which is consuming most of what's left of my free time. We've got a small army of contractors finishing our basement and getting ready to start on a project near and dear to my heart...a home tiki bar...so I'm very busy drawing up plans and looking at catalogs, trying to find split bamboo wallcoverings, puffer-fish lamps, and a couple of giant moai to guard the entrance.

It hasn't all been work though. Last Saturday we attended a live radio broadcast of Michael Feldman's Whad'ya Know? at our downtown regional arts center. Having been a minor radio personality myself back in the day, I really enjoyed watching a professional crew at work. Michael was in rare form and had a bevy of great guests like local author, Mike Perry, who spun us a harrowing and hilarious yarn about passing a kidney stone in a hotel bathroom.

Next Tuesday I'll be taking a brief vacation to visit friends and relatives in Los Angeles. I'm meeting Michele, Pooch, and Alice at the Tiki Ti for cocktails on Wednesday night, then I'll hang out with Eddie and Lili on Thursday and have a few Margaritas at El Carmen. On Friday afternoon I'm going to be taking a VIP tour of the Paramount lot in a little golf cart, then I'll have a few more cocktails with X-8 later that evening.

On Saturday, I plan to sober up before flying home on Sunday morning.

Aloha