Can you handle this small?
March 30th, 2009 by ShaunaThere’s small. And then there’s really small.
How much personal space do you need to feel comfortable? When I travel, bigger is definitely better. I just love spacious hotel bathrooms where you don’t have to angle yourself in just to shut the door. Double sinks — ooh, I can barely contain my excitement!
But with the economy not doing so well, many are finding a need to cut back. That means you can kiss that hotel suite goodbye. But one hotel is offering luxury on the cheap. There’s just one or two catches...
Would staying in a micro-hotel appeal to you?
By KRISTEN A. LEE
Associated Press Business Writer
NEW YORK — A New York hotel with luxury sheets and state-of-the-art audio for less than $100 a night? All you have to sacrifice is a bit of privacy and a little — well, a lot — of space.
Moving beyond budget accommodations to an idea that borrows from a ship’s berth or a train’s sleeper car, developers are gambling that in tough times travelers looking for a little pampering at lower prices will embrace micro-hotels.
The concept of an entire hotel room the size of a suburban bathroom has spread across Europe in recent years. And as the U.S. economy deteriorates, interest in the idea has grown, especially in high-priced markets like New York City — where there are fewer options for budget travelers.
“It’s certainly the right product for the times,” said Tom Botts, a specialist in the hotel and travel industry at Hudson Crossing, a strategic advisory firm.
The trick, says Sean MacPherson, co-developer of The Jane hotel, is to make its 150 tiny single rooms — about 7 feet wide by 8 feet long — feel “charming and special” rather than simply cramped.
With no room for extra furniture, guests at The Jane — which is opening in stages between now and the end of the summer — stash suitcases and clothing in storage spaces above and below the narrow bed. A large mirror and a small window help stave off potential claustrophobia.
Can you see yourself sleeping in a room this size at The Jane? (Associated Press photo)
The “micro-luxury” touches at what was originally, in 1908, a hotel that rented cabin-like rooms to sailors for just 25 cents a night include 350-thread count sheets, a 23-inch flat-screen LCD television, DVD player, iPod dock and free wireless Internet.
“If you stay at a hotel at any price, you have to have a sense of hospitality and luxury,” MacPherson said. That’s especially true in this economy, he added, when people are looking to get the most bang for their buck.
So, the bathroom? Alas, you’ll likely have to share two public bathrooms on each floor, which each contain a pair of tiled shower stalls and toilets. The hotel also has 150 larger — and higher-priced — “captain’s cabins” that include private bathrooms and offer a view of the Hudson River.
The shared bathroom at The Jane hotel. (Associated Press photo)
U.S. interest in the micro-hotel model has intensified as the economy weakens, said Bjorn Hanson, a hotel expert with New York University’s Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management.
Expensive cities and airports are the prime locations for the concept. But Hanson said but some suburban locations near industrial or research centers might also work.
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So would you be interested in saving some money at the expense of sacrificing some space and privacy?
When you travel, how often do you stay in your hotel room anyway?
I’m usually torn. I love staying in “nicer” hotels (The Strip vs. Downtown in Vegas) even though I know most of the day and night is spent out and about. There’s something so inviting about coming back to a room of luxury after a long day. Plus, it’s tough to downgrade once you’ve got a taste of the “high” life...
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O&E ODD image of the day:
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Lucky comment numbers for today (besides #1, #88 and #100): #51 and #125
Tags: budgets, luxury, micro-hotel, money, privacy, space, traveling
March 30th, 2009 at 12:01 am
1st?
March 30th, 2009 at 12:02 am
Bwahahaha da snipa strikes agian. You thjought I would go bed so close to the new post?
Think again.
March 30th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Second!!
Beat Banana!
March 30th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Squirt?
I think I can handle one small room by myself but not with 2 people. No can fut in private.
March 30th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Da chili gave me da gas to stay up at least for this.
March 30th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Nah, I neva eat da chili.
March 30th, 2009 at 12:06 am
Hey, who dat dude in the bathroom mirror? Spooky. Oh shoots and I noticed that after midnight.
March 30th, 2009 at 12:06 am
I better go say my prayers and go sleep. Getting delirious. Nighty Night
March 30th, 2009 at 12:30 am
How did you know there was going to be a new post? When do the new posts come out?
March 30th, 2009 at 12:31 am
These small rooms are not much smaller than the dorm room I stayed in for almost 7 years.
March 30th, 2009 at 12:40 am
D'oh! Walked away at the wrong time!
Oh well, thems the breaks I guess.
Good night Ynaku!
March 30th, 2009 at 1:02 am
Wow, them BEE some tiny rooms!
I dunno if I would stay in a place like that. I like to spread my mess out.
If I HAD to I could stay in a micro room like that, but I can't say I'd enjoy it. If I was out and about all day and just needed a place to sleep, that would work.
Forget that shared bathroom though. I want some privacy!
March 30th, 2009 at 1:50 am
Hm, is that a real picture of that gymnast or is that a photoshop? Can that really happen?
I'd like one of the honeyBEEs to put that to a test.
"Hey, who peed on the balance beam? Oh, urine big trouble now, young lady!!"
March 30th, 2009 at 2:54 am
Can you say golden--shower
I remember a hotel room in Hiroshima being just a bit larger than that, double beds
There was a hotel in San Fran, King George Hotel that was out of the early 1900's - bathtub on 4 legs, stayed there one night and moved to another hotel.
Like Shauna, I prefer to stay on the strip, Luxor, Ventian, MGM...be a member of their player's club and there are deals abound.
Ynaku:
You just missed it by one minute...you were ready to pounce on the new post
March 30th, 2009 at 3:04 am
Average cost of transport consumes 3 months' pay
Sean Holstege - Mar. 30, 2009 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic
Maybe you've heard of Tax Freedom Day, theoretically the date when Americans have worked enough to pay off their tax burden for the year.
Researchers have now come up with Transportation Freedom Day, the date when an average household has paid off its annual costs of getting around in a particular city.
For metro Phoenix, that day fell on March 23, but it's different for each city in the region and across the country. Tempe residents cleared the typical cost of car payments, insurance, gas, repairs and transit use on March 18. Residents in New River will keep paying until April 9.
Phoenix is in the middle of the pack for U.S. metro areas. Cheapest are San Francisco, with a March 1 freedom day, and New York (March 7). Tucson (March 30) is near the bottom.
The findings are based on research from the Center for Neighborhood Technology, an Illinois think tank that advocates sustainable urban development.
Generally, cities with the most density, shortest commutes and most transit options fared best. People in far-flung suburbs generally fare the worst.
March 30th, 2009 at 3:04 am
Hi Everybody! Monday, a cold front will cool temperatures into the low to mid 70s under sunny skies. Low relative humidities and gusty conditions will lead to high fire danger. A Red Flag Warning is in effect until 3pm Monday
March 30th, 2009 at 3:33 am
To answer your question Shauna, no, I wouldn't stay in a hotel room that small. It's not that I need a lot of room but that isn't a room, that's a closet! I would get claustrophobic for sure!
March 30th, 2009 at 4:27 am
Shauna:
oooooooooo....saimin and PJ samwich. I don't work for cup-o-noodles or Maruchan instant ramen
I have my dignity to uphold. It has to be freshly made saimin, preferably egg noodle saimin with veggies, char sui, green onions, won ton, bean sprouts, slices of eggs, kamaboko, and chinese yellow mustard. Here's a picture of one way of presenting it:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellochris/574109875/
Can do
I'll even cut your grass....oh, you don't have grass 
That's ok, I'll tweezer the hairs off your shower walls 
March 30th, 2009 at 4:34 am
Good morning!
Will never sleep in that room. It's smaller than my closet which is about 6 feet by 10 feet.
March 30th, 2009 at 5:15 am
Morning all and OL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 30th, 2009 at 5:36 am
Does OL stay away completely from the blog or just read and not post
March 30th, 2009 at 5:44 am
ankles: I don't know, but I figure just like someone in a coma, you talk to them as if they can hear you so when they come back they still in the loop.
March 30th, 2009 at 6:02 am
Good morning Teejay, Kate and Ankles and Hive (when the rest of the Hive wakes up)!
Wow, laulau, I'm a compact Japanese, and I don't think I could fit in that room. Did I mention I'm also claustrophobic?
I've stayed in small rooms (Japanese business hotels) where the bathrooms are so small I could touch both walls with outstretched arms, and where the ceilings are so short I could touch them without tippy-toeing, but that room's too small for even me. And no way on the sharing bathrooms deal. Uh-uh. I'm old enough that I want my creature comforts. I don't need a big room, but I need one bigger than that!
March 30th, 2009 at 6:02 am
Ankles, when you taking off for Hawai`i?
March 30th, 2009 at 6:18 am
Kan:
I'm leaving 4/15..Hawaiian.
March 30th, 2009 at 6:21 am
Kan:
You would never be able to deal with getting an MRI or CAT scan.
March 30th, 2009 at 6:26 am
With kid in tow, need more room. And more than 1 TV. I think my family is spoiled BEEcause we got a Hilton timeshare and those units are like condos - bedrooms(s), bathrooms(s), full kitchen, and washer and dryer.
Last weekend we stayed at a regular hotel (took a trip to the mountains for some snow action) and my husband said, "what! only 1 tv?" The TV was important to him BEEcause of the NCAA basketball tourney.
March 30th, 2009 at 6:29 am
Ankles - if I drive to AZ can you smuggle me through? Oh, wait...50 lb weight limit on HAL. Forget it.
Did you know the HAL is a peanut free flight? On the last trip I took the flight attendant told the guy BEEhind me that he would have to put his trail mix away BEEcause it had peanuts. So no pb&j for you.
March 30th, 2009 at 6:45 am
If I'm staying at a hotel all I need is a good bed and tv and hopefully a small refrig. Bathroom required of course but I only sleep there so no biggy. Try sleeping in a shelter half for weeks on end. A bed is a big step up along with electricty and running water of course I'm not paying rediculous prices for something like that picture above.
March 30th, 2009 at 7:02 am
I don't mind the small rooms as much as a shared bathroom. That's smaller than the dorm rooms. I went to Japan and stayed in some nice hotels with small room but they weren't that small. If I'm on a trip where I'm out most of the day and just need the room to sleep then that would be fine.
March 30th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Ankles - yeah, an MRI or CAT scan would $uck. I'd have to do all my deep-breathing anti-anxiety exercises!
Re your oyster advice from yesterday: I won't eat raw oysters. I have an uncle who got royally sick from eating raw ones. My favorite way to eat oysters is putting 'em on the hibachi until just after they open, pour lilo bit shoyu, den grind 'em. MMMMMMmmmm. Making me hongry.
March 30th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Has anyone stayed at a capsule hotel in Japan? They were built for partying businessmen who missed their last train/subway home. I don't think I could handle it. It would feel too much like sleeping in a coffin!
March 30th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Kate:
If I were a magician I could split you in half and put you in two checkin luggages, 50lbs a peice, for free
Kan:
The oysters were cooked
March 30th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Good Morning Hive!
Oooh! Somebody cooking oysters?
I like mine with Lea & Perrins and some Tabasco. So ono!
I like um raw too.
March 30th, 2009 at 9:43 am
I SO wanna go there, but I'm trying to BEE nice for a change.
March 30th, 2009 at 10:08 am
I was thinking about my "Bird in the Downspout" incident the udder day. I actually HEARD IT FLAPPING IN THERE THE NIGHT BEEFORE!
I heard the banging in the gutter, but I didn't realize that it was MY DOWNSPOUT. I heard the "metallic clanging" and thought it was one of my neighbors BEEing inconsiderate.
I was getting all futless hearing this clanging ............ I was peeping through my blinds and talking to myself, I was so futless.
"Self .............. whea dat BANGING NOISE COMING FROM?" - Self
"I DUNNO! I no see nuttin!" - Udder Self (U.S)
"Is that noise coming from the gate?!?" - Self
"No can BEE! The gate is vinyl, and that's a metal clanging sound!" - U.S.
"I getting nuts! I NO KAN HEA THE TV!!!!" - Self
"Eh, JUST TURN ON THE CLOSE CAPTIONING DEN!!!" - U.S.
It stopped after a few minutes, so I just let it go.
So I thinking today, don't mynahs travel in pairs? Like couples? Sometimes I see one run over on the road, and get "da partner" looking at the SMASHED FEATHERBALL like it's WAITING FOR IT TO WAKE UP. Sometimes the "mynah widow" will screech and scream at the carcass. Just like yelling at it - "Eh, WAKE UP, STUPID!!!"
So ha come never have a mynah screeching at my downspout? I guess I had the "loser mynah" that no can find a mate. It just goes to show, even in the animal kingdom, losers get no love.
BF .................... Wondering about Mynah Relationships
March 30th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Hm. I guess I miss my buddy OL - I stay writing like him already!
I going go sit in the corner for a lil' bit.
I not crying!
That's dust in my eye.
March 30th, 2009 at 10:16 am
g'morning y'all!!
yeah......i would stay there.....if was like for a business trip or stopover. but not if i'm on vacation. vacations need da BEEg room with BEEg beds and BEEg bathroom.
bbh808 - oh just go there awready! since everybody else is holding back.
March 30th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Hey! It's opso!
I thought mayBEE you gave up the blog like OL did for Lent.
Hm, haven't seen much of NKHEA & snow either. Or Ukuhead.
Did everyone give up on O&E?
March 30th, 2009 at 10:28 am
BF - yeah......mayBEE that mynah got suckahd into doing something stoopid in return for some mynah love. but then da oddah mynah when dig out.
hey.....wait a minute.....grrr
March 30th, 2009 at 10:33 am
BF - huh? OL gave up blogging for lent? sheesh.....where da hell have i BEEn? i bettah go read the older posts.
nah......just BEEn BEEzy lately. as for the ODDahs? hmm....
March 30th, 2009 at 10:42 am
@opso - Eh, I wasn't talking about you! Wait - you never get stuck in a downspout recently, huh?
I keed, I keed.
Hm, I still wonder how dat buggah wound up in there.
"Babe, try grab that piece of straw by that puka." -- Mynah1
"Huh? What? Try wait, I stay BEE-zy!" -- Mynah 2
"You know, I no ask you for much! I BEEn building this nest ALL DAY, and you no can even grab me dat ONE PIECE OF STRAW for me?!?" -- Mynah1
"SHEESH! K-DEN! I go get um! ............... Eh, this thing stay stuck! MayBEE if I stand with my feet on either side of the puka, I can pull um out .... okay, stay coming out ..... I get um, I get um .......... WHOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!" *clang clang* -- Mynah2
"Babe, you okay?" -- Mynah1
"WHAT CHOO T'INK!?!?!? I STAY STUCK DOWN THIS PUKA!! I not okay! I no can move my wings! I know, I know, try lower that piece of straw down the puka to me, and I grab um with my beak, and you pull me up, okay?" -- Mynah2
"Oh, you know what, I forgot I was supposed to meet Gladys-dem by the highway. Dey said had plenny plastic straps over there. I go get some and help you when I come back." -- Mynah1
"Wait, WHAT?!?! Come back! Eh COME BACK! STARTING TO RAIN! I NO CAN SWIM!!!" -- Mynah2
March 30th, 2009 at 10:43 am
@opso - I guess so - that's what he said. He hasn't BEEn posting.....
March 30th, 2009 at 10:44 am
Good Morning,
Sorry so late. Had to unload truck from last night's pahty. Woke up li'li bit late cause I wanted to snipe #1.
Ankles, took me almost 1 minute to type 1st? Plus had to keep refreshing da screen. RSS too slow.
March 30th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Whoa BF, I can just hear that conversation going.
March 30th, 2009 at 10:47 am
I miss my bruddah OL.
You know? If he can do it maybe so can I.
It's BEEn nice knowing you guys.
March 30th, 2009 at 10:51 am
@Bananafysh
You're such a nice person for helping the mynah. I'm sure the whole mynah family is greatful. Such good deeds don't go unrewarded. HOWEVER, in your case, it probably makes up for some of the rotten things you do.
March 30th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Good morning!!
BananaFysh: Wow, that was some great fictitious conversation in the spirit of our Ocean Lover! And I didn't even get to tell you my thoughts on that story from two posts ago. It cracked me up when you said something about you BEEing an expert in carcasses!! I can picture you reaching for the birds' legs with plastic bags! I give you credit for even doing that!! Gross! Scary!
So if mynahs really travel in pairs, wonder if that second one really is down there...
March 30th, 2009 at 10:56 am
I wouldn't mind that small hotel room, I mean I work aboard the USS Missouri and sleep aboard this ship often. That room is about the size of the Sr. Officer quarters aboard... so for me, no problem... That ODD image is pretty funny although I don't think it would fly here in the US... just something about catching a MINOR peeing in midair is just kinda messed up...
NEO
March 30th, 2009 at 10:59 am
kate: Wow, I'm jealous! Your closet is bigger than that room?
teejay: That's the funny thing about the military. All those "hardships" you go through make everything else seem like a luxury. You should teach your son that. Haha!
March 30th, 2009 at 10:59 am
March 30th, 2009 at 11:00 am
#51!!!
March 30th, 2009 at 11:01 am
@Ray - Whatchoo mean "rotten things?" I no not of which you speak!
I is a good boy.
Why, just this morning, I found a BEEg heart on my driveway made of mynah bird poop. I think someone is trying to tell me something.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:02 am
doofus!!!! Dang Word Press told me I was moving too fast!!!
opso: Yeah, where have you BEEn lately? Thought you were abandoning O&E also!
I thought we were pseudo Heineken buddies! 
NEO: Wait a minute, are you sleeping on the job?? Kidding! Your point about the gymnast photo does make me wonder if BananaFysh got it right (again??) about it BEEing photoshopped...
March 30th, 2009 at 11:02 am
Whoops! I mean, "I know not of which you speak."
March 30th, 2009 at 11:06 am
jaydee: A lot of people are claustrophobic so I really do wonder how well these micro hotels are going to do... But then again, if you only sleep there and are out the rest of the time, then possibly it wouldn't BEE as bad!
Ynaku: Yeah, I didn't notice that dude in the bathroom mirror!!! Creepy!! It's like those haunted places that have those huge portraits on the wall and you wonder if the eyes are looking at you!! And no, YOU are not leaving!! So I'm not going to say "it was nice knowing you" back to you!!
Ray: Fist bump!!! BananaFysh and the rotten things he does!!
March 30th, 2009 at 11:10 am
KAN: I'm totally with you on not having to share a public bathroom!! I hate having to turn in circles just to move about a place. Speaking of hotel bathrooms, I gotta ask. Are you the type to put away all your toiletries, especially your toothbrush, when you get maid service?
che: Those rooms that you stayed at in Japan, did they have a private bathroom? BTW, why are the rooms in Japan so small? Is the price cheaper BEEcause of it?
March 30th, 2009 at 11:11 am
@Shauna - How rude! What "rotten things" are you talking about?
Are you talking about the time I sent you a bird carcass in the mail?
Oh wait, I didn't do that one yet. hee hee hee
I think the second mynah bagged out on the one stuck in the downspout. Although I suppose it could BEE stuck up in there too.... hmmm
eeep!
I guess I'd better check that downspout for more legs sticking out of it. 
March 30th, 2009 at 11:13 am
KAN:
I've had 5 MRIs plus a CAT scan...I fell asleep a few times while in the machine, even with all that banging going on
March 30th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Assumes facts not in evidence, counsel.
(j/k! Don't send me any dead birds!!!)
March 30th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Holy cats Ankles! I think they'd have to send me into those procedures with a paper bag to prevent my hyperventilating!
March 30th, 2009 at 11:22 am
@ Shauna: nope, I don't put toiletries away in preparation for a maid's visit. I will sometimes tidy slightly (nobody should have to touch dirty kleenex or hair in the drain except me), but I'm far too lazy to clean everything when someone else is paid (and I'm tipping) for someone else to clean!
March 30th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Shauna: My son is too spoiled with his mom taking him on all those "Disney" trips. I should lock him outside one night and let him learn about mosquitoes and cold wind and rain.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Mornin everybody
I still BEE around
just really BEEze at work and some ada stuffs 
As for the small rooms, I would stay for work butt not when on vacation. We almost do dat already working on the outer islands. I get up BEEfore everyone else so da bathroom tingy no bother me to much
Da ODD image
NKHEA...back to work
March 30th, 2009 at 11:33 am
Banana: another mynah possibility we hadn't thought of: maybe mynah #2 was Bananabyrd, the ever-present practical joker. Maybe a reincarnated relative of yours?
March 30th, 2009 at 11:45 am
I cannot share small bathroom with two people. I hate to keep calling 911 for the other guy. I no do CPR if he just pass out
March 30th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Twiddling thumbs.....la dee da....whistling....where is that NKHEA jet
March 30th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Hi Shauna,
Did anyone say you look like Yasmin Dar on the Morning News?
Now that I'm single I can handle a room downtown, plenty space instead of sharing with ex and her mom. But, refuse to fly coach any more, "First Class" only, cause now it's cheaper and more enjoyable as I only need to pay for myself and not for 2 or 3 people.
Don't like to share bathroom with others, had my share in High School when P.E. was mandatory for 4 years and you had to shower. Small room is cool, but need at least 2 free outlets for all the techie stuff (Phone, bluetooth, computer, and hub). Dang, life was so much easier without cell phones.
And what's da scoop, MLC & WWD on vacation, you the only one posting and keeping us reading and typing so Alzhiemer don't set in, Thank You.
March 30th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Shauna,
The rooms in Japan were small but they had their own bathroom with the toilets that shoots water. I feel in love with those tiolets but that's another story. The bathrooms were big with a shower and furo. The beds were small. If you are over 6 feet tall then your legs probably hung over the edge. I don't know the price of the rooms because it was a tour but they were suppose to be good size room for Japan but they were smaller than rooms at the California Hotel in Vegas.
March 30th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
That room is too small for me. I think I would fall off that bed in the middle of the night.
Sharing the bathroom is out of the question too. Only TWO stalls!! Is that for the whole floor? How many rooms on the floor? No can. Especially if the prior occupant ate chili for dinner.....
BF - you too good. Jus take care of da carcass, yeah? Did you hear that bird couple conversation? Remember the pink pills will help with that, only kidding.
March 30th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
The room size doesn't really matter to me as long as I have a bed to sleep on but I want my own bathroom. Don't want to share with everyone on the same floor.
That guy in the mirror is freaky. It reminded me of an article I read over the weekend about a tourist in Scotland who took a picture of a castle and later found out there was a ghost standing by the window. MayBEE it was photoshopped but it was ODD and freaky.
March 30th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
@KAN - Hm, I never considered the fact that my mynah fried was the victim of a practical joke.
"Eh, try look down there! Get one chick with no feathers!"
"Whea? Whea? Whea?!?!?"
*nudge*
"AIYEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"
"Hehehehehe"
Hm, I guess in the end, it turned out okay. Only mynah injuries.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Oh, I kill myself.
March 30th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
whoops! I meant my "mynah friend. I no eat dat kine bird!
But if I did, would probably BEE fried.
March 30th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
That story by BananaFysh is hilarious. I think I like him very much. He is #1 EST in my book. BestEST, funniEST, etc
March 30th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Queenie - ouchee! i go afk/mia for a few days and you thot i was abandoning O&E? *sigh*
"it buuurns!! it buuurns!!" *said in Regan speak from The Exorcist*
gosh......don't you know me by now? i tend to BEE afk every so often. and not EVEN as bad as SOME peeps *cough*munch*cough* who i shall not mention.
must i report on:
me? 
every move i make?
every step i take?
you'll BEE watching
March 30th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
hi hi hive!! sorry, been awol for a bit. speaking of staying in nice hotels, my husband and i stayed in waikiki for the weekend at our timeshare. talk about getting spoiled... right ynaku? the rooms there are super nice and all have kitchens and living rooms. once we started staying at the timeshares, we didn't want to stay at hotels! even if we don't stay in the room much, it's nice to have room to stretch out and relax. anyway, we played tourist while my son is away in japan! hope he's having as much fun as m and masako!
but then... depending on the situation, i think i could stay in that room if only for sleeping! i don't mind the sharing bathroom arrangement if women have their own and men have their own, but not if it's long term. however, everything is so crazy expensive nowadays... a small room and a shared bathroom is way better than not having any roof over your head... so i suppose it depends on your life perspective and what your priorities are. if you don't spend much on the room you would have more money for other things, right?
March 30th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
@Kage - I think all us married fellas can write a little "conversation" like that one.
hehehe
*OW! STOP HITTING ME!!!*
March 30th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
mynah injuries! *barrump bump* haha!!
jalike da guy dat when pick up da severed arm of a motorcyclist after an accident on da freeway and ran off with it.
later on.......da police caught him and charged him with:
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*barrump bump*
March 30th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
wow, seems like we have a lot of ODD newBEEs here!! or maybe we have a lot of new ODDBEEs here...
or is it a lot of OLD ODDBEEs????
March 30th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
@snow - Helllllllllooooooooo snoooow!
I know what you mean about the proliferation of newBEEs. They all seem so familiar and yet they are new. It makes me want to scratch my head in curiosity.
March 30th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
omg! I could never stay in such a little room! I kno I would freak out cuz its soooooo tiny!
Oh, I think u can pee like that 4 real.
March 30th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
@opso - HAHA! That's a good one. hyuk hyuk
*fist bump*
or is it:
*stump bump*
March 30th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
snow! I know about those timeshares. We have the Hilton one and we stay at the HHV every year. Our timeshare is actually on the BI but we stay in honolulu because of my family. We are spoiled too and regular hotel rooms just don't cut it.
March 30th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
When BF mentioned fried mynahs, I just assumed it was his dinnah since he watches the food network and can cook.
March 30th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Tuesday 9:10am
Good Afternoon Hive!
Yesterday was a free day and we went to Ueno park by train to see the sakura. We walked around the whole park looking at all the sakura. It was sooo pretty. Lots of people just walking around and taking pictures. We walked past the next train station to Akihabara and shopped along the way.
Today the tour ends and leaving the hotel to the airport this afternoon. We are staying back till Friday evening so we still have lots of adventures ahead.
March 30th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Making chili tonite......also threw in a couple of sliced hotdogs in there...in case someone wanted chili dogs.
March 30th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
I hope you don't think of me as a newbie, although I haven't posted, I have BEEn following this blog for a LONG time. You guys are the best peeps to be around. Good fun.
March 30th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
March 30th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Hi Shauna! When can we go to tsukiji?!?!? I don't want to hide under the table tho!!! =o( I need to be in the lite! I luuuuuuve sushi! i'll bring lots of ziplocs to! Make sure U bring ur biggest purse now! bahahahaha!!
yay! =op yumz!!!!
March 30th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
We went to Tsukiji's last week. One of our friends said to pick up a plate and eat as you go through the line. Some friend.
No sit down, no pay. No pay, free room in slammer.
Nah nah no do that. That's not right plus going get busted. It was a nice lunch. I enjoyed the mochi in Kinako. I like seafood. I didn't know saba came that big. All the saba I see in the stores all flat.
Hey Shauna, you have mail.
March 30th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Shauna:
Darren Hayes was a singer for Savage Garden.
savage garden - I knew I loved you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Z9rkmEcPE
March 30th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
savage garden - Truly madly deeply
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Dg1Ymji-Q
March 30th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Koala & ottotman - "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
that's all i've got to say...
March 30th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Savage Garden - I Want You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqGnsP4wOf0
March 30th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Savage Garden - Two Beds and a Coffee Machine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHXZ_peJe9c
March 30th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Savage Garden - i don´t know you anymore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBbJY_AnDpw
March 30th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Delta Goodrem - Lost Without You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8jp-vn-HiM
March 30th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
kate - the hilton timeshares are niiiiice, too! we're so spoiled! this past weekend we stayed in a one-bedroom deluxe, which is the smallest unit, but it was still very nice and spacious! hey, you're living in socal, right? i grew up in gardena! sounds like that's in your neck of the woods!
March 30th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
100
March 30th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
now?
March 30th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
bananafysh said:
as long as you don't do that in public...
March 30th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Dang. Shot too early.
Luckily I was able to hold it together and hit the mark. 
March 30th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
hey ukuhead... you're back! or are you?
March 30th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Delta Goodrem - In This Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Ih6RJ0fY8
March 30th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Delta Goodrem - Believe Again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iP41WjFF6s
March 30th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
snow:
Just been real busy lately.
Only time to make cameos here and there.
consider yourself blessed by my presense.
March 30th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
BAT FOR LASHES - What's A Girl To Do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79gY_B7Qulg
March 30th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Oops presense = presence
March 30th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Spooky looking animal bike riders
March 30th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
In all fairness to the "Odd" picture of the day, if I did that back flip I think I would wet myself also.
March 30th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Bat for Lashes - Moon and Moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZxsPYgRhY0
March 30th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
ukuhead said:
ooooh, i bet ya been BEEzy!
*looking around to ask a minister about ukuhead's blessing... *
March 30th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
ukuhead - should i consider it a "blessing in disguise?"
*still wondering about ukuhead's blessing... *
March 30th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Bat For Lashes - Daniel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix9GDjjiFbU
March 30th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
My son survived the day "on his own". I got him reading now for one hour and will test him later on what he read. Yes, I'm a jerk.
March 30th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
two words for the gymnast:
kegel exercises
March 30th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Snow - Not too far from Gardena. In fact, went there today to sign up the kid for Japanese camp. She's going to learn about her *culture*
March 30th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Afternoon OL!!!!!!!!!!!!
teejay......just making sure OL is part of the hive during his blog coma.
March 30th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Snow:
Talking about beezy, been missing you on the vampire crew. Your kids making you take your meds??? Anyway, not fun without you and HNL2LAte to beat up on.
I been lurking here at night, but not posting. Everytime I check in, banana playing with himself. Make me feel kinda uji.
March 30th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
@snow
March 30th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
March 30th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Excuse me Shauna, when do we spill the beans?
March 30th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
qb:
Cannot find your email. I have an odd pic for you.
March 30th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
BananaFysh: "urine big trouble now" ... "Only mynah injuries" ... as you and opso like to tell me: You're killing me! But that's the kind of jokes I actually get!!
Rod's Big Bro: Hey there! Wow, only first class for you? Just like anklebiters! And no one has ever told me I look like Yasmin Dar. Though I did a search on her and she's younger so that means she would look like me! Haha!
kate and snow: Timeshare spoiled, huh? Hrmph. I never stayed in a timeshare! Must BEE so much better than just a hotel room. Hah!
March 30th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
#125!!!
March 30th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
When somebody yells oly oly oxen free.
March 30th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
@ottotman - Spill the beans? What chu mean? We already know who you are.
March 30th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Looks like somebody only come out to post hoar.
March 30th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
So what's the new number?
March 30th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Ukuhead: e-mail is sgoya@honoluluadvertiser.com
koala: Here's a story that for some reason made me think of you...
Casual Friday? Florida city employee accused of getting naked
By Brittany Wallman
Sun Sentinel
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A city employee is accused of stripping down to his socks and exposing himself to a female co-worker earlier this year. The co-worker said he flashed a sign that said “It’s Friday” on one side, and “Let’s get naked” on the other.
And then, she said, he did.
Now he’s a former city employee.
David Daley resigned last month as Fort Lauderdale’s safety coordinator. His co-worker, Daniela Metz, told police Daley took his clothes off — everything but the socks.
The incident was considered a possible “lewd/lascivious” act, which would be a misdemeanor, city police records say. But Metz signed a waiver of prosecution, writing she was “not looking to get anybody in any more trouble.” Reached at work Monday, she declined comment.
Daley couldn’t be reached for comment, despite a call to his home.
Here’s what the police report said about the incident, which was first reported last week in the South Florida Times:
Metz, 36, and Daley, 42, were co-workers in public works. In mid-January, Metz said she was on the computer looking at body waxes. Daley asked her what she was doing, and she told him. When she passed by his office later, he called her in. He had pictures of naked women on his computer “that had done a Brazilian wax to themselves,” the police report says.
The following week, she was on the scale, and she said he told her, “You should come into my office and weigh yourself without your clothes,” to which she said she responded, “Not nice.” He passed her a note later that day. It said, “Will you still be my friend?”
That Friday, she alleges, the two were alone in the office when he stopped in her doorway with a sign that read, “It’s Friday.” They chatted about the weekend, and as he walked out, he said, “You didn’t see the other side of my sign.”
It said, “Let’s get naked,” she told police.
He returned to his office and called to her: “I will do it if you do it.”
“Go ahead,” she responded.
He came around the corner of her office, exposing a shoulder, and she said she told him over and over again to go away.
He left and came back, then left again. Then he came back completely naked except for his socks.
She covered her eyes, and when he came back with his clothes on, he said he was just joking. When officials found out about it, Daley was put on administrative leave, and he resigned Feb. 2, city spokesman Jeff Modarelli said.
March 30th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
@snow
Whatchu talking about, Willis?
Hey, you dropped this tarnished, dented, bent hoop here. Oh wait, is this supposed to BEE a halo?
It looks like an old wire hanger!
March 30th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
ottotman: Oh yeah, welcome to O&E!! If you ate chili today, we are not spilling the beans today!
che: So I always wondered how those toilets that shoot water work. I understand it's warm water. But exactly where is the water coming from? Sorry to have you explain such an awkward topic! No shame and BEE as detailed as you like.
New number is: #155
March 30th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
teejay: Sorry, this line just cracked me up! In all fairness to the "Odd" picture of the day, if I did that back flip I think I would wet myself also. I think we're all trying to add a little OL to our speech! I think he would BEE proud of us. *sniff sniff*
Kage: You would fall off the bed in the middle of the night?? Haha! Exactly what do you do when you sleep? Kidding!! And yeah, it would suck to enter the public bathroom stall after someone ate chili. Though wouldn't it BEE worse if that tiny bathroom was in your closet-size room? Hope someone remembers to bring the doodoo drops!
Eli: Hmm...castles are pretty ancient structures and who knows what kind of mayhem occurred in there over the years? But then again, you could do so much with computers that you never know what's real or not anymore... I need to send you an invitation to the "SecretPlace" soon so you can see what I'm talking about in terms of computerized images...
March 30th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Ukuhead: You've BEEn lurking at night just to see the banana playing with himself?? You voyeur! Kidding!
opso: Check, check, check in regards to:
me?
must i report on:
every move i make?
every step i take?
you'll BEE watching
KAN: BananaByrd!!! LOL! That's a good one!
March 30th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Shauna:
Hey, that was me with the chili and I AM spilling the beans, sort of, if you know what I mean
Gotta chill, BEE back l8rs 
Go to your local Lowe's store, they usually have one of those water works toilet's on display. Sure saves toilet paper
March 30th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
snow: Haha ... on all the "ODD newBEEs here!! or maybe we have a lot of new ODDBEEs here...
or is it a lot of OLD ODDBEEs????" We have a lot of new friends!! Me so excited! 
And fist bump on: Koala & ottotman - "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
opso: Armed robbery!!! LOL! *barrump bump* — that's a good one!
anklebiters: Oh, so that Darren singer broke away from the other group? Sorry to hear you're still stuck at the airport!
NKHEA: Don't BEE too BEEzy to keep playing the word game!!
March 30th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
chili, no beans. No beans, no spills. Okie Dokie.
March 30th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
March 30th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
@Shauna - Oh, so you like bad puns, eh?
I'll have to remember that.
March 30th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
shaaauuuuunaaa! why did you think of me when U saw that story???????? eeeeeew! SO GROSS if one of my co-workers took off all his cloths in front of me i wuld wack his thing with a ruler or a stapler! eeeeew!!!!!!!!!! nasty!!
pls dont hink about me like that shauna! just take me to tsukijis and all will b good. yay! =oD
March 30th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Koala, Why are they picking on us. I'm new here. Where's the love?
March 30th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Hi Hive - Since we Usually only use the room for sleeping, size doesn't really matter. I rather spend the money on other things. In Japan the rooms are usually small in the city but the one we have right now in Tokyo is not bad. Maybe its because the area we are staying in has nothing to do. You have to take a train to go anywhere. Although its close to the station I think next time I would stay somewhere else.
Timeshares are great, On a trip to Disneyland we were able to share one with M's brothers family. We went marketing and had breakfast in the timeshare each morning and was able to cook dinner a few times. We had three bedrooms plus a huge living room so everyone had lots of space.
March 30th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Why am I in moderation?
March 30th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
March 30th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
is it because of the email address?
March 30th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
okie thats why my post went into moderation, still had M's email address
March 30th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
C0hiba: What happened to "your" Journey concert or did it happen yet? Give me the scoops when you can.
March 30th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
i dont kno Y i'm being picked on ether!
i just wanted to look at pics of yummy sushi! now shauna thinks about me when she reeds abuot naked peeps in the oofice! SO GROSSSSSSS! EEEEEEWWW!! =o(
March 30th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
koala:
Make sure the stapler is a Red Swingline version
March 30th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Masako:
If you only use it for sleeping, size doesn't matter???
March 30th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I finally post and I feel like vultures (or Myna birds) attacking me. MY EYES, MY EYES!!!!!!
Just for that, I will heat up Chili and add beans. Side of Potato Salad w/Best Foods Mayo. FF Hot dogs and rice.
March 30th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Too many new bees for it not to be old bees.
March 30th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
shauna wud U take ur clothes off if sumbody took theres off first?????? omg!!! yuuuuucccckkkkkkkkkooooooooo!!!!!!
March 30th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
fartma....i mean ottotman & koala - y'all don't wanna BEE considered n00bs yeah? tormenting is da norm here.
Queenie - i just put a load of laundry in the washer.
March 30th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
My son fell asleep while reading since he woke up right after I left this morning. I told him not to get up at 0400 but he was so excited to stay over that he didn't listen.
March 30th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
But you DON'T KNOW me?????????????????????????????? I think
March 30th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
@opso - Interesting that Queenie wants you to do the things mentioned in the song you quoted. A song sung by Sting.
Shauna - "Oh, was that a song? I didn't know that!"
opso & BF - *slaps foreheads*
Shauna - "Are there more mosquitoes here? Whaaat?"
March 30th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
@teejay - hey, you got the last lucky number!
What's the next one?
0400!?!! Dang! I go sleep at around that time some nights/mornings.
March 30th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Good afternoon Hive!
@teejay, concert was last night. The wind slowed so was slightly breezy but acceptable. The little that I saw was super. Arnel "Mahalo" "Mabuhay" Pineda (as he introduced himself) moved with so much energy, like a young Steve Perry. Great voice.
I was running around most of the night, legs feel like jelly today.
Close to a sell out, pretty good considering it was a Sunday night.
If I were to take a drug test today, pretty sure wouldn't pass after inhailing the second hand "herbal" smoke.
March 30th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Koala:
So, a naked Shauna grosses you out?
For me, meh...
I'm sure bamboo has something to say about it.
March 30th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
BF - haha! i can soooo picture that scenario! seems like every time we get together.....there's multiple incidents of this.
our eyeballs going BEE stuck permanently like this →
Queenie - i put the laundry in the dryer.
March 30th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
C0hiba - second hand smoke huh? um.....okay
puna butter? kona gold? heh
eh......i get your "board meeting" sign that NKHEA told me you wanted.
March 30th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
C0hiba: Sweet!!!!!! Glad to see it went well, although I think Honolulu's extended performance took some wind out of Kona's sails. You must have been feeling good with that local blend in the air. Did it make you want a twinkie or crave a cohiba?
March 30th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
BF: I got a lucky number?!?!?!?!?!
Next lucky number is 189 (kinda like a 69 with an 88 rolled into one).
March 30th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Shauna: "Secret place?" Sounds so intriguing...let me in...let me in.
Do I need to learn a secret handshake too? 
March 30th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
opso: What's this with the laundry updates??
BTW, is that a new emoticon? The mouth also moves? Don't remember that from BEEfore...
March 30th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Holy crap!!!!!!!!!!!! I just saw a commercial with Rachael Ray and talk about stuffing. Where and when did she get so fat. 30 minute meals was suppose to be how long it took to cook a meal and not how long your face was in the pot licking the frosting off the sides.
March 30th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
ottotman - i think you already "outed" yourself!
heh heh.
March 30th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
*wacks ukuhead upside the... growth on the top of his neck*
hey, watchu talking about our qb without clothes on? naughty! i mean, yes, we already know that you're naughty... but still... naughty!!
March 30th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
bananafysh - moi? you know i would never say anything bad!! hey, what did you do to my halo???!! you made it all rusted!!
March 30th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
It's called "trust AND verify," Teej.
March 30th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
SSSSSNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!!!
FISTBUMP
March 30th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Teejay re Rachael Ray: I think she's happy and married, which sometimes results in weight gain. Mind you, I'm not defending her - I can't stand her. But she does good stuff, so I'm willing to cut her some slack. Dude, you need to watch more Alton Brown.
March 30th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Thanks KAN for the clarification. He read 15 "very short chapters" and I told him to read the same amount tomorrow. One hour of reading can do wonders for a child.
Think about how much time we all spend reading the Queen's blog and you all will change you mind.
March 30th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
KAN: I love Alton Brown and watch "Good Eats" all the time. He brings both info and entertainment without being like Emeril, Paula or god forbid Giada with the ET eyes but nice rack...... of lamb.
March 30th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Snow:
Geeez.... I was only trying to clarify what Koala said.
Hmmm seems to be hitting close to home...
March 30th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Dang it snow. I caught myself but TOO LATE.
I quit. SHUANA!!!!! I QUIT THIS STUFF!!!!!!!!!
I guess ottotman blew his last gas.
March 30th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
March 30th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
There. Look what you made me do....................Shuana..............
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
I going heat up my chili and add double beans. Just to relieve stress.
SHE MADE ME DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 30th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Ch0hiba, I still wished I could have gone to the concert. I had an anniversary party to take care of this weekend.
When I saw wind gusting 30 mph
whoa, which way was the wind blowing? Toward the stage? Maybe that's why the Manong was high.
March 30th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
teejay - i totally agree about the reading! i read a lot as a child but my (step)son had a total aversion to reading when i first met him (talk about someone being habuteru... you should have seen his face when i'd remind him to read!). luckily, his school required them to read 25 books or periodicals a year, so i really pushed the books.
even though my son is in high school now and doesn't have to read for school, i still make him read one hour a day, as his schedule permits. he still has to make up time or, depending on how his week was, i'll cut him some slack. he's actually found some books that he's loved along the way! he also liked odyssey, a science magazine by cricket, so much that we subscribed - maybe your son might like that? (sorry, teejay. i forgot how old your son is - the magazine is for 10 -15 year olds.)
March 30th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
KAN - *fist bump!* heh heh...
Ynaku - and i thought i was confused!! lol... sorry, i didn't realize you were outing so many people! ha ha!
March 30th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
To know me is to love me
March 30th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Whoa, Ynaku, your Lent resolution didn't last for too long, huh? (j/k). Good thing - if both you AND OL went AWOL (there's a bad joke there somewhere - Banana?) Shauna would get a lot fewer posts even with all the ODD (ostensible) newBEEs.
You talking about you or Arnel? And you talking about his voice or his, uhm, consciousness?
March 30th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
That's a pleasure all the better for having been foregone.
March 30th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
SNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW!!!! (Just giving OL props).
Thanks for the mom advice. Glad to see you went from "step" son to son. I don't believe in that "step" crap. If you give your love and hard work you are not a "step mom" you are a MOM!!!! Although if my son's mom got remarried her husband will never be a step dad or any dad to my son (funny how that works out).
My son is going to be eleven next month and him reading James Patterson is a good thing. I give him huge books so that he doesn't or won't feel "War and Peace" or "A Tale of Two Cities" is an epic.
Your son will appreciate it later in life and especially in college. Reading is a lost indulgence which has been replaced by "reality tv" and that sucks the big one. I could give a book to each hive member based on personality and I guarantee they would love the book and recommend it to friends.
March 30th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
KAN, I was talking about Arnel. I think his pants was on too tight. Das why he probably was hopping all ova da place.
Good thing i no do lent. SINNER. Forgive me father for I have sinned.
March 30th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
#188!
March 30th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
and #189!!!
March 30th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
teejay: Give us an example of some titles you would give to certain Hive members... this should BEE interesting.
Next lucky number: #222
March 30th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Shauna: The hive members have to tell me what they like as far as genre is concerned but I'll give you some "for instance". I need to bring up my novel spreadsheet that I have so I don't buy the same book three or four years later.
March 30th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Shauna: I need what genre peeps like. I have some 400 plus books so I think I can match some hive members. I'm going sleep soon though and my son has to go back to his mom tomorrow due to a doctors appointment which I just found out about five minutes ago. Bitch.
March 30th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
teejay: I like scandal!!
And you say bitch like it's a bad thing! Kidding!
March 30th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Queenie: you can always make me smile when I'm grimacing, that's why I love you. Keep up the hive and queenly things. I don't know what you mean by scandal but I hope it does regard me and my ex.
March 30th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
teejay - lol @ props to OL! you did a good imitation!
i normally don't refer to my son as my stepson... i usually only do it to clarify the situation! i agree with you on the "step" bit... i don't believe in that either! my son doesn't refer to me as his stepmom... he just calls me his mom. 
aww... too bad your son has to go back to his mom tomorrow... kinda sucks that you only just found out about the appointment! 
i'd be pissed... !! about the novels, it would be interesting if you guessed what genre certain BEEs (not the ODD ones... ha!) would like!
March 30th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Snnooooooooooooowwwwwwwww!!!!!!!
I have some good stories for you all but the queen's blog is funky and I gotta go sleep soon. You and the rest of the musketeers are some of the few female authors. BF is the other female author.
March 30th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
hahaha!! Ynaku pulled a ukuhead!!
next?
March 30th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
teejay - 400 books?!
sheesh.....i no think i get even 20. 
i like mystery and espionage......and the other aspects that comes with it. iykwim
March 30th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
opso, I busted myself didn't I? That's what I get for posting elsewhere.
I think more easy I join OL.
Abstain my son. Do it in moderation. Bless you my son. In the name of mighty Heinie Lite. I shall absolve you of your sins. AMEN!
Sheesh at least I not in the Philippines and whip myself to a bloody mess.
March 30th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
snow - it's great that your stepson calls you "mom". you must BEE really good and nurturing towards him. good job! *fist bump*
March 30th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Ynaku - yeah.....jalike when we used to put our "status" next to our names and forget to change em when posting on other blogs. doh!
Queenie - oh yeah.....folded da laundry, ate dinner, watched Terroir and now watching Lure of Wife
March 30th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Hehe - there's a lot of "outing" going on tonight.
So tonight we found out that:
ottotman = Ynaku
and
Ray = Ukuhead
hehe
March 30th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
@teejay - what? you calling me a female author?!?
March 30th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
So anyways, there's a dead bird in the middle of the road a few houses over from mine. I dunno if it's my "little buddy."
Looks smaller than a mynah, but I didn't go up to it to check.
March 30th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
BF - yup.....so now who BEE Koala? muahahaha!!
what's up with the crazy birds in your neighborhood?
bird brained? *barrump bump* sorry
Queenie - i'm watching Daughter in Law now.
March 30th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
BF - you won't BEElieve this but i forgot about Lost again last week. aigoo....
so i had to watch the past 2 eps back to back online BEEfore this weeks one. thank god for those vids.
Sayid shot "little" Ben!
March 30th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
@opso - Yes, many mysteries abound.
What!? You forgot about Lost again?!?
WWD!How ODD!!I think the Island will save "little Ben" - that creepy buggah not going die.
March 30th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
creepy is right! that kid reeeeally looks like what Ben would've looked like when he was a kid.
March 30th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
barrump bump, barrump bump, i'm still up...
opso: What is 'Lure of Wife" about? Title sounds interesting!
Ynaku: Tsk, tsk. BTW, that picture you sent me was so so cute!! She looks just as cute as the girl on the package!
March 30th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
@opso - yeah, they found a kid who really looks the part of Ben. Eerie....
I still can't get over the fact that Ben's dad is Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite. I'm waiting for him to fling a steak at somebody.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Hey Queenie! Still awake?
How ODD! 
hehehe
March 30th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
@Shauna - So what's with this talk about you getting nekkid?
Scandalous!
March 30th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Queenie - it's getting really good now. it's about this poor daughter in law (PDIL) that married into a rich family (with irritating MIL = IMIL) with a luser husband (LH) that had an affair and a kid with her brothers fiance (evil BEEyatch = EB). which WAS her good friend that grew up and lived with her family after her parents died.
so now the EB is horning in on the LH and wants to BEE a part of the rich family. and the IMIL likes the EB and her kid. the LH divorces the PDIL BEEcause she promised the LH to grant him a divorce if he does not press attempted murder charges against her brother that beat him up and get him out of jail.
the LH wanted her to get an abortion BEEcause he and the EB feared his inheritance would go to her child. she didn't want to......so he took her to the ocean to scare her by both of them dying together. but he accidentally lost her and she couldn't swim and survived unBEEknownst to everyone.
so now she's going to fake her death and turns into a vengeful vixen and will seek retribution against EB, LH and IMIL. that's where the story is at right now. whew! so now you're caught up.
oh.....i'm going to brush my teeth now.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
BF - hah! uncle rico. yeah......and he might want to sell Kate the breast enlargement package or a tupperware set. haha!
oh yeah......and how bout that teepee guy from Newhart! "hi i'm Larry.....this is my brother Darryl.....and this is my other brother Darryl"
March 30th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
they got a lot of "fringe" actors that you remember from other roles.
like Faraday. i still see him as cpl. Upham from Saving Private Ryan
"hustle up Upham!"
" Upham! Upham! ammo goddamn it!"
March 30th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
@opso - haha! uncle Rico is awesome!
That would BEE funny if that come out in a blooper reel, him trying to sell Kate or Sun the breast enlargement thing. 
I was thinking the same thing about the teepee guy! I was telling my wife about that - the brothers Darryl. She was all - "Huh?!?"
March 30th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
hehe Speaking of Fringe, that Abbadon guy is on that show. It's pretty cool, you should check it out if you haven't yet. Kinda like X-files, but with a JJ Abrams twist.
Yeah, I still see Faraday as Upham.
Miles is like every stereotypical Asian gangster guy.
Daniel Dae Kim was on 24 a while back. He was "Agent Baker." How ODD!!
March 30th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Okay. I outed myself 2 times already so I quit. I'll still probably use it as a "professional name". Too many people know when I'm posting.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Speaking of 24, there seems to BEE a lot of crossover in actors BEEtween the 2 shows.
Daniel Dae Kim, Reiko Aylesworth, Lana Parilla, uhm, Marvin Candle (whatever his real name is), Charles Widmore, and a couple more were on both. I seem to recall reading that Desmond was on both shows too.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Napolean Dynamite - that was one ODD flick......but oh soooo funny!
GOSH!
i hardly watch any network shows nowdays......only Lost.
no mo time.....too much k-dramas to watch. heh
Miles was on one of the X-Men shows yeah? as the porcupine guy.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Watching Snow Queen now. Song Yuri
March 30th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
March 30th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
hey ukuhead! hard time eh having alter egos/split personalities. just ask BF and his protoge.......what's his name. zebra something.
Lost and 24 have some kind of producer, director in common?
March 30th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
I can't wait to catch up on all my Korean also! Day off tomorrow!
March 30th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
@Ukuhead - see what happens when you forget to switch your name?
I used to get busted all the time when I was using the "Fish" and "Fysh" spellings. Queenie always scolded me! Not like now, when I HARDLY get scoldings.
haha!
March 30th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
grats on da lucky numbah BF!
March 30th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
opso and BananaFysh: You're making me all Lost!
LAST!!
March 30th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
@opso - yeah, I seem to recall Miles as the porcupine guy on X-Men.
Seems like he's always the Asian cop sidekick, or the Asian gangster.
O-ho, you remember my protege, huh? Neon Zebra. Stupid kid. hehe
March 30th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
@Shauna - Doesn't take much, does it?
hyuk hyuk hyuk
March 30th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Okay. Made me look.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Oh, and whatchoo doing calling LAST already?
New post up soon?
You planning on poaching that? I see....
March 30th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Queenie - last? hint that there's gonna BEE a new post up soon?
catch up on your k-dramas? you only watching one! sheesh
March 31st, 2009 at 12:01 am
Still gotta get past doofus for "first" on the new post Queenie!
That doofus is uncanny!
March 31st, 2009 at 12:04 am
neon zebra! dass da guy!
well.....i'll leave the fisting....err.....firsting up to you peeps.
g'nite y'all!
LAST!
March 31st, 2009 at 12:06 am
Ahhh opso Opso
March 31st, 2009 at 12:07 am
@opso - good night sir!
Thank you for letting us know what you are up at AT ALL TIMES.
I still think Neon Zebra would have BEEn a better intern than that slacker who actually got the internship.
hee hee hee
March 31st, 2009 at 12:08 am
mmmmmm ...... fist.
hyuk hyuk
March 31st, 2009 at 12:11 am
Are we wearing out our F5 keys yet?
March 31st, 2009 at 12:23 am
Dang, I starting to FAAK.
Going have a new post for real? Or are we getting punked by Queenie?
Wouldn't BEE the first time ....
March 31st, 2009 at 12:28 am
neon zebra? sounds familiar but i'm lost!
who said anything about a new post??
last!!!!
March 31st, 2009 at 12:36 am
good morning HIVE!
ukuhead said:
right now, i'm not so sure who "me" is!?!?
bananafysh & opso - i forgot about neon zebra!!! is he planning any rendezvous with wanda? hee hee...
March 31st, 2009 at 12:38 am
Good morning Snow.
March 31st, 2009 at 12:39 am
ooops... i out "last-ed" qb!!
hi banana! hi qb!!
March 31st, 2009 at 12:39 am
Yeah good morning Snow
March 31st, 2009 at 12:40 am
Don't forget about me!!! I'm here too.
March 31st, 2009 at 12:40 am
good morning ray! oops, i mean... ukuhead!
March 31st, 2009 at 12:42 am
oops, good morning wanda!!
wanda, you're a vampiress, too, eh?
March 31st, 2009 at 12:43 am
hello snow!
March 31st, 2009 at 12:44 am
oh man, the head snaps are quite severe now. Almost banging my haed on the keyboard.
March 31st, 2009 at 12:46 am
So what, you folks want Neon Zebra to make a comeback?
chee, I dunno if I can still write like that. Very challenging!
March 31st, 2009 at 12:46 am
ukuhead said:
(of course, i took the liberty of deleting certain parts of the post! ha ha! nah, nah... i just "forgot" to copy that part!
)
not sure why you might miss us ukuhead... seems like you travel with your own posse! hee hee...
March 31st, 2009 at 12:48 am
@Shauna - so, no new post? Are you BEEing a tease again?
So naughty!
Was I supposed to give a new lucky number then?
How about: 288 then.
March 31st, 2009 at 12:49 am
bananafysh - oooh, no... i just wanted neon zebra to get together with wanda! heh heh...
you mean that being neon zebra is harder than being a flower?? 
March 31st, 2009 at 12:49 am
That's right Snow. Me and the possee. That's how we roll...
March 31st, 2009 at 12:50 am
wake up banana! if not, i'll send ray over to keep you company!!
March 31st, 2009 at 12:50 am
@snow - hm, very difficult to write like Neon Zebra.
I think more difficult than "flowery" writing!
How can that BEE!?!?!
March 31st, 2009 at 12:51 am
you can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay.
Or just call me Banana.
March 31st, 2009 at 12:52 am
First!
March 31st, 2009 at 12:53 am
March 31st, 2009 at 12:54 am
wake up ukuhead! i was "talking" to you, not wanda (no offense wanda!)! but, hey, wanda... how come you didn't have a red hibiscus muu muu for ukuhead!?
March 31st, 2009 at 12:54 am
Banana: you nailed it. what's the odds???
March 31st, 2009 at 12:56 am
*poor ukuhead stay confused
awww... *
March 31st, 2009 at 12:57 am
@ukuhead - What? What did I nail?
ho boy, the magnetic pull of the keyboard is getting stronger....
March 31st, 2009 at 12:58 am
jay? did i miss another ODDBEE?
March 31st, 2009 at 1:01 am
I no can handle already. I gotta go moe moe.
Really starting to FAAK.
Catch you folks tomorrow!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:01 am
bananafysh said:
sheesh, you'd think you'd be paying attention! i mean, you know... when you nail something!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:02 am
You can call me Ray... or you can call me Jay... or you can call me????
That's how the name came to bee
March 31st, 2009 at 1:02 am
good night banana!!
see you tomorrow!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:03 am
Don't go... don't leave us alone with
March 31st, 2009 at 1:04 am
@snow -
Look who's talking - the person who doesn't know when she gets lucky.
haha!
Good night BEEs!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:04 am
ukuhead - ooooooooooooooooh, i get it! without meds and all...
!! thought that was a weird choice for you! or maybe not! ha ha!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:06 am
bananafysh - ha ha... i knew you wouldn't be able to resist that one!!
good night!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:09 am
kate - is the japanese camp held at the gardena buddhist church? can you go and have some mochi from sakuraya for me? yummy!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:15 am
I give. you win. I gotta go sleep. G'nite Snow and kate or should I say snow/kate.
March 31st, 2009 at 1:25 am
I guess the meds must have kicked in.
March 31st, 2009 at 1:44 am
ukuhead - maybe you need the meds! i don't make jam. seriously.
but, good night, ukuhead!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:47 am
i gotta go sleep, too! good night and good morning HIVE!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:52 am
kate - oops, please don't take my "i don't make jam. seriously." comment to ukuhead the wrong way!
i only wish i could make jam! i was just trying to clarify to ukuhead that we weren't one and the same (i.e., not a split personality like ukuhead! 
)!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:54 am
only 10 more to the lucky number?? woo hoo... !!
March 31st, 2009 at 2:00 am
but i'm getting tired by the second... can i hang on for a few more?
March 31st, 2009 at 2:01 am
oops, i just remembered that i already said good night! lol...
*looking for the bottle of centrum silver*
March 31st, 2009 at 2:02 am
*looking around for doofus*
March 31st, 2009 at 2:04 am
darn, this is taking toooooo long!
*refresh rate: 1 minute! argh!*
March 31st, 2009 at 2:05 am
Length or girth?
March 31st, 2009 at 2:53 am
WHAT ? No new post
WWD!
March 31st, 2009 at 3:05 am
Weather Report:
Cloudy
18°F
Feels Like
18°F
UV Index: 0 Low
Wind: CALM
Humidity: 75%
Pressure: 29.82 in.
Dew Point: 12°F
Visibility: 10.0 miles
Where am I
March 31st, 2009 at 4:41 am
Morning all and OL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 31st, 2009 at 5:28 am
Morning Teejay and OL and Ankles!
We usually don't get a new post on Tuesdays, right? S'allright - more posts for QB that way. And then we don't have to pretend as though we actually read the post before posting!
March 31st, 2009 at 5:45 am
Okay for the duration of Lent I'll make the coffee....Coffee coming up for anybody that wants. Stand in line and no pushing.
March 31st, 2009 at 5:55 am
Good Morning!
Just shot off about 2 dozen emails asking my brownie troop to send in their cookie money. What a pain in the ass.
March 31st, 2009 at 5:58 am
BF - How much is that breast enlargement thingy? Does it work? Have you tried it yet?
March 31st, 2009 at 6:02 am
Snow - not at the church. A summer day camp at JCI called Tanoshii camp. This is the second year they are doing it. The do things like taiko, ikebana, origami, language, and whatever else Japanese. They will even go to the Japanese American National Museum for a field trip. Cheaper than the YMCA camps she goes to and sounds like lots of fun.
I take it you're in HI. Ever in the South Bay for a visit?
March 31st, 2009 at 6:13 am
I need coffee! NOW!
Only had about 4 hours of sleep after working on those dang cookie reports that are due Friday.
March 31st, 2009 at 7:08 am
Mornin everybody
NKHEA...jus checking in
March 31st, 2009 at 7:54 am
Good Morning Hive!
@kate - oh, we were talking about Kate, the Lost character, not you!
And no, haven't tried the breast enlargement. I'm "voluptuous" as is.
March 31st, 2009 at 8:07 am
Good Morning Hive.
I'm babysitting my G'Baby today. When the sun comes out, we might go feed the ducks at Wailoa Park.
We plan on going to the movies. Monsters vs Aliens or something like that. Cartoon flick.
She's watching PBS Kids right now and playing with a shapes puzzle. She's so smart. Must bee from Papa.
March 31st, 2009 at 8:09 am
Good Morning KAN. Who reads this stuff anyway? We just like to talk story.
March 31st, 2009 at 8:10 am
Hey we so close. Why not?
March 31st, 2009 at 8:10 am
NKHEA? Sniper?
March 31st, 2009 at 8:11 am
300?
March 31st, 2009 at 8:12 am
WHOO HOOO winna winna chicken dinna
March 31st, 2009 at 8:13 am
KAN, you da winna for 288. So wat the next numba?
March 31st, 2009 at 8:17 am
NKHEA:
You're saved......I'm home now....was helping load baggage at the airport and dozed off in the cargo hold (must happen a lot since it happened to this baggage handler toooo
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=64875831.blog )
The next thing I know, I'm in PHX. The baggage handler there thought I was a statue because I was in rigor mortis. They almost dropped me as I started to snore when they were carrying me out. My fingers are slightly frost bitten, had ice on my eyebrows
FAA was amazed that I made it alive as the flight was at 36,000' and no oxygen supply in the cargo hold.
The airport security told me to take the Bee Hive Fastflight the next time. They are always on time
Sorry, no pictures of the in-flight meal
March 31st, 2009 at 8:27 am
Ynaku:
That's a good 3D movie for kids....I hear it's out in IMAX too.
March 31st, 2009 at 9:34 am
Whoops, thanks Ynaku! Clearly I need more caffeine - I wasn't paying attention.
Next #: 333!!!
March 31st, 2009 at 9:42 am
I love stories about dumb criminals. Here's another one (from Seattle911 blog on the on-line only Seattle Post-Intelligencer):
"Microsoft camera thief caught – you guessed it – on camera.
Prosecutors have filed felony theft charges against a man police say was caught on video stealing several surveillance cameras from a Microsoft Corp. parking lot in Redmond.
Central to the prosecution's case against Charles W. Engerseth is video transmitted from the cameras that the 39-year-old is accused of stealing, according to police.
In court documents, investigating officers assert that Engerseth was caught on tape removing one of five cameras taken from a parking garage.
Still photos made from the recordings were circulated to Puget Sound-area law enforcement following the Nov. 18 theft. A Snohomish County sheriff's deputy who'd had prior contact with Engerseth identified him as the thief.
Serving a search warrant on Engerseth's home, State Patrol troopers found one of the missing cameras. He was arrested and has since been charged with first-degree theft."
March 31st, 2009 at 10:09 am
Good morning!! Boy, I just got up and am so tired already! Yaaaawwwnn!!
anklebiters: Haha, sorry to hear about your frostbite!! That NKHEA!!
But that's right, the Bee Hive Fastflight is the way to go! 
snow: Shucks, I just missed you last night! But thanks for representing the vampire crew last night!! Then KAN and kate kick off the early morning and day and I come in at evening. We're covered nearly 24/7!!
Ynaku: Got another day off? Lucky you! Have fun at the movies! Gonna buy any popcorn? Mmm!!!
March 31st, 2009 at 10:24 am
We got punked on the new post.
March 31st, 2009 at 10:47 am
for me, the room size doesn't really matter. hey, smaller the bed, the closer the girl has to snuggle up to you, right?
the only thing, i would HAVE to have my own bathroom. i bet QB would too, right? if not, she would spend her whole vacation scrubbing the public bathroom before she stepped foot in it. not to mention cleaning up all that hair left behind in the shower! haha. so yeah, small room ok, public bathroom on vacation, heck no. and of course it all depends on where the vacation is. like vegas, no one really uses the room besides to store their luggage. but say for instance, 10 day trip to waikiki for someone from fargo ND, i'd want the vera wang suite at the halekulani!!!
on a related story, not sure if they still have it, but the train stations in the big cities of japan would have these super tiny cubicle like things that "sarari men" (salary men, aka business men) could rent out if they missed the last train home. they were super tiny and they only had a bed in it i think.
so yet another post actually related to the blog...but will it get ignored from QB like all the other times?!?!?!!? hahaha!
March 31st, 2009 at 10:52 am
so into the second week of my spring break and what do i do? i pop a load of laundry in and then promptly go narcoleptic and crash on my bedroom floor half the night with the tv and laptop on. wake up and gotta do the zippy's midnight run cause i missed dinner time! hahaha. *sigh*
March 31st, 2009 at 10:54 am
shauna: about the train station cubicle thingies in japan...maybe your ex future brother in law's ex future ex wife's sister's mother can verify that?
March 31st, 2009 at 11:08 am
honda si boy: You know you sound crazy when you say "ex future brother in law's ex future ex wife's sister's mother," right?
But I will try to find out about those cubicle things you mentioned... So you get two weeks of spring break?? You didn't go anywhere??
March 31st, 2009 at 11:10 am
Ukuhead: Did you scare away all the newBEES??
BananaFysh: I think I remember Neon Zebra now!! Lightbulb!!
March 31st, 2009 at 11:16 am
see shauna, i already know i'm crazy! but by knowing that, i must not BEE crazy right? cause real crazy BEEple don't know that they're crazy. uhmmm, does that make sense or am i going crazy?
and yes, grad students here get two weeks like the public k-12 system.
i'm not complaining at all! and like i pointed out to BEEple on semester systems, my spring break comes between quarter terms so i don't have any homework at all to do on my break! sweetness! of course there's the cleaning, laundry, car washing, dog walking, blog posting catching up, *window washing*...stuff like that.
March 31st, 2009 at 11:18 am
ukuhead:
We're not getting our money's worth....we want a refund..we want a refund...how much of $0.00 do we get back
We should be paying her for all the fun that we have on here 
March 31st, 2009 at 11:19 am
oh, and yeah, BEEfore i'm labeled as a hypocrite, i didn't go anywhere on my break. no time between all the spring cleaning!
but my grandma came up for some family party one weekend so i got to hang out with her. she made the bestest blueberry butter mochi thing. winnahs!!!!! can't beat お婆さん's cooking and baking!
March 31st, 2009 at 11:21 am
anklebiters: free gatherings with the hive (who picks up the tab?) free cookies/snacks/okashii from big island, arizona, etc...i think that's quite a payday!!!! hahaha!
March 31st, 2009 at 11:28 am
Whoa! Honda Boy in da house!
Ho, making up for lost time, eh?
March 31st, 2009 at 11:30 am
@Shauna - How could you forget Neon Zebra?!?!?
Awww, look, now he's crying. There, there, pay no attention to that mean old lady.
hahahaha!!!
I keed, I keed.
March 31st, 2009 at 11:31 am
BF: heck yeah man! i got 6 days free from school! and i was looking over my schedule and classes for this upcoming spring term and i think i'll BEE busier than last term! that's just great cause last term totally killed me. check that, it bit me, chewed me up, regurgitated me, and then killed me!
mayBEE i need to check into a (micro) hotel room to relax this term... (hah! had to stick in that last line to keep the post somewhat on topic...like the queen ordered! hahahaha!)
March 31st, 2009 at 11:41 am
honda si boy and BananaFysh: Hey, don't use my name in close proximity to the words "mean old lady" and "orders." Don't want people to get the wrong idea you know...
anklebiters: You guys are so lucky that I provide you all this fun. In fact, you inspired me to come up with a new slogan! Come to O&E, where the fun is free!
March 31st, 2009 at 11:55 am
Shauna:
mean old lady + orders ≠ free
March 31st, 2009 at 12:00 pm
shauna: HAA LAAAA!!!! did our own copy editor use redundancy in her post #321?!?!? "close proximity?!?!?!" tsk tsk. just "proximity" is fine as it already means close. i'm sooo disappointed in you.
i'm sure BF loves the "free" spankings too.
i mean, the free spankings that are in the micro hotel rooms. in new york. with peeing gymnasts. (staying on topic here...)
March 31st, 2009 at 12:01 pm
@Shauna -
And what would that BEE? Okay, I'll take back the "Old Lady" part, but the other descriptors ....
Hm, I dunno about that. You pay a different price, just not in money.
Oh, my poor, crushed soul!
March 31st, 2009 at 12:07 pm
@HSiB - Nothing is free, even the spankings. Especially the spankings.
March 31st, 2009 at 12:09 pm
HSiB, you may be more accurate than you intended to be!
"okashi" = candy or other sweets.
"okashii" = strange, ODD, weird.
I have a friend who used to regularly confuse "kawaii" (cute) with "kowai" (scared).
March 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
HSiB brings up an interesting point about "close proximity."
But here's what The American Heritage® Book of English Usage.
A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English says:
"§ 11. close proximity
Strictly speaking, the phrase close proximity says nothing that is not said by proximity itself. But like a few other common redundancies such as old adage and mental telepathy, this usage is too widespread and too innocuous to be worth objecting to." (Emphasis added).
Unless you're honda si boy!
March 31st, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Wow.
KAN = Wordgeek.
Now do "Near miss."
Isn't a "near miss" a hit?
March 31st, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Yes, for the first hour or so. Then it's hit the floor time, baybee...
I don't have a problem with public restrooms. I can take a dump anywhere.
Yeah. I roll with the possee.
March 31st, 2009 at 12:31 pm
*raises hand*
OOOH OOOOH!! I know! I know!
"Irregardless."
hyuk hyuk
March 31st, 2009 at 12:40 pm
DUH
Guilty as charged.
March 31st, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Swimming under water.
March 31st, 2009 at 12:42 pm
The phrase that drives me crazy is "I could care less." What the speaker usually means is "I couldn't care less."
Why do "flammable" and "inflammable" mean the same thing
March 31st, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Snaking lucky numbers.
March 31st, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Can I poach
March 31st, 2009 at 12:43 pm
my own #?
March 31st, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Dang it Kan!!!
March 31st, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Banana could have left the word "Word" out of his #328 post and would have been equally accurate.
Next #: 350.
March 31st, 2009 at 12:48 pm
half full vs half empty
Yay
it's time to go home 
March 31st, 2009 at 12:49 pm
here, from the website http://www.fun-with-words.com/redundant_phrases.html
although i have no idea how this has anything to do with micro hotel rooms and peeing gymnasts! haha!
* (actual) experience
* (advance) planning
* (advance) reservations
* (advance) warning
* all meet (together)
* (armed) gunman
* at (12) midnight
* at (12) noon
* autobiography (of my life)
* (awkward) predicament
* (baby) boy was born
* (basic) fundamentals
* cease (and desist)
* cheap (price)
* (close) proximity
* cold (temperature)
* commute (back and forth)
* consensus (of opinion)
* (difficult) dilemma
* each (and every)
* (empty) space
* (end) result
* estimated (roughly) at
* filled (to capacity)
* (free) gift
* (frozen) ice
* (general) public
* green (in color)
* join (together)
* (natural) instinct
* never (at any time)
* (null and) void
* (pair of) twins
* (past) experience
* (poisonous) venom
* (pre-)recorded
* reason is (because)
* (regular) routine
* (small) speck
* (suddenly) exploded
* surrounded (on all sides)
* (unexpected) surprise
March 31st, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Does anybody ova hea work
NKHEA...ok back to work
March 31st, 2009 at 12:52 pm
kan: ack! i can't BEElieve i misspelled "okashi!!!" haha, i know about the kawaii and kowai one. that one is funny. and i also had to get corrected once about using the "-sou" form of adjectives (meaning "i think") and how it can't be used with "kawaii" cause "kawaisou" has a completely different meaning. aysos, too many rules in languages!
March 31st, 2009 at 12:56 pm
@NKHEA - Define "work."
hee hee hee
March 31st, 2009 at 12:57 pm
nkhea: haha! hmmm, i wonder.... well i just finished "working" up a fresh batch of starbucks coffee (italian roast) for the education office. mmmm. ok, gotta go back to printing out our re-accreditation paper work!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:00 pm
so not really a redundant phrase, but what about that whole "new and improved" phrase? how can it be both at the same time? if it's "new," that means nothing like it has been there before so it can't be "improved." but if it's "improved," that means something has been invented before in order to improve it, therefore it can't be "new." hmmmm... *scratching head*
March 31st, 2009 at 1:15 pm
HSiBoy: as far as I'm concerned, all bets are off when it comes to phrases used in advertising.
March 31st, 2009 at 1:16 pm
BF, hsb; posting is not working
den again....hm 
NKHEA...not working now
March 31st, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Well if nobody hea I guess I goin
March 31st, 2009 at 1:17 pm
for the next lucky numba...
March 31st, 2009 at 1:18 pm
hope nomo no snipers around hea...
March 31st, 2009 at 1:18 pm
goin just work my way dea....
March 31st, 2009 at 1:19 pm
nkhea: good point, unless your last name starts with "ts" and ends in "ai." hahahaha!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:19 pm
real nice and slow......
March 31st, 2009 at 1:20 pm
now
March 31st, 2009 at 1:22 pm
WINNA!!!!!!! next numba 375
NKHEA...goin back work fo sure now
March 31st, 2009 at 1:24 pm
you guys really working or just saying that you at work?
March 31st, 2009 at 1:24 pm
hsb; you right on dat one
NKHEA...leavin da building
March 31st, 2009 at 1:32 pm
@Kate: are you sure you're posting on the right blog? (just kidding!)
Work is only what I do in between posting on O&E!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:35 pm
kan: haha! i think you speak for many of us!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:39 pm
I want a job like that!!!!
My job is only part time but when I'm there I have to WORK. Tax season so super BEEzy now. MayBEE I can BEE like you guys after April 15...if I'm not dead first.
March 31st, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Kate, my job is sometimes extremely busy and other times not so much (like today). One of the many nice things about my job is that if I'm not so busy, the bosses don't mind (much) if I websurf.
I have a cousin who's an accountant whose birthday is 4/15. Poor guy. He doesn't get to celebrate until the 16th.
March 31st, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Wednesday, 8:40 am
Good afternoon Hive!
Masako read about a place called Shimabata. A place that takes you back in time around the 1700. We had to catch 2 trains to get there and it took an hour. Once there it was well worth the effort. We walked around, visited the local market and strolled down the shopping strip which took us back in time. I think we were the only tourist there outside of Japan.
March 31st, 2009 at 1:48 pm
I didn't know I was commenting under masako.
Today masako's family friend will be picking us up from our hotel and taking us places all day. I'm looking forward for todays adventures.
March 31st, 2009 at 1:53 pm
moderation!
I was using masako's email address. Forgot to change it. Masako and I have our own computers back home so not use to changing user name and email address each time we blog.
March 31st, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Does size really matter?
March 31st, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Kate;
We're all virtual workers.....here but not here....
.....but never (at any time), and from (past) experiences and not (actual) experiences , (natural) instinct takes over as we all meet (together) at (12) midnight. The vampire crew are forever (always) getting into (awkward) predicaments without (advance) planning or (advance) warnings, like when a (baby) boy was born. We all join (together), like the Octo Mom, four (pairs of) twins, surrounded (on all sides) by used dydees, waiting for a lurker's (unexpected) surprise. Cease (and desist)...cease (and desist) we shout...the consensus (of opinion) over a (difficult) dilemma...when your (natural) instinct is to like somebody, (close) proximity is a good thing, regardless of how they feel about you. I see each (and every) member of the triangle are present and accounted for. All bets are (null and) void
What am I saying
I dunno, I was trying HSiB's fun-with-words site 
March 31st, 2009 at 2:12 pm
KAN: Fist bump on close proximity!! A true wordsmith knows by the sound of the word or phrase that it's fine to use it in the context that it was. But kudos to honda si boy for trying to dissect the technical usage of it! Hee hee!
honda si boy and BF: You guys crack me up with all those other redundancies!!
kate and NKHEA: Yeah, many of us wonder how much work lots of these folks get done. We really like to talk about everything and nothing. Now does that make literal sense??
Fuzzy: O&E found a new friend!! I think you'll get along with koala pretty well. Your fuzzy, furry friend.
March 31st, 2009 at 2:14 pm
word nerd!
word nerd!
yay!
March 31st, 2009 at 2:16 pm
KAN; moomoo `<=o)~ *hic*
M, Masako; hope you folks havin a good time
Work wat dat ;?
NKHEA... still trying to find out wat work is....means....
March 31st, 2009 at 2:16 pm
March 31st, 2009 at 2:19 pm
ankles; sorry
op: did I stand you up 
NKHEA...da stander upper dat no work
March 31st, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Walking home from school today, we saw a squirrel. He was just laying there but his eyes were open and he was still alive. I think he was dying. So sad. I've seen him around BEEfore. They tend not to stray from their territory.
March 31st, 2009 at 2:20 pm
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March 31st, 2009 at 2:20 pm
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March 31st, 2009 at 2:21 pm
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March 31st, 2009 at 2:21 pm
work = paycheck?
March 31st, 2009 at 2:21 pm
no work = paycheck?
March 31st, 2009 at 2:23 pm
WINNA!!!!!! I tink
gatta she if get anybody in moderation 
NKHEA...tink he 1 winna
March 31st, 2009 at 2:23 pm
NKHEA working hard on the computer
March 31st, 2009 at 2:23 pm
bamboohouse808:
See what you're missing out on!!!
NKHEA: Good job! Next lucky number!!
anklebiters: Wow wow wow!! That was an awesome paragraph that accurately summed up us. More more more!!
March 31st, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Kate; wat dat paycheck
Shauna; did you get my e-mail yesterday
Next numba BEE 410
NKHEA...don't know wat paycheck is
March 31st, 2009 at 2:32 pm
kate; wat dat again working hard
NKHEA...only know how to no work hard
March 31st, 2009 at 2:34 pm
paycheck = what the government get when you work (or not work)
March 31st, 2009 at 2:36 pm
See you work hard...typing
March 31st, 2009 at 3:11 pm
(pre-)recorded Music time
March 31st, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Crooked X - Gone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yiaxp0S2UAs
March 31st, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Crooked X - Adrenaline
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq4s3kkyiI0
March 31st, 2009 at 3:17 pm
The Bird and the Bee performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpjIe1tb7XI
March 31st, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Blue October Performs "Dirt Room"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIEgkdfPd1M
March 31st, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Motley Crue performs "White Trash Circus"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVqw_7Z_5ME
March 31st, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Morrissey Performs "Something is Squeezing My Skull" on Jimmy Kimmel Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Lyn1Hd0rE
March 31st, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Pendulum performs "Granite"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QannavgRlWA
March 31st, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Pretenders perform "Love's a Mystery"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64lPWFzSyEM
March 31st, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Raphael Saadiq performs "100 Yard Dash"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4I-4WZRX6U
March 31st, 2009 at 3:30 pm
New Kids on the Block - "You've Got It" & "Step By Step" Medley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YNHyRpl4nk
March 31st, 2009 at 3:31 pm
The Living Things perform "Oxygen" on Jimmy Kimmel Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGN4P1fNoEU
March 31st, 2009 at 3:32 pm
kate; you right, it's hard work fo me to type one finga at a time
NKHEA...gatta take typing lessons
March 31st, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Darius Rucker performs "Forever Road" on Jimmy Kimmel Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IFtLANLKRM
March 31st, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Kinky performs "Hasta Quemanos" on Jimmy Kimmel Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18WYNks14sg
March 31st, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Anya Marina performs Move You on Jimmy Kimmel Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nov2eEutJtg
March 31st, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Wooooo Hooooo......hit the magic number
Put that on the spreadsheet 
March 31st, 2009 at 3:45 pm
anklebiters - always wanted to ask you, what kind of name is anklebiters? I'm think snake.
my daughter wants a pet snake.
March 31st, 2009 at 3:46 pm
I'm thinkING snake.
That's what I get for listening to a message from the school principal and typing at the same time.
March 31st, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Kate:
Bananafysh has a pet snake but the poor thing only get one eye.
You should ask him about it some day.
March 31st, 2009 at 3:50 pm
is it deadly?
March 31st, 2009 at 3:50 pm
will I faint?
March 31st, 2009 at 3:50 pm
or is it cute like a little worm?
March 31st, 2009 at 3:51 pm
a college friend had a pet baby boa named worm. really cute.
March 31st, 2009 at 3:56 pm
kate:
The name has nothing to do with snakes
I hate snakes 
March 31st, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Fuzzy:
BF must call the snake CYCLOPS
March 31st, 2009 at 3:57 pm
March 31st, 2009 at 3:58 pm
March 31st, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Daughter wants a pet snake. I don't want to get one because I don't want to feed it. The guy at the pet store said I have to feed the snake baby mice but first you have to kill the mouse BEEfore you give it to the snake. A mouse will attack the snake. The snake will then BEE afraid of mice and starve.
We had hermit crabs. One lived a year. Her triop just died. We have wierd animals at our house.
March 31st, 2009 at 4:07 pm
has anyone here had a chance to pet BF's snake? will it bite?
March 31st, 2009 at 4:12 pm
I think the buggah no more teeth either. But he might spit.
March 31st, 2009 at 4:15 pm
did ankle hit the magic number?
March 31st, 2009 at 4:18 pm
what's the new number?
March 31st, 2009 at 4:19 pm
EH! What you buggahs doing, talking about my snake?!?!?
Who wants to pet him?
At least buy him dinner first.
March 31st, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Fuzzy: How come you get the scoops on BF's snake. What the buggah defanged and no can strike?
March 31st, 2009 at 4:25 pm
snakes like baby mice. BF, your snake like baby mice?
March 31st, 2009 at 4:30 pm
teejay: I went peek.
March 31st, 2009 at 4:33 pm
New number is 454
March 31st, 2009 at 4:36 pm
SNAKES !!
Cobra Starship - Snakes on a Plane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXXeiPCX2YY
March 31st, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Costco pizza for dinner.
March 31st, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Leftover chili...
March 31st, 2009 at 5:21 pm
good evening HIVE! lil' late today... lil' stressed out, too! finally got my sick mother to go to the doctor and my doggie ate a chicken bone from the rubbish we were going to take out!! mom is okay, i guess, but needs antibiotics and i still gotta keep an eye on the doggie. sigh.
March 31st, 2009 at 5:23 pm
i will probably have something from zippy's for dinner... mom wants a small saimin and i haven't made anything. i need to cook the veggies in the fridge but, oh well, i guess that will be another day. maybe tomorrow... gonna stay home again to keep an eye on everyone!
March 31st, 2009 at 5:25 pm
I think CYCLOPS gotta do See Alice
March 31st, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Go See Alice.
Ynaku...............hard time type with one finga
March 31st, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Kalbi
March 31st, 2009 at 5:29 pm
kate - that japanese camp sounds like fun! i live in hawaii now. my son plays taiko (though he's in japan now with the high school band). our family goes to bon dances all summer so we're all learning more about japanese culture. it's good for the young ones (the old ones, too... i have a lot to learn!). we haven't been to south bay since 2005 but my brother still lives in gardena, so we try to get back every so often (he's been coming here the past few years so we haven't gone up recently).
March 31st, 2009 at 5:29 pm
snow:
Can you pick up a Zip pak for me?
March 31st, 2009 at 5:30 pm
*snow does not want to see
or hear about BF's cyclops! 
*
March 31st, 2009 at 5:31 pm
sure, ankles! i'll have a zip pac coming your way in a jif!
March 31st, 2009 at 5:36 pm
kate - you reminded me of the time i went to the agricultural inspection facility where they store all the animals confiscated from incoming flights to hawaii. lots of snakes! but i spied a container full of white mice... and asked "people try to smuggle mice to hawaii?" DUH. as soon as i asked, i knew what the mice were for! aigoo! poor mice!
March 31st, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Ankles-dat Zip pak you're asking snow for is gonna have to wait two more weeks before you get there!
March 31st, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Amen, sister.
March 31st, 2009 at 5:38 pm
hsib said:
i think that was seriously freudian and ODD... don't you? hee hee...
hsib, nice to "see" you here for longer than a hit and run!
March 31st, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Ankles, Sweetie loves the Bird and the Bee. I think Inara George has a great voice, but their music tends to grate on me.
March 31st, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Snowwwwwwwwwwwwww!
I used to not like snakes (the real ones, not the metaphorical ones). But I had a chance to play with a medium-sized garter snake, and it was quite nice. Not slimy, just smooth.
March 31st, 2009 at 5:43 pm
KAN and ankles - uhhh, perhaps given ankles arrival date, i should hold off on my purchase of his zip pac!
KAN - no cyclops, but i thought it was kind of funny that the mention of little worms came in about the same time. coincidence?
March 31st, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Okay, from last night:
KAN- I would give a Johnathan Kellerman novel. His Alex Delaware series. Alex has a girlfriend Robin who is a luthier and knows her instruments.
opso- He said he likes action/adventure so I would give him a James Rollins, WEB Griffin, or Clive Cussler and his Dirk Pitt series of novels.
NKHEA- I would give a Lee Child with his Jack Reacher series or Stephen Hunter with his Bob Lee Swagger series of books because both protagonists are snipers.
March 31st, 2009 at 5:45 pm
KAN - eewww... i think i'll pass on the snakes for now! at the most, i'd probably only be willing to touch one with my finger tip!
*feeling like this comment is gonna get me into trouble! ha ha!*
March 31st, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Howzit Hive!
Had to run out after posting yesterday.
@Ynaku, the wind was not too bad, not like when Steve Miller was here last month. Probably 10-20, blowing from mauka to makai. Had quite a few Hilo-side peeps. Think you would have really enjoyed the music. Neal Schon's guitar is still awesome.
@opso, from the looks of the smokers, pretty sure they were from your neck of the woods, so probably puna butter.
@teejay, they flew in that evening after playing the night before in Hon. Seemed ok, they did the encores. Only disappointing thing was only had t-shirts, no hats or cd's cuz all sold out during the extended stay in Hon.
@kan, think the high voice comes from the tight pants. Arnel can really work the crowd. Had them on their feet the whole concert, singing and screaming.
March 31st, 2009 at 5:50 pm
zip pac > costco pizza
sigh...
March 31st, 2009 at 5:51 pm
FISTBUMP!!! Made me cackle out loud!
March 31st, 2009 at 5:53 pm
@Opso: makes me think of the old Beamer Brothers classic:
"There was a fine young wrestler from Kalihi
And he built his big strong body eating sashimi
The girls would scream wherever he went
It wasn't for his intelligence
They only screamed when he put on his tight, black shorts."
Good for Arnel. I'm not a big Journey fan (they're waaaay too recent for me) but he's making the most of his talents. I love rags to riches stories.
March 31st, 2009 at 5:53 pm
'k - gotta go watch "Food Detectives" now. Back soon.
March 31st, 2009 at 5:54 pm
snow:
I suppose I could wait another 2 weeks
KAN:
Birds & Bees ==> Musketeers
March 31st, 2009 at 5:56 pm
C0hiba - sounds like everything went great for the journey concert! i had to laugh about that tight pants comment!! have you recuperated?
March 31st, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Our last pet was a triop. It just died. If you want to see what a triop is, they look like hermit crabs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHLyEbVFo7w
March 31st, 2009 at 5:57 pm
teejay:
Dirk Pitt my kind of book hero. Have you read any Doc Savage books?
March 31st, 2009 at 5:58 pm
C0hiba: I can't believe how much they underestimated Journey's drawing power in Hawaii. Uncle Tom should've known better and in this economic climate they could have made a killing on four islands. I'm sure Kauai would've sold out although I don't what venue they could play at.
March 31st, 2009 at 5:58 pm
C0hiba - heh heh... i meant ":have your recuperated from all the work you had to do?"... not "have you recuperated from (seeing?
) the tight pants?!" 
March 31st, 2009 at 6:01 pm
KAN - *fist bump*
March 31st, 2009 at 6:05 pm
hey! i got the lucky number that i was oblivious to, again! next lucky number is 480!
*looking around for banana - "yup, banana... got lucky again and didn't even know it!"*
March 31st, 2009 at 6:06 pm
@snow, too funny.
Advil does wonders. Shins still hurt from all the walking to pickup ticket stubs, brief ticket collectors, up and down the stairs. To top it all off, I had to climb up on the roof (cat walk) at the end of the concert to take down some wireless equipment.
@ankles, if you're still here, we had to make a last minute wireless shoot from the roof top to a new entrance all across the bowl for the ticket scanners. So we used power strips and indoor switches with unprotected cat 6 wires, covered the equipment in trash bags. Prayed that it wouldn't rain and had to take it down as soon as the concert was over
@teejay, the highlight for me was meeting and talking story with Uncle Tom the morning of the event. What a cool guy.
March 31st, 2009 at 6:12 pm
ankles: I've never read any Do Savage books. Who's the author?
If you like Dirk Pitt you might want to try reading WEB Griffin and his Badge of Honor series with Matt Payne and The Presidential Agent series with Charley Castillo. Stephen Coonts with Jake Grafton and Dale Brown with Patrick McCannahan.
BF- As much as I kid and get on his case I think BF would really enjoy Stephen Kings "Dark Tower" series which includes the Gunslinger, Drawing of the Three, The Wastelands, Wizards and Glass, Wolves of Calla, Song of Susannah, and the Dark Tower. One of the greatest openings and endings I've ever read. 'Nuff said.
March 31st, 2009 at 6:30 pm
OL- He seems to be hooked on the Jesus book and is observing Lent right now so I would give him Dan Brown's Angel and Demons and The Da Vinci Code
March 31st, 2009 at 6:39 pm
C0hiba: Anybody who's met Elvis has to be cool.
March 31st, 2009 at 6:46 pm
teejay: I found Angel and Demons hard to read, not like the Da Vinci Code. I couldn't finish the whole book. You going see the movie? The trailer is on Yahoo.
March 31st, 2009 at 6:51 pm
kate: Angel and Demons is coming out in a movie. I had a problem watching Tom Hanks in The Da Vinci Code and that was one of the fastest reads I've had....ever. Ron Howard didn't do the book justice just like most of Stephen Kings books although The Green Mile and Shawshank Redemption were two Oscar contenders.
March 31st, 2009 at 6:52 pm
kate: Angel and Demons is coming out in a movie? I had a problem watching Tom Hanks in The Da Vinci Code and that was one of the fastest reads I've had....ever. Ron Howard didn't do the book justice just like most of Stephen Kings books although The Green Mile and Shawshank Redemption were two Oscar contenders.
March 31st, 2009 at 6:55 pm
oops....ditto.
March 31st, 2009 at 7:23 pm
teejay: the trailer. tom hanks again as Professor Langdon again.
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809951159/trailer
March 31st, 2009 at 7:23 pm
I'm so glad "Vince" from Shamwow fame got busted for battery of a prostitute and hopefully we won't see him anymore. I hope Billy Maze is next!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 31st, 2009 at 7:32 pm
kate: Thanks for the trailer. Funny thing is I can watch a movie after I read the book but I can never read a book after the movie came out even if I've never seen the movie. Carrie, Christine, Cujo, Firestarter, Dead Zone and The Stand are just a few of the books I won't read because the movie came out before I got to the book.
March 31st, 2009 at 7:34 pm
I wonder if "Vince" tried to impress the prostitute with his shamwow and she laughed at his shamwee.
March 31st, 2009 at 7:49 pm
So are there any movies that you enjoyed more than the book?
I have three.
A Walk to Remember
Dances with Wolves
The Firm
March 31st, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Correction: It's Billy Mays and I hope he drops dead from some bodily function and quits on him big time.
March 31st, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Ukuhead: That was one hell of a question and I had to think with is usually painful for me. I would say that watching Alex Haley's "Roots" in the '70's was enjoyable even though that was made for tv and not the big screen. Kunta Kente and Chicken George were household names back in the day.
March 31st, 2009 at 8:05 pm
wow, from snakes to music to food to books to ???
teejay: Find any scandalous titles for me?
snow: I think you had the last lucky number!
kate: I didn't know you had to feed a pet snake a dead mouse! What else do they eat?
March 31st, 2009 at 8:07 pm
snow: Oops! I saw you did the next lucky number, which is coming up soon!!!
March 31st, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Ukuhead: I liked "A Walk to Remember." What about "The Notebook"?
BananaFysh: How's cyclops doing? Did it get fed dinner?
March 31st, 2009 at 8:11 pm
kate, KAN and snow: Mice, among many other things, freak me out! Is it that crazy-long tail? Ugly face??
March 31st, 2009 at 8:15 pm
NKHEA: Yeah, I did get your e-mail!! Sorry, last night at work was super super BEEZY!!
March 31st, 2009 at 8:16 pm
anklebiters: Did you decide on where would BEE a good golf course to have our mini competition on?
March 31st, 2009 at 8:17 pm
opso: Oh yeah, I saw a quick preview of "Lure of Wife." How many episodes have aired already? My DVR is one show away from max capacity!
March 31st, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Is everyone watching "Idol"?
March 31st, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Yay! #480!!
March 31st, 2009 at 8:20 pm
I was told you can kill the mice and keep them in the freezer so you always have snake food.
March 31st, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Next number: #515
March 31st, 2009 at 8:20 pm
just thaw and serve
March 31st, 2009 at 8:21 pm
kate: Hello!! But exactly how do you kill a mouse? And gross! Keep dead mice in your freezer? Or would it not smell cause it's frozen? I would faint if I saw dead mouse eyes staring at me as I'm reaching for ice cream or something!
March 31st, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Hm, no wonder my ears were ringing so much!!
I don't recall my snake/cyclops ever generating so much buzz!
Yikes!!
March 31st, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Shauna: You know I've thought about this and I feel that I could give you a book by Dean Koontz and you would love "Odd Thomas". A great read and somewhat in the mold of the Sixth Sense.
March 31st, 2009 at 8:26 pm
about books and movies...
I think a movie that has grand sweeping vistas and visuals help make it better than the book. Ukuhead, just like your Dances With Wolves. The English Patient comes to mind. The movie was just BEEautiful but the book was just so-so.
I always thought Austen's Pride and Prejudice was untouchable (the old movie with Sir L didn't do it justice) but the BEE BEE C did a great job. Also helped that Colin Firth was in that one. It took a mini series to cover the entire story but hey, Colin Firth was in it so I was OK with that. Did I mention that Colin Firth was in that movie?
March 31st, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Shauna: On second thought Kim Harrison with Rachael Morgan who is a witch and is hooked up with vampires and werewolves is more like you and the late night crew.
March 31st, 2009 at 8:31 pm
dunno how to kill a mouse.
I once lived in an apartment that had mice. We would set sticky mouse traps all over the place and use peanut butter (they like pb) to catch them. When we got near one, they would hiss at us so we would pick up the trap with newspaper, stick them in a plastic shopping bag, and swing that bag around until they died. I think they got a heart attack from the bag swinging.
March 31st, 2009 at 8:33 pm
already saw american idol. I'm on the west coast.
Kris Allen is my boy!
March 31st, 2009 at 8:45 pm
kate: There is help for you. Just say no to corporate tv and give up reality tv shows.
March 31st, 2009 at 8:48 pm
teejay: No, I'm not into vampires and werewolves and stuff... I like humans better!
kate: LOL!!! I can't BEElieve you guys would swing a mouse around in a shopping bag? Did it make any shrieking noises?? OMG! I could never do that!
BananaFysh: Of course talk of that is going to generate buzz. Don't you remember that everyone comes to O&E to "catch the buzz"?
March 31st, 2009 at 8:49 pm
teejay: On closer reading, I hope you're not saying I'm the witch!!
Oh, BEE quiet, BananaFysh! 
March 31st, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Of the three movies I mentioned above, I liked the movie versions of Dances with Wolves and The Firm because the endings were better than the book.
A Walk to Remember - the movie version had Mandy Moore's "list". That really added something to the story. The soundtrack was fantastic as well. Oh yeah, cannot forget Peter Coyote's narration.
Oh well, so much for doing book reviews
March 31st, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Shauna: Trust me you would like the book. Sex and violence and humor all in one.
March 31st, 2009 at 9:59 pm
i remember when i was little they tore down an old warehouse down the block. apparently, that's where all the mice were living!! i opened the door one day and a mouse ran into the house, then into our hall closet. we put out traps and when it got caught, it was crying (or squealing! ick!)! made me feel bad... for a little while, at least! ha ha! i preferred to have the mouse dead in the trap then in our house!!
March 31st, 2009 at 10:06 pm
497
March 31st, 2009 at 10:07 pm
498
March 31st, 2009 at 10:07 pm
499
March 31st, 2009 at 10:07 pm
500!!!! Teamwork
March 31st, 2009 at 10:10 pm
ukuhead - i didn't like the ending of the movie version of "the firm!" mail fraud??? pu-leeeez... i did, otherwise, like the movie (what's not to like about tom cruise? but, i thought his wife looked too old for him!) though i preferred the book overall. i think i preferred the movie "the pelican brief" over the book, though. i liked the movie "a walk to remember," although i cried and cried... and cried... !! i generally wouldn't cry as much reading a book!
kate - kris allen did great tonight!! doesn't hurt that he's a cutie, too! mice in the freezer... sounds pretty gross... !!
March 31st, 2009 at 10:11 pm
ukuhead - you're starting to scare me...
March 31st, 2009 at 10:12 pm
qb - the thing about mice that freaks you out? the beady red eyes!!
March 31st, 2009 at 10:17 pm
ankles - did you get the zip pac? i decided to send it express!!! i didn't want you to have to wait for it two weeks... you can have another when you get here!!
enjoy (but you might have to share with kate!)!
March 31st, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Ukuhead: Teamwork! Snort snort!
snow: Yes, it was the beady red eyes! Albino!
March 31st, 2009 at 11:19 pm
ho wow, still talking stink about me? da noive!
What's this talk about mouses now?
I have a kinda gross story about a "mouse removal" incident.
March 31st, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Mousie story
Was when we still had our paintball shop. (You can guess where this is going)
One afternoon there was a mouse cruising on a shelf behind the counter, and not wanting to get hanta virus or leptospirosis, we decided to do some vector control.
So, we had a "mouse remover" handy - a paintball gun. One of the boys took careful aim while that little critter perched on the a shelf with some supplies on it.
At that moment, it was actually kinda cute - and a split second later, a gelatin capsule loaded with pink water based paint took that critter's skull cap right off! It was a CLEAN shot. The body didn't really move - it was just missing it's head right above the eyes.
Pretty gnarly. I cleaned all this brain and skull fragments mixed with pink paint from the wall. 
It was a scene right out of Pulp Fiction 
At that moment, I was Guns of the Navarone. I was Superfly TNT. I was a mushroom-cloud laying mother.
March 31st, 2009 at 11:35 pm
BananaFysh: So you felt like a king killing a mouse??
That's too grossly graphic of a story! What about when you were working at Longs? Did you see a lot of mice running rampant among the stock? Ugh!
March 31st, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Hehe - I wasn't the triggerman on that occasion - but I've shot and killed mice and rats with my paintball gun.
Oh, and it wasn't mice I saw in the warehouse at Longs - they were huge rats! Not all the time - but sporadically. Pretty unnerving. They would take the forklift out on joyrides and stuff. Bastards!
March 31st, 2009 at 11:44 pm
I never said I felt like a king! I'm quoting movie lines. Again, Queenie fails to catch the reference.
Ask opso or Honda Boy for help on that one, Queenie. hehe
March 31st, 2009 at 11:48 pm
hey banana and qb!
banana - aww, that pooooor mouse never knew what hit him!! that's pretty disgusting!!
March 31st, 2009 at 11:50 pm
hallo hallo!!
BF - what.....you was on "brain detail?"
March 31st, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Hi snow!
Yeah, that little menace had a quick death. I assume it was painless. Better than suffering on a glue trap, though, right?
March 31st, 2009 at 11:51 pm
"you must have BEEg rats if you need Hattori Hanzo's steel."
March 31st, 2009 at 11:52 pm
sup Queenie & snow!
March 31st, 2009 at 11:52 pm
opso! You, I was on brain detail.
Gnarly. Was all mixed in with that pink paint. But could tell what chunks were brain - they were gray.
I guess that mouse's name was Marvin?
March 31st, 2009 at 11:54 pm
woo hoo! no need work tomorrow!
but i gotta BEE home cause we have main drain cleaning in our building and gotta let them in my unit. what a waste of a day. grrr...
March 31st, 2009 at 11:55 pm
hi opso!
March 31st, 2009 at 11:57 pm
opso: You hit the last lucky number! Woo-hoo! Next one, please! I'm going to do a quick check now to see if BF updated his spreadsheet!
snow: Hello hello! Thanks for the photos! No one sent me review comments so mayBEE I'll play a little game with the photos. I'll make use of it somehow...
March 31st, 2009 at 11:58 pm
was funny when after Vincent shot Marvin in da head and had some pieces of brain hanging from Jules jerry curls. haha!!
March 31st, 2009 at 11:58 pm
opso - ahhhh, you can be blogging all day!
i don't work tomorrow either, but i have to stay home to keep an eye on my mom and watch my dog to make sure he's okay.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:00 am
pieces of brain? that's just gross!!
April 1st, 2009 at 12:01 am
i did? going get new post up soon?
k.....i make it a close one. next one BEE 538
April 1st, 2009 at 12:02 am
snow - k.....we going BEE post hoars tomorrow then?!
April 1st, 2009 at 12:03 am
qb - you're welcome! i was hoping to send the pictures to you earlier but i didn't get a chance to download everything until today.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:05 am
what? post hoars all day? I wonder what that's like?
hyuk hyuk
Ho wow, Queenie checking up on my spreadsheet? BLEAH!
I was going update later. hyuk hyuk
April 1st, 2009 at 12:06 am
opso - shoots!
*hoping to remember to be a post hoar tomorrow!*
April 1st, 2009 at 12:07 am
oh yeah! speaking of pix....i forget send Queenie da darts challenge pix from Kanpai.
snow - i need some of your centrum silver.
i go send em now.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:09 am
darn, starting to FAAK! guess i should go sleep... it was a stressful day today!! good night opso, banana and qb!! see you all tomorrow!
good night and good morning HIVE!
April 1st, 2009 at 12:11 am
here opso, catch!
*throwing da BEEg bottle centrum silver to opso before going sleep!*
April 1st, 2009 at 12:16 am
good night snow!
April 1st, 2009 at 12:16 am
got em! g'nite snow!
Queenie when snipe da first on HER new post.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:17 am
opso: Thanks for the photos!! I look too serious. Shucks, it appears as if I'm concentrating too much, which totally wasn't the case, of course!
April 1st, 2009 at 12:18 am
opso: Think you would've got it but you happened to BEE BEEzy sending me the photos!! Aigoo!
April 1st, 2009 at 12:21 am
Good night snow!
Thanks for the pics opso!
Queenie looks all serious cause her okole was sore from the beating she was taking.
hyuk hyuk
I keed, I KEED!!
April 1st, 2009 at 6:42 am
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