Mianos welcome a baby girl

first!

ST

howzit. sorry for gettin all bent outta shape like dat last eve.
I’ll take Wassup Doc’s suggestion one ah deze days. Tanks doc.

Great pix, btw. da studyin, das hard an unrecognized until game time.

Glad to see da braddaz witout shirts on. da chicks must love da fotos 2.

Thanks ST, uhhh, that is an interesting visual. Wasn’t my intention. 🙂

ST: O-line musings.

If I had my druthers, I’d move Steinhoff to RG.

We would then be experienced up the middle – open up the middle for the running game..

LG Keith Ahsoon, C Estes, RG Steinhoff. Lafu can fill in at G & C.

The 2 tackle spots can be filled from the bumbuchas who have been in the program for 2 – 3 years – they should be able to capably contribute.

Use the first three games to find the starters at tackle.

I’m O.K. with being 1-2, at worst, then start conference play with the tackle positions solidified.

ST: during spring practice, did they move Steinoff back to RG, while they were “mixing & matching” ?

Thought I’d keep summa you up a little while longer. Grrr….

By Pat Dooley
Gainesville Sun sports writer
Published: Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, July 7, 2008 at 12:06 a.m.

“Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow is a big reason why Florida is on top of the DDS rankings. Ladies and gentlemen, start your search engines.
You know you’ve been waiting for it because you can tell when it’s coming. You sweat indoors and turn a different color outdoors. You stand over a grill and wonder if it’s hotter in the coals or in your clothes. Yep, it’s summer and that means the return of the DDS.

You’ve been waiting for it.
It’s back.

The DDS is my summer rankings of the SEC’s 12 football programs and — for those of you new to this — the DDS is the Dooley Decimal System. The problem with that clever name is that someone last year wanted to see my spreadsheet to understand how I could rank South Carolina ahead of Arkansas and, of course, there is no spreadsheet and there is no real DDS. It’s just a funny name for my rankings. Get over it. This is just my opinion and opinions are like passwords. Everybody has one.

And for the last time the DDS is not an opinion of which teams will be the best next season. It is a ranking based on the overall strengths of the football programs based on recruiting, coaching stability, facilities, talent level, assistant coaches, fan base, financial stability and national perception.

It’s never been more difficult to rank all 12 because this is easily the best football conference in America. How many times have you heard the mantra — the best players, the best coaches, the best fans? It’s not bragging. It’s a fact.

So the eighth or ninth best program should not feel insulted. It would probably be third in the ACC or Big 10.

Here we go:

1. Florida

Nice homer pick, Dools. Sorry, but the Gator program is the best going right now. Florida has stability at head coach, great fans, tons of money and three straight top three recruiting classes. But what puts UF over the top is the addition of the new coaches offices and Gateway of Champions. It’s going to make a great stadium the best in the country. I know, those of you reading in Tuscaloosa, Athens or Baton Rouge will question my credibility, but I ask you these three questions.

Who is the face of college football right now?

What is the best known stadium in America?

Who is the hottest coach in America right now?

You may not answer Tim Tebow, The Swamp and Urban Meyer to all three, but you could.”

There. Is that enuf gasoline for the barbee?

ai-eee-spps

howzit howzit.
wuz readin about Maurkice and Michael Pouncey. Jus aroun 6’4 1/2″ and 310 or so each. 5.56/40. C&G. da paypah said day get good feet, strong on tenacity an strent, weak on pass rush defense, both ah dem. (false stahtz last year). i’m guessin Harvin gonna be a big part of Meyer’s plans cuz deze braddas good run blockah reps. das da plan, until day fall behind, fo da mos paht. so wat?
we no we gonna win da battle in da trenches, and you wanna know why? day be playin to our strents, an we got great coaches who know they can. jus gotta stay on Smitty.

da mind. it all starts in da mind. its gonna be hot. its not gonna be fun. its gonna be a long day. its gonna be hostile.

an at da end of the day, mark my words…

ITS GONNA BE ANODDA GREAT DAY IN PARADISE!!!

GO WARRIORS.

can da irishman keep all da braddaz focused?

does he have the fire????

did he mean what he said, and said what he meant?

are we gonna kick dare arses?? are we? yu betcha yu!

ahh…. g’morning Ted. see yu orlando da 29 6pm summa place in Orlando.
if i wuz you, i’d take AHouse up on da Orlando-swamp bus but da bus heads back half hour afta da game.

bhf2,

You’re probably right. My daughter will be there too. She got tickets through her mother, who used to be very much involved during the Waterhouse days. I might stay in Orlando overnight after the CC and then ride with the Tsaikos to the game in the morning.

Gotta run now, laterz.

F-Ted . . .

That is so cool you get to watch the Warriors do some ‘gator wrestling. I cannot wait until the OSU game when we take on the dangerous Beavers.

Okay. I know. Oooooo, a cute beaver as opposed to a carnivorous alligator. Hmmmm. Still, a beaver can change the landscape with its dams.

Now this is pathetic. Trying to justify the ferocity of the beaver. HA!

Are there any Tsai-kos or lurkers out in the DC area?

About the SAT conversation yesterday. The test has never proven post-secondary success. I believe that it still does not.

It does, however, manage to point out and keep out kids who simply do not do well on paper/pencil tests. It is a snap-shot of a short period of time on one day out of a persons life. How can knowledge be objectively validated in that time? I believe it is much more important to “test” and validate critical thinking skills. The practical application of knowledge is much more important than simply knowing the information.

Can you imagine Einstein having to take the SAT before entering college?

wafan Einstein wouldn’t have taken the test, he would have forgotten about it an missed it. LOL

Good Morning Tsaikos! It’s back to da grind. Well, for me not really since yesterday was my only day off last week. Hope everyone has a good week.

With Navy and Army filling up their schedules for the next 5-10 years now (see the links from the past 2 weeks), it is interesting to see the direction that Air Force is taking. I’m really hoping that UH plays more academy teams soon, but with HF not scheduling them years ago it looks like there won’t be many openings (aside from the already scheduled Navy games) in the near future.

It looks like Air Force wants to have 2 open dates in their schedule, which means that the extra game that UH can offer them is not a plus. Air Force plays 2 nonconference games each year (plus their MWC schedule and Army/Navy), with their head coach wanting a lower-level team to open the season with and then a game that is usually against a BCS-conference team. Looks like there is no opening for UH until at least 2015…since UH didn’t schedule Air Force years ago under HF.

Air Force athletic director Hans Mueh and football coach Troy Calhoun have come to a meeting of the minds for scheduling the two open dates annually on the academy’s football schedule.

The Falcons play a 12-game schedule that includes eight games against Mountain West Conference opponents and service academy bouts with Army and Navy.

The sticky point in the plan is Calhoun’s desire to schedule a lower-level Bowl Sub-division (formerly Division I-A) opponent or a Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) opponent.

“There’s a science to this that will allow us to get everything we want in a schedule,” Calhoun said. “We want to play a home game on parents weekend and then play a major opponent on the road where we can access some of our graduates.”

To set up the desired schedule, Mueh faces the task of changing the Falcons’ home openers in 2010 against Houston, 2011 against Florida State, 2012 against Minnesota and possibly 2015 against Oklahoma State.

“Troy does not object to playing those teams, but not in the first game of the season,” Mueh said. “We are playing at Minnesota in 2009 and at Florida State in 2012.”

Air Force’s schedule this year is in line with the agreement. The Falcons open the season Aug. 30 at home against Southern Utah and play Sept. 13 at Houston.

Article from a Utah paper about how the Pac-10 won’t want BYU and Utah.

I’ve had several people ship me a well-researched speculative piece on Foxsports.com by Greg Welch, making a case that BYU and Utah present excellent candidacies for membership in the Pac-10. The story chronicles and compares Pac-10, BCS and non-BCS football and basketball attendance, athletic budgets, market rankings and rivalries. It spells it out pretty well.

Yes, BYU and Utah would make great members of the Pac-10. In fact, I’d bet my most prized material possession, my golf clubs, that Utah and BYU would be better Pac-10 programs than Washington State and Oregon State.

But if it happens, it won’t be any time soon. Changing commissioners won’t change a general philosophy in the Pac-10 that they’ve got the money and the TV exposure, a gob of money and others do not. And they’re not sharing.

University presidents in the Pac-10 have no desire to expand. Their conference deploys a system where every team plays one another and a true champion is crowned. It has a train-load of money from an ABC-TV contract shared with the Big Ten until 2014.

The Pac-10 has the Rose Bowl, which is exempt from the $6 million fee other BCS bowls must pay to have the BCS label by its name. It keeps Rose Bowl money and BCS coin, and it’s a league that isn’t going to divide it with new kids on the block.

Greg Hansen explained the Pac-10’s four-part, no-expansion platform as follows: 1. We don’t want to share our TV money. 2. We don’t want to split up our bowl-game money. 3. We don’t want to compromise our academic standards. 4. We can’t realign into divisions because no one is willing to be placed in a group that doesn’t include USC and UCLA.

“The academic leaders at USC, Stanford, Cal and UCLA see themselves as a coterie of Ivy League schools, West Coast division, and as long as they live, the Pac-10 will not be taking on lowbrow academic entities, not San Diego State and especially not Fresno State or UNLV,” wrote Greg Hansen.

Book from a former Nebraska player details his recruiting visit:

The coaches took us to the best restaurants in town, and later the player escorts would get us into the wildest college parties. And the girls! Oh Christ, they were like something from some cheerleader sex fantasy. Agape I watched them with their blond hair tied back, their impossibly long legs, their ice-blue and emerald-green eyes, and their dazzling, perfect teeth, I noted the way that they fell over themselves to get close to the football guys who treated them with calculated indifference, and I realized that to get onto the team at Nebraska was to get all-areas access to the best parties, the best girls, the American f—— dream. As the season was already over I didn’t get the chance to see the Cornhuskers play, but I had memorized Christian’s accounts of Memorial Stadium: the roar of the crowd, 78,000 voices hoarse and steadfast, cheering on this team that was worshipped like young gods in the state of Nebraska. The thought of this sound sent shivers up my spine. It seemed to provoke something in me, and I felt a druglike rush flooding my brain. I imagined myself stepping out onto the field, and that roar, that deafening, dizzying, 78,000-voices-strong scream being directed toward me.

Shawn’s team lost the game and did not make the playoffs.

After Fayetteville seized a 41-29 lead late in the third quarter, the Mudcats countered with two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to eliminate the Guard from playoff contention with a 43-41 victory.

Playing without starting quarterback Shawn Withy-Allen and facing a defense that yielded just 34 points in the teams’ first meeting, Fayetteville’s offense fell stagnant in the final quarter, mustering a total of 21 yards and two first downs.

Wena – I hope you checked your email. Sleez said he can help you if you have questions. Give him a call or you can call me.

I can’t remember if this was posted already. Even if it was, this is a good to read again.

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Secrets of a Warrior
by Kevin Jakahi
Tribune-Herald Sports Writer
Published: Friday, July 4, 2008 8:24 AM HST
Lee looking to teach, searching for talent at UH football clinic
Want to learn how to sack the quarterback? Or impress coaches from the University of Hawaii football team? Want to get a wealth of knowledge, plus free lunch and a T-shirt?

UH-Manoa, featuring assistant coaches Cal Lee and Alex Gerke, will hold a free football clinic from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. for ages 8 to 12 years old, and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. for ages 13 to 17 years old on Saturday at the Honokaa High School field.

A free lunch will be offered after each class, and the first 100 to check-in will get a free T-shirt. Next to McDonald’s scratch a card and get a free burger promotion or the boss buying free pizza, there may be no better freebie deal than UH’s clinic.

Lee will need all his powers of persuasion to convince Punahou blue-chip linebacker Manti Teo to stay home. The smart money has him going to a big-time West coast school. There won’t be another local gem like him until the next Halley’s Comet or roughly another century.

“We’re right in the ballgame,” Lee said. “We want not only Manti but all the top players across the state. About 10 to 15 years ago, there used to be only small colleges coming to Hawaii to recruit. That’s all you saw. Lately, coaches from the Pac-10, Big 12, and as far east as Florida are coming in.

“It gives kids a lot more opportunities where they can go. It’s more opportunities and it’s great for everybody.”

Maybe Lee will discover a prospect who shines at the clinic. Like Mana Silva, Daniel Libre or Levi Legay. All three played on the Big Island and are members of the UH football team.

One thing that stood out to me–normally you don’t hear a recruit mentioned by name…

Off to work, be back after lunch.

43!

I love the pictures, keep them coming. I saw Colt at Picture Plus. The first thing
I noticed is he did look a little heavier that usual

ST

da biggest change made was puttin Mack in charge. bradda is a genius. Honokaa. das like hittin da small hole bigtime an takin it to da house.

Sili Lafiti was rumored to be switching back to Orange Coast College in a local blog. I e-mailed ST’s photo showing him at UH working out. Rumor crushed I hope!

Okey dokey, ST… Injured Reserve? I know nothing about football, not much anyway, just like to watch. Too bad I’m not home to go to Heather McMackin’s clinic for us gals. Kden, IR it is.

morning tsaiko nation. haven’t been around cause 4th july was one beeg family weedend but now back. so howzit everyone!!!!!!!!!!

will be in and out getting the final odd and ends pasted together for the parte. so lattas everyone.

below is a reminder for the culcha memorabilia items

HANA HOU reminder and clarification about memorabilia stuff

choose something which will give a snap shot of whom you are when responding on the blog. any item when seen everyone will know its you. don’t want to give out ideas cause will spoil the mystic of the culcha table. well i guess on example would not hurt. ph__us shot glass made by ta dahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

see how easy. if want answer need to be there at blogbash.

TSAIKO CULCHA memorabilia drop off’s

Townies anytime before or on July 8 Tuesday please email James at jgo8464822 at aol dot com so he can give you directions as to where he will be accepting memorabilia items.

Wessai anytime before or on July 9 Wednesday please email d1 at deana at deanshouse dot biz so he can give you directions as to where he will be accepting memorabilia items. d1 would like items delivered between 9-11 am and 2-4 pm.

Kauai email lizk at lizkauai at gmail dot com so she make final arrangement and give you directions on where to drop off your stuff at Rainbow Plaza in Kalaheo before she returns to Oahu for the blogbash.

Maui Al will handle your island.

REMEMBER put items in a paper or a large zip lock bag with your name on it. All items can be picked up at at end of the party.

Only three more days so think fast then stuff and bag it. You know the rules and don’t delay.

mahalo plenty……………… koakane

‘sup BananaFish,

ST,

I always thought that if UH went back to it’s green jerseys that color matched Aloha’s Field Turf it would give them an advantage, you know camouflage and all. I’m sure BananaFish can appreciate that 🙂

Alojah Kakahiaka Gang

Kekoa and Mrs. Kekoa and fam – Mahalos for the hospitality and good fuud. Too bad never have drum set my younger bro would have laid down the beats for the good riddims

Tsai-ko’s in attendance at Kekoa’s – Nice to finally meet some of you and can’t wait to see you all at the Bash

A-Joe and A-Sports and fren LK – Mahalos for the tag, appreciate it

Aunty LizKauai – I going steal some pictures from the ones you took @ Kekoa’s, cause I going put em on my page too 🙂 thanks

ST – Nice to finally meet the host and a fellow Rough Ridah…au’ryte

GOOD MORNING TSAIKO NATION!

Still adding to the list of Designated Drivers. If anyone would like to volunteer their possible services to a certain area of Oahu, please email me at tsaiko808 at yahoodotcom. Huge applause to those who have already stepped up.

Instructions will go out tonight to those DD’s on the list presently.

MAHALOS

Tsai-ko’s in attendance at Kekoa’s – Nice to finally meet some of you and can’t wait to see you all at the Bash

same here, thanks to Kekoa and EVERYONE there, totally new for me were LizK and Esme. when i first got there was thinking that REALLY looks like LizK…………..but last i checked i was on Oahu?

PB – my bad for not ‘shooting the breeze’ yesterday, but will do this thursday.

g-nalo – no problem, garrans we’ll talk story at the Bash

Aunty Liz – I will add you, sorry my page is secured lol

ST – I think I’m same age as Princess Leila, so yeah we’re young or is it we just look good so you can’t tell if we’re only 21 or not mwahaha j/k

ST — in the mid-60’s minimum wage (mine) was $1.25. I think that comes to $2,600 a year full-time. I would be a $6,000 baseball player if I were able to hit, field, throw, and run fast… 🙂

baseball guru’s felt that life must go on and that the troops in southeast asia would want to keep track of their favorite teams.

also, it was a time when tv was blossoming in the baseball world. therefore, financially it was imperative.

that pay was for a non-bonus baby rookie. top players were 100k to 250k guys.

so, that amount 6k is rather relative to what the rookies get now versus the top dogs.

minimum mlb salary is now 390k.
journeymen mlb players are 5-7m.
elite mlb players are nearing 20m.

so the current pay scale is relavent to the sixties.

Good morning Tsaikos…

Thanks again to Mr. and Mrs. Kekoa for welcoming us to their home. Great time with all the Tsaikos in attendance…

ST – I am also a young guy….not much older than PB…at least Addahknowsports said so…..MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Capitol -ist/WassupDoc – thanks no matter what time you call I on vacation so no sleep for me. I might be at the workouts today, so if I see you good if not then I pick em up laters.

By the way what time the workouts today? 3 p.m.?

Pretty interesting commentary about the $3 mil per year that Iowa’s coach is making.

Pete Carroll, Urban Meyer, Bob Stoops, Les Miles, Nick Saban, Charlie Weis and Kirk Ferentz. Now, just like Sesame Street taught us, which one (or two in this case) does not belong? Once you take out Charlie Weis and his stupendous contract, Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz takes home the award for grand larceny.

All of those coaches, save Ferentz and the Chuckster, have won national titles, yet somehow Ferentz seems to escape the pressure that should accompany his member ship of the $3 million and over club. That’s right kids; Kirk Ferentz makes mo’ chedda’ than Mack Brown, Tommy Tubberville, Rich Rodriguez, Mark Richt and national runner-up Jim Tressel. Not only does Ferentz seem to avoid public scrutiny, the university seems intent on protecting him.

His agent must be worth his weight in gold; maybe floating his name around every season for various new jobs has its payoffs.

In the last three years, Ferentz has led Iowa to a 19-18 record—going 11-13 in the awful Big 10—with its last bowl win coming after the 2004 season. According to Rivals.com, Iowa has finished 6th in the Big 10 (38th nationally) in recruiting rankings from 2002-2008—slightly better than Wisconsin, Michigan State and Purdue—yet all three have performed better on the field.

I am busy babysitting. She is 7 months old and crawls like her pants are on fire. haha. gotta keep an eye on her at all times.

It becomes one of those things, which is the better O-line: Kia, Hisatake/Letuli and Steinhoff, or Kia, Tuioti-Mariner and Steinhoff.

Okay, I’ll bite. The better O-line is Kia, HIsatake/Letuli and Steinhoff. Hands down. I’ve gone on record numerous times about my thoughts on Letuli so let me talk about the others.

I watched Hisatake a lot during the Scout Bowl in Fall 2007 and the Warrior Bowl in April 2008. The good news is that he seems to have made TREMENDOUS improvement. He’s naturally very aggressive and early on had a tendency to commit too soon, to go after guys rather than wait for the defender to commit first. This is probably consistent with being a converted defensive lineman, but it got him in trouble sometimes as he was off balance, to the point where sometimes he could barely lay a hand on his man. In the Warrior Bowl, however, he seemed to be much more patient in letting the play develop. He’s got a naturally wide base and plays low His foot work seems to be pretty good. His aggression, now controlled, is not a good thing (think Sam Satele). The bottom line is that he’s got all the tools and his upside is huge.

The problem I see in Hisatake starting for us in Florida is that he is still raw and lacks the polish that only comes with experience. If I recall correctly, he’s only played football for a few years so his lack of experience can’t really be helped. I actually wish he had another redshirt year, because I think he would be a two year killer for us if he started NEXT year as a junior. I’ll be a bit worried if he starts in the Swamp, but by mid-season I think he’ll be fine.

Last thing I gotta say, though, is that this guy really, REALLY wants it. He’s one of those “trade-his-left-arm-to-play” kind of guys. I can’t imagine him ever giving up on a play. Last year he went to every home game, went down on the field for warmups in his jersey, then back into the stands. Was always into the game and cheering the team on. I’m not surprised that he’s developed into a leader of the UWs.

Lafu. Hmmm, this is not going to be popular, but this is what I see. He played a bit in mop up last year, but didn’t really seem to stand out, good or bad. Seemed just okay, nothing more, nothing less. But he had a VERY tough game in the Warrior Bowl. I think he had two holding penalties called on him and a few others that were missed or let slide. Although he is supposedly very strong, he seemed to get run over a lot. Honestly, I was shocked. Not sure if he was hurt, but he seemed very stiff and not particularly mobile. I was very disappointed. I hope that was just a bad game for him. And I hope he doesn’t kill me.

Steiny is actually okay at RT. He’s actually a bit of a tweener between RT and LT. It seems like he would be a natural LT given his body type, but he apparently feels more comfortable on the right and asked to be switched last year. He has some problems with good outside speed rushers, but most tackles do. Dane Uperesa did. Brandon Eaton did and ended up moving to RG. I don’t think Steiny has the pop necessary to play inside. His rep took a big hit after the Sugar Bowl, but that wasn’t fair. Predictable play calling, no variation of the snap count, the UGA DE being unearthly quick, etc., etc. Steiny will be all right, but La Count could swoop in and get the nod if he is as good as billed. Very tough thing to do, though, in the three weeks between fall camp and Florida.

Okay, gotta Esme.

nice analysis of the o-line, mojo.

Hi Jay — are you the Jay who started posting here around Spring of last year? Hard to tell with first names. Do you reside on Kauai?

ESPN.com has released a free team preview of the Florida Gators. Interesting read on their defense.

Where is everyone today?… Not much blogging going on…

Good afternoon Tsaikos.

With all the young studs on the blog now, I feel like an old fut. But that’s all right; they’re the future. Carry on young Tsaikos.

Hey Liz,

Soprry I couldn’t be there at practice this past Sunday, I know you guys had a blast! Kekoa’s place is always a party! I had way too many things to do this weekend which included staying up till 2:30 this morning just to finish a letter of recomendation that I need to send out.

Lots of personal family events fall the day after the 4th of July every year which makes it a very busy time for us. Looking forward to seeing you at the blog bash.

On another note, tongiht I will be making calls to solidify the program for the bash.

Nice write up, pictures and features on the blog topic ST!

XLiz – As always, thanks for sharing the photos and videos!

gotta vroom vroom, kids to tend too, dotcom site needs monitoring, tap-tap-trip, oh unko, ack tapdis, TAPOUT, I hope the Wong room is rockin’ on Thursday!

homey as Esme as XLiz…hiho, willie grace…

homey…das tru too….all I had to do was remember….”ball, ball, ball, ball…” and “pass, pass, pass” or “run, run, run”

hahahahaha! my daughter can’t even spell quiet correctly…valedictorian my eye.

late lunchowah.

Ok Wreck… I unnerstan… I was feelin all sad and lonely (sad and lonely, sad and lonely) until ST passed me da phone and I got to chat with CB. Wreck who? ok. all bettahs.

xs- your daughter was valedictorian??? QUITE???
You babysitting today????

UKU@LA. OSU Tix confirmed by UH ticket office. No tickets in my hand yet, tho 😉
I think ok to get the air tix before the prices go up again.
Woo Hoo!

homey The CityExpress A or the 4 will take you to UH.

Route 4 is more crowded, but CityExpress A goes down Kapi‘olani, so get lots of traffic. Either way is fine, though, they both take about 20 minutes. If you catch the A, you go down Kapi‘olani, turn onto University, then get off at the last stop, Sinclair Circle. If you catch the 4, you go up Alapa‘i, go into Makiki via Kīna‘u, Ward, and Thurston, go down Wilder past Punahou, and turn onto University from Metcalf. Get off at University and Dole, outside Tsukuneya.

You’ll most likely catch the A, but don’t hesitate to catch the 4 if it comes first.

And yes, there is a stop cord. If you catch the A, then no need pull, cause Sinclair Circle is the last stop. If you catch the 4, pull it after the University and Metcalf stop. Most people get off at University and Metcalf, although you want to get off at University and Dole if you want to go to the SSC.

LizK, nice photos and videos.

Kekoa, the tapa border in the garage is looking good.

You can also use Google Transit to plan your bus ride. Just enter the location from which you want to start and end, or zoom in and click on the bus icons to indicate your start and end points. You can also specify when you want to leave, or by what time you want to arrive at your location. Sometimes the results are wacky, though, so take what the software gives you with a grain of salt.

Here are the results for the ride you need.

http://www.google.com/transit

Homey, They have buttons near the exits for short people like you…

Hey Liz, I just saw the videos on your blog… Make fun ahh… LOL. It looks like you guys did have a great time. The music should be even better when it is mixed and played through a sound system. everything will be balanced out and kick it up another level.

xs-homey, tsai… I guess no can escape da younger make Randy a lota money on popularity and spend it on clothes generation.

Pimp my Ride, Naruto and Family Guy (which I have to explain regularly – who is James Woods?) round out the TV programming that is on while son is playing WOW with his auntie and nephew online.

Remember my BR tv is only 13 inches and I can’t find the remote control… ARRGH!!!

Wreck- I wish I had the camera on when Kaipo started the Wreck song- it was too funny! But to catch Esme with her literal tappity- that was the best.

I still donno what to sing besides the pule- I gotta practice being Kealii – (unless onna you guys can sing the duet with Esme) I bought the song and put it on my iPod to listen to over and over again while I am sleeping… 😉

We can pretend we are at the stadium and I can sing the anthems… duet with Pride would be nice!

Stretch doesn’t think Mufi will show up.

I don’t think there will be karaoke at the blog bash this week. There will be a program featuring certain guest artists.

Don’t need cari oki to hear me sing.

24 hour fitness lurker:
July 7th, 2008 at 3:48 pm

Word on the street is that Kazz, Mr. A-House, James, and the hubby can nearly duplicate that feat of strength.

I’m impressed!

Blog must’ve entered a dead zone…can you hear me now?

BG – Thanks, I’m looking at options right now and will keep your number on file.

SteveM — if you don’t have a/c, the next best thing is to drink a tall glass of ice water and sit next to an open window.

SteveM,

About 4 weeks ago, I took Meg to Yellowstone and got about 4-5 inches of snow. Hot it wasn’t. Temperatures got into the 20s. Now, that’s a summer vacation.

24hourfitnesslurker – that’s all of them combined, right? 😀

SteveM – go to a mall for da A/C or Hamilton Library – you freeze okole off in less than an hour.

Time to go home. Catch you laterz.

woo hoo! Grand Prize! How many Tsai-kos can we squeeze into a 7 seater… hmmmm.

😆

Whoever wins the AD’s seats better go buy a whiteboard. We HAVE to double team the LaTech coaches from both sides!!

I hope Garret forgives me for this off topic post… but it was just too psycho to resist.

“USA Today estimates that about half of the 42 states that have lotteries were, as of early July, continuing to sell tickets after the top prizes are claimed. Lottery officials from some states say the practice is fair because lesser prizes are still available, and they say tickets and lottery Web sites make that clear.

In New Jersey, tickets for the “$1,000,000 Explosion” scratch-off game were still on sale last week, even though the million-dollar grand prize was already awarded.

Lottery ticket buyers outside a New Jersey convenience store were stunned to hear the news.”
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/07/lottery.tickets/index.html

Hey Mav- If I win… you can be two of the peeps that can sit there!

er, Maveric- the AD’s box seats… not the lottery…. bwahahahaha!

Will JD be out of town for the LaTech game? Is that why he’s donating that prize?

Hi, gang! Hi, ST!

Liz, check your e-mail, pleez!

And … Liz, was that song about Wreck? OMgoonis!

*Somewhere … Wreck scratches his ears*

I guess JD will be sitting on ST’s lap during the LaTech game.

Congratulations to the Mianos! Girls are da bestest. 😀

This site is sooooooo slowwwwww tonight, it’s frustrating…..so just this comment and good night.

eh, Thanks Liz. Very kind. Would be our highlight of the year.

Now let’s win that grand prize.
P.S. Even if we don’t win, were still coming over the LaTech game. My opinion, it could be a toughy, but Hawaii takes the honors with a win. Sending Coach Dooley and team home on a looooooooong flight. Boohoo

Mission Accomplished – Gift Certificate for Pauoa Boy awaiting pickup. Now it’s off to the YMCA for two full circuits and 30 minutes on the X-trainer and 15 minutes on the tread.

That’s funny.

If I win the grand prize, I’ll request the gigis be in attendance. 😀

I don’t need to win the grand prize but whoever does better invite me in to eat the food!!

the food in the back is catered for everyone in the press box. Looks like they have some decent food there, even the visiting coaches get to eat.

If I win da gran prize, i’m requestin to take pix wit vili boy. 😀
dress em up.. 😀

bwahaahaahahahahahaaaa

Liz,

I don’t mind you posting that article–I hadn’t seen it before and thought that was very interesting! I just do the free play links after 9pm HST because ST set a rule a long time ago to try to keep the off-topic posts until after 9pm. I know that lots of off-topic stuff occurs before then, but I figured that at least I could get the free play links that I post to follow ST’s direction.

I’m actually going to pass that link along to my free play blog: http://linkcollection.wordpress.com

That is a really cool grand prize! I should buy raffle tickets just to help the cause (the money goes to UH Athletics, right?)…but do the mainland Tsaikos really have a way to buy the raffle tickets and how would that be handled? I was honestly thinking about it before the prize announcement today–I could afford $20 for raffle tickets since at least it would support the program.

Anyway, it would probably be too difficult to monitor raffle tickets for the mainland folks. Plus, if we win glassware or something like that then it would be really hard (and not inexpensive) to mail. But if there is something set up for the mainland folks, please post it here…maybe next year this could be done.

GARRET,

I discussed a robotic lawn mower in my blog weeks ago. Take a look at this link plus James’ comment afterward:

http://gigihawaii.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/lawnbott-robotic-lawn-mower-lb3500/

BHF2 – i asked sj to call you so I can get your friends name who is coming to the party.

Garret,

That was me asking about Mario and Sonic Olympic Games. Thanks for the additional comments.

Thanks again to Stretch and gigi for their input. I hope we’re able to pull off our contest.

oldie,

Sorry, I didn’t look up who made the request–I knew that it was one of the Tsaikos who I recognized and had chatted with before on the blog. I hope that you can pull off your contest!

I think you can do 8 runners at a time.

Some events (ping pong, fencing, etc) let you do a 4-player mini-tournament, so you could end up with a winner from those 4 and then each of the winners of their brackets could face off in a 4-player final tournament.

Free play link time. Please ignore my next 5 posts if you do not want the off-topic stuff.

Amazing how technology is changing America’s classrooms. This Boston middle schools uses NO TEXTBOOKS…each student is given an Apple laptop to start the day and they turn it in at the end of the day. They use Google Documents for their schoolwork.

The FBI has the lead responsibility for the US intelligence community for surveillance of foreign intelligence and suspected terrorist targets in the US. Unfortunately, flaws in the FBI headquarters prevent classified material from being stored or used there! The FBI’s headquarters cannot handle intelligence and other sensitive information? They are in charge of gathering intelligence in the US!

Chinese elite police force have been practicing killing drills while riding Segways. They call the Segway “Anti-Terror Assault Vehicles” in China.

I can’t decide on which one to pick for the 5th post, so I’m listing several links in my 5th free play link post. There were lots of others to pick from, but here are three interesting (at least to me) ones:

Interesting idea: invisibility carpet. Anything swept under it would seem to disappear if this theory is correct:
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080702/full/news.2008.928.html

It is really cool that this Amazon tribe (which didn’t even make contact with the outside world until 1969) is using Google Earth to protect the rain forest:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080707/news_lz1n7nowread.html

I’m sure that the Bush Administration would NOT appreciate that the tax rebate checks that have been sent out have resulted in a significant increase in subscriptions to Internet porn sites. I’m sure that was *not* the type of spending they were hoping to encourage!
http://weblog.infoworld.com/robertxcringely/archives/2008/07/dollars_sense_a.html?source=NLC-NOTES&cgd=2008-07-07

Hey Garret,

I’ll put get you $20 worth of raffle tickets and mail you whatever you win…IF you win anything. You can pay me back when you come to Maui!

Could Samson be snapping the ball to Brett Favre this season?

I know that some of you out there are saying of Favre becoming a Dolphin, ”It could never happen.” But it could, and I’ll tell you why.

I know some others are saying, ”It should never happen.” But you’re wrong. And I’ll tell you why on that, too.

Remember that need + need = possibility.

Favre by most indications is a quarterback who needs to play again. Seems he has had a change of heart and wishes to recant his March 4 retirement, but Green Bay appears to have yanked away the welcome mat, like Lucy used to yank away the football just as Charlie Brown was about to kick it.

But Miami is a team that needs a QB it can trust and rely on in 2008. Favre last missed a game in 1992. Seriously. Tomorrow’s sunrise cannot be trusted and relied on like this dude.

So here’s what you do, Dolphins: You do what Green Bay isn’t doing. You welcome Favre back to football. You trade lame-duck Jason Taylor (whom the Packers have coveted) to get him. You put McCown up for sale. And then you let Beck and Henne develop for a year under the unhurried tutelage of a master — thereby being as good a team as you can be right now while also letting the roots take on future success at that position.

Meantime, Favre has yet to file formal retirement papers with the league, meaning he is technically an active player with three years left on his contract.

So if he chose to come back but the Packers weren’t interested, they’d have to trade him or release him. In that scenario The Dancing Defensive End, No. 99, might be enough to make a deal work.

duffer,

That is a really nice offer! Unfortunately, it wouldn’t be fair to the other mainland Tsaikos that contribute so much unless we had some way for all to have a chance at the raffle. I should have thought about this earlier and brought it up awhile back…so, I can wait until next year when I can (hopefully) attend or when something might be set up for Paypal payments or checks.

I want to get to Maui really badly but I have no idea when I could make it. I think I need to take my in-laws on a Hawaii cruise, as that would be a great way for them and my kids to see the different islands.

Amazing that UCLA has lost their second verbal commit already. It is so early in the recruiting process and players have been able to commit and decommit already!

UCLA’s football program was dealt another blow Monday as recruit Marlon Pollard, a former Valencia High cornerback, de-committed from the Bruins and committed to Notre Dame.

Pollard is the second defensive back in eight days to de-committ from UCLA. Byron Moore of Narbonne changed his mind and committed to USC last week.

Losing two recruits isn’t devastating for the Bruins, but it raises questions as to whether defections will become a trend. Rick Neuheisel has yet to even coach his first UCLA game.

Pauoa Boy,

The worst thing that Jason Taylor did in my opinion was *after* Dancing with the Stars was over and the Dolphins had a mandatory mini-camp…and he instead chose to attend another event instead! He was done with the TV show and flew across the country for his event instead of practicing with his teammates!

Yup, regardless I lost all respect for that twinkle toes

gigi – Emmitt Smith was retired so it was okay that he did the show cause he wasn’t hurting anybody. Jason Taylor on the other hand let his team down by doing the show during a time where he should have been on the field with his teammates in OTA’s, minicamps, etc… First of all football is his job, getting paid millions of dollars to do one thing…play football, not go dancing with the stars. You are a veteran leader, All-Pro DE and you choose other things than being with your team is an insult and disgrace to his organization and team. To me the only publicity he brought to the Dolphins organization is by making them the laughing stock of the NFL.

Howzit Tsaiko City Dwellers!
Finally shook the effects of an all day family funeral event. It’s been a rough few weeks in our family. I missed my cousin Mayor Brian Baptiste’s funeral on Kauai Sunday, and my dear Aunty Patsy’s services today was very touching. These two represented a string of 4 different funerals within the past 3 weeks

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Happy Yakudoshi Garret!

Does it feel like you’ve aged gracefully?

May you have many happy returns.

Who drugged the blog?

Kekoa, please accept my condolences. I hope the celebration of their lives was a good one.

My sister-in-law would have been happy and proud of hers. There were so many tributes to her by her many friends!

With the blog so slooooow, this is my last post tonight.

A super round of congratulations for Rich and Lori Miano…a really wonderful couple!

The blog party on Thursday is full of problems like:
1. There’s not enough time to chit chat. Most tsaikos need 4 hours just to warm up.
2. There’s not enought time to adequately display the cornucopia of talent that lurks behind blog names. It could easily fill up a whole weekend and then some!
3. There’s not enough time to regale ourselves with winsome memories as we view the “cul cha” and memorabilia.
4. We can’t stream it live to all our out-of-town braddahs and sistahs.

Other than that…we’re going to make memories! And erect another milestone for the Tsaiko Nation.

ST-

Please check your email. It’s a little early, but I didn’t want to be stressing before blog party.

PB, it will be interesting to see what happens next. Will Jason play for one more year and then retire? Will he pursue a Hollywood career? Or will he go to another team?

A-sports – tell your fren LK thanks for the tag, nice seeing you and A-Joe again, see you at the Bash

A quick reminder about the Kailua Relay for Life this Saturday:

A few months ago, Jason encouraged Warrior Beat regulars to help his efforts to raise funds for the Relay For Life event held on campus – in fact, at Cooke Field.

At the time, we said that we would be taking part in the Kailua Relay For Life – it .
starts on Saturday, July 12, around 3 pm and ends on Sunday, July 13 at 7 am at Kailua Beach Park in the section opposite Buzz’s on the road going into Lanikai.

There’ll be entertainment, food, games, talk story time, and, of course, the opportunity to take part in the Relay itself – all in a location often named as one of the finest beaches in the world.

Here’s how you can support the Kailua event even if you don’t attend in person. Please make a donation to honor someone who has dealt with cancer or to recognize someone who’s had a job promotion or a birthday or graduation in the family or whatever needs to be celebrated.

Make your check payable to the American Cancer Society. If you want it to go to the Windward Branch of the American Cancer Society, then note on the memo line it is for the Kailua Relay For Life. If you want it to go to the larger organization, just leave the memo line blank.

You can mail it to the American Cancer Society, Windward Unit, 130 Kailua Road, Suite 102B, Kailua, HI 96734. Or you can give it to DrDoc or me at the Blog Bash on July 10 and we’ll deliver all the checks to the Windward Unit in one bundle.

We’re recognizing four Warrior Beat families this way

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Tomorrow morning I’ll be posting details about another volunteer opportunity on Saturday afternoon, July 19, in Nu`uanu Valley – this time for the Family Promise of Hawai`i program.

Family Promise of Hawai’i is an innovative program set up to help families with children escape homelessness. Its mission is to mobilize existing community resources to help families experiencing homelessness transition to sustainable independence.

This is done by developing, training, and supporting a network of interfaith congregations who host families quarterly. Each host site provides a safe place to sleep, good food, and generous hospitality for one week at a time before moving on to another host site. In addition, other nearby religious communities which may not have the facilities for overnight stays join in as helping congregations.

During the day, guests work, pursue employment, attend school, or enroll in job training. A Family Center provides access to phones, mail, fax, a copier, showers, and laundry facilities. The program provides transportation to and from the host sites and the Family Center.

Three to five families (up to 14 people) can be accommodated by each network at any given time. In March 2006, the Windward Network and Family Center opened while the Honolulu network, which opened in July 2007, will be celebrating its first birthday on July 19.

More to come tomorrow.

Mahalo for your support of these wonderful community programs.

later aunty gigi

Seem strange, everyone is saying the blog is slow, but for me it has picked up a little speed in refreshing.

Pauoa Boy-

#231 – will do. Was good seeing you again too. Glad you could make it back. We were all pulling for you.

Hiya and g’nite LizK-

Did you break it in yet?

g-nite Liz.

As we move closer to the new season, I’ll put this request out once in a while. We currently have 170 verified mainland and international posters…

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Wondering just how far-reaching The Warrior Beat blog is in the world?

IN WHAT PART OF THE WORLD ARE YOU READING THIS BLOG?

If you are currently residing outside the State of Hawaii, and not listed on the web page below, please post a message to say “Hi” to your host, Stephen Tsai, and tell us your City and State/Country…or just mention your city and state in your next post.

To see those who we have met so far, go to…

http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/mainintpost.html

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Everyone, Hawaii residents included, are encouraged to fill out Jason’s optional Tsai-ko information form at: http://www.deep-mirrors.org/jason/tsai/form/

BTW, I have received news that ChinaDrew is VegasDrew now relocated to China. Good to see your posting from China!

well oh well

its Tuesday, July 8th, 53 days to the day of reckoning

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yeeeee hawwww!!!!!!

Take a DEEP breath.

PUSH!!!

Again

HARDER!!!!!!

Did that do it?

hoo boy

da blog tekz have upgraded dis spot to be a supah spy place.
tings disappear. jason bourne in da house!

BHF2, you get dakine insomnia?

Aloha Kakahiaka!

There, Stephen.
You should be able to start the new blog now.

HiHo!

Have a great day, Ka Kou!
HiHo!

ARGGG…so frustrating…sloooow and pictures aren’t loading. I’m using IE7 and I deleted cookies, cache, history…nothing helps.

THIS IS A CRAZY WAY TO DO BUSINESS!!!

Hmmmm

After my rant, the pictures now load and things are a bit faster. Wonder if blog is geared to our level of andrenaline? Maybe I can watch the end of the San Jose game again 😆

ST – I think you should have called the techies at midnight, they are still working, right??

Heck, may as well throw in….

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Yeeee HaaawwwWWW!!!

Happy happy day Tsaikos everywhere! Its official.

FIFTY THREE DAYS till kickoff!

Da braddaz are liftin, burnin, an watchin videoz.
da are vizualizin. lurnin, wurkin.

dare used to be a restrant on da right side Kuhio as yu head Diamond Head dat served gator. i don’t tink its still dare, but could be wrong. anybody know where get alligator dish fo sale in Honolulu? 😀 I’d make a takeout, chew em long time at a fall praktice. i’d come special fo dat, an i’d share wit da pahkayz.

I still cannot get ova da gescha. Honokaa!!!! woooo hooooo!!!!

sick vs dead…. hmmmmm….. tough choice

Good morning COACHES!!!
pretty pleeeze: go Maui.

we get one frenlee on Maui. She is a mammma. we hopin yu guyz go dayah too. make big splash. make da braddaz an dare coaches no yu are fo reeeelll.
go get em Warriorz!

btw, arrdah Maui guyz az guud as dare mahdah stay makin? wen i see yu, i goin ask yu to name 2 guud ones on Maui. dat way, Mauimom noze Tsaiko Nation backin uP all uS!

GO WARRIORZ!!!!

yeeeeee hawWWWW!!!!!

So, is this managements way of SMU’ing Mr. Tsai for his comments yesterday?

Hmmmmmmm.

On the other hand, why not post the new one here? Just link your photos via your name or a link a la Chawan_Cut.

There are always ways around problems others create. Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Grand prize winner. My prayer: 😀

Wish HAL an Go! would each give away a one way tix fo da winnah (das me) from neighbor isle to come watch da home gamez dis season. 😀

Wish HAL would give away a r/t air tix to Portland for da Corvallis game.

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Amen.on neighbor isle (das me). 😀
Amen.

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