This Fort DeRussy grass area below our room has all of these palm trees. Most have a circle around the base, a few do not and there’s one circle with no tree. Just a curiosity
We brought our Grandsons to the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu. I came here during school field trips 50 years ago

The thought Apple stopping sales of certain products in the EU over DMA fines is crazy, but they do have stockholders to answer to. If the fines get too disproportionate to global income, it’s not an impossible idea.
I’ve been involved in an American Cancer Society cancer study for 20 years. I’ve never been diagnosed with cancer, but had a number of friends afflicted. It’s comforting to know the ACS is working hard towards cures of the myriad of cancers we deal with.
To take down a bridge built in 1977, that container ship must have really been off course or out of control. Baltimore will be a mess for a long time one. Hope they locate the missing safely.
There’s an old adage that teens have selective memory. I think I’m doing the same things, choosing to just not remember things I don’t want to.
Just recalling how irate we were, on a daily basis, 4 years ago
Finally replacing our Bose Lifestyle 135 system. It’s 12 years old. I got it on an open box deal. It’s from a previous era. It has FM radio, Bose Soundtouch music and multiple ports. It has a sub and a large control box. We live in a condo and only use an Apple TV now. Getting a Sonos Arc
I think about this David Foster Wallace commencement speech often. This is a relaxing video attached.
Read this quote years ago. It changed the way I managed businesses.
“You cannot improve one thing by 1000% but you can improve 1000 little things by 1%.” — Jan Carlzon
The only time I’ve had a cat was about 20 years ago. Was in a 5 year relationship in the gap between my 2 Marriages. Our household included her 2 young boys, my daughter (in college), a white lab, an Australian terrier and a Balinese cat who thought she was one of the dogs.