Just the fax

First!!!!

Off to work. BBL

2nd!!!

Great to see players who are “under the radar” getting looks from pro teams, even if it is the Cowpokes.

jm2375:

Excellent work to be first!!!!

I was being “wordy”.

hiya Tsaikos!

From last blog . . .

Hey, jm234389.98938423462384923429!

FInally up?

Only 1/2″? Funny how normally intelligent people act like aggressive animalistic idiots when it snows. They are late so they go faster (into the ditch). HA!

Me? I stay home and venture out only when it is absolutely necessary.

Bess is mentioned in this Fantasy Football report. It is good to know that Bess caught all 3 passes thrown his way in the last game.

The Miami Dolphins’ Davone Bess finally turned in an effort you would expect from an undrafted rookie receiver; he was targeted just three times after being looked at 30 times in the previous three games. However, Bess caught all three of his targets for 25 yards. He has shown a solid return on his looks in the last few weeks, catching 23 passes on 33 total targets. His strengths – good hands, solid at working in space – fit well with noodle-armed quarterback Chad Pennington, so this is a trend that should continue – his targets similar to his production.

U-Dub’s new head coach is going to be in Hawaii recruiting starting today. As ST mentioned once in the blog, he’s trying to get some of the UH commits to switch to U-Dub. He’s also going after Vehikite:

Sarkisian, who is catching an early Wednesday morning flight to Hawaii to recruit, said the Huskies quarterbacks — namely Jake Locker — will begin their “crash course in Quarterback 101” when they return from the winter break.

Weather forecast for next week is

more snow on Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday and even a White Christmas! The other days it will be down in the low 30’s for highs.

Tsigh, when does summer start?

Feature story on Cayman Shutter.

Cayman Shutter — a Green-Card carrying Saskatchewan Roughriders fan who passed for 400 yards to lead the Punahou School to the Hawaii state championship earlier this month — played his minor football in Regina before moving to Honolulu at age 10.

A number of Shutter’s relatives remain in Saskatchewan, residing in Regina, Saskatoon and Kenosee. Shutter shudders to think of the minus-40 weather he left behind.

“Actually my dad (Darryl) and I were sort of talking that we forget what it’s like to be really cold,” Cayman was saying this week from Honolulu, where, he admitted, it was quite warm.

The 2008 season was his 10th at quarterback. Last June, the pro-style passer won the QB MVP award at the Nike invitation-only camp in Oregon. He was one of four platoon leaders at the EASports Elite 11 camp.

“NFL is, like, a lofty goal for me,” Shutter said, who will be eligible for the CFL’s collegiate draft as a non-import player. “It’s my dream and it’s always been there. A lot of people here don’t really know about the CFL. They think playing in the Arena League is a better choice for them, but I would say, that, right next to the NFL, is coming back home and playing.

“I’m definitely more of a pocket guy (rather than a scrambling QB), but I definitely wouldn’t mind having that wide-open game that the CFL plays, unlimited motion and all that kind of stuff.

“Hey, if I’m going to be on a CFL team, I’d like it to be the Riders.”

good for Calvin. hope he gets a good look.

Good Morning Tsaikos!!

One more week before the Hawaii Bowl!!

Crap, that also means one more week before Christmas. It might be a good idea to start doing some shopping.

“Hey, if I’m going to be on a CFL team, I’d like it to be the Riders.”

When I first read it, I thought it said Raiders. I was thinking, what a loser….. hahahaha

Mr. Tsai . . .

Thank you for the response.

I did not know Cayman is Canadian. I have some friends from Saskatoon who are crazy ‘riders fans eh.

Good thing he is legal — would hate to have seen him deported because of the article.

an he prolly goin tell da parents enuff so day tink, without him actually saying it, dat he’s a bettah coach dan our Mack.

da truth is we going get one bettah team dan Udub fo awhile anywayz.

Aloha Kakahiaka and HiHo!
Have a GREAT humpday!

Interesting to watch a trash truck slide around turns. Hopefully, he will not hit parked cars.

hiya Kekoa. i’ll call you later.

Whistler was good memories! Heavenly too. River Run too. dats why i taut i could ski wen i wen Whistler and fiascoed dat XMas afternoon away.

so what you tink about Sarkisian and Udub. Plenty locals go dayah, an i always tell da kids, if you like be one dentist, go Wassu. good price. not so freezing (obviously not today anyway) get driver’s license, p.o. box, get in state tuition and go dentist school there.

but i like UH dental school mo bettah. start em young. punch da odda guyz mout, rearrange da teet, 😀

maybe Sarkisian coming to UH to arrange a home an home wit Jim D and Coach Mack. 😀

Hi dj!

How is it over the hill?

BHF2 ~ All the oddah schools can have whoevahs dey like fo coach. Leave me wit Coach Mack and his young staff, and I’m in Hog Heaven!

The ‘cruits are falling in place like a basic training company. The coaches can groom dem jell-like da Drill Instructahs. Break bad habits, instill good ones. Learn da Shootz, den Run!

Once dey learn da Spirit of being a Warrior from old timers like Pride and protect da Hale – as well as dere QB 24/7…WATCH OUT!!

I tinkin, this coming Monday, 1030 am, I’m doing QualityControl wit Logan.

Morning peeps,

All this talk about the Pac-10 and this coach and that coach going after players already verbally committed to UHM has gotten me all riled up…….

I don’t know why some folks are in love with Sarksian….he took over the offense of a team that has soo much talent, but he still could not reach the heights that Chow did there. IMHO, the last few years, it was the “D” for USC that shined for the Chinese manufactured condoms. Soo,…any player that is thinking of heading to the northwest….please understand what you are getting into…..ask the handful of Hawaii players there how was the last few years? Pretty crappy…not much wins…best QB in years about to graduate…new coach that HAS NOT proven himself yet….

Back to work and lurk =P

BTW, I hope they make sure the Fax machine is turned on….toner locked and loaded….make sure paper in it….did they remember to pay the electricity bill too?

I think we should recruit Vehikite as a running back. He has the size and speed to be a great back for the Warriors.

XxFxxX,

yu tinkin too much. 😀

they shudda preprinted da forms, get the signatures, put em in a locked box.

then when the inquiries come, tell em “what box?” “rules scmules.”

Heh heh

No sked…all spoken warriors who really want to be warriors will be Warriors!

Go Warriors!

haka

spoken like a true Warrior.

huuuahhhh!

Go Warriors.

Esme woossshhh!!!!!!!

eh bighilofan2…
i radda be one warrior
den one duck…
or one dawg…
or one devil…
or one…ahem…beava
or…ahem…one…condom…

Stretch,

Got the day off today so plan on getting “all” my Xmas shopping done by this afternoon. As always, only gotta shop for one gift! 😉

morning to all tsai-ko and special shout out to the PNW monarch bro’s. 8) special howzit to master itimidata bhf2 for getting the troops riled up. must be he get plenty time on his hands or his computa working now any way good morning to you’s.

sun out hea and warming up. wafan lacey/tumwater area must have change plenty since I was last there. hardly ever snowed much less get plus inches of snow. you think that place is a metropolis now back den the big stores was sears in south sound, albertson market across the tracks, one 7/11 (small trivia on store name…..named 7/11 because that’s when it open and closed. there was no all night places that stayed open all night. and not the covered wagon were gone already.) casey’s tavern (served best beer dogs, pizza and free peanuts). btw SMU beat HPU last night.

getting kope back in a few

A-House,
Sark is already the head coach for UW, but will run USC’s Offense during the Rose Bowl.

Whoops!!! walz = waltz

Morning everyone!

Didn’t know we had so many motivational speakers here!
Bwahahaha!!!!!!!

Sorry to rub it in for wafan and djmitcho, but glad I’m not in that cold weather. Two days of overcast skies and light rain has subsided into mostly cloudly skies with a high temperature in the mid 60s. It’s nice outside!

I stay waiting for the UPS man to come deliver my packages. Luckily I was proactive this year with my holiday shopping, instead of the usual “go grab everything” the day before.

got 4 extra tickets for next week’s game. orange section north end zone about 20th row IIRC…someone just gave me tickets in a different section so i can’t use these…any1 interested

any faxes yet?

dj – i hope you have time to stop over in Honolulu for a CC.

…..10 days and counting…..

Stretch,

Unfortunately not…..though I wish I was.

I’d like to see the corners play man to man coverage on the ND receivers all game and the rest of the D key on the QB and RB. Only because the Warriors CB’s are as good as advertised.

This is the first time that I can remember UH bringing in players for Spring practice. It can only help the new guys pick up the plays and get comfortable with the other players. I look forward to seeing Stutz2 out there. Hopefully he bulked up from the last time I seen him at the “Un”supervised workouts. He is more skinny than Avery, which is hard to believe.

Congrats to All-Americans Houston and Danielson.

And Congrats to All-American Honorable Mention Honorees Cubi-Otineru and Mafua.

DPK – if Guava was here he’d know who is the top prospect. Gotta ask Jason about the needs of the NFL teams and he then can look at the draft order and get inside scoops and then determine which Warrior will be drafted first.

As for me, I like Mouton. When he is healthy he has great closing speed. He is quick, fast, can play good man to man coverage, a good tackler, strong enough to jam receivers, great instincts, and doesn’t have hands of stone. Another thing I notice is that he can back pedal very fast.

I have always thought that Adam Leonard would end up in the pros. I have also liked how Joshua has developed and think he may have a shot too.

I hope Mouton the best of luck at the next level, I think he needs to bulk up if he really is 175. the receivers are big and the nfl cbs close fast on the edge and there is a big collision every time..

Good morning-ish everyone!

So what is this? …

bighilofan2:
December 17th, 2008 at 5:56 am
SteveM

1st call, Shinsho Tei Tues eve. @8ish. or Genji’s. i no kea. just your company woujld make my day.

Bighilofan2 — awright! Let’s go Shinsho Tei if prideperiod is coming too. I figure if I sit between the two of you, no one will try to throw me out for atonal singing… 🙄

At Genji’s, I have high priority for a private rooms only because they protecting their regular peeps in the main lounge… 😐

Hey, everybody … … long time no chat. Errr … am I still welcome here?

why does it take a full day to receive fax copies of the LOI if they sign it today??

Anyway, am just whooshing through to wish everyone a very pleasant holiday season. Hope you all are doing OK, enjoying yourselves and not stressing out. I miss everyone. This season is the time for reflecting back on the year, and when I think about this year, I marvel at the very kind friends I’ve made here on the blog. Hoping your holidays are merry … you all deserve it.

Back again laterz. *tappity!*

So is there no truth to the rumor that Chizzy has de-committed?

Just realized there could be JoPierre DAVIS and Lametrius DAVIS on the field next season.

Hi Esme — Not that we haven’t heard from you much, but make sure you wear your Tsai-ko shirt and ID tag the next time we see you in person. I had a Tsai-ko who has been with us for over a year ask me, “Who is Esme?”. Really… 😕

I hope the fax machine doesn’t break with all the recruits we’re getting.

J-Dog – You mean the TE?

SteveM – Wouldn’t it be funny if she gained around 50 pounds and we didn’t recognize her anymore!!! 😆 But when she talks we would know it was her!

al:
December 17th, 2008 at 11:44 am
I just pooped my pants.

okay, okay, enough hints, I’ll go buy you diapers for Christmas

HI HOMEY!

lunch is now! tadaaaaa

homey — Esme’s shirt was a size or three too large so it should fit nomatter what 🙂

jojo — you have to RSVP. Otherwise, in reality, you cannot jojo or Esme.

And in terms of pro potential, the Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl could be a huge boon to many of our seniors. For mid-major teams like UH, games against teams like Notre Dame are a great barometer to see how good our guys really are. If our seniors have a great game, their stock could shoot up as high as Colt’s stock dropped after the Sugar Bowl.

I guess what I’m trying to say here is that it’s really, really early in the prognosticating process. Way too early to be making predictions on the mid-to-late rounders.

From my view, faster UH can secure the LOI, better off to keep “predators” away as they will conclude that a player’s commitment to UH is rock solid!!!

Sark should go after USC commits/offers with enticements of getting to play a lot earlier, Udub is better environment than LA, and player can play against USC.

UH should look at Vehitike as the “big back” of the future with his size and speed. Heun has the “disc” problem and will be a Junior giving Vehitike 2 years to prime himself including a “redshirt” year.

is it snowing on the Strip also?? I don’t think I ever seen it snow there before.

Next week starts the dead period. Can UH still invite prospective recruits to watch the Hawaii bowl at the stadium?

las vegas:

MasaBoy says full on snowing in his area (Sahara & Eastern) – big snow flakes.

Told him watch for “black ice” on roads.

Mr A-House
Hmm, maybe I should’ve kept the Isuzu Trooper

lv – or you could have bought a Jeep Grand Cherokee 4WD SRT8…6.1 liter hemi engine cranking out 400+ hp and torque.

/ponder …..re: JC recruits and LoI….can’t they just fax them in and then have the grades sorted out ?

Conversly, surprised that with all the scrutiny that Mack and co. are doing in regard to grades that they have to WAIT to see if their grades will be admissible at UHM….thought they would already have the 411……/shrug

Speaking about grades, I hope no Warrior screws up their finals and become ineligible to play in the bowl game.

las vegas:

If you kept the Isuzu Trooper, you would miss out on the
“deep freeze” Kumi put you into, but the Trooper would be better to drive around in all the snow.

Good thing MasaBoy kept his 4Runner!

chawan – well I think your imaginary friend is funny.

GOT LOI?

I was wondering why you guys pick on Chawan_Cut all the time.
It seemed mean and overly prolonged to me.

Then I saw his picture, you may resume.

lv – We’ve been picking on DPK way longer than that! No comment on his pictures…

This is a looooong wait for that first faxed LOI…

Who’s it gonna be?

hey i got a pix of the snowfall on some ex-sumotori’s new car.

and i see my secret admirer has surfaced again.

chawan so now you are exposed for reading hollywood gossips column

Who ever Victoria Prince is, make sure you get k-fed to sign a pre-nup!

Last I knew she was with Kenny Patton. Guess she went over to the darkside. Kevin Federline is definitely a staircase down!

Victoria Prince is only 5’10” and not 6′ as advertised???

homey:

December 17th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Victoria Prince is only 5′10″ and not 6′ as advertised???

Whats the diff?
Either way you have to look up…….way up.

Rob25 – now now, I heard K-fed can sing and rap as good as Britney can sing and rap.

wow, Victoria Prince and K-Fed?

that’s F’ed up.

Stay broke da fax metinks..

Someone can call up the Athletic office and say, “Hi, this is Brett Leonard, did you receive my LOI fax?”

Is this normal for the guys to wait so long before faxing in their signed lstters? Or, have they already done so and the UH is not releasing that information.

Hmmmmmmm, where is Mr. Tsai?

wafan – I was waiting for someone to comment on the 2″ as well 😆

Lets see, even with the daylight savings….its 2 hours from the west coast….so that makes it like 5 PM…metinks (which could be a bad thing heheh) that UH is waiting to make a Mass introduction kind of thing.

but a 2 inch tsunami is not much

a 2″ mouse is cute
a 2″ cockaroach is gross
perception is reality

Ronnie – I saw some craft fair t-shirts that have a similar design to a certain ta2.

I keep seeing the HD Time Warner Oceanic ad on the bottom of this blog. Has anyone noticed that the news on 1003, 1006, 1007, and 1008 are not in full HD?

djmitcho – you wear crocs? BTW, my daughter is glad she is in Hawaii right now!

homey – that’s cool. Was O’ahu colored in, or was it just the outline?

Ronnie – it has a rounded edge block around Oahu, like a square zero.

J-Dog – up until a few weeks ago the news looked like it was presented in HD. It filled up the entire screen and looked much clearer than the normal channels (3,6,7,8). Now, the sides are cut off and has a 4:3 aspect ratio versus the previous 16:9 ratio.

homey,

Maybe somebody pushed the HD/ZOOM button on your remote

homey,

Jus’ no poop your pants!

We want da fax!

ST: What is the practice schedule for this last week leading up to the game?

Well, if one of the Dirty Dozen included Kazz, I’m sure he’ll print it out.
Maybe I can read his Hawaii Bowl guide 🙄

how are mouton and pilares coming along?
pau sore already?

Wow, so far the 6 o’clock news here has been all weather. I guess nothing else is going on in the world. There as been record snowfall for today already and we are probably gonna set a record for the all-time snow fall for 24 hours also.

Looks like the WAC expects to lose $1 million for the 5 teams in bowl games.

The WAC is sending five teams to bowl games this month, and just one of them is expected to generate a significant profit for the league.

That’s Louisiana Tech in the Independence Bowl – the only team playing in a bowl game not affiliated with the WAC and one of two that doesn’t require an airplane to reach its destination.

Last year, the WAC paid about $1.65 million so Boise State (Hawaii Bowl), Fresno State (Humanitarian) and Nevada (New Mexico) could play in the postseason. That didn’t include the Bowl Championship Series windfall provided by Hawaii’s appearance in the Sugar Bowl.

This year, Benson hopes to cut that liability to about $1 million – and that’s with sending five teams, so the cost per team would be greatly reduced. The league budgets $1.2 million for bowl expenses for its three affiliated games.

The ACC sure has a high percentage of the Pro Bowl players…

The Pro Bowl rosters were announced today and of the 84 players named, 20 were from current ACC schools. That’s a whopping 23.8% of the rosters.

Those numbers are impressive in their own right. Match them up against the other BCS conferences, and you’ve got even more reason to hold your head high today, ACC fan.

The SEC? It had 13 representatives – or 15.5% of the Pro Bowl roster. The Big Twelve had eight (9.5%) and the Big Ten had seven (8.3%).

Oh, I got the Hawaii Media guide!

Email me at rvierra at hawaii dot edu if you would like me to send it to you.

I was up at the coaches lounge today between 10 AM and 10:30 talking to Tony T. about my nephew. It didn’t seem like they were very busy.

The girls in the office were manning the fax machine and phones, but spent most of their time talking about Xmas shopping.

When I left, I noticed the Ching/Cook field was still being fine-tuned. The fb field looks to be installed, the ewa end zone even has the lettering in place. Just general touch up is being done.

Big Hilo, they are waiting for your blessing. Bring your Bananah for one photo op. Going be emotional, so dpk, bettah if you stay home or bring plenny kleenex!

ST ~ I forgot to axe dem about practice. If you think about it, we are the only fans that come to practice. Don’t make sense to lock us out. Some of us even come early like myk and sj. We should be able to just wear our Tsaiko ID badge to enter.

I’ve been told by an unconfirmed third-hand source that the Ching Field will be inspected in the week following Christmas and then blessed sometime during the first full week in January. Unless na menehune come in and then someone lights a fire under the collective okoles in the Facilities office, the field will not be finished, inspected & blessed before Christmas.

Mahalo to those of you who pushed back the project by nearly seven weeks right into the carppy early winter weather.

Will try to confirm the assorted dates on Friday.

ATTENTION ATTENTION

JAMES DONOVAN GREG McMACKIN.

you gotta make an announcement about how great the field looks, take a picture

BEFORE the Hawaii Bowl. Perception is everything!!! you gotta make Warrior Nation believe you are on it.

c’mon, I like here you two guys tell me

“I’M ON IT COACH!!!” 👿

promotion. promotion promotion. ESPN gotta do a follow up story to compare where we are this year from last year. now we get soap, and one new field. 😀 😀 😀 😀

you’Ve worked harde all season long. FINISH THE FOURTH QUARTER.

GO WARRIORS!!!!!

Kekoa:

December 17th, 2008 at 5:06 pm

Big Hilo, they are waiting for your blessing. Bring your Bananah for one photo op. Going be emotional, so dpk, bettah if you stay home or bring plenny kleenex!

ST ~ I forgot to axe dem about practice. If you think about it, we are the only fans that come to practice. Don’t make sense to lock us out. Some of us even come early like myk and sj. We should be able to just wear our Tsaiko ID badge to enter.

If BigHilo does his own Ha’a that should be enough for us to attend practice. 😆

Off topic: Snow!

See video on the link from the Flagstaff pepah. Forecast today: 20″ total by tomorrow morning, that’s on top of 14″ from Monday. Lucky you live Hawai’i!

ATTENTION ATTENTION

JAMES DONOVAN GREG McMACKIN.

if coach like make closed practice, thats up to him. i not nockin him fo dat call.

But Mike Golich, Mike an Mike show, ND grad, his son is a frosh at ND and he’s coming to the game,

you guys gotta get the PR out about how far the school has progressed in the year since Mack took over and UH got on the soap problem and the junk field.

the field is photo ready. the only thing holding back a good PR opportunity is some upper echelon guy(s) taking their time, playing
conservative.

and like i said after the Cincy game, like Greg Alexander said after the
Cincy game, WE GAVE THE FRI++EDN GAME AWAY.

DON’T GIVE THIS PR OPPORTUNITY AWAY, GUYZ.

GO WARRIORS!!!!!

I get all afternoon Monday and all day Tuesday fo wampum da field.
I letting Logan know da pikcha as da field stands this weekend is goin national. betta get aboard UH. you eedah big time oh yu not! and worsest is yu not trying fo go big time. there is nothing wrong with saying you proud of your accomplishments, take a look at the field, and tell national tv you making formal blessing in January to bring in the New Year in Style, but meantime we just wanted to show off our new Ching field. What’s wrong with that??????????????????

ALL AHHH BOARRDDDDDDD 😀

sure sounds like Logan is going full blast to finish in time for national tv

Bighilofan2:

I’m with you on the “PR” for the Cooke field renovations.

UH, get the word out to ESPN since they will be here for the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. Let them take as many photos and video shots they want so the entire mainland can see, for themselves, Cooke Field near completion.

I agree with bhf2 that it is not necessary to wait until all done. Let the recruits who are hanging on the fence and others who will be visiting see what UH has done to improve its facilities. Also, good viewing for all those who have given a verbal commit from Hawaii, on the mainland, and down under.

If anyone wants a copy of the media guide email me:

dvljr1(at)yahoo(dot)com

hiya d1shima,

we go show da UH peeps how fo buss loose in da open field. dis is soo
simple! I like Tony Tuioti take some pikchas ah sum potentials on da field.

I really like Chizzy know that we crankin up da place fo him to shine!
an I like Austin fo tink mo quickly about his chances for be 1st string QB or some odda position. We got great athletes, him and Inoke are GREAT athletes, dedicated and great work ethic. i like see dem play mowah.

I want it all, I want it all! The Legislature, the Admin have given the Warrior program the green light. Lets get it on people! 😀

Go Warriors!!!

today’s news
prepping for UH
scouts get some practice time
lookin’ at the progress of Cooke/Ching field
Bud givin’ some money to UH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58bMvH_GI-w

no to out do you Mr. Tsai, but Liz from KGMB got a view from the parking structure.
Its coming along nicely!

wow, thats a huge picture.

Crewe! Crewe!

I think I broke his f****n’ neck!

ok, now to go xmas shopping. hope all that crazy traffic is gone.
gomen!

You see, we got some excellent mental geniuses on this spot!

Great job Mr. Tsai.

and Super Great job, Chawan_cut. Thank you thank you!

Thanks Liz and KGMB for the pictures of the Cooke Field Fix!

I think I going volunteer, get p/t job with Sports Turf for cut yard markers, make job safety crew wit da helmet and the orange vest, keep all you pests out, carry my bannah! 😀

and mostly did you see Leahey show? Cunney from N/D and he get picks of Ara, Lou, him, Charlie? He can get ahold of Mike Golich fo me. Next ting you know, Mike might be at the Ching Field, tellin da US about the big doings at UH and Warrior Nation. Give him some perspective of why Hawaii is a team to reckon with in the future.

I told you Chizzy, Cayman, all you guyz, we backin McMackin and we wackin him so you guyz can have a crankin future!

Go Warriors

Thanks for the picture Mr. Tsai. 😀

guess it’s not the same pdf?

davone bess feature and interview from the miami dolphins website:

http://www.miamidolphins.com/dolphindigest/first_and_ten.asp

bhf2 – congrats on finding your phone!! so where did it run off to?

chawan_,

Mahalo for the newz.

tombo ahi,

Thanks for posting the article on Davone.

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

Billboards in Japan contain cameras that watch the people that walk by to see how many look at the ad.

An increasing number of people under 40 are being buried with their cell phones. One widow buried her husband with his cell phone in 2005 and continues to pay his cell phone bill so that she can call his phone and leave voicemails. Some people are calling the cell phone as the casket is being lowered so that the person’s ring tone can be heard as a sort of tribute.

The Department of Homeland Security says that SeaWorld Orlando could be vulnerable to terrorists that are after the chemicals needed for Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Free play links pau. But since d1shima didn’t like how I left out something yesterday, this was the missing article:

University of Maryland researchers have led the development of a universal flu vaccine for animals. This could protect humans and birds from the bird flu:
http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/scitech/release.cfm?ArticleID=1804

What is esme??? 😆

I have pictures of Esme, but I’m not allowed to post them. Every so often, I look at them, and remember the mother who orphaned me. 😉

No worry Esme — Peaches described who you are. Your fellow Bombers got your back 🙂

yes esme, twas i that does not know what you look like. shame on me. but next time at some event id love to meet you.

thanks steveM =P

▌ Poor Jason…. abandoned by so many…. but heck –
skool is pau! 😆

Really? Does that mean I don’t have to take my last two finals? Whoo hoo! 😉

bighilo on your next visit to the UH practice field, take a picture, write a caption, email to neil everett at ESPN. It is still a homer and he’ll get the picture and word out

before…. and AFTER pictures! 😯

271 it=he

Before/AFTER photo would also make an effective greeting card along the lines of “Changes are happening in Manoa….” 🙂

brew808

it has to be mowed 2x a day actually. dont ask me why. just what i have been told by state facilities management team.

ok heres a fun game. guess the next BCS bowl we go to PLUS the year.

Garret,

I’ve never felt so obligated to read one of your free play articles! 😳
Very interesting though! And it could prove to be very important.

We’ve changed the time and other details for the meetup with Kamali’o NYC. Dawn will be bringing along her step-son and his wife – they’re both professional musicians.

We’ll be at Murphy’s to watch the Giants v. Panthers game starting at 3 pm and then heading out to Aiea for a festive Mexican meal at El Mariachi – arriving there around 7 pm. The restaurant is not easy to find the first time you go so it’ll be necessary to caravan out to Aiea from Murphy’s at the end of the game if you’re not already familiar with its location.

If you don’t want to come to Murphy’s for the game but want to join us at El Mariachi, please do so. It’s located in a multi-level shopping center directly across from Aiea Medical Center and McDonald’s on Moanalua Road

Dawn really would love to meet up with as many Tsai-kos as possible but will be leaving for the Big Island on December 23 so she cannot make the T-Gate.

Coach Inaba’s program at Dole Middle School has received over $250 from generous Tsai-kos – in addition to the football tickets. Look for the emerging stars at Farrington over the next couple of years. He’s also getting a small grant from a local foundation for his program tp help buy shoes, uniforms, and equipment.

Again a reminder – season ticketholders in any sport will get 50% off on up to eight men’s basektball tickets for Tuesday’s game with UC-Riverside. They did the team in last spring during the Bracketbuster’s game.

A number of Tsai-kos are regulars at the games so hopefully the Cattle Call planners for that night will select a place that will still be serving food after 9 pm.

I mentioned that about the SLS turf because I’m not sure if the problem is the result of the original quality of the material or from improper maintenence. It would behoove the owners of the subsequent Field Turf installs (Aloha Stadium, Roosevelt, UH) to understand what is happening to that SLS field since it’s the oldest one in Hawaii.

Wait a minute…. When does d1島 roll around on the field? Falling down, I get, but rolling around? 😀 😯 😆

Brew,
Ask any other SLS parent. They see the boys scraping the stuff off their shoes when they come off the field. They see it on their practice unis when they wash ’em.

okay, okay…. no need to get soooooo defensive….. 😀

If I understand things right, Aloha Stadium has a “pro” quality FieldTurf, so Saint Louis might indeed have a lesser quality product.

So Liz Chun scoops us on the Ching Field photos just now on her 10 PM news. Big Hilo will be suicidal when he finds out.

Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, esme, jm23.754291858 …. 😀

hey, where’s a-sports? gotta get one launcha for da lead slippah all da way to da bay area and whack brew upside da head. 😈 🙄

Careful jm2375+

Brew is part of a gov’t conspiracy. Don’t even try to get near him!

A-Sports is not feeling well. She got a baaad code, and she’s been nursing her self. She’s been trying to heal for the holidays with the ole Kentucky Bourbon cure.

The code might not go away, but she’ll be feeling no pain!

G’nite D-1…

shhhhhh, im hunting wabbit………

‘Evening…or rather morning dear friends-

A little boydie told me someone was in need of a lead slippah….
Tsigh, Kekoa is right, I caught a cold. But getting bettah. Had to switch from vanilla to bourbon. The vanilla sports more of a Holiday feel, but needed something that packs a whallop and will meet this cold head on. Feeling better and can at least talk now. I’m tsaiked that will see you guys at party tomorrow.

Have a great evening….or rather day everyone.

The blog is slow. gotta go.

hideeee ho!

have a great day everybody.

haha Kekoa. yu funny wabbit.

btw,
we get one great photo op next week, Mr. Donovan. National exposure too. I know everybody like see da teams. But the big Mo could use a boost from the brand new field – on national TV. 😀 We no need
Knute Rockne…. we gettin Chizzy!

Go Warriors.

I think we will be out tomorrow, too. Shucks. I do not want to add more school days in June! Darn.

This morning I-5 looks like a parking lot.

Morning wafan!! At least you still got power, etc, so can watch terebi and blog with us! hehehehe.

Hope you used Best Foods mayo in that salad!

Don’t they schedule in a few snow days or do you not get snow regularly enough for it to happen. 🙂

Good morning wafan and jm,

Oops! Good morning ST and all other Tsai-kos. Having some trouble with our desk top so my typing very slowly on my mini.

I was hoping the rain and wind had left us but as I type I can hear the wind and see it’s wet outside.

Loooking forward to seeing many of you tonight. Have a great day!!

Hi myki!

Hope you and sj are doing well. Been to any practices lately?

Shhhhhhhhh! Keep the secrets to yourself. Do not want to tip-off the Irish!

wafan ~ Yesterday, after all that talk about snow, I had to stop at my cousin’s shave ice shoppe (Baldwin’s in da Waimalu shopping center). I know, I know…a shameless plug for my cousin’s place…

It had already been far too long since I took time to enjoy a ‘Hawaiian Snow’ treat.

BTW, does anyone remember the enterprising UH student who started the Island Snow chain of Shave Ice Kiosks in the early 80’s? He had something like 3 million in the bank by the time he graduated. Not from the shave ice sales…it was the clothing line and trinket merchandise he sold with the I.S. tag on it. Smart Kid knew when to sell out and move on too.

Nice reading about the mini-Scout Bowl game yesterday.
Kinda bittersweet for the unsung hero Seniors.
Amazing stories about each of these guys: Ryan Perry, Jake Santos, and esp. Alonzo Chopp. Good Luck to Chopp in his endeavor to become an Air Force officer.

wafan ~ Winter ’74 was brutal in your area. Ft. Lewis was shut down for about 2 weeks because of the snow and ice. I-5 was a skating rink. Electrical lines snapped poles from the sheer weight of the ice. May accidents, incidents and stranded motorists.

Always made me wonder. Why is it that island people can survive in harsh conditions like this? Mainlanders stumble and fumble with severe cold snaps that they grew up with – as if it were something new to them.

Lots of ‘Kum-by-ya’ eves by the gas grill with the neighbors after dinner, just keeping warm! Sang lots of songs we coudn’t finish because we nevah know da words! Was like camping out.

D-1 ~ Hope #2 son gets an early start and checks old Hwy 99 as an altroute in case I-5 is shut down. There are several places where he can get back on if it’s clear.

Thanks Kekoa.

Wow! Look at the time!

HiHo…

I think you are thinking like sukrat, but I think you should cover the other side of the topic in the post too…