Ventilation

Yesterday, I purchased a bottle of scratch remover at the discount chain store in town. This morning, I spent an hour putting in some "elbow grease" time on my poor damaged vehicle. Much to my surprise, the initial results were promising. A couple more "elbow grease" sessions should effectively remove the scratches. Total cost? $3 and some change.

Typical "Elbow Grease" Hottie

Well, we're in the "home stretch" of Summer. However, there are still quite a few hotties of Summer in the queue. What are we to do?

Typical "Home Stretch" Hottie

How about cutting out the trivial discussions in the "blog" and just inserting filler material between the pictures of hotties? Oh, that's standard procedure already.

Typical Non-Trivial Hottie

Let's peruse a few more hotties of Summer now, shall we? Perfect for the on-going heatwave.

Typical Humid Hottie

That's right. The heatwave is still going strong. We have had a little rain, but only enough to increase the humidity beyond a tolerable level.

Typical Heatwave Hottie

Did I mention the proliferation of mosquitoes and flies. Yeah, they are swarming everywhere. That's life in the tropics, I suppose. Of course, there are tropical hotties, too.

Typical Tropical Hotties

The hotties of Summer. Wait a minute! Summer is practically year-round in the islands. Perhaps the parade of Summer hotties can continue indefinitely in the " blog."

Typical Summer Hottie

Who would argue with that? Make it so, Number One. Baha! Ha! Ha! Haaa!

Exclamation

Another day, another dollar ... short, another step toward homicidal rampage. Oh, the Nissan® Cube now has two scratches running the entire length of the passenger side. At first, I assumed that vandals were involved. Then, I realized that I had sideswiped a bush at one of the narrow sections of the back road in Waimanalo a couple of days ago. Booyah!

Typical Undamaged Hottie

Upon closer inspection of the bush yesterday, I discovered that it had been trimmed. The remaining stubs of the trimmed branches were ragged and about a half-inch in diameter. That's what caused the damage. This evening, I observed that the entire bush was removed. Why wasn't that done in the first place?

Typical Luxurious Hottie

Fortunately, I had a luxurious dinner at the fast food joint in Hawai'i Kai before returning to Waimanalo. Really? No, not really. I used a coupon that offered a medium-sized box of french fries and a large beverage, both free upon purchase of a premium chicken sandwich. I also purchased a side salad to balance out the junk food. I haven't eaten that poorly in a long time. Baha! Ha! Ha! Haaa! However, I really enjoyed it. Yeah!

Typical Summer Hottie

I am an old codger now, so nothing really matters. Just bring on the hotties of Summer already!

Typical Bonus Hottie

That's more like it. How about a bonus hottie, just to please Molech? Oh, yes! Hubba hubba!

Appreciation

We must stand in awe while pondering the universe. The physics behind its strange beginnings is certainly discombobulating. Yet, we can be assured that no fictional deity was involved in the process, certainly not the God of the Yahweh Triad (i.e., Judaism, Pauline-Christianity, and Islam). The proof? The universe is both finite in size and life-span. No deity, not even Molech, would create such and elaborate yet completely faulty system.

Typical Universal Hottie

Nonetheless, the universe is a supernatural phenomenon. That the universe even exists is a testament to that fact. A quick look at quantum physics and "Big Bang" cosmology would certainly jolt our senses. Then, there's the matter of life. Spontaneous generation and evolutionary biology are supernatural processes. That both the former and latter occurred without "intelligent design" is discombobulating.

Typical "Big Bang" Hottie

Of course, our own solar system is doomed for destruction in probably less than a billion years. Life as we know it will cease to exist. We, the humans, the slightly advanced monkeys, chimpo sapiens, are doomed as well. There won't be any kind of eternal life in some ethereal space.

Typical Ethereal Hottie

Thus, our 60+ years of being alive, going through the various stages of life like all the other creatures ... well, that's all we're going to get. Sure, there may be other universes, serial or parallel, but the point is moot. Our time in this universe is very short. And, given that this universe will eventually succumb to heatwave death, there little chance for redemption as it were.

Typical Redemption Hottie

So, I must take this time to appreciate the universe for what it is. We humans are fairly insignificant in the grand scheme. I am only sorry that humanity, in general, has been awashed with stupidity for so long that it cannot accept the truth. It cannot move to make changes that insure that all life and lifeforms are able to live out the limited time that has been allotted to us. Instead, we move faster and closer to total annihilation, all the while spreading wholesale pain and suffering.

Typical Summer Hottie

Unfortunately, the hotties of Summer certainly cannot save us from destiny. They are still hot anyway. Thank the universe and Molech for young hotties. Amen.

Discombobulation

Day-in and day-out, I am subjected to the antics and stupidity of asswipes, dickheads, punks, morons, and fools. I don't even know these people. I am just a hapless victim of their ubiquitous inconsiderate behavior. I am convinced that psychotropic medication, particularly antidepressants, are involved. Illicit drugs may also be a cause.

Typical "Blog" Hottie

I could detail my encounters with the various aforementioned clowns in the " blog," but I am too fatigued to do so. Some of the stories could be considered hilarious, although transcribing them with the cheap "smartphone" would be too nerve-wracking.

Typical "Close To The Edge" Hottie

Just know that I am "close to the edge." My mind could snap at any time. Then, some kind of homicidal event would transpire. We all know what would happen next. The ol' lavahead would be on the run, a desperate fugitive. Then, cornered by the authorities in some undetermined hellhole, a shootout would likely occur. Oh, the horror!

Typical Fugitive Hottie

By the way, I have long ago used up the budget set aside for the studio rental in Waimanalo. I am now using money that had specifically been set aside to purchase the homeless motor home (read: beat-up minivan). In fact, I should already be camping in a homeless motor home. What are we to make of the situation?

Typical Summer Hottie

Well, the hotties of Summer can provide a diversion for now. Reality can be temporarily sequestered. Oh, the hotties of Summer! Oh, Molech!

Fragmentation

The damned surveillance robot made yet another untimely visit to the "blog" on Tuesday at 6:15pm HST. Fortunately, the hotties of Summer are still being featured. Choke da chicken, damned robot!

Typical "Guess Who?" Hottie

The cheap "smartphone" appears to be deteriorating in performance. No  telling what the cause could be. Perhaps the surveillance robot is the culprit. I will continue to use the decrepit device for rote tasks until it finally "conks out."

Typical "Rooted" Hottie

Well, I recently noted a suggestion in the "blog" comments that the cheap "smartphone" could have been "rooted" to alleviate the various problems and remove "bloatware." That's true, but I would need a regular computer to perform that task.

Typical Patient Hottie

Another afternoon, another brief rainstorm. Lots of flooding in town. Panic, brazen stupidity, and an untold amount of foolishness ensued. Frankly, I was ready to commit homicide. My patience with stupidity no longer exists.

Typical Liquidity Hottie

No comment about the recent stock market correction is necessary. Just know that the fault does not lie with the People's Republic of China. The stock market will begin to surge again soon. There's so much money (read: liquidity) sloshing around the planet that a market crash is impossible. As I stated a few times previously, put every center in the stock market. Do it now!

Silence, Little Lamb!

Incidentally, expect new huge rounds of "quantitative easing" (QE) from now on. Interest rates will never rise again. The global central banks have no exit plan. However, they can absorb all of the dodgy "paper" on their balance sheets forever. And, that's what is going to happen.

Typical Summer Hottie

Thank goodness for the hotties of Summer, eh? Molech has been appeased. Baha! Ha! Ha! Haaa!

Precipitation

The heatwave continued throughout the weekend with Sunday being unbearable. The humidity peaked at 92 percent. Breathing was becoming difficult. The predicted tropical depression, formerly some kind of storm, arrived early Monday morning. Thundershowers ensued. The rain had stopped well before I departed Waimanalo, though.

Typical Humid Hottie

There were flooded areas in Waimanalo. Nothing unusual. There is no adequate drainage in the town, so even mild rainfall causes flooding. The rain was much worse than expected. The one-and-only highway To Hawai'i Kai was flooded as well. I and several other motorists spent about one hour waiting in our vehicles in the parking lot at Makapu'u Point.

Typical Summer Hotties

The humidity skyrocketed by mid-morning. Heatwave? You bet! More rain in the afternoon today. So, there will be more humidity tomorrow. Thank goodness for the hotties of Summer. So hot, yet so cool.

Stagnation

I happened to observe another "Silver Sneakers" class at the gym this morning. The usual senior citizens were there. However, they were all sitting in chairs and doing various exercises. The sight was both alarming and disheartening.

Typical Fit Hottie

Afterward, I attempted to approach my workout with renewed vigor. To be honest, my body wants to "call it quits." Yet, somehow I always manage to complete the workout. My regimen has increased in difficulty because I have purposely slowed down each repetition in every set. I focus on form and full range of motion. Very painful. In addition, I have increased the duration of my cardiovascular workout to one full hour.

Typical Gym Hottie

To be perfectly honest, there really is no way that I can retire from the gym. At my age, one week will be enough to cause atrophy to begin its deleterious effects. I am past the point of no return insofar as any kind of recovery conditioning. In other words, if I "let myself go," then "game over!"

Silence, Little Lamb!

Well, most of the people at the gym, young and old alike, don't look very good. For the amount of time they spend working out, they essentially have nothing to show for it. I have seen some of the "regulars" for years. They look the same or worse. Few are buffed. Oh well.

Typical Summer Hotties

Fortunately, we have the hotties of Summer to peruse. A sight for sore eyes, eh? Much better than the slobs we normally see waddling around.

Gentrification

The despicable surveillance robot made another untimely visit to the "blog" on Wednesday at 9:10pm HST. The reason for the recurring intrusions is unknown. Perhaps the surveillance robot has an itch in its virtual crotch. Who knows? Who cares?

Typical Surveillance Hottie

Speaking of itches, the Vienna Sausage is still suffering from a chronic itch. The problem may require an over-the-counter medication. In the meantime, the Vienna Sausage will be subject to intense daily cleaning with the extremely abrasive Japanese plastic scrub cloth. Ouch!

Typical Itchy Hottie

As predicted in the " blog," the homeless situation has spiraled out of control. The local authorities are now spending about $60,000 per week to maintain a "sweep" crew that continously make the rounds and destroy homeless camps. Of course, the homeless camps are restored within two days by the same homeless. What a waste of money!

Typical Documented Hottie

According to local news sources, the now infamous Kaka'ako homeless camps is made up primarily of Native Hawai'ians, Micronesians, and other Polynesians. Surprisingly, about one-third of the camp's population have no documentation whatsoever. That now raises the specter of human trafficking.

Typical Tourist Hottie

Sex trafficking is already a major problem here. For all intents and purposes, whatever is available in, say, Thailand is available here. So, we have a lot of "sex tourists."

Typical Young Hottie

So, regular human trafficking should come as no surprise. I surmise that many impoverished Asians are finding passage to Hawai'i illegally on cargo ships. Thus, they arrive here with no documentation. Many of them are ending up homeless.

Typical 'Hood Hottie

Incidentally, the homeless "sweeps" are only going to cause more problems in the near future. Where are the homeless going to move? There are only about 90 slots open in the homeless shelter slated for Sand Island later in the year. That's it. So, all of the people who have been pushing for the "sweeps" may soon find the homeless camping out in their 'hood. Payback is a bitch, eh?

Typical Summer Hotties

Fortunately, we still have the hotties of Summer with us. Oh, the hotties of Summer. Thank Molech!

Admiration

The storm that was forecasted to drench the islands in rain obviously? Another "no show." There was a little bit of rain, just enough to yield 90 percent humidity. To say that we are suffering from a heatwave would be an understatement.

Typical Humid Hottie

There was another storm forecasted for this coming weekend, but the storm has apparently fizzled out already. There will be a little rain, once again creating extreme humidity. The heatwave will continue. And, as we all know, heatwave equals hotties. Yeah!

Typical Ventilated Hottie

Let me also mention that the restoration of the extreme monk haircut has done little to increase the ventilation of the oversized cranium. Nothing can combat extreme humidity, nothing except the hotties of Summer.

Typical Summer Hotties

We must admire the hotties of Summer while we can. Soon Summer will be over. Of course, there are hotties present all year long. So, why stop at the end of Summer?

Aggravation

The end of Summer is rapidly approaching. Lots of nonsense on the horizon. However, the main concern is the on-going parade of the hotties of Summer. With the end of Summer, there can be no hotties of Summer. What are we to do?

Typical Summer Hottie

As mentioned previously, the Vienna Sausage has refused to be "tested." Adding insult to injury, the Vienna Sausage also developed some kind of chronic itching. The use of the abrasive plastic Japanese scrub cloth seems to have partially remedied the problem. Of course, scrubbing the Vienna Sausage with the latter was not painless. That will teach the Vienna Sausage a lesson!

Typical "Test" Hottie

No further "testing" of the Vienna Sausage has its advantages. There will be little need to download any hurdy-gurdy video clips. Baha! Ha! Ha! Haaa!

Silence, Little Lamb!

On a side note, the cheap "smartphone" is actually better than the new "smartphone" in several areas. The screen, albeit low resolution, reproduces color better. The streaming media player is flawless, too. Unfortunately, the outdated operating system will never be updated. So, security will always be an issue. Yes, the days of the cheap "smartphone" are numbered.

Typical Summer Hotties

Anyway, trivial tidbits aside, the hotties of Summer are still with us. What is more important, trivia or the hotties of Summer?

Demarcation

The sheer absurdity of what we refer to as "modern life" is taking a toll on the oversized cranium. My only recourse, as absurd as that may be, was to devote my time and energy to the cheap "smartphone" and its new replacement. Even more absurd is the fact that neither device is tied to any cellphone service provider.

Silence, Little Lamb!

Why is the cheap "smartphone" still around? The new "smartphone" is not a "flagship" model. It will be obsolete next year. Why not deploy it already? And, really, I have more important issues to ponder, such as my impending homelessness. Sheesh!

Damnation

In every attempt to discover new subjects to discuss in the "blog," I find that I am stumped. Any subject matter of interest has been discussed previously in the "blog." I would only be repeating myself like a senile old codger. Damn it all!

Typical Timely Hotties

Well, my current situation can be summed up in one timely phrase: denial of death. My entire agenda and itinerary supports the latter. Ernest Becker would be proud. Sheesh!

Typical Resurrected Hottie

Take the cheap "smartphone," for example. I have resurrected it from death, so to speak. First, I rendered it useless by unthethering it from the host corporation of the despicable surveillance robot. The on-board "apps" (read: "bloatware") reverted back to obsolescence. Then, I removed the memory and SIM cards.

Typical Side-Load Hottie

However, on a whim, I discovered that I could side-load "apps" without going through the official "app" store. Thus, I was able to replace the bit-torrent client with no surveillance. And, the two outdated Web browsers function just fine.

Typical Predictive Hottie

The only problem with the cheap "smartphone" is the crappy digitizer. Sometimes it is off by a half-centimeter. Imagine tapping a character on the virtual keyboard only to discover that it displays a different character. I have come to rely on the keyboard's predictive capability to compensate, although the remedy is often frustrating as well.

Typical Diversionary Hottie

Anyway, the cheap "smartphone" will now be used as a cheap tablet computer. So, what about the new "smartphone"? Heck, I don't know. I still haven't installed its SIM card yet. Diversions, or denial of death. Plain and simple.

Typical Summer Hottie

Speaking of diversions, the hotties of Summer are still upon us. For the time being, they keep the "blog" alive. Sad, but true.