{"id":16485,"date":"2009-12-31T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/31\/tweets-from-2009-12-31.html"},"modified":"2009-12-31T23:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-01T06:30:00","slug":"tweets-from-2009-12-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/31\/tweets-from-2009-12-31.html","title":{"rendered":"Tweets from 2009-12-31"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"aktt_tweet_digest\">\n<li>Smith Gardens are an OK private arboretum. Imu ceremony was nice. Dinner was very tasty, setting institutional, entertainment good. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/three_star_dave\/statuses\/7223875322\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Smith&#39;s big luau show was old school Pacific Rim fun. Theatrical, but in a 50s way, along with a frisson of x-cultural realism. I approve. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/three_star_dave\/statuses\/7226071825\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Smith&#39;s mai-tais were bottomless but barely deserving of name. If you told me they were virgin, I&#39;d believe it. Too many mediocre mai-tais! <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/three_star_dave\/statuses\/7227492067\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Or maybe it&#39;s that mediocre mai-tais are inherently worse than mediocre margaritas, mojitos, caipiranhas, daiquiris. Let&#39;s not test that. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/three_star_dave\/statuses\/7227530621\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Up Thursday: Dave&#39;s Does the Surfing. Plus, BBQ steaks, Happy New Year, and our *own* mai-tais! Cowabunga! <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/three_star_dave\/statuses\/7227558504\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RT @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/warrenellis\" class=\"aktt_username\">warrenellis<\/a> Good morning, time bandits. That screaming noise you can hear is the year spinning down. Please use the exits provided. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/three_star_dave\/statuses\/7241855050\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RT @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Kyrion\" class=\"aktt_username\">Kyrion<\/a> Congrats to Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Peter Jackson! <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/three_star_dave\/statuses\/7242498945\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>So remind me why I volunteered for surfing lessons. Because it really sounds like a not-Dave idea. Gah. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/three_star_dave\/statuses\/7242572995\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Windy today. Surf looks choppy. Possible whirlpools. Are those shark fins? Pretty sure I see large tentacles out there. Also a kraken. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/three_star_dave\/statuses\/7245012523\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>First bug bites of the trip duly noted &#8211; most likely fr the luau last night. Annoying, but tolerable. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/three_star_dave\/statuses\/7246726118\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>We were prepping big NYE sleepover for friends having to work Y2K a.m. I was regional IT. No blogs. No Kitten. Now = better. #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%2310yearsago\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">10yearsago<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/three_star_dave\/statuses\/7246976642\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Surfing accomplished with only minor cuts, contusions, and ego-bruising. Kraken scared off by my girly screams. Now onto *real* mai-tais! <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/three_star_dave\/statuses\/7254029082\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>We had just bought our mini-van, as Margie was 3 months pregnant. #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%2310yearsago\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">10yearsago<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/three_star_dave\/statuses\/7254232623\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>While the mynahs I know of are black, the ubiquitous ones here are brown with white hidden in wingfeathers. Unmistakeably same beaks, tho. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/three_star_dave\/statuses\/7254394693\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>That was one fine mai-tai. Excellent rum, good mix. From scratch would be better, but a reasonable compromise. Plus, lovely view from lanai. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/three_star_dave\/statuses\/7254577556\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>And then, the deluge: gusts, downpour, etc. There&#39;s a reason you don&#39;t see sprinkler systems here in Poipu. Island center gets 460&quot;\/yr. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/three_star_dave\/statuses\/7256605372\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Little tour boat bobbing through waves and rain offshore. Looks disturbingly like the SS Minnow. Hope they packed a few trunks of clothes! <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/three_star_dave\/statuses\/7256858837\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Weather has cleared, but heavy clouds, rain to the SE means no lovely sunset.  Ah,well. Pleasantly cool and restful regardless. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/three_star_dave\/statuses\/7258435788\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smith Gardens are an OK private arboretum. Imu ceremony was nice. Dinner was very tasty, setting institutional, entertainment good. # Smith&#39;s big luau show was old school Pacific Rim fun. Theatrical, but in a 50s way, along with a frisson of x-cultural realism. I approve. # Smith&#39;s mai-tais were bottomless but barely deserving of name. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/31\/tweets-from-2009-12-31.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tweets from 2009-12-31&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tweets"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":131304,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/16\/alas-coffee-and-breakfast-burrito-place-in-my-new-office-buildings-foyer-does-a-mediocre-job-at-both.html","url_meta":{"origin":16485,"position":0},"title":"Alas, coffee and breakfast burrito place in my new office building&#8217;s foyer does a mediocre job at both","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 16-Aug-16 7:32am","format":false,"excerpt":"Alas, coffee and breakfast burrito place in my new office building's foyer does a mediocre job at both #QuestUnlocked View on Twitter","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~Tweets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16479,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/29\/tweets-from-2009-12-29.html","url_meta":{"origin":16485,"position":1},"title":"Tweets from 2009-12-29","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 29-Dec-09 11:30pm","format":false,"excerpt":"At Poipu Tropical Burgers with the young'uns. There is a strange local obsession here with pineapple. # In our silly mainland traditions, we serve appetizers before 6\/7 entrees are served, not after some are done eating. Aside from the 1\/7. # So in-flight security rules will be at discretion (and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~Tweets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16478,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/28\/tweets-from-2009-12-28.html","url_meta":{"origin":16485,"position":2},"title":"Tweets from 2009-12-28","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 28-Dec-09 11:30pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Very yummy mai-tais, very yummy grilled ahi, somewhat-less-than-relaxing neing table parent for three young-uns. # Monday we brave the wilds of Waimea Canyon with nothing but a GPS and a PICNIC LUNCH! 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Will no doubt help the garden immensely. # Texas Roadhouse dinner was inexpensive, crowded, enthusiastic help, good steak\/ribs, mediocre all else (esp margaritas) Link #","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~Tweets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14360,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/03\/30\/tweets-on-2009-03-30.html","url_meta":{"origin":16485,"position":4},"title":"Tweets on 2009-03-30","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 30-Mar-09 12:00am","format":false,"excerpt":"Lazy-hazy day, plotting future redecoration, Hawaii plans, trying to find opportunities to relax. # Colorado wine-tasting party was low-attendance, high-fun. 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