The Cameronomicon

God Bless the News Media

2012-01-23T07:13:00.002-10:00

Because they need all the help they can get. (No offense, Matt) Yep, we had an earthquake yesterday. A pretty good one. But really it was just one quick bump and then it was over. As it was Sunday, I was of course at "Church" (weekly beer and darts at the neighbors' house) with several people from the neighborhood. When it hit, we calmly walked out of the basement, stood there for a couple

New Year, New Crap

2012-01-02T10:46:00.001-10:00

Happy New Year everyone! I have a new phone that will let me blog and post photos from anywhere.... when I should probably be doing something else. Like telling Kalewa he should use eye protection.

Situation Normal

2011-10-20T07:15:00.000-10:00

Sunrise - not volcano glow Good morning! Well, the coffee's hot and good, but I had to warm it with propane instead of molten rock running alongside the yurt. And it also seems that all of those hours of childhood training, playing "The Carpet is Lava" in the living room, have thus far amounted to little more than wasted time. I had planned on getting up this morning, making a nice pot of coffee

The Hills Are Alive

2011-10-19T19:45:00.000-10:00

"... with the sound of something...." Hello everyone!First off, FYI, I'm 100% A-OK. Nothing going on here apart from one little tremble that didn't even come from the mountain. What am I talking about, you may ask? Well, if you don't know, that's good news. That means my blogging has worked, and nothing serious has happened (which was probably going to be the case whether I posted about it or

I'm Back! (But I Might Be Leaving Again Soon)

2011-10-19T10:43:00.001-10:00

Always know where your rake is. I was going to write a post about this, but the further I get away from the moment, the less funny it sounds. Now, with perspective, I realize I really just wanted to make a picture of ALF holding a potato rake in space. Anyway, here's the article that inspired it. http://www.virgingalactic.com/news/item/

Still Not Back Yet....

2011-10-19T09:46:00.000-10:00

....but in honor of the Kaiwiki Lebowski Fest (what we call it when anyone in the neighborhood besides me watches The Big Lebowski) I found some great visuals. And of course they must be shared. "Turn to the power of the Dark Side, you human paraquat!"(bonus points if you get the reference just I made to yet a third flick)found here A Lebowski Anime-style?found here(some weird stuff there -

I'm Not Back to Blogging...

2011-10-18T17:41:00.000-10:00

...but this is totally worth sharing. If you like cute women, drunk women, cute drunk women, funny women, cute funny women, cute funny drunk women, women who cook, cute women who cook, cute funny drunk women who cook, women who occasionally curse, drunk women who occasionally curse, cute drunk funny women who cook and occasionally curse, OR cheese, then this is the video blog for you. (you've

From out of nowhere, it arrives.....

2011-08-23T07:37:00.000-10:00

....DEATH METAL ROOSTER!!! Been feeling like posting lately, and what better way to return than..... ....DEATH METAL ROOSTER!!!

Last Thoughts on Today's Tsunami

2011-03-11T21:50:00.000-10:00

Well, I was hoping to have some extra information for you all today, perhaps with some photos or something, but as it turned out, after a long and stressful night, today was actually pretty normal. School was cancelled, and I asked the secretary to let me know if she was going in and I didn't hear back from her, so as it worked out, I didn't even make it into town today. Just did yard work, and

Downgraded

2011-03-11T07:46:00.000-10:00

Just in: We've been downgraded from a "tsunami warning" to a "tsunami advisory". Not an all clear, but enough to let people who have been evacuated to go home. Seems as though it's over, 4½ hours in. I'll be writing more later today to sum up any damages and maybe post some photos if there's anything good when I go down to check on the school this afternoon. Plus I'm going to want to complain

Three Hour Update

2011-03-11T06:12:00.001-10:00

New info coming through is that some of the later waves are a bit bigger than the earlier surges. Reports are that water more than 10 above sea level have flooded areas on the other side of the Big Island (Kona side). Info right now is that there is certainly some property damage, but no reports of casualties or injuries. Ugh... Stupid news people (no offense Matt).... All but encouraging

Two Hours In

2011-03-11T05:24:00.000-10:00

Hey everyone. Things are still fine here in the yurt. Dogs are sleeping, the rain is coming down now, and I've got the news streaming online. It seems the surge in Hilo Bay has been measured at about five feet above normal sea level. I'm trying to picture if that height will have any impact on my school. I don't think so...but I suppose it's possible. It's always difficult to judge

Zero-Hour Update

2011-03-11T03:25:00.000-10:00

So I woke up to see if anything was going on. Admittedly there's not much I can hope to see here, as it is the middle of the night, the moon has already set, and the usual morning clouds are already hanging out in the east. In my mind's eye, I thought I'd go stand on the back porch and see the worst: the airport runway lights suddenly blink out. That hasn't happened. Instead, there was a

And the Hits Keep On Coming!

2011-03-10T23:07:00.000-10:00

Just to make things interesting, we just now had a nice earthquake of our own. http://tux.wr.usgs.gov/Quakes/hv60222496.html Had a nice little shimmy-shake here at the yurt. Nothing too bad, really, but given the current state of affairs I'd be lying if I said I'm not a little on edge. So the dogs and I scampered out of the yurt and made sure Pele wasn't trying to compete with whatever

Communication Breakdown

2011-03-10T22:31:00.000-10:00

It's always the same. Just so you know, at the moment at least, I can't send text messages or make phone calls pretty much at all. All circuits are busy. I seem to be able to get voice mails and texts since they can come through when there's not too much for the system to handle. At any rate, please refrain from calling until tomorrow evening. I'm hoping I'll have internet service throughout

DO NOT WORRY, I'M FINE

2011-03-10T21:59:00.001-10:00

I was planning on getting back to writing here on the blog next week, as I'll be having Spring Break and will have some extra time and a few things going on, but I figured it'd be prudent of me to write this now. A few minutes ago, as I'm sure you probably know if you're reading this on Friday (tomorrow for me) that an 8.9-magnitude earthquake happened a couple of hundred miles off of the coast

Fun With the Yellow Pages

2010-11-14T07:14:00.000-10:00

Let's say you found yourself in a situation where you desperately needed 10 gallons of hot sauce (I'd recommend Sriracha, it's great) AND you needed a propane stove to cook on? Why go two places when you can go to just one? Just call Scoshi World! Rumor has it they also deal in septic supplies..... talk about covering all the bases!

The Finer Points of Buckets

2010-11-14T06:51:00.000-10:00

So my bucket collecting days are all pau (Hawaiian Word of the Day: pau [pow] - finished, done, complete), and that's good and bad. At the end, I was collecting at least 50 five-gallon buckets full of green waste a week. On the upside, it made my arms really strong. But with the large amount of compost we now have on hand, and with the rainy season quickly approaching (making dry compost

Trouble in Paradise

2010-11-14T06:39:00.000-10:00

The unthinkable of unthinkables has occurred. My hammock started to rip. I know what you all are thinking, and the answer is "Yes, it is serious!" I've found that I've come to depend on my hammock as a place of refuge and comfort at all times (except when it's really windy or rainy or the mosquitoes are really bad). But there is good news. There's a name we've given for the living

The Four Subaru Outbacks of the Apocalypse

2010-11-14T06:27:00.000-10:00

This car (or its owner) believes I'm the Antichrist. (post time: 2 minutes...thus the uncropped photo)

Because 10 Minutes Isn't Enough....

2010-11-13T18:25:00.000-10:00

And 15 minutes is more than you're legally allowed.

Son of Jor-El...

2010-11-13T18:16:00.000-10:00

Imagine I photoshopped a potato rake in there somewhereKNEEL BEFORE ZOD!!! Like everyone from Krypton, our farm is now powered by the Earth's yellow sun. Our improvements were extensive and very effective. We swapped out four low wattage panels for twelve high watt ones, added a charge controller, a DC monitoring system, rewired the power shed, added door to the battery room, and generally

The Return of the Blog

2010-11-13T17:57:00.000-10:00

You may not be getting anything, but it's free! What do you expect? I took that photo at my local Walmart a while back. Anyway, I'm back! (I thought about making my triumphant return a three part series called "Fellowship of the Blog", "The Two Bloggers", and "Return of the Blog" but the idea of photoshopping myself into a hobbit seemed too daunting.) The real reason I'm back is that after

Me vs. Common Sense

2010-09-14T20:20:00.001-10:00

yep. I have once again proven myself an idiot. Let me preface this by saying that Hilo, by and large, is a pleasant, nice, safe town. That said, it's still a city and cities have inherent dangers: crazy drivers, impatient people, and a significantly higher chance of Godzilla attack than most small towns and rural areas. just last week Monday was a pretty average Monday. Apart from finding

Supercalifragalisticexpiala-update

2010-08-29T19:32:00.000-10:00

Just a potato rake of sugar.....something something Sorry everyone. Been super busy. And when I'm not busy, I've been sleeping. But since I've got an evening here without any deadlines for tomorrow, I've decided to fill you in on all of the happenings going on, and why I'm so busy all of the sudden. Farm The farm is doing great. We got certified organic a couple of weeks back, just after