Friday, April 10, 2009

Tidbits for the Holiday Weekend

British Cars

Happy Friday. In many parts of the Christian world, this is Good Friday. For some people it's a holiday, an observance before the Easter holiday, which is this Sunday. Hope you all have a good one.

On the political front, the good news is that the Civil Unions bill, HB 444 is apparently dead. The State Senate did not have enough votes to bring the bill out of committee and forward an amended version. The process and a deadline got in the way of that. Good news for everyone who believes in traditional marriage and American values.

I updated my First Hawaiian Auto Show pictures on Flickr. I shot so many photos that it has taken me nearly three weeks to get all the ones I wanted up. Today I uploaded 14 pictures of British cars. These are added to the baby boomer American cars as well as the newest 2009 and 2010 models already in place at the website.

THE FRIDAY FIVE: In the continuing quest to answer trivial questions from the Friday 5 blog, here are my answers for today:

1. What’s something you know how to draw?

I can draw a straight line, so that's a good start. When I was a kid I used to love drawing cars, airplanes, and spaceships. I used to dabble with MacPaint when I got my first Macintosh computer in 1988.

MacPaint Fish

I drew this fish with MacPaint on my Mac Plus many years ago.

Car Drawn in 1993

I can draw better looking cars with pen and paper. This one is a pitiful example of a car I drew with an old version of Adobe Illustrator in 1993 on my Mac IIsi. It was painfully slow. The EPS was converted to this JPG.

2. Who’s someone you could get away with impersonating?

Mr. Bill - you know the clay guy that gets squished. Oh Noooooo!

3. Where’s the stapler?

Usually I can't find mine when I need it.

4. Why will this be a great weekend?

Maybe I'll watch the movie Ben Hur this weekend.

5. When are you going to make that phone call you’ve been putting off?

Never.

ONE LAST NOTE: Don't forget to attend this coming Wednesday's Hawaii Tax Day Tea Party. See postings below for more details and links. Happy Easter!

Top photo: Classic old Jaguar sports car I believe, part of the British car display at the First Hawaiian Auto show last month.

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