Not Even
@jamie808.bsky.social
30-year freelance journalist and writer and working musician in and of Hawaii.
I'm in Hawaii. Grew up here. A journalist and editor in news media for 25 years, former nationally touring musician before that. Well world-traveled. I don't speak for any community or person but me. It's clear to me that too much of the US population is proudly and irredeemably dumb as fuck.
January 4, 2026 at 4:44 AM
I'm in Hawaii. Grew up here. A journalist and editor in news media for 25 years, former nationally touring musician before that. Well world-traveled. I don't speak for any community or person but me. It's clear to me that too much of the US population is proudly and irredeemably dumb as fuck.
I've just been told in person by someone very smarter whom I admire that I am not, in fact, an ignorant and raving lunatic. I don't bloody trust them.
December 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I've just been told in person by someone very smarter whom I admire that I am not, in fact, an ignorant and raving lunatic. I don't bloody trust them.
Generation Remake No One Asked For. It's everyone.
December 7, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Generation Remake No One Asked For. It's everyone.
Vote or don't. It counts either way, genius.
December 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Vote or don't. It counts either way, genius.
Erm. Am I wrong to believe that truth will always out? That justice prevails and fails in the same breath? Do I have moral apnea?
November 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Erm. Am I wrong to believe that truth will always out? That justice prevails and fails in the same breath? Do I have moral apnea?
Generation X and Millenials and Gen Z and whatever. Same vibe. You're on your own. It's going to get worse.
July 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Generation X and Millenials and Gen Z and whatever. Same vibe. You're on your own. It's going to get worse.
Huh. Mainstream news media seems intent on waiting to inform their audience that their audience is fucked until their audience is fucked.
May 20, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Huh. Mainstream news media seems intent on waiting to inform their audience that their audience is fucked until their audience is fucked.
Stopped playing as I got older. I got older after I stopped playing. I started playing again. Still getting older. Still playing. What kind of bullshit circular poster logic did I fall for, anyway? Play if you can, if you want.
April 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Stopped playing as I got older. I got older after I stopped playing. I started playing again. Still getting older. Still playing. What kind of bullshit circular poster logic did I fall for, anyway? Play if you can, if you want.
After careful consideration, I've reached the conclusion that any person who either didn't vote or voted for *all of this* should not offer me their opinion. On anything. Ever.
March 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
After careful consideration, I've reached the conclusion that any person who either didn't vote or voted for *all of this* should not offer me their opinion. On anything. Ever.
It's not the apocalypse. It's just zombies.
February 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It's not the apocalypse. It's just zombies.
I think oligarchy fails historically because it can't afford itself. It can now.
January 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I think oligarchy fails historically because it can't afford itself. It can now.
"Happy New Year!"
Tell that to Gammy on the respirator and the kid who blew his thumbs off while his dog shat the sofa.
Tell that to Gammy on the respirator and the kid who blew his thumbs off while his dog shat the sofa.
January 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
"Happy New Year!"
Tell that to Gammy on the respirator and the kid who blew his thumbs off while his dog shat the sofa.
Tell that to Gammy on the respirator and the kid who blew his thumbs off while his dog shat the sofa.
I saw a needlessly garish and loud foreign-manufactured, matte gold coupe with a busted spoiler on the road today with a vulgar maga threat pasted across its whole rear window. I live in Hawaii, and dude lost by 21+ points. Stupid and mean is real, people. This vignette not propaganda. It's true.
December 24, 2024 at 8:25 AM
I saw a needlessly garish and loud foreign-manufactured, matte gold coupe with a busted spoiler on the road today with a vulgar maga threat pasted across its whole rear window. I live in Hawaii, and dude lost by 21+ points. Stupid and mean is real, people. This vignette not propaganda. It's true.
When I see a line of cars snake through 3 major city streets and snarl traffic to gridlock to wait for a sandwich, I can't help but think that there is a great deal of emotional or employment blackmail going on with those drivers. Godspeed.
December 12, 2024 at 4:25 AM
When I see a line of cars snake through 3 major city streets and snarl traffic to gridlock to wait for a sandwich, I can't help but think that there is a great deal of emotional or employment blackmail going on with those drivers. Godspeed.
Whoever decided that "parity" and "parody" should sound pretty much exactly the same should call me.
December 6, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Whoever decided that "parity" and "parody" should sound pretty much exactly the same should call me.
It's a cold cuppa to realize that a shave and a haircut now make me look older.
November 23, 2024 at 6:11 PM
It's a cold cuppa to realize that a shave and a haircut now make me look older.
When I want to feel like everything is okay, I listen to the longest version of "Ain't Wasting Time No More". I toured for years in a ska band and 15 more in an Irish pub outfit. Music matters. I can play "Ku'u Home o Kahalu'u" in a pinch. Have fun, do good, be safe, people. Life is weird.
November 23, 2024 at 9:30 AM
When I want to feel like everything is okay, I listen to the longest version of "Ain't Wasting Time No More". I toured for years in a ska band and 15 more in an Irish pub outfit. Music matters. I can play "Ku'u Home o Kahalu'u" in a pinch. Have fun, do good, be safe, people. Life is weird.
Hawaii went with the Harris ticket by 20+ points. Gonna be deeply tragic to see what happens here, where inflation is already baked in. Buy local, I reckon?
November 20, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Hawaii went with the Harris ticket by 20+ points. Gonna be deeply tragic to see what happens here, where inflation is already baked in. Buy local, I reckon?
So naive. But I meant it when I wrote it.
www.hawaii-aloha.com/blog/almost-...
www.hawaii-aloha.com/blog/almost-...
“Almost Pau”: Hawaii Optimism
Almost pau is a phrase in Hawaii that locals use to describe being done. However, it has a positive connotation.
www.hawaii-aloha.com
November 13, 2024 at 5:10 AM
So naive. But I meant it when I wrote it.
www.hawaii-aloha.com/blog/almost-...
www.hawaii-aloha.com/blog/almost-...
Well. Let's see how this goes. Have fun, do good, be safe.
November 13, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Well. Let's see how this goes. Have fun, do good, be safe.