"Dr. Seager will be sorely missed..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen (Kimo's world #325)

 

James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer  
amongst other things lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years.

Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i

with his best friend and spiritual adviser,
 Ivanka "Costco" Obama, The Bipartisan Dog!

                                                         

            Sunrise/weather/photos February~2022

             (These photos made it to Hawaii News Now)

                                                       Photos courtesy,

                                                      James "Kimo" Rosen 

Blog #2079~Kimo's world #325

Dr. Seager will be sorely missed

 When 100 people

were recently questioned on a  Family Feud episode; who are you most afraid of, the top three answers were, the dentist, the police, and my mother-in-law.

Ironically, contrary

to what most people dislike, I used to look forward to going to the dentist!

My dentist had a zen-like aura about him, we always engaged in minimum conversation during appointments.  It wasn’t the few words that counted it was the quality of the words. 

He would frequently ask during my many visits during my 16 years as a patient;

how many more years did I think I would live? I would answer him with the same question.  I can’t remember if either of us ever answered the question?

We would talk about the hippie commune life of the ’60s and spiritual things. He would say he enjoyed my frequent editorials in the Garden Island newspaper, so of course, I had to like the guy.

 The best part about this dentist, he was the best at what he did.  Whether he was prepping me

for a crown, fitting me for a partial, filling a cavity, or extracting a tooth.

He was the only Dentist I know that ever started you on antibiotics before he extracted your tooth. I asked him why? He said this way an infection is less prone to set in... I knew this guy was genius!

 I always looked forward to our visits. He always made me smile when he said,

"open wide this won't hurt me a bit!" Of course, it won't hurt you doc, he would smile back with a twinkle in his eye.

I was saddened when I read in the TGI obituaries that Dr. William Seager had passed away at the age of 77 after only retiring in 2019.

He worked at the

sliding scale dental clinic in Kapaa which is part of Hoola Lahui Hawaii community health center after owning a successful private dental practice because he enjoyed helping the poor and disadvantaged. 

 His parting words according to his obituary were, "This may seem like the end, but it's not--It's just the beginning..."Profound and refreshing last words.

Dr. Seager will be sorely missed.

 A Hui Hou and Rest in Love Doc!

This tribute to Dr. Seager appeared in the Sunday

02-06-22 edition of the Garden Island news!

https://www.thegardenisland.com/2022/02/06/opinion/letters-for-sunday-february-6-2022/

This image was created
by Stanford Doi of Maui

Hana Hou (Encore)

"Go Bills..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen (Kimo's world #324)

 

James "Kimo" Rosen along with Buffalo Buffalo Bills
Quarterback Doug Flutie  on the sidelines at Aloha stadium
during the 1998 Pro Bowl during his tenure as Publisher of Alaska People Magazine.

James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer  
amongst other things lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years.

Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i

with his best friend and spiritual adviser,
 Ivanka "Costco" Obama, The Bipartisan Dog!

                                                                 Pac-Man sunrise!  :-)

                        Sunrise/weather/photos January~2022

                     (These photos made it to Hawaii News Now)

                                                       Photos courtesy,

                                                      James "Kimo" Rosen 

Blog #2078~Kimo's world #324

Go Bills!

 I have been a Bills fan for over 60 years. When  I was a lad I went to all the Bills games with my season ticket holder father at the Old War Memorial stadium. I left Buffalo for college in 1976 and have not been back except for a handful of times in over 45 years. I am currently retired and living

on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai. Although I have not lived in Buffalo for many years I have remained a hardcore Buffalo Bills fan!

We are known as the Mafia, not because we make offers you can’t refuse, but short for Bills Mafia. A moniker given to the  Buffalo Bills fan base worldwide.

I have been part of a Facebook group that streams every Buffalo Bills game every Sunday, Monday, or Thursday and comments with each other.

We have Mafia members from all over the world, Europe, Israel, the Bahamas, every state in the union, and even some guy named Kimo in Hawaii.  We are family or as we say in Hawaii, ohana.

When I wear my Bill's garb in public here in Hawaii I am many times greeted by other mafia members with a 'Go Bills,' which means, 'I love you man!'

It also means Hello, Goodbye, and God bless. It is only to be answered with another Go Bills! It's very similar to the word Aloha in the Hawaiian language.

The Mafia has endured much heartbreak over the years, more than just about any team in the  NFL.

 

There was the infamous 'wide right' along with 4  consecutive Super Bowl losses and

who can forget 'Homerun throwback' during the music city miracle. Believe it or not just last year with only 11 seconds left on the clock the Arizona Cardinals threw a Hail Mary also known as the 'Hail Murray pass' into the endzone to defeat the Bills in a game they were sure they had 

The Mafia is used to heartbreak and if we were the real mafia we would do something about it. What do you think Tony Soprano would do? LOL.

Just last week the  Bills played the Chiefs in one of the most viewed playoff games in history. 

 To many, it has become known as the coin toss game only because the Bills never got equal time on offense to touch the ball in overtime. It was a heartbreak to see Josh Allen brave his heart and soul in what the media is calling the greatest football game of all time and lose it to a coin toss.

What is it with Buffalo Bills history and luck? I believe somebody once upon a time put a hex on the Buffalo Bills to never win the Big one and always leave its fans heartbroken?

The mafia is sick of hearing,

"there's always next year." This was our year. This will be hard to get over, even harder than wide right, because the wide right was not as hard of the fought battle of the coin toss.

There is a meme on the internet that says, "cancel the remaining playoff games and the Super Bowl and just have a best of seven series between the Bills and the Chiefs!"

 We now have the best Quarterback

in the NFL. We now have Superman on our side and for now, it's just a matter of time! I believe the only thing holding us back is the Kryptonite at Arrowhead!

Go Bills! 

Hana Hou (Encore)

"Kollar, Like, Iseri, politics and the dollar..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen (Kimo's world #323)

 

Rosen and Ivanka sitting in front 
of the Channukkah Bush at  the
Kapa'a Panda Express

James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer  
amongst other things lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years.

Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i

with his best friend and spiritual adviser,
 Ivanka "Costco" Obama, The Bipartisan Dog!

                        Sunrise/weather/photos November~2021

                     (These photos made it to Hawaii News Now)

                                                       Photos courtesy,

                                                      James "Kimo" Rosen 

Blog #2077~Kimo's world #323

Kollar, Like, Iseri, politics and the dollar

 The good book says, “ For the love of money is the root of all evil.” 1 Timothy 6:10

I have come to realize public politics is the root of all evil.  

County Prosecutor Justin Kollar

left his elected position three years early and is costing taxpayers and the county of Kauai nearly $500,000 for a special election to fill the void.  

In the interim  Rebecca Like (pronounced Lee-kay) who has served as third in command the last nine years in Kollar’s (pronounced Koler) office has taken over the prosecutor's position until the special election results are in. 

 The election will be between Shaylene Iseri, a family law attorney in Lihue who previously served as  Kaua'i county prosecutor for 12 years. Kollar challenged Iseri, and won, in 2012. 

The next primary election is August 13, 2022, with the next general election for the county and state being on  Nov. 8, 2022. 

The question remains;

why couldn’t Rebecca Like retain her interim position an additional 6 months and wait for the next primary election and add the prosecutor's job to that ballot? This could save the county almost a half-million bucks?

 A law should be made

whereas any politician that leaves their elected position early that causes a special election should be liable for all costs of a special election? Better yet, the county or state should just wait for the next election to fill any void?

 Commencing the next election as I currently feel, I will not publicly endorse any politician which includes the upcoming special election for a new county prosecutor.  

Public politics and

supporting any candidate of any party or no party has become a cancer of the soul. Cancel culture, general hate, and folks not being able to handle comedy any longer hasn't helped matters.  

 I have been unfriended by a local politician that was once a friend because of

one of many things I publicly endorsed his rival,  yet they remained friends. I have also been unfriended by many over an ex-president I supported of whose name I won't mention. No politician is worth losing friends or family over.

My parents and most elders of my generation drilled into us to not discuss politics or religion in public. They were right.  

Politicians and politics have caused me nothing but misfortune. 

Therefore, starting

the next election I will endorse no politician publicly.  The only one who will know whom I endorse is between me, my creator, and the privacy curtain of the voting booth.

It’s time to make the privacy curtain in the voting booth great again, and if you happen

to use a mail-in absentee ballot it’s time to fill that buggah(sic) out in private and NOT post it on social media for the world to see.  

As far

as the upcoming County Prosecutor special election goes, it's just a matter of whom you like, or should I say leekay,(sic) no pun intended.

This blog appeared as an Op-ed/Opinion column

in the Thursday-12-02-21 edition of

The Garden Island News!

https://www.thegardenisland.com/2021/12/02/opinion/voices-kollar-like-iseri-politics-and-the-dollar/

A reader of The Garden Island Newspaper called me a liar in the Sunday edition.  I had to respond.  I never respond to my haters but this guy over the years has continually busted my chops.  I finally decided to write back.  The paper published my response in today’s paper. There’s also a short letter encouraging me to keep writing!😎👍

The Garden Island news has a paywall therefore I copied the print edition. 

The original column:

https://www.thegardenisland.com/2022/06/12/opinion/calling-kimo-on-the-carpet/

https://www.thegardenisland.com/2022/06/15/opinion/letters-for-wednesday-june-15-2022/

The reader apologizes... 06-22-22 

Perry apologizes to Kimo

https://www.thegardenisland.com/2022/06/22/opinion/letters-for-wednesday-june-22-2022/

Hi Kimo. My memory isn’t as sharp as it once was, and I made some mistakes in reference to your piece in the 12/02/21 TGI. The timing. In my mind, it was something between six months and a year.

I ended up writing around a year, and that was wrong. Now reading your piece again, you are exactly right and I was exactly wrong regarding you not writing any more political stories.

It seems that I took that in from a perspective of wishful thinking. With that, I apologize, and you didn’t lie. Down the road, I’m sure that our paths will cross again.

I liked the Paul Harvey sign-off, “good day.” His voice was wonderful for radio with his pauses and just the right amount of dead air for his audience to ponder what he said. I didn’t like his right-wing politics, though.

Mark Perry, Lihu‘e

Hana Hou (Encore)

"The divided states of America..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen' (Kimo's world #322

James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer  
amongst other things lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years.

Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i

with his best friend and spiritual adviser,
 Ivanka "Costco" Obama, The Bipartisan Dog!

                        Sunrise/weather/photos September~2021

                     (These photos made it to Hawaii News Now)

                                                       Photos courtesy,

                                                      James "Kimo" Rosen 

Blog #2076~Kimo's world #322

The divided states of America

 Joe Biden received

80million votes. No way, Joe Biden received 80 million votes. The same can be said for the vaccine and Donald Trump on America seeming ever divided.

 Even the Olympics was divided with some athletes taking a knee for the US flag.

Many said they

would never watch the Olympics again and these Olympians should go compete for another country.

While some Olympians competed as women even though they were born men. This upset many.

Pro-life, pro-choice,

some say life begins at conception, others say life begins at birth.

Then there's Afghanistan and the ever-going debate on recreational marijuana, and don't get me going on circumcision.

I say toe-mah-toe,(sic) You say toe-may-toe(sic)...

The TV cable and

streaming services feature movies and ads that seem more perverted and X rated than family-related tv. The dialogue and language in these movies sound more like what we used to call, 'the talk of drunken sailors' in my day.  You definitely wouldn’t want your mother to hear this kind of language.

There is a worldwide

pandemic that seems to be ever-lasting and getting worse instead of better. Some believe the pandemic is a communist plot, others believe it to be the end of times, others just a hoax.  

Every night on the news, a new natural disaster, major floods in the subway systems of New York City, hurricane damage in New Jersey, and all over the east coast.

  New Orleans was nearly destroyed.  The worst wildfires ever on America's West Coast. Mudslides, twisters, typhoons, major snowstorms, and hail storms are as common as Apple pie.

Many believe this

is happening because of man's disobedience to God. There are those who believe it's called climate change, previously known as a global warning until huge snowstorms still happened in the winter months.

All this was predicted in

the bible. There are the optimists who believe things will get better and back to normal, and there are those that believe this is the beginning of the end.

Just like every story has a beginning and end, so does every human. Enjoy what time

you have left on planet earth and do what you need to do to become right.

I believe you know what that is, many believe it's reading the bible and consulting with clergy while others believe it's a trip on magic mushrooms and a magical mystery tour.

The pledge of allegiance should now read, "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the divided states of America..."

 For now, I’m sure glad football season is upon us!

Hana Hou (Encore)