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1 day ago | 
ilind.net | Ian Lind
We got home about 8 p.m. last night after a week in Portland, Oregon. We had a connecting flight to San Francisco, a 90-minute layover, and then boarded our flight to Honolulu. We took an Uber from the airport and arrived home at just before 8 p.m.The cats treated us to a few minutes of Zoomies before calming down and looking for dinner.
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2 days ago | 
ilind.net | Ian Lind
On June 5, 1965, the Class of 1965 graduated from University High School, now a public charter school known as University Laboratory School. The graduation took place at Andrews Amphitheater on the University of Hawaii campus. According to a newspaper clip I found online, there were 88 in our graduating class. U.S. Senator Dan Inouye, then a first-term senator, was the speaker. It was a natural connection, as his wife taught at the school for years. My sister was in her class.
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2 days ago | 
ilind.net | Ian Lind
We about ready to check out of our hotel and walk the two short blocks to Portland’s Max light rail, where $1.40 cents apiece gets us right to the airport for our flight home. We’ve been getting cat photos from our cat sitter, and we’re looking forward to being greeted by lonely when we arrive home this evening.
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4 days ago | 
ilind.net | Ian Lind
Back in May 1956, I posed for a photo in front of a walkway at Kahala Elementary School near my classroom. It was the end of my year in 3rd grade. I entered Kahala School in the second grade in 1954, the year the school opened, and my class graduated from the 6th grade in 1959, the year of Hawaii statehood. Many classmates went on to Punahou after finishing 6th grade at Kahala Elementary.
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5 days ago | 
ilind.net | Ian Lind
Our cat sitter sent this photo of Ms. Kiko keeping an eye on a freshly filled dish of cat food on the kitchen counter. I’m soliciting suggested captions to complete the picture!Please chime in! Discover more from i L i n d Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
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6 days ago | 
ilind.net | Ian Lind
You may be thinking, “Oh, no, not more about Miske’s trust!” I understand. I honestly don’t know whether the twists and turns in the evolution of Mike Miske’s trust mean much of anything, as the future of Miske’s fortune will be decided in federal court where the government appears to be in a strong position. If the government takes all of his property, then the trust will be left just a meaningless shell that will just fade away.
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6 days ago | 
ilind.net | Ian Lind
Recently posted on the website of Hawaii’s U.S. District Court. SMART GLASSES PROHIBITED IN THE COURTHOUSEIn accordance with federal court policy prohibiting the use of cameras, video recording, and audio recording devices within the courthouse, smart glasses and other wearable technology capable of recording or transmitting data are not permitted.
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1 week ago | 
ilind.net | Ian Lind
A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling requiring former MMA fighter and Defend Hawaii owner, Michael Buntenbah, to forfeit a $250,000 mortgage on his Kaneohe home. Michael Buntenbah, 53, pleaded guilty in 2022 to conspiring with others to commit assault in aid of racketeering as part of the criminal organization directed by the late Michael J.
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1 week ago | 
ilind.net | Ian Lind
Yup. We’ve abandoned them again for most of a week. But the show must go on! And they’re ready and waiting. I don’t think they need any introduction, but the cast of cats consists of:Kali, the first in this cohort to enter our household, and the first we adopted from a cat colony at the top of Aiea Heights. We were told that she had been there for several years, was very friendly, and really deserved to be adopted. It took a while for her to adjust, but all those things turned out to be true.
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1 week ago | 
ilind.net | Ian Lind
This photo was taken at a high school graduation party that Mike Miske put on for his son, Caleb, in 2012. It was, Miske explained in an email warning an associate not to miss the event, “a very important gathering.”Miske, the former owner of Kamaaina Termite and Pest Control, M Nightclub, Kamaaina Plumbing, and several other businesses, was convicted last year on 13 counts of racketeering and related offenses, including murder and conspiracy.
