Adiós, Coffee Amigo

The last sip of coffee occurred on Tuesday last week at the fast food joint in town. Only about one-third of the smallest-sized cup of the brew was consumed as a haircut at the Institute of Hair Design was of higher priority. No SVT event transpired, although some effects of caffeine were still present.

No coffee has been consumed since then. Caffeine withdrawal only produced moderate sluggishness and no headaches. The overall feeling is lack of energy. And, of course, breakfast felt incomplete. Starbucks® is still being patronized, although a cup of water is requested instead of coffee.

Coffee Day is celebrated close to the end of September. However, there will be no celebration in the mausoleum in the “old folks home” in Waikiki. Being a coffee aficionado for several decades, though, will spark a little reminiscence. Coffee can never be consumed again and will surely be missed.

Most of the bodily functions have returned to normal. However, sleep deprivation is a stubborn problem. The heart is skipping beats regularly, too, which most likely correlates to the HRV spikes. EKG readings taken by the Watch Series 9 are showing normal sinus rhythm. The only conclusion is that a serious undetected heart condition may be lurking in the background.

The real issue is one of age. The body of a 70-year-old codger is in the final stages before death. Lots of changes are taking place, and degeneration will only accelerate. Working out at the gym has preserved the external physique quite well. However, the internal biological functions are declining steadily regardless. Hence, all of the “surprise” maladies. Heck, many people don’t even make it to their seventies. Sheesh!

The State of Hawai’i has declared an emergency concerning Hurricane Kiko, even though the latter is weakening and should pass above the island chain on Tuesday. Once again, fools were already rushing to various retail outlets and hoarding food, water, and other essentials. Will there be evacuations on Tuesday? Yeah, same ol’ shit.

On a side note, dining out has become much more expensive. Take, for example, Lahaina Chicken in the Makai Market food court in Ala Moana Center. The prime rib dinner that was previously priced at $19 is $24 now. Say what? It’s the exact same dinner, by the way. There are no plans to patronize the establishment anytime in the future. Fast food prices are also exorbitant. Examples are too numerous to list. Yet, the central bank of empire has claimed that inflation is in check. ZIRP is “on the menu” with two (short-term interest) rate cuts coming later this year.

The $200 spent in the allotted timeframe at Target® has yielded the free Circle 360® membership for one year. It has not been activated yet, although the offer expires at the end of the month. Once activated, a microwave oven will be purchased and set up for the free delivery. With ZIRP on the horizon, food expenses must be reduced. Everything is so “fucked up.”

Slave Labor Day 2025

On Thursday last week, a bout with minor food poisoning occurred at 1am. After much deliberation, only the Subway® meal would be the likely suspect. Odd, though, since the food was consumed at 3pm on Wednesday. Obviously, a sleepless night ensued.

Later that day, during the cardio workout at the gym, an SVT event transpired. The time was about 1:45pm. The heart palpitations continued sporadically through the cooldown and shower, during dinner at Subway®, and the bus ride back to Waikiki. A futile attempt was made to rehydrate with water throughout the ordeal, but to no avail.

Nevertheless, the late afternoon outing to the International Marketplace was not cancelled. A bottle of BodyArmor® Lyte sport drink was purchased at Target® after some deliberation. Upon consuming the elixir, the SVT event ground to a halt. Coincidence? Very strange.

Saturday morning, another SVT event occurred right after breakfast while in the Makai Market food court in Ala Moana Center. Breakfast included a banana and a Chobani® Greek yogurt from Target® to supplement the oatmeal and coffee from Starbucks®. This is usually the Sunday breakfast fare, by the way.

The palpitations commenced after only consuming one-third of the smallest-sized cup of coffee. Attempts to rehydrate with water failed. The ordeal continued during the bus ride to town. Then, a big-ass bottle of Power Ade® sport drink was purchased at the 7-Eleven® store close to the gym. Once again, the elixir mummified the palpitations.

On Sunday, the breakfast scenario was the repeat of Saturday. However, a bottle of BodyArmor® sport drink was also purchased at Target® as a safety precaution. And, a cup of water was requested along with coffee at Starbucks®. No SVT event transpired, thank Molech. A pint of Häagen-Dazs® coffee ice cream was procured at Target® later during the afternoon outing to celebrate. Baha! Ha! Ha! Haaa!

Slave Labor Day, another no-holiday holiday, signals the end of Summer. Sleep deprivation resulted from an extremely hot night, the hottest so far. The breakfast routine was the same as yesterday. The barista at Starbucks® provided a big-ass cup of water upon request. Did she know that the potent coffee requires extreme hydration countermeasures? Apparently.

Another SVT event occurred just as the cardio workout was commencing, so the latter was cancelled. The palpitations continued for over an hour, ceasing during the bus ride back to Waikiki. Even the emergency bottle of BodyArmour® sport drink had no effect. The decision was made to mummify coffee consumption, effective this week. Yet another restriction has been added to the geriatric life-style. Well, so much for Slave Labor Day.

Starbucks® coffee is apparently much stronger in caffeine than the coffee from the primary fast food joint. Nevertheless, the SVT events are triggered by dehydration and poor quality of sleep. Coffee only makes matters worse because it is a diuretic. So, the “bottom line” is whether to mummify coffee consumption, essentially the only remaining personal vice. Having to purchase sport drinks daily to combat the effects of caffeine is a ridiculous expense. And, cutting out coffee would save at least $80 in monthly expenditures.

Expenditures have increased significantly for at least two weeks now, primarily involving Target®. There is an offer for a free one-year Circle 360® membership by spending $200 within a certain timeframe. The membership offers free delivery of merchandise as one of the benefits. Yeah, a microwave oven would definitely be ordered.

The Notes Music Break posts featuring the Deep House Cat Show are all slated to be removed within a few days. Some of the earlier music video posts will also be deleted. Only the ones that coincided with the “super-duper corona” plan-demic will be retained.

The vast hurdy-gurdy video library (HGVL) on the LaCie® SSD is now officially archived with 273 choice selections. If there are any new worthy selections available, the latter may or may not be appended to the library. So, this will be the last mention of the HGVL in Notes.

Meanwhile, the “orange bad man” tariff regime has been good for …

… BRICS! The tariffs are only going to increase product and commodity prices in empire. The latest rumor is that coffee prices will increase significantly in empire. The tariffs have forced international producers to sell elsewhere. China is apparently on a coffee buying spree. Obviously, personal consumption of coffee would be forcibly mummified.

On a side note, a chance encounter with neighbor Ignacio occurred on Monday last week at the entrance to the “old folks home” in Waikiki. Unfortunately, there was no time to chat. Ignacio briefly mentioned that he had been released from the hospital the week before. He underwent surgery, the type of which he did not specify. He was there for over a month. Ignacio is pretty resilient for an old guy.

On a somber note, there were two “keel over” events at the “old folks home” last week. One on Tuesday in the other building. And, the other on Wednesday in the building where the mausoleum is located. Yeah, they’re “dropping like flies” over here.

Addendum: A Contigo® Jackson stainless steel water bottle was purchased for $18 at Target® during a brief afternoon outing. Water is now the preferred beverage.

Reflections 2025

There were no reflections last year, probably because there was nothing to reflect upon. This year, same story. Although, there is a compelling need to vent the frustration concerning the nefarious Zionist pogrom instituted by “Bibi” Mileikowsky and his cohorts. A small minority of rank-and-file peons in the “West” have engaged in various protest actions, albeit futile. The moneychangers and powers-that-be are firmly entrenched in the Zionist camp.

The atrocities perpetrated by “Bibi” Mileikowsky and his ilk are depraved and animalistic. This is the kind of evil that the Great Prophet, Ernest Becker, warned about in his treatise, “Escape from Evil.” For all of the powerless peons, the only hope is future karma. The prospects are dim as evil is very well funded.

Sadly, the majority of rank-and-file peons could care less. They are wrapped up in their own superficial self-importance as witnessed daily here in “Paradise.” Stupid tourists. Stupid locals. They are simply mindless consumers, all locked into their self-made world accessible through their cheap “smartphones.” And now, they don’t even have to think for themselves. AI does it all for them. Pathetic.

Mangy Mutt Redux

“Fido”

The mystery concerning the mangy mutt of the “old folks home” in Waikiki has been solved (refer to the original Notes post titled, “Mangy Mutt”). The owner has been identified as an old, fat, ugly ho’ who resides on the sixth floor. The mangy mutt now only barks and squeals when taken outside to relieve itself. The obese owner has been taking the pooch out daily at 4am. So, the entire ‘hood is privy to listen to the barking and squealing in the wee hours of the morning.

On a side note, the Cloudflare DoH (DNS over HTTPS) unfiltered configuration profile has been added to the iPhone 16 Pro. The ability to add such a profile has been around since iOS 14 was introduced. The DoH is system-wide and can be disabled by switching to “automatic,” but it is only applicable to cellular data. The main reason to deploy DoH is to prevent ISP logging of client Net activities. Configuration profiles (Apple® products) for various DNS providers and filter options are available on the GitHub repository. The iPhone now has every possible security option enabled except for “lockdown mode.”

Miscellany: The free wireless network at the primary fast food joint in town has been reactivated. And, the receipts now have the survey coupon QR code restored.

Admissions Day 2025

Another no-holiday holiday has come to pass with more than the usual minor inconveniences. This is Fuck It Friday (FIF) - Special Statehood Edition. Sporadic news and commentary of no interest to anyone. Fuck it!

Another update became available for both the iPhone 16 Pro and Watch Series 9 on Thursday. A new workaround was established to enable blood-oxygen readings on Watch devices affected by the pending lawsuit. Of course, the Watch Series 9 in personal possession always had the feature because it was manufactured prior to the lawsuit. So, the updates did absolutely nothing except waste time. Fuck it!

The vast hurdy-gurdy video library (HGVL) residing on the LaCie® SSD has most likely reached its optimum state. There have been no new choice selections added in a while … well, because nothing is available. Of course, there’s a lot of Euro, “MILF,” “BBW,” and too much “BBC” content. All of the latter genres are, however, less susceptible to DMCA takedowns. Anyway, the HGVL is slated to be designated a permanent archive very soon with no further additions. Yet another productive geriatric activity mummified. Fuck it!

As the last update to the Deep House Cat Show was exactly three months ago, the assumption is that the podcast has been abandoned. All episodes are likely to disappear once the contract expires for the host server in Germany. About 52 episodes were downloaded and collated into four compressed files. The files have been archived onto the LaCie® SSD. The curated Notes Music Break posts will most likely be preemptively deleted with adequate prior notice given. Fuck it!

On second thought, the House Music archive may end up vaporized as well. A 70-year-old codger doesn’t need to listen to House Music. Smooth Jazz is probably more fitting. Silence is even better. Well, with the HGVL and House Music approaching full mummification, there will be absolutely nothing to occupy time in the mausoleum in the “old folks home” in Waikiki. More time could be devoted to Notes … Baha! Ha! Ha! Haaa! Fuck it!

Finally, the entire day was rendered ridiculous when, in a moment of extreme dementia, the wrong bus was boarded to leave town. Over two hours was spent waiting in Kahala Mall for the only bus route that goes back to Waikiki. The bus supposedly arrives once per hour. The first scheduled bus didn’t show up. The next bus was 30 minutes late. To add insult to injury, the GPS site was inoperative all day. Only the scheduled times were displayed. What a fiasco! Fuck it!

Obviously, the daily outing to the International Marketplace was later than usual. Even then, the ambient temperature was sizzling. Only a pint of Häagen-Dazs® strawberry ice cream could make the day right. Lots of sugar and saturated fat. Fuck it!

Beat the Heat 2025

The heatwave has been continuous since mid-July. The last two weeks were hottest along with high humidity. Another SVT events occurred on Monday, once again upon return to Waikiki from town in the afternoon. While walking up the stairs to the Waikiki Market, the heart rate soared up to 143bpm (as recorded by the Watch Series 9). The latest two SVT events can be attributed to the high ambient temperature and dehydration. Again, there was no change to the late afternoon outing to the International Marketplace. If a “keel over” incident transpires, then so be it.

Breakfast on Saturday was courtesy Starbucks® in Ala Moana Center. In actuality, it mirrored the usual Sunday routine. Breakfast this morning was courtesy Starbucks® in town. The change in venue is “part and parcel” to a transition away from the primary and secondary fast food joints in town.

The patrons of the primary fast food joint are mostly grubby and slobbish. Many of them are obese. They all love to use the speakerphone function on their cheap “smartphones,” usually with the volume set to “full blast.” The squeaky noise emitted by the cheap speakers hurts the ears. And, somehow, the cretins can’t seem to dine without leaving a greasy mess all over the tables.

Incidentally, the primary fast food joint in town is a franchise owned by a cheapskate Chinaman. He also owns another store located in Discovery Bay in Waikiki. His stores have the highest priced menus (as compared to the corporate stores). In addition, the cheap bastard shut down the free wireless network. He’s so cheap that he removed the survey coupon QR code from the receipts to save paper and printer ink. What a maroon!

The patrons at Starbucks® in town are in their own league as well. Most of them are “white collar” office workers who feign an extremely high level of self-importance. Starbucks® is the staging area for the “up and coming” clowns. Frankly, they look and act ridiculous. Many of them still set up their notebook computers to do “work.” Oh, please!

On a side note, a search was made to find “stuff” to donate to charity. The small storage suitcase was opened for the occasion. Surprisingly, there is nothing left to donate. Clothes, a blanket, and a handful of documents was all that was found. The clutter in the mausoleum in the “old folks home” is all consumables, as stated previously.

Miscellany: The LaCie® SSD, home of the vast hurdy-gurdy video library (HGVL), has now become the most valuable technology device after the iPhone 16 Pro.

Fuck It Friday - 32

Beats® Pill

Fuck It Friday (FIF)! Sporadic news and commentary of no interest to anyone ... FIF! Minimalism is the primary focus of this edition. Yes, this is Fuck It Friday!

The Beats® Pill was unceremoniously divested on Thursday in the late afternoon. No further details are necessary. The recipient seemed quite pleased with the gift. There will be no replacement for the Pill under the (restored) minimalist regime. Fuck it!

The mausoleum in the “old folks home” in Waikiki suffers from moderate clutter. All of the “stuff” is best described as “consumables” (i.e., non-durable). The “stuff” is laid out on the floor of the tomb since cupboards and closet remain empty. Everything is stored in the open. Unfortunately, “consumables” take a long time to consume. Fuck it!

On Wednesday, a major SVT episode commenced in the late afternoon upon returning to Waikiki from town on the bus. The duration was about an hour with the Watch Series 9 recording a peak of 163bpm. There was no interruption in the usual routine. The late afternoon outing to the International Marketplace was performed during the SVT event. A “keel over” event could have transpired as a result. Fuck it!

Nearly all of the episodes of the Deep House Show (featuring Hypnotic Progressions) have been downloaded and will be compressed into multiple files. The files may or may not be made available on Google® Drive, but it will eventually be archived onto the LaCie® SSD. Fuck it!

So, there really is nothing left insofar as entertainment and diversions are concerned. Well, the vast hurdy-gurdy video library (HGVL) is still intact on the LaCie® SSD. The collection now stands at 257 choice selections. The HGVL is the sole focus of the geriatric life. Wheee! Fuck it!

Postscript: The image of the Beats® Pill features the wrong Pill. That’s the original version from way back, not the current one. What a maroon! Fuck it!

9 Manik’ 5 Yaxk’in

There were two outings to the International Marketplace on Friday, one in the late afternoon and the other in the evening. Sitting in the mausoleum in the “old folks home” in Waikiki is equivalent to a deathwatch. Sitting in the shopping mall is actually not any better. So, on the final return to the “old folks home,” a can of Guinness® Stout was procured at the ABC Store. Was the evening made any better as a result? No.

A offer was made to gift the Beats® Pill to two separate gym acquaintances. One declined. The other didn’t follow through. Surprising, isn’t it? A free $149 wireless speaker in mint condition, and no takers. Probably would have had better luck in attempting to sell it. Sheesh!

Incidentally, the Beats® Pill actually has excellent sound reproduction. Initially, the Pill was evaluated as having a muffled high end in comparison to the AirPods Pro 2 earbuds. However, the discovery was made that “headphone accommodations” was enabled. Disabling the latter feature removed the programmed equalizer settings and resulted in sound parity with the Pill.

ProtonVPN has had a significant increase in new accounts ever since the UK “age verification” requirement (for “adult” Web sites) was invoked. Instead of simply streaming the hurdy-gurdy videos on demand, the fools should have been downloading them and saving all of the files to a high-capacity SSD. Expect this “age verification” privacy violation to become universal in all jurisdictions.

Minimalism has returned to the forefront of personal objectives, especially concerning technology gear and the Net. Paywalls and subscriptions have become commonplace for all kinds of content. Establishing accounts to access on-line content is an extreme privacy risk when personal information is disclosed. As previously mentioned in Notes, nearly all of the Net is garbage. The on-line content is marginal, formulaic, redundant, and essentially subliminal forms of advertising and marketing. Why pay for that crap?

Thus, divesting the iPad Pro M4 and the Beats® Pill is a good starting point by reducing exposure to the Apple® “ecosystem.” Remaining accessories may or may not be replaced. And, the iPhone 16 Pro, because of its small size, will be self-limiting. This is the way it was before.

Well, the late afternoon outing to the International Marketplace was brief, with Target® being the only destination. Alas, a pint of Häagen-Dazs® strawberry ice cream was purchased for no particular reason. In these shitty times, nothing beats ice cream to soothe the troubled soul.

Addendum: The Beats® Pill has been factory reset and boxed up. If there are no takers, it will be donated to the Goodwill kiosk in Kahala Mall.

Animals

Epstein

Notes joins the call for “Orange Bad Man” to immediately release all of the documentation (unredacted) concerning the Jeffrey Epstein case. The recent puzzling behavior and announcements from “Orange” seem to suggest that the latter is hiding something.

In addition, the rank-and-file peons need to know exactly about the kind of degenerates (read: pedophiles) who populate the billionaire donor class, the so-called “ruling élite” (as discussed previously in the Notes post titled, “Animal”).

There’s also a lot of speculation that Epstein was tied in with or answered to the Zionist intelligence cartel. Perhaps the revelations will finally bring down that sleazy war criminal “Bibi” Mileikowsky and his merry band of democidal maniacs.

Addendum: Even Colonel Doug Macgregor is disappointed with “Orange.” His latest discussion on Judging Freedom is excellent.

Tsunami

An earthquake, measured at magnitude 8.8 (Richter), was registered around 11:30am local time on Wednesday, approximately 136km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, according to the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Warning sirens in Hawai’i were blaring by mid-afternoon.

The bus ride back to Waikiki commencing at 3:30 pm was a 1.5 hour trip. During that time, a conversation with a young Asian hottie was initiated by the latter. She asked about the evacuation procedures, if any, and past experiences with tsunami events. She was advised to contact the hotel staff for their protocol. After a phone conversation with one of the staff, she said that hotel guests will be allowed to remain in the hotel. No hotel evacuation notice had been dispatched as of 4pm.

The streets of Waikiki were completely congested. All of the stores and restaurants closed early. So, employees, along with evacuees, were leaving en masse. Tourists were dashing about looking for places to eat or purchase food. A couple of places were actually still open, and lines of tourists were extremely long.

Evacuation 6:20pm - Ala Wai Boulevard

There was no motivation to evacuate the “old folks home,” even though the property sits in the so-called “extreme evacuation zone.” Apparently, that was also the consensus amongst most of the other senior citizen tenants and the residents of the adjacent high-rise condominiums.

At 7:20pm, lots of yelling, cheering, and screaming erupted from all of the hotels in Waikiki as the impatient tourists awaited the tsunami. Fortunately, that bullshit lasted all of 15 minutes, no doubt because the tsunami did not arrive.

The Tsunami ETA was estimated to be 7:17 HST. At 9pm, Waikiki remained a ghost town. Stores and restaurants were all closed. Tourists were all sequestered in their hotels. The Ala Wai Canal was not flooding the area, although the buffoonish governor was claiming that the “big one” was still coming. The official “all clear” won’t be announced until the wee hours of tomorrow morning. Notes is calling the tsunami a “no show.” Ho hum.