I have a monthly subscription for a dehydrated beef dog food for Moʻo from Badlands Ranch. I've had it for about 2 years now. I give her about a tablespoon with each meal to add nutrients her dried kibble might be missing. On Sunday I started getting emails saying they were unable to process my credit card; I got 3 emails that day. And another the next day, plus another on Wednesday. I did not contact them as they had asked.
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| 08/23/26 @ 2:15 am. Why are you wanting me to respond when I am asleep? |
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| 08/23/26 @ 4:13 am. I am not ignoring you, I am still asleep! |
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| 08/23/26 @ 8:12 am. I am now ignoring you. |
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| 08/24/26 @ 2:20 am. Asleep, but will ignore you when I wake up. |
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| 08/26/26 @ 2:24 am. Still asleep, still going to ignore you when I wake up! |
This same thing happened last year at about the same time; I wonder if it has something to do with the expiration month which is July. Last year the customer service rep was great, she checked a bunch of things & everything was correct; I got my order even though I did get more emails saying it was not able to process my card. It happened the next month & the next! I contacted Badlands Ranch each time. Finally the customer service rep said, they were not sure why it kept sending me emails saying something was wrong when nothing was, so just ignore the emails. And then the emails stopped coming; I thought they had fixed the problem. Not. When it started happening this time, I ignored the emails because the card expiration year is 2030 & everything they had in their system was correct; it should be working. I got this email today. (And yes, my dog is spoiled.)
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| Customer service rep was right; just ignore the other emails! |
Neighbor Malia might be having some roof problems from Hurricane Lālā. There were 2 guys up on her roof today. They were there for an hour or so poking around & talking about things. I did not see them do any repairs, they were probably checking to figure out what the problem was & how to fix it.
The Motek Bakery email about tomorrow's breakfast special says its going to be shakshuka! My favorite! There was a very nice photo.
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| (Photo by Motek) |
I am watching Episode 2 of Yuezhou Unusual News Record on Lingopie. It is an intermediate level video. What I like about Lingopie is that the video has the English subtitles but also has the Hanzi & Pinyin directly above the English. Scroll the cursor over the Hanzi which is then highlighted in orange & the specific English words it translates to pops up along with options to hear it said again (headset), to speak the word yourself (mic), or have a more detailed explanation for the word or phrase (light bulb).
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| When you click on light bulb, box on right appears. |
I learned a bunch of new words on Duolingo today. My 1st session was just before I went to sleep, a little after midnight. I learned about using suggestion particles in regards to transportation. My 2nd session was when I woke up around 6 am; the theme seemed to be watching TV! How appropriate!
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| Start of 2nd lesson of the day. |




I serendipitously started watching 2 Korean TV series that turn out to have somewhat parallel but opposite themes. How can they be parallel & opposite at the same time? Well maybe those are not quite the right words to describe them, but I'll let you judge for yourself. Both involve time slips during an eclipse but in Bon Appétit, Your Majesty a modern Michelin level Korean chef is transported to Joseon era Korea & in My Royal Nemesis a Joseon era royal concubine is transported to modern day Korea. Both women are strong-willed & self-assured in their original lives & bring that with them & initially act that way but soon figure out they need to suppress that in order to navigate their new lives. Both women also interact with the tyrannical male head (of the country in Bon Appétit & of a very large business conglomerate in Royal Nemesis) & assist the male tyrants in retaining their power through the use of their strengths. And obviously there is romance involved in both. So I think the themes of these series are parallel but opposite. What do you think? (And yes, I am watching them at the same time, alternating episodes between the 2. Another way to exercise my brain.)


Tropical Storm Lowell is expected to enter the Central Pacific region some time late tonight or early tomorrow morning; it is currently about 1210 miles east-southeasterly of Hilo. It is also expected to increase in wind speed & become a hurricane; at 5 pm today it had maximum sustained winds of about 50 mph & is moving west-northwesterly at about 9 mph. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center area is keeping a close watch since it is unknown whether or how Hurricane Karina will affect it.
The window for Episode 55 of the eruption of Kīlauea has not yet been determined. Scientists are collecting more data to provide a more accurate prediction of when the next eruption will occur.
Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Diana!