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We’ve mentioned Gerald O’Hara’s talk to Scarlett about the importance of land before, and on the occasion of the film’s 75th anniversary had an opportunity to see the entire movie again, fully remastered, and in its original aspect ratio. 

There’s still one more chance, if you’re interested. It’s playing in 650 theaters nationwide for one day only, tomorrow, Wednesday, October 1. Check the list here. If you like this film — and yes, many aspects of it are, shall we say, “dated” and reflect times past when things were different — now’s probably your last chance in a long time to view it on the big screen, pretty much in the form it was origninally seen. Highly recommended. 

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We’re starting to repeat ourselves. Every year at this time, it seems, we’re saying again that as you get older, you forget birthdays. Thus, it only occurred to us only over the weekend that that this blog’s “birthday” passed without notice. It hardly seems like eight years ago that we posted here for the first time. In law blog years, that’s quite a while.

Because doing this in a vacuum would not be worthwhile, I’d like to recognize those who send us items, who make comments, who gently prod with suggestions.

I’d also like to hail my fellow law bloggers who, like me, make the time to share thoughts about the legal issues of the day. Although you’re not quite “Real Men [and Women] of Genius,” today we salute you, Mr. Law Blog Blogging Guy (and Gals):

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Above is what it looks like out our downtown Honolulu office window on Saturday, August 9, 2014, at 11:30 a.m. A little gloomy, and very humid, but otherwise, just another day. According to the reports, the anticipated hurricanes, as we predicted, didn’t amount to much for us on Oahu. 

Below is downtown at about the same time yesterday morning at the corner of Bishop and King Streets. Very unusual. But speaking as someone who “braved” work yesterday (our office, along with just about everything in town, was closed), it barely rained in the downtown area. 

But better to err on the side of caution, I suppose. Also, to all of you who sent messages of concern, thank you. Thankfully nothing to be concerned about this time. 

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An update from this morning for those of you wondering how things are going out here in the Hawaiian Standard Time zone with one, two, or even three hurricanes possibly bearing down on us. Here’s the view out of our office window, circa 1715 hours (that’s 5:15pm HST), August 7, 2014.  

Pretty much everything is closed down tomorrow: government offices, the state and federal courts, and private businesses, including our firm. We squeaked in an oral argument this morning in the Hawaii Supreme Court, but as of now, most folks are leaving the downtown area and heading home to hunker down. 

I’ve ridden out at least one prior Hawaii hurricane, and for whatever it’s worth, this one doesn’t have that pre-event “bad feeling” that accompanied that one, so my sense is that the next few days won’t be so bad. I hope I am right, but we’re all…

Continue Reading Still Girding – Downtown Honolulu Becoming A Ghost Town As Hurricane Bears Down

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A few have asked how we’re doing out here, with one, maybe two hurricanes apparently coming our way. Thank you for your concern.

We’re “girding” according to this story, but here is the view out of our office window, downtown Honolulu, looking east towards Waikiki and Diamond Head, circa 0630 hours, August 7, 2014. Things may change, but for now, all clear. 

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As many of you may already know, we’ve been publishing this blog for quite a while. What you may not know, except anecdotally, is that several of our law firm colleagues also are active bloggers in their respective fields of interest. We’ve mentioned them a few times, but you may have missed it.

So now, thanks to Hawaii Business magazine, there’s a neat little story on what we do, “Hawaii-Focused Legal Blogs” by Jon Letman, in the April 2014 edition. And for those of you who do not subscribe, they’ve kindly posted the article online here.

In addition to our humble blog, it notes that Tred Eyerly publishes Insurancelawhawaii.com (insurance coverage issues, locally and nationally), Anna Oshiro focuses on Hawaiiconstructionlaw.com (construction litigation, arbitration, bonding, and licensing issues), while Mark M. Murakami does Hawaiioceanlaw.com (maritime, Jones Act, navigation, and other interesting topics like “do captains have a duty…

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This: apropos of pretty much nothing that are the usual subjects of this blog. But felt compelled to share anyway.

Guy without a harness, three stories up, shaping and nailing flashing to a roof in New Orleans. Standing on a palette. On the end of the arm of a crane. Being operated by a guy talking on his cell phone.  Continue Reading Safety Last?