http://www.roiratjournal.com Adventures of a haole in paradise Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:04:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It has been a while since I've had a blog worthy of publishing on this distinguihed site but today I heard a story at lunch that might fit the bill even though it has nothing to do with Roi. There are two guys I had lunch with today whom we'll ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/156 Scenic Roi Namur is far removed from the NFL season.  Life there is peaceful and quiet for the most part.  The closest NFL game was the Pro Bowl in Hawaii.  We were limited in which games we could watch by the AFN.  For some reason they did not choose to ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/155 Iakwe, This week on Discovery is shark week, one of my favorite weeks of the year television wise.  It sure has brought back lots of memories of my time on Roi and the great diving there.  Tonight they had a show on the 10 deadliest sharks.  Unfortunately I missed the first ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/153 The 2008 Eurocup is in full swing. As I type this I have one eye on the Spain v Italy match that at half-time is tied 0-0.  One of the hardships of living on Roi-Namur is that the Armed Forces Television network does not broadcast what the rest of the ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/152 Last night I watched the movie Letters from Iwo Jima which I quite enjoyed. By coincidence today my mother sent me some letters I had written to my family when I worked in Riyadh back in 1991. Though far removed from Roi-Namur I thought it might be interesting to see ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/151 Perhaps when I described the huge tuna that I caught off Airok folks may have had their doubts about the size of the fish I caught despite the photo I included. That's fine. But let me tell you, this week I received some photos from former Roi resident ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/145 Aloha, Today I watched the Pro Bowl in Hawaii and sighted a Kwaj. sign in the stands. I can recall guys going there for the Pro Bowl as the closest professional football game to Kwajalein atoll. I enjoy watching any sport called football, while my favorite is what I ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/142 Posted February 1, 2008 “I swim like a fish in the sea all the time, if that’s what it takes to be free I don’t mind” – Toots Hibbert Sunday mornings on Roi-Namur for me meant it was time to go diving. The local activity center provides Bayliner boats for fishing, diving, ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/135 Yokwe. Tonight I was sitting in the bar at Buffalo Wild Wings playing buzztime trivia with my friends. I was having a decent night having won one game and finished second or third in all the others and had a perfect game going into the last question when ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/131 January 8, 2007 OSU Loses BCS championship to Florida(coached by an Ohio native) March 2007 OSU loses NCAA Men's basketball championship to Florida June 2007 - Cav's lose NBA championship (swept in 4 games) July 2007 - Injure right shoulder practicing gung-fu September 2007 - re-injure right shoulder playing volleyball in pool. October 2007 - ... http://www.roiratjournal.com/130