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THIS IS IT!!!!

Posted by Betty on Sunday, September 19, 2021, In : Betty's Blogs 
In seven days, on Saturday, 25 September 2021 at 7 PM Hawaii Time "The STATIC Movie" will premiere on Hawaii's KHON2, KHII and CW. It will ALSO premiere internationally on 25 Sept at 7 PM Hawaii Time AND 26 Sept at 7 PM Eastern Standard Time on https://www.khon2.com


I had a lot of fun as a "supporting actress" playing Edna in The Static Movie. I played an old Japanese lady in a nursing home, playing bridge with friends. In the movie I finally won the bridge game breaking Yuriko Asakawa's (pl...

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Discovery my book! 本の事で再確認!

Posted by Betty on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, In : Betty's Blogs 
I am still translating my book, THE POWER OF DANCE from English to Japanese. Today I asked my husband, Dan, some questions about the translation. He asked me that what is the genre of your new book? Eh? I was confused.

"Is your book fiction or non-fiction?" he asked. Now, he became once again an English 101 professor, and I returned to being a college student.

"It is non-fiction," I replied. 

"Will it be a textbook?" he asked. 

"Maybe," I replied. "Maybe not." 

He reminded me that if it is a textb...

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Dance Exercise! ダンス エクササイズ

Posted by Dan Janik on Thursday, February 18, 2021, In : Dance Exercises 
It's been almost a year since we last went dancing with other couples. In the meantime, Betty has been working hard on her new book tentatively called either "The Power of Dance" or "Dance Power." Every other day Dan and I either dance together at our house or do toning exercises so we'll be ready to go dancing again. Today we completed the first part of our "Beginner" level dance exercises, directed to gently strengthening upper arm ballroom and Latin dance frame. You're the first ones to se...
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THE LAW OF ATTRACTION

Posted by Betty on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, In : Betty's Blogs 
Happy New Year! It is already the middle of January. Even though I stay home every day, time flies.

My husband and I have been searching for a TV program that we both enjoy to watch in the evenings. Like going to a movie theater for a date. In this case, a COVID "home" date together. 

The Amazon Prime movie we selected is called, "ATLANTIS." 

When we started to watch, a character announced that his name was Pythagoras. His friend was Hercules, and the main character was Jason. This episode was a...
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OUT OF BALANCE - OUT OF LIFE

Posted by Dan on Friday, May 8, 2020, In : Dan's Blogs 
Today's post is somewhat complex and begins with a 1982 film entitled Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance -- followed by Powaqqatsi (1988) and Naqoyqatsi (2002). Considered by many a must-see trilogy, it's the over-riding premise of Koyaanisqatsi that I want to emphasize here is that the "problem" today isn't COVID-19 (that's just the match), or broken infrastructure (that's just the fuse), but extending decades into the past, it is a growing lack of balance (that's the dynamite). Not balance ...
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SOCIAL DISTANCING - WHAT FUN! :-)

Posted by Dan on Saturday, March 28, 2020, In : Dan's Blogs 
In these days of rampant COVID-19, it's all about "social distancing." Yes? Well, let's think about that for a moment. Distancing, yes. But actually it's all about PHYSICAL distancing, really. And what is the main side effect of physical distancing? An overwhelming need for social CLOSENESS. There's nothing like a few weeks in physical isolation or quarantine to make one scream for social closeness, whether by snail mail, email, phone, message (messaging is my personal favorite because I can ...
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THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH

Posted by Dan on Monday, March 11, 2019, In : Dan's Blogs 
Over the decades, I've had the opportunity to watch American society change. That it inexorably does change is close to a truism. Each generation that's born into the work begins assuming what they experience is "normal" and becomes a baseline for trying to ferret out what "true" and what's, well, untrue. That task has become a lot harder this decade. What with coercive advertising, spun facts, "fake news," "social reality" (largely via the internet), superheroes everywhere and a level of pro...
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Is it Really a New Year?

Posted by Dan and Betty on Wednesday, January 1, 2014, In : Dan's Blogs 
It's December 31st. No question. But I wonder if, at one minute after midnight the old year will end and a new one begin. Not that the calendar won't change from 2013 to 2014. No, that will definitely happen. Not that the big ball in New York City won't fall. That, too, will definitely happen. Not that the world's leaders won't give a New Year's address. God forbid! Not that we won't have fireworks in Honolulu. Well, maybe there it starts to gray. 

Actually, looking out our large window at Wai...
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Wadjda

Posted by Betty and Dan on Monday, October 28, 2013, In : Dan's Blogs 
This weekend, Betty and I fled from the October heat and humidity by going to a "refrigerated" movie house. To both our surprise, the move we chose to cool ourselves in turned out to be one of the best we've seen in ages. "Wadjda" is the story of a 10-year-old Saudi girl's mental coming-of-age in a Salafi Sunni Muslim environment. Filmed by a Saudi director in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, with Saudi actors and actresses, the movie is a "must see" for non-Muslims attempting to puzzle through today's d...
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No-beconomics

Posted by Betty and Dan on Monday, June 3, 2013, In : Dan's Blogs 
Do people really control "the economy?" Does "the economy" control us? Or is "the economy" simply justification for doing whatever "we" -- the government, corporations or the people -- want? 

The first problem with the idea of being able to "control the economy" is that "money," it's basic currency, has become an illusion. Money is only "real" to those who believe they possess it, or "don't have enough." In the end, "not enough money" is an excuse for not doing something. There is always enoug...
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Peter Pan

Posted by Betty and Dan on Sunday, May 19, 2013, In : Dan's Blogs 
The "Peter Pan Syndrome" is said to "affect people who do not want or feel unable to grow up, people with the body of an adult but the mind of a child" or "describes men, who are childlike in their relationships, their ability to handle responsibilities, and their pursuit of pleasure." Well enough, but what it's really about is curiosity and the joy of discovery -- the simpler joys of childhood.

In this world of money, money, money, and power, power, power, wouldn't it be nice to share somet...
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