Obvious Quote of the Day

"Mom. Something smells like gas." -- Little kid's observation...at the Chevron.

Sad Stat of the Day

"Four or five people came." -- Grandma telling me how many church members turned up for services today. A little more than 50 years ago, the Kahuku Hongwanji Mission was nearly 200 members strong.

Counter of the Day

"I don't try....It's a gift." -- A friend's snappy comeback to my accusation that they were trying to make trouble.

Hypochondria of the Day

"Ow! My xiphoid process." -- Complaint from a sternum-rubbing-coworker after first claiming food poisoning.

Dedication of the Day

"Facebook-er!" -- Teasing from a coworker to someone who was using their phone to check their status updates during lunch (it wasn't me...I swear!)

Scolding of the Day

"MOM! We're going downhill anyway." -- A teenage daughter chiding her mother who had just groaned loudly when I answered her question of if they were halfway done. They hadn't even finished a quarter of the hike.

Interaction of the Day

"I kept yelling 'Father Damien', but they couldn't hear me. Nobody got it right." -- Grandma's retelling of the time she knew the answer to a Final Jeopardy question (In 2009 this man who died on Molokai in 1889 became Hawaii's first saint).

Lie of the Day

"It'll be really short." -- The major selling point of a co-worker's plea for me to sit in on her meeting that was called at the last minute. It lasted an hour. :(

Heckling of the Day

"Did you forget your name?" -- A coworker's ribbing when I answered the phone in class by saying, "Hello. This is..." and had my train of thought interrupted by seeing a student doing something they shouldn't be doing.

Quote Stealing Quote of the Day

"Can you say that again? I might want to use it next time." -- A coworker's reaction to me saying, "A good leader should motivate people to be better, not bitter."

Quote of the Day

"I got bit by a pig on Friday." -- A co-worker's surprisingly true tale of woe.

Quote of the Day

"I only remember 'down' because it sounds like a swear word." -- An 11 year old boy's reason for knowing the word "shita" (した) in Japanese.

One-upmanship of the Day

"They're all blind." -- Man in Sports Authority who told me he was in charge of taking 13 people on a kayaking trip in Alaska.

Question of the Day

"So when are you going to get married?"-- question posed by an old lady at my table at a friend's wedding reception less than 90 minutes into our first/only conversation.

Compliment of the Day

"You're going to be some high level...muckity muck." -- A mentor's vision of what I have the potential to become.

Philosophy of the Day

"I set my goals low; that way I can always say I met all of them." -- a friend's goal setting ideology.

Grandma's Lesson of the Day

"I told him, 'It doesn't matter as long as he's a good person.'" -- Grandma's recollection of what she said in response to a friend's amazement that she would allow her only daughter, who is Japanese, to marry a Korean.

Number of the Day

"Feleven" -- Hasty answer given by a student trying to decide between the two choices of "four" and "eleven"

Testimony of the Day

"I have a testimony that Laie is a very unusual spot." -- Overheard at church this afternoon. (I know that the speaker meant something more like "unique" or "special")

Warning of the Day

"No running down the trail!" -- Warning yelled at me from a 6 or 7 year old who was on the trail with his grandparents.