LE ROI EST MORT. VIVE LE ROI!

The Kodiak Arts Council will present “Camelot” for the spring production. Robert Goulet, who rose to prominence for his performance on Broadway as Lancelot, passed away this week at age 73. In revivals of the show he switched roles playing King Arthur.

Lancelot makes his entrance with the song “C'est moi” showing the arrogance of the young Knight whose hubris is part of the fall of Camelot.

“A knight of the Table Round should be invincible,
Suceed where a less fantastic man would fail.
Climb a wall no one else can climb,
Cleave a dragon in record time,
Swim a moat in a coat of heavy iron mail.
No matter the pain, he ought to be unwinceable,
Impossible deeds should be his daily fare.
But where in the world
Is there in the world
A man so *extraordinaire*?

C'est moi! C'est moi, I'm forced to admit.
'Tis I, I humbly reply.”

Let’s remember Robert as we enjoy this spring’s musical “Camelot”.

KODIAK KOWBOY SLIPS IN THE MUD

Today is Breeder’s Cup day at Monmouth Park. The Breeder’s Cup Juvenile at a mile and a sixteenth sets up the betting pool for the Kentucky Derby in May. The winner of the BC Juvenile is often the pre-race favorite though only one has actually won the first leg of the triple crown, Street Sense, last year.

Here in Kodiak Alaska, some have been following the career of two year old Kodiak Kowboy who had 4 wins, each showing improvement before faltering in his last prep at Belmont Park.

How would he fair against a strong field in a longer race?
The Racing Form showed a lot of talent in this race, including undefeated War Pass, trained by Nicholas Zito, not the State Trooper assigned to Kodiak, Nick Zito.

When it came time to laying down some green, after carefully perusing the Racing Form, the Kodiak Perspective got lucky in this race hitting the 2-7 exacta of War Pass and Pyro paying $25.20 for a $2 bet.

As for Kodiak Kowboy, he didn’t like the sloppy track but managed to show, though well off the pace.

KODIAK JAIL

Now that the voters of Kodiak have spoken, it is time to revisit options for the Kodiak jail/police station.

The Kodiak Perspective came across this interesting configuration for short term storage of infants. It is intended for church groups to keep the criers out of the worship service.

This idea is one that could be adapted for the overnight portion of the “guests” of the Kodiak jail, say 10pm to 8am, and augmented with some larger common areas for the daytime. This idea is presently used in Japan where crowding is a problem with people overnighting in what appear to be overlarge dog kennels.

Of course the wooden structure would be replaced by something less tamper proof.
Just something to think about.

CRUISING HOLIDAY

Today is Columbus Day, when the United States celebrates the discovery of the new world. Of course the new world was already discovered and inhabited, just not by the colonial powers during the age of discovery.

Columbus never did find the new world, but rather landed in San Salvador, in the Bahamas. Or if you will, the first cruise ship to make port in these tropical islands. The Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria were a far cry from the modern cruise ships that visit these island, for one thing there was no midnight buffet. But like all good tourists, the crew gawked at the native inhabitants, called them the wrong thing, and took home souvenirs (including t-shirts that said, “Chris went to the Bahamas and all I got was this lousy T-shirt”.

Cruise ships are a wonderful way to spend a relaxing vacation, and visit many ports. The Kodiak Perspective encourages all to celebrate by booking your cruise today.

HAINES VS EL LAY

Tiny Haines Alaska (Population @1800) has made the national spotlight this week with a story in the Wall Street Journal. It seems that there is a dispute over the name “Hammer Museum”. A Museum run by UCLA formerly known as the Armand Hammer Museum has shortened its moniker, maybe because people confuse Armand Hammer, art collector with Arm ‘N’ Hammer the company that helps eliminates orders in your refrigerator, and filed a copyright petition for the name. Meanwhile a museum of Hammers in Haines Alaska founded in 2000 by Dave Pahl has also filed a copyright claim.

Not that anyone would confuse the two entities. The dispute seems to be over internet listings with domain names for the museums and where they fall under a google search. The Armand Hammer Museum is part of UCLA and includes that in their web address, but has secured rights to domain names without UCLA in the address that had formerly belonged to the tiny museum of 1500 tools. Armed with 26 lawyers, the UCLA museum is trying to muscle out Dave Pahl, with no lawyers, in this struggle.

Most visitors to Haines are more interested in Eagles than hammers, but the Perspective admires the enterprise of Mr Pahl and his collection. That is not ashamed of its heritage or full name.

The Kodiak Perspective, proud to support Alaska.

SALAD

After forty-sum years of being onmeown the Kodiak Perspective has been seeing a woman for a few months. Despite his knack for saying the wrong thing and getting her upset, she hasn’t gone running screaming to the hills yet. (Editors note: the stories posted on this subject are fictionalized and are for entertainment purposes only.)

The Girlfriend calls this week and tells the Perspective that she has been to Walyworld and has purchased something he needs. “HE NEEDS”. The Kodiak Perspective has been to Walyworld and there is nothing anyone could possibly “need” to be found there. So she has something that the Perspective has managed to live without for his forty-plus years that he absolutely needs, hmmmm.

When she arrives she shows the Perspective a square plastic bowl approximately 10" square and 6" deep. The Perspective is puzzled, this is the life altering item? “When I saw that you keep your salad in a grocery bag I was aghast, this is for you to store your lettuce.” OK, the Perspective is a guy, and when I cut up some salad, I put it bag in the plastic bag and then shake it up, it is a great way to toss a salad. If he was looking for a salad storage system, maybe one of those centrifuges called a salad spinner would be cool, but a square plastic tub?

The Kodiak Perspective wonders: What next?