This is a sad day. We have arrived at our final Hawaiian WAC Tennis Tournament update from Brett Frank, full-time basketball coach, but more importantly, part-time entertaining blog correspondent. You may or may not have heard the Fresno State women’s team won the title this weekend in a wild, thrilling final. Brett’s back from Hawaii and I can’t wait to hear the full report.

I must admit I am slightly relieved there will be no more updates simply because my Roman numeral counting is somewhat limited, and we were getting close to having to change headlines. It’s a little like Spanish. I count really loud and strong, right up to about ocho, and then I start trailing off and mumbling. Major thanks to Brett for taking time to update us while on vacation. He did a great job. Enough stalling, here is Brett’s final report:

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I’m starting to think this won’t end well. I feel like I just invited a guy in a ski mask to escort me to the ATM, or Tom Brady to tag along on my honeymoon. You know how this turns out. Later I’m probably going to be sobbing and wondering why I didn’t see it coming.

Brett Frank, our Fresno State tennis correspondent in Hawaii, is now reporting on food. And TV shows. He’s whiplashing from one subject to another. He’s using asterisks to insert useless information. In short, he’s stealing my act.

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I’m always confused about standard time versus daylight savings time, but especially when it concerns Hawaii. The state of Hawaii, and pretty much the entire Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone, ignores daylight savings time altogether. Doesn’t even recognize it. If Hawaii and daily savings time got on an elevator together, it would be awkward. Historically, it’s thought to be because of a long-standing Island guideline that, roughly-translated, states: “What do we care what time it is? We’re in Hawaii!”

But seriously, Hawaiian standard time is based on – as well all know – the mean solar time of the 150th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. As you can see, I’ve gotten really good at copying and pasting. If I had to guess, I’d say the problem is offshore ripples in the space time continuum. Frankly, I think this is what happened to Amelia Earhart. Whatever the reason, there is no daylight savings time in Hawaii, so during the winter, it’s two hours earlier in Hawaii than in California. And from March to November, it’s three hours earlier. 

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Already, this blog is more successful than anyone could have imagined. The internet hasn’t crashed. The F.C.C. is still not involved. I haven’t been fired from the job that actually pays money. It’s pretty much Jelly-of-the-month bonus time from here on out.

With that in mind, the blog proudly presents something completely fun and unexpected: We have a correspondent! I was as schocked as you are. His name is Brett Frank, an assistant coach for the Fresno State women’s basketball team. More importanly, one of the 10 coolest people you’ll ever get to meet. OK, chances are you won’t get to meet him, but I have, and you should be jealous. He’s single-handedly changed my thoughts about people from Oklahoma.

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