Pray for Coal The 10 most dangerous toys of all time By Paige Ferrari In the last year alone, some eight million units of toys were recalled in the U.S., according to W.A.T.C.H., a toy-safety advocacy group. But Kool Toys and Polly Pockets are kids’ stuff compared to the hazardous baubles of yesteryear. In the…
Month: December 2006
Fire Destroys 'Lost' Star's Home
This is pretty weird, I can confirm that the house that burned down was where Evangeline Lilly used to live. Before I was a full time student, I used to do some driving for Carey Limousine here on Oahu. Last Christmas I had an early morning pickup going to the airport listed under the alias…
A Blunt Message From the Chairman….
Is it really worth it? I mean, I know that you never have to look at yourself from behind, but the rest of us do. A few extra pounds happen, most of us go through it, it feels uncomfortable physically and socially, and eventually we do something about it…. I mean, think about it, when…
Tis the season to be scared witless
AWESOME gallery of vintage photos of terrified children on the laps of tattered and worn department store Santas… Nothing says Happy Holidays like a photo of sweet little toddlers screaming at Santa. A couple of years ago, the Chicago Tribune asked readers to send in their “Scared of Santa” photos. Those photos are included here,…
Some valuable real estate about to drop in the drink….
VOLCANO, Hawaii – Visitors to one of the world’s most active volcanoes are being kept hundreds of feet away from a 55-acre lava delta that authorities believe may soon collapse into the Pacific Ocean. Eruption-watchers from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on Monday reported lava continuing to flow into the ocean off the…
Two Reasons Not to Live in Hawaii
Okay…first let me say that there are lots of reasons to live in Hawaii. I don’t think I even need to say that at this time of the year…however…here are a couple of reasons why living in Paradise isn’t as easy as sleeping under a coconut tree (bad idea by the way!) 1. Hawaii once…
Tofu makes you GAY!
Excellent crazy story: The logic is so obviously lacking it is scary. What does this say of so many Asian countries? There’s a slow poison out there that’s severely damaging our children and threatening to tear apart our culture. The ironic part is, it’s a “health food,” one of our most popular. Now, I’m a…
U.S. Mint bans melting pennies, nickels
Here is an interesting dilemma for the United States…the money in your pocket is actually worth more if you destroy the money…my mind hasn’t quite wrestled this to any sort of conclusion yet, but it seems to me that this is probably an indicator of a pretty severe currency crisis….consider…it costs more to make money…
Artist Burns Replica Warplane Made of Photos at University of Hawaii
This is a pretty cool story from my campus. There is video at honoluluadvertiser.com cd Katsushige Nakahashi’s Zero Projects – like Robin Kandel and James Fee – pertains in part to his father’s experiences during the Second World War. Nakahashi’s work is the keystone of Reconstructing Memories. Nakahashi constructs his Zeros from approximately 25,000 individual…
Hermaphrodite 7-'legged' deer killed
If only they would have known that only the 7 legged hermaphrodite deer had a chance to save us all! Now we are doomed. cd Fond du Lac Reporter – 7-‘legged’ deer killed near Waucousta 7-‘legged’ deer killed near Waucousta By Jared Blohm The Reporter jblohm@fdlreporter.com What has seven legs, male and female reproductive organs…