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Face-to-face with female killers – photography exhibit in Russia
I saw this on the BBC website yesterday, but didn’t read it. Did today and wow – what powerful images! Check it out…. “The words ‘No one ever taught you to love yourself’ made Marina cry.” “How sad we look…” A Canadian photographer is confronting Russians with images of women murderers, at an exhibition in…
Pageant at Manoa Valley Theatre
Saturday night, we were fortunate to have some friends give us tickets to Pageant at the Manoa Valley Theatre (http://www.manoavalleytheatre.com/NowPlaying/Pageant.htm) (Thanks Dave and Theresa!!!) It was a fabulous experience. Basicly a spoof of a beauty pageant where all of the contestants (Miss Bible Belt, Miss Deep South, Miss Great Plains, Miss Texas, Miss Industrial Northeast,…
Hawaiian Sunshine Nursery
Yesterday was another fine day on Oahu. Mink and I decided to go visit our friend Conrad who works at Hawaiian Sunshine Nursery in Waimanalo. We’ve been getting into tropical plants lately and I’ve started a small kine garden in our yard, so it was a real treat to have Conrad show us around the…
On This Day – New York Times
On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, that instantly killed an estimated 66,000 people in the first use of a nuclear weapon in warfare.
Sex in Space: Doing It Next to the Warp Drive
How human the up-and-coming business of space tourism will be! Early space tourists will marvel at the view, but as orbital vacations become more affordable, space tourists will include couples who want to experience space and weightlessness together. Sex in Space is the “killer app” that will transform space tourism into a mega business. Making…
Iditarod musher Susan Butcher has died at 51
This is a real shock. I met Susan Butcher a few years ago when I was working in Juneau, Alaska. She was super nice and the picture of good health. One of my favorite quotes from her is “I do not know the word ‘quit.’ Either I never did it, or I have abolished it.”…
Quick …someone slip one in George W's fruit punch…..!!!!
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German scientist has been testing an “anti-stupidity” pill with encouraging results on mice and fruit flies, Bild newspaper reported on Saturday. It said Hans-Hilger Ropers, director at Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, has tested a pill thwarting hyperactivity in certain brain nerve cells, helping stabilise short-term memory and improve attentiveness….
Ohina Short Film Showcase 2006
Last night, we went to the Doris Duke Theatre and checked out the 2006 Ohina Short Film Showcase It was fun. There were some great films, a few pointless ‘huh’ films, and one absolutely terrible Christain animation. The Ohina Short Film Showcase will be showing again today at 1pm, 3pm, and 7pm. Check it out…
Britain's 'biggest spider' dies
10 inches?? Small mammals?!? A spider which was thought to be the biggest in captivity in the UK has died at the age of 20. Lucretia, a goliath birdeater tarantula, had been the star attraction at Stratford Butterfly Farm in Warwickshire until her recent demise. She was 10in in diameter, about the size of a…