To my knowledge, there are not any polar bears in Kalihi…. cd Hawaiian Rock Wallaby The Rock Wallaby was colonized in Kalihi Valley some seventy-five years ago. The marsupial is native to Australia and become established in Hawaii when three animals escaped from a zoo keeper. Scientists believe Hawaii’s rock wallabies have evolved into a…
Category: Travel
Stranger than LOST
I totally enjoy watching Lost. A couple of years ago, before the show started, I applied for a job I saw on Craigslist to be a production assistant for some new show. I had been doing a lot of PA work around that time for a lot of shows. This show sounded cool, they called…
Baron Chairman and Lady Mink
Some of you may remember that a while back the Reverand Earl posted about the Principality of Sealand being up for sale. He theorized that this might be an opportunity for me to create an anarchist Utopia. I have been in contact with the sovereign of Sealand, Prince Roy of Sealand, and while we were…
1st Saudi Woman Pilot!
Capt. Hanadi Zakariya Hindi can fly legally with her new commercial pilot’s license. She works for Prince al-Walid bin Talal, a Saudi billionaire who also paid for her training course in Jordan. HOWEVER – in accordance with Saudi Arabia law – she will need to be driven to the airport by a man. Dubai, Jan….
Home from the Holidays
I’m sure I’ll write more soon..but I notice that I wasn’t the only one busy over the Holidays. Thanks for sticking with us. In brief…Mink Hippie took me to New York for my birthday (my first time) and we tripped the lights to see the Broadway hit Spamalot, went to the Empire State Building, Staten…
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…
For 1,000 or More Homeless in Hawaii, Beaches Are the Best Option – New York Times
We were surprised to see a real local story (for us) featured in the NYT today. I sometimes work in Waianae, and many of my clients there live in the beach parks. In some ways it might seem idyllic – these are some of the most gorgeous beaches in the world – but rampant methamphetimine…
US plans permanent base on Moon
OK, you know what the problem with this is? (I sound like Andy Rooney….) But, there is a problem! It perpetuates the illusion that we can just go and settle somewhere else when we finish trashing the planet we are on. I believe that people are numb to warnings about environmental destruction not because they…
Hokule`a To Retrace Voyage Of King Kalakaua
The Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokule`a will be making what may be its most ambitious voyage yet in a course beyond Polynesia and to Japan next year. The Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokule`a is currently in dry dock. New coats of paint are being applied to its hull. It is part of the preparations for its next…