As a guy that reads a lot of anthropology, this appeals to me. As a descendant of a long line of fire making monkeys, this appeals to me. As a guy that doesn’t eat a lot of meat…well 2 out of 3 ain’t bad. An interesting note about the Korowai is that they consider the…
Category: Travel
Oahu Sushi
We’ve eaten at a lot of the best sushi places on Oahu. Sometimes it is really hard to compare them as they are all very different sorts of places. I can’t say that I’ve had BAD sushi on Oahu, although the places below are all GOOD sushi, so if they aren’t listed….you are taking your…
The Loneliness of a Long Distance Traveler | The New York Times
This is a great slideshow with audio commentary by Matt Gross of The Frugal Traveller. A very enjoyable Sunday morning vicarious travel in just a few minutes. You may have to create a login ID to view this, but it is free and takes justa minute. Besides, it lets you read the NY Times online….
American dream for Burmese refugees
After languishing in refugee camps on the Thai-Burmese border for 10 years, Karen refugees are suddenly being admitted to the US thanks to the waiver of a clause in the Homeland Security Act. There are about 130,000 refugees in the Thai border camps. The expectations and anxieties of the refugees as they contemplate a move…
Earthquake at the dollar store….
Mink Hippie and I were in the dollar store about an hour ago and it felt like a truck suddenly hit the building. I love this story that just showed up on honoluluadvertiser.com Mainly because it goes into some detail about how one of our neighbors was in the bathroom…I’m afraid that wasn’t the quake…
Wake Island threatened by Ioke
A lot of people don’t realize that Wake Island is a part of the Hawaiian Islands. The northwest Hawaiian islands stretch all the way to Wake. Islands include Lehua, Necker, French Frigate Shoals, Nihoa, and others. Nearly all are uninhabited. cd A Category 4 storm is heading toward Wake Island in the western Pacific Ocean….
Dangerous Hawaii…meat cleavers and bullets
A woman who police said was threatening passers-by Thursday with two meat cleavers in Waipahu is facing charges of making terroristic threats. Officials said police were called to the parking garage of an apartment building on Kahua-moku Street at about 1:30 p.m. Officers said they found the woman, described only as being in her…
On This Day – NYT
On Aug. 21, 1959, President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union.
Breaking News: 9 months lost at sea!
This is epic. I hope that pictures of the boat they were on become available soon. Other details remain to be found out, things like..were there other people on board? Were they eaten? That kind of thing… cd SAN BLAS, Mexico (Reuters) – Three Mexican fishermen have been rescued after drifting for about nine months…
Wired News: Bomb Threat Posed by Pants, Belts
Wired News: Bomb Threat Posed by Pants, Belts At U.S. airports, passengers are inspected, tested and searched, and in the wake of the bomb plot foiled Thursday by British police, they can’t even bring a latte on board. But terrorists armed with liquid or plastic explosives can still make it onto planes because there’s little…