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…
Category: Travel
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…
Mt. Olomana- The Matterhorn of Oahu!
For those of you who are curious, I have begun blogging Hawaiian adventures, restaurants, hikes, and life at my Hawai’i specific site, HawaiiChicken.com I will endeavor to post a few things from there, here now and then. cd Hawaii Chicken » Mt. Olomana- The Matterhorn of Oahu! Today I got together with my friends Ryan…
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…
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…