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Tag: hawaii

  • Lifeguards Rescue Hundreds In Big South Swell

    All along the south shores of Hawaii, high surf and rough currents pounded beaches as lifeguards assisted with hundreds of rescues. Waves as high as 15 feet hit the south…

  • Burning Man, meet Drowning Man | The Register

    (I liked this article a lot. A lot of burners may find fault with the authors sentiments, but I find that this article rings true. I will write more about…

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  • Back in a Different World

    Well, after a completely surreal journey in planes, trains, RV’s, and art cars….I am back. Burning Man was indescribable…at least at the moment it seems so to me as I…

  • You've been on Kauai too long if…

    (I’m not real sure what this says, but it makes me laugh…sort of. Thanks to Haika for sending it to me…cd) You take your dog for a walk and you…

  • Naked Woman Jumps Onto Car To Stop Thief –

    (Hawaii is always interesting…cd) Police searched cornfields and brush areas in Mokuleia Monday morning after a man stole a car that was parked along Farrington Highway. A woman, who was…

  • Hawaii Reporter: Hawaii Reporter

    (Personally, I think everyone that claims Hawaiian descent should be given a free parking pass…that would solve all of these problems…cd) Hawaii Reporter: Hawaii Reporter Aloha, Apartheid A Court Strikes…

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  • Canadian Mayor to Work from Hawaii

    (Hey if GW can work from Texas, why shouldn’t this guy do it…this is just wrong for some reason though….cd) The mayor of Whistler, British Columbia, a ski resort town…

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  • Hilton and Richie Will 'Sex it up' in Hawaii

    (I look forward to driving them around while they bitch at each other …–cd) CNN.com – Despite feud, ‘Simple Life’ to return – Jul 29, 2005 Fox announced Thursday that…

  • Haole

    (The following is a pretty good article about the origin of the word haole here in Hawaii….a note to those visiting the islands…If you are referred to by the locals…

  • Diver Hospitalized After Possible Barracuda Attack

    This story is interesting by itself, but the quotes in pidgin (Hawaiian Creole) make it that much mo bettah. Diver Hospitalized After Possible Barracuda Attack – Yahoo! News Fri Jul…

  • Bill Giving Native Hawaiians Sovereignty Is Too Much for Some, Too Little for Others – New York Times

    HONOLULU, July 15 – Hawaii is once again awash with mainlanders, as summer vacationers delight in its beaches and make themselves feel at home even on distant tropical islands. Breakfast…

  • Oahu Police Seeking Fat Albert and His Gang

    I’m not making this up…this is the police sketch from the Star Bulletin. Apparently no one got a good look at Mush Mouth because he had his hat pulled over…

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  • Dragonlily At The Dungeon Friday Night

    Don’t Miss out on meeting up with Fetish Porn Star DragonLily at The Dungeon in Honolulu on Friday Night. ‘The Dungeon’ With special guest DragonLily When: 10 p.m. Friday Where:…

  • The Great Hilo Escape

    Big Island authorities are on a manhunt two inmates who made their escape from the Hawaii Community Correctional Center in Hilo with bed sheets. Authorities sent out a warning about…

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  • Hawaii Mind Body Spirit Expo…Kooks are Us

    Massage therapy, multi level marketing, and spiritual coaching. It wasn’t exactly what I had in mind when I went to the Hawaii Convention Center today for the Body Mind Spirit…

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  • Buying a Marine a Beer

    If anyone had told me when I got out of the Marines in 1994 that ten years later I would happily be living within a few miles of a Marine…

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  • Biking Over The Pali

      I biked 20 or so miles today. It was a beautiful day. There was a Mind, Body, and Spirit Expo at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu. I’ll review…

  • Drug Granny in Kalihi

    Police arrested yet another drug-dealing grandmother Wednesday morning on Oahu. this time a Kalihi woman selling crystal methamphetamine, or ice, out of her daughter’s apartment, where her five grandchildren live,…

  • Police Arrest Man In Chinatown Destruction – Yahoo! News

    Police Arrest Man In Chinatown Destruction – Yahoo! News Honolulu police arrested a 31-year-old man they said wreaked havoc in Chinatown early Sunday morning. Peter Hsu works seven days a…

  • Car Attack in my town…

    From the Honolulu Star Bulletin…this happened near where I live…I bet I knew at least one of the three people involved…lol…. WINDWARD OAHU Woman uses her car in alleged attack…

  • Rusti the Orangutan

    The saga of Rusti the Orangutang goes on ….it has been more than a year since the City Council of Honolulu voted to build Rusti a $200,000 dollar permanent enclosure…

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