It was a relaxing weekend on Oahu. Saturday morning we cruised Kailua garage sales looking for hidden treasure. We found a poster, a kali nightlight, a funky mirror, some oil pastels, and this creepy crocheted toilet seat cover with half a doll’s face crocheted into the center. It was a dollar at an old Portagee…
Tag: Oahu
Lt. Watada May Face Court Martial
I heard Watada speaking at length the other day on KTUH, our uncompromised college radio station on Oahu. His arguments were compelling. Consider that at the time Afghanistan and Iraq were invaded, most of the country supported the invasions, mainly because they were being decieved by Bush and Co., consider that most of the country…
Mt. Olomana- Matterhorn of Oahu
Today I got together with my friends Ryan and Jessie and we climbed Mt. Olomana in Kailua. Stuart Ball describes it in “The Hikers Guide to Oahu” as “Oahu’s Version of the Matterhorn.” It is a 6-mile roundtrip, ungraded hike with an elevation gain of 1600 feet. There are three peaks. The access is through…
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…
Polo in Hawaii
If you are looking for something fun to do on a Sunday and happen to be on the windward side of Oahu. Head down to the Honolulu Polo Club in Waimanalo. We just went for the first time and I have to admit to having a great time. The setting is beautiful, the game is…
Trouble getting rid of shit
Toilets, sinks, and flush valves disappeared from 28 Oahu public rest rooms over the last 3 weeks. Can you picture this gang?? [Cue Mission Impossible music…] Thieves in the last three weeks have hit scores of city park bathrooms and made off with a valuable commodity: $10,000 worth of brass toilet flush valves. City officials…
Udown Update: Company's Logo Popping Up As Vandalism – Yahoo! News
You may remember me blogging about these guys a while back. Well, it turns out they are getting attention as far away as Iraq. On Oahu you can’t go a block without seeing one of the stickers. As a matter of fact, I have one on the laptop I’m typing this on….Nice job guys (and…
Mystery Winds Inconvenience The Chairman of the Fukn Bored
This was absolutely crazy. Yesterday I went on a cultural/archeological excursion to the West Side of Oahu in the Makua Valley. Mink Hippie was going to be coming in from Seattle at about the time I was supposed to get back. Sounded like an easy trip. So I went to UH in the morning, loaded…
Rocket Foam May Save Surfboard Industry – Yahoo! News
Damn, if only I had worked harder to develop my Oahu Garbage core made from all the trash tourists leave here…. cd SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A material developed to protect electronics in nuclear weapons could resolve a shortage after the major supplier of surfboard foam suddenly closed its doors late last year, officials said…
Maui May Be Running Out of Sand
Of course, the ideal solution would be to use Oahu’s garbage and recycling as the mix in concrete to support the building industry. Leave the sand for the beaches and dunes, use shredded glass and trash to mix up concrete… cd WAILUKU, Hawaii – Maui may be running out of sand, threatening not only its…