When I looked into the Safeway shopping cart and saw this advertisement, I couldn’t make out the fine print but I could hear the dialog. And I figured the ad agency must have been clueless. Eh, wat, you no like State Farm? Nah, brah, nobody like State Farm. Just to be clear, this isn’t meant [...]
Entries from December 31st, 2009
Final sunrise of 2009
December 31st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Kaaawa, Sunshine
Sunrise on the last day of 2009. Viewed from the beach in Kaaawa, Hawaii. And it came complete with a “green flash” as the sun appeared over Molokai.
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Found dog in Kaaawa
December 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Dogs
Found in Kaaawa about 2 p.m. on New Year’s Eve (12-31-09). She was running in front of a bus on Kamehameha Highway near Ohelokai Road. She is well cared for, clean, and friendly. If you recognize her, please call Robb & Jennie at 778-5382.
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Torn plastic wrapping on bales of Honolulu trash waiting to be shipped to Oregon signal problems
December 31st, 2009 · 5 Comments · Politics
As bales of compacted garbage continue to stack up at Hawaii Waste Systems in Leeward Oahu awaiting shipping to a landfill in Oregon, it’s beginning to look like the company could have problems meeting the requirements imposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The company was selected to send Honolulu’s refuse for burial in an [...]
Legislators ask whether state investments in complex securities complied with legal restrictions
December 30th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Politics
It could take up to 35 years for the state to recover nearly $1 billion invested in so-called “auction rate securities”, members of two key legislative committees were told on Tuesday. During an informational briefing before the Senate Ways and Means Committee and House Finance Committee, legislators questioned whether state officials exceeded their authority and [...]
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Just a few end-of-the-year dogs
December 29th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Dogs, Photographs
We live with eight cats. Not a single dog is part of our household. But we’ve adjusted by making friends with dozens of dogs that live along the route we take every morning while walking to the beach and back to watch the sun rise. This photo features Piko and Murphy. Piko has been a [...]
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Confrontation continues on disputed Laie propery
December 29th, 2009 · 4 Comments · General
A Christmas confrontation in Laie between the real estate arm of the Mormon church and a Hawaiian family trying to protect their kuleana land rights and burial sites ended with several arrests after police used pepper spray against four kupuna engaged in a nonviolent protest. The group, accompanied by supporters, was expected to return to [...]
The question Sam Choy wasn’t asked
December 28th, 2009 · 7 Comments · General
Thanks to Betty Shimabukuro for her story, “The incredible shrinking Sam“, in today’s Star-Bulletin. It chronicles chef Sam Choy’s 150-pound weight loss through a program of diet and exercise supervised by a personal trainer. Choy has changed the way he eats, Shimabukuro reports. But when I mentioned it to Meda, she came right back with [...]
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