ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers were asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. The winners are: 1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs. 2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained. 3 . Abdicate…
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What ever happened to Veruca Salt?
I saw the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the other night. While visually it was sort of cool to revisit Wonka’s factory. I hated the remake as a whole. Johnny Depp who I have never disliked in a role, was terrible as Wonka, they should have called him Wanka because that’s what he must…
Danger!!!
Winecast
Winecast This is a pretty cool resource for wine. The blog and podcast are useful, entertaining, and informative. Have a look.
Why are there so many jailbreaks in Hawaii?
This is just a few miles from my house. Funny. don’t they have gaurds here? 5 boys escape from correctional facility Police are looking for five Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility inmates who escaped yesterday afternoon by going over a four-foot high fence. The boys jumped the fence at the facility’s swimming area about 4:50 p.m….
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 at Starbucks, lunch at Subway, dinner at Red Lobster and a restful night at the Marriott or Hilton. But most visitors soon discover something profoundly…
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 his face. Rudy allegedly told the kidnappers that they were like “School on Saturday, No Class” and then ran off to do some shoplifting. “The…
Big Island Quake 5.2
Fukn thing woke me up. Glad it wasn’t big enough to send the tsunami they say we are due for. We’re overdue here for a tsunami, a hurricane, and a big fukn quake. If they all hit at once, maybe I can afford to buy property in Hawaii.
Fukin Tofu
Had Chinese dinner in Kaimuki with my friend Lena the other night….When she pointed this out on the menu, I absolutely had to order it. It was actually pretty fukn good. Here is what the actual meal looked like. Damn if I can remember the name of the place…but everything there was heavy on MSG…
Rubber Johnny
Rubber Johnny documents a 16-year-old, inbred mutant’s solitary existence, locked in a pitch-black basement by his ashamed parents. They are TV addict rednecks who occasionally feed Johnny and yell at him for making noise. Johnny’s only company in the basement is his little dog. His dog’s I.Q. far outstrips Johnny’s, who is a completely insane,…