The Email UH Hilo Students Received After Detonations on Campus

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Damon

Hat tip to Canspice:
Two more “small” explosions occurred early this morning (1 AM) on UH-Hilo’s Main Campus. One was in the dorm area, and another by Life Sciences/PB13-14 area. There were no injuries and no property damage.
A third un-exploded devise was found by Life Sciences/PB13-14. This has been closed off by Hawaii County Police, [...]

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More Fights Being Posted… Kealakehe School Fight on School Bus

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Damon

Big Island kids fighting are once again popping up on youtube.  I blogged about this before here.
I’m not going to glorify many of the fights that have been posted lately.  Anyone can find them with a simple search.
This one just caught my attention because it happened on a school bus.  I don’t know how long [...]

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First Earthdome Built in Hawaii… The Video and Explanation

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Damon

Dave Corrigan and I were talking about this Earthdome House that we saw on a flyer at the Pahoa Parade.
I just saw this video of Mark Hansen talking about the construction of this Earthdome that someone posted on youtube today.
Using Cal-Earth design technology Mark Hansen builds first ever home using all local materials from the [...]

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Former Senate District 4 Candidate Anthony Marzi… “New Things Coming”

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Damon

Congrats to Anthony Marzi on finishing his long sought after degree.
Just noticed that the buggah has posted another blog posting and might start blogging more actively again!
Now he just has to post something that I can understand …  damn brainiac.
Just as I poked fun at Mrs. Edwards Hunt when she was getting her blog going… [...]

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Today’s KO: How to Render a Coqui Frog Unconscious and Then Bring it Back To Life

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Damon

Why this person just didn’t kill the damn coqui is the real question?

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“Puna News” Investigating Rumor of Alleged Shutdown

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Damon

I just picked up a copy of the Vol. 8, No. 6 issue of the “Puna News” and at the bottom of the front page it gives an apology for being late in getting out to the community this month.
A few weeks ago, I mentioned that the HawaiiFreePress was no longer going to be running [...]

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Inside the Re-Opened Pahoa Village Cafe

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Damon

A couple weeks ago I blogged that the Pahoa Village Cafe would be re-opening again and then updated it later.
Today, I had the pleasure of meeting Jose Miranda the Entertainment Manager, Day Bartender, DJ and All Around Cafe Worker at the Re-opened Pahoa Village Cafe (PVC) and he told me a little about the place [...]

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Damon Dollars Now Being Sold… “Pimp My Blog”

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Damon

If you have been following my blog, you know by now that I’m looking for a job.
I’ve had some good leads and things look to be on the upside.   I recently got fingerprinted by the FBI for a “Subbing” position with the DOE.
I figured I’d try and be creative and give people a chance at [...]

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More From Inside Pahoa’s New Museum

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Damon

A couple weeks ago I posted some pictures and a small snippet about Pahoa’s new community museum that is going to open in February.
I went by today and was able to get some more pictures:

No the following picture is not upside down.  This is a large map of the Big Island that has been hung [...]

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Emily’s Office… or OUR Office? A Visit to the Pahoa County Office – Pictures

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Damon

I got a chance to finally look for our Council District 5 office that the Puna district recently got funding for. I heard it was in the Malama Shopping center, but I wasn’t exactly sure where.
Approaching the shopping center I found this cute little “Burial Marker” at the front of Malama Shopping center:

Nice that [...]

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No Pain… No Gain! Effing Dentists!

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Damon

“No Pain… No Gain!”
Why does that have to be so true with so many things in life? Especially when it comes to dental work?
I hate going to see dentists. I’m lucky enough that I’ve always had insurance for my teeth and my teeth have always been fairly decent besides a cavity here or [...]

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False Report… But Who is This Guy?

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Damon

I noticed a cropped picture on Hawaii24/7 from a Police report and I knew that I knew the guy from somewhere.
I was just trying to figure out where from.
…Officers made contact with the caller, who initially provided a false name to police. He was identified as Phillip Luceano Colleoni and was arrested for the false [...]

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