Mayors Kenoi, Mufi and Carvalho Sing with John Cruz at Inauguration

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Damon

*Update* Video is now loaded of Mayors singing at inauguration  (wait for short commercial to play) click here. If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been following former Honolulu Advertiser Reporter turned Blogger Kim Fasslers Twitter feed at the Inaugural Ceremonies. She actually lives there now, and has been actively tweeting the countdown to the inauguration. She’s [...]

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Hang Glider Dave Bigelow’s Record Setting Flight… RIP Braddah – MUST SEE VIDEO!

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Damon

Big Island Video News covered the wreck of Dave Bigelow yesterday,  many others have followed suit. I’ll post something a bit different. This is Bigelow’s record setting flight that he did on April 4th of last year. “A sailplane flight to 33,561 feet in mountain wave over Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii – the highest [...]

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So Cold the Coquis are Quiet

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Damon

I just got an interesting tweet from a fellow Big Island resident. I didn’t really notice it until now. But it’s so cold… the coquis are quiet!  Too cold to chirp? I’ll tell you one thing though… I got this damn cricket in my house that’s still driving me nuts and the only reason why [...]

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Sunday Silly

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Damon

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Hilo High Grad Lois-Ann Yamanaka Gets New York Times Exposure

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Damon

Big Island girl Lois-Ann Yamanaka, who graduated from Hilo High School in 1979 has become quite an accomplished writer.  Yamanaka is the oldest of four daughters who grew up in Pahala on the Big Island.   Her mother was a school teacher and her father was a school administrator. Yesterday, she was featured in the [...]

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Hawaiian Ultra Running Team… 100 Miles of Craziness Being Completed Now!

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Damon

I got to give props to members of the Hawaiian Ultra Running Team (HURT).  I could never do a Marathon less yet run 100 miles in the conditions that they are running in right now. They are currently finishing the race now as I blog this. The results are being posted here (Click on View [...]

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Tsunami Education: A Blueprint for Coastal Communities (Final Document January 2009)

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Damon

I noticed that the Final Document of “Tsunami Education: A Blueprint for Coastal Communities” was released recently. It’s a 90 page document prepared by Kylie Alexandria, Genevieve Cain and Patsy Iwasaki.   It was funded by The County of Hawai’i Planning Department State Office of Planning – Coastal Zone Management Program. I only briefly scanned [...]

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“Spitfire Grill” The Movie that “Essay House” Scams are Based Upon

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Damon

I’ve been writing about the Essay Houses that a mainland scammer named Mark Samwick has been running of late. Here is the movie that has inspired this whole genre of essay houses (I’m trying to find a copy that has more then just the “Score” from the movie): “An aging woman wants to put her [...]

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Parking Wars Honolulu (Repo Hawaii)… The Video

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Damon

I previously blogged about a Big Island repoman video taping his repos and posting them on youtube here and here. It now appears that a Honolulu guy is doing something similar, however, he has made it more into a movie with captioning and all! I know the economy sucks right now, and I know these [...]

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