Posted on February 13, 2009 by Damon
Hat tip to Jon over at Punaonline, I noticed that Fred Blas and his Hawaiian Beach Action Team has installed another bus stop for the keiki. They are doing this without help from the county and it’s a great service to the community: I know this is the second one they have built for sure, [...]
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Posted on February 13, 2009 by Damon
I was recently asked about “Rock Stars” that I may have met. I really don’t know a lot of “Rock Stars” as I wasn’t really a “Rock” fan growing up and didn’t really go to many concerts when I was younger. My wife… she’s the one related to a lot of the famous Hawaiian Musicians, [...]
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Posted on February 13, 2009 by Damon
Red Bull sports drink has a creative branding project going on across America right now and UH Manoa was one of the latest campuses to get hit by the “Red Bull Team” Here’s a bit more on this campaign: Creative branding project done with Red Bull North America.
Filed under: Food & Drink, UH | Tagged: Red Bull Flowers, University of Hawaii | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 13, 2009 by Damon
Brad Cavanagh heard a rumor that the Kona Blog picked up on. There’s a rumour going around that Ken’s House of Pancakes is not going to renew its lease, which ends this October. Rumour also has it that Ken’s is going to be replaced with a Denny’s. A quick call to Ken’s Restaurant number listed [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Blogs, Economy, Food & Drink, Rumors | Tagged: Denny's, Hilo, Ken's House of Pancakes, Rumors | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 13, 2009 by Damon
Mahalo to Shannon Rudolph for sending me the easily broken down Hawaii County “Piece of Obama Pie” otherwise known as the Stimulus package. For a look at other Hawaii Counties you can click here. The total of cost of all the projects submitted by Hawaii is $2,390,826,455 Below are the “shovel-ready” projects for which this [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Hawaii, Kauai, Legislature, Maui, Oahu, Something New?, State Affairs, Technology | Tagged: Hawaii County Economic Stimulus Package, Obama | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 13, 2009 by Damon
Thank you for the prompt reply to my questions regarding the Counties Civil Defense response Wednesday. Below in Green our my responses to the counties responses to my original questions. (I’m not sure if you will be able to see this in color on your computers or not… so I’m also posting a blog of [...]
Filed under: Big Island, Community, County Council, Economy, Hawaii, Kenoi, Security, Technology | Tagged: Big Island of Hawaii, City Watch, Hawaii Phone Alert System | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 13, 2009 by Damon
The other day I questioned why Civil Defense did not do a better job of getting notice out to Big Island residents regarding Wednesdays flooding in West Hawaii. I just received the following response: My questions in BLACK: County Response in RED: 1. I would like to know how many Hawaii County Residents have signed [...]
Filed under: Big Island, Blogs, Community, Environment, Hawaii, Technology | Tagged: Civil Defense, Hawaii | 3 Comments »
Posted on February 13, 2009 by Damon
Well just got back from my first day back to work. Only had to bring one kid to the counselors office and only assisted removing another from class. I don’t remember kids being this hyperactive when I was in school… Have a lot to catch up on… will write more later.
Filed under: Announcements, Education, Kids | Tagged: Education, Employment, Kids | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 13, 2009 by Damon
A few months back, BIVN posted a video on the Coqui Hawaiian Integration and Reeducation Project (CHIRP), run by Syd Singer. I just realized that Mr. Singer made a comment recently made the following comment on my site on the blog I posted about $4 million dollars being spent on coqui eradication: The coquis are [...]
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Posted on February 13, 2009 by Damon
Well in case you haven’t been following my blog… I’ve been letting you all know that I’ve been desperate for work. Most of you have probably been thinking… well get off your ass and go find a job! Well I have been looking and most of the jobs here on the Big Island do not [...]
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Posted on February 13, 2009 by Damon
Today is another one of those crazy downhill skateboard races over there on Oahu that pretty much stay “underground” until the day of the race. I used to love to skate when I was younger, but some of the things these kids do now a days just makes me worry about my son skating when [...]
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Posted on February 13, 2009 by Damon
Don’t forget to pick up your free Friday the 13th Condoms if you are a UH Manoa student. The Health Promotion Office of University Health Services-Manoa is excited to announce the 2009 Condom Fair. 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the University of Hawaii Campus Center Mall. The Health Promotion Office anticipates approximately 2,000 students [...]
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Posted on February 13, 2009 by Damon
A man bought a new Mercedes to celebrate his wife leaving him and was out on the interstate for a nice evening drive. The top was down, the breeze was blowing through what was left of his hair and he decided to open her up. As the needle jumped up to 80 mph, he suddenly [...]
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