Mahalo to Scott for this pointer. The conclusion: “We like sex and plenty of it, with lots of different partners, oh, and a few toys to give it that extra edge. And we’re not averse to a bit on the side either, if the opportunity is there.” Egads, what would the new pope think?
That’s What Friends Are For…
Honolulu Police stopped a man who was allegedly driving a stolen vehicle in Haleiwa at about 9 a.m this morning. As officers were arresting him, his friend, sitting in the passenger seat, climbed behind the steering wheel and drove off. Another car thief was caught sleeping behind the wheel of the stolen vehicle with its headlight on early this morning. Transplanted Floridiots perhaps, Scott?
On the other hand, there is some good news…
the Hawai’i County Council voted 7-1 last week to issue $500,000 in general obligation bonds that would help pay for the purchase of a large tract of land on the Ka’u coast and keep it out of developers’ hands.
Land rush to the Puna frontier.
We live in Puna, albeit in the ma uka (upland), and in my opinion, much nicer part of Puna. Hawaiian Paradise Park has always had a wild-west feel too it. Buy a lot and build a house in the wrong area and you’re likely to find it burned to the ground some day by your pakalolo (marijuana) growing neighbors. When we are shopping for property around 7 years ago we look at HPP and said “Thanks, but no thank you very much.” Lots could be had in the $5,000-10,000 range even then. Nice for current land and home owners in…
Busy, busy, busy!
Things have been hectic in East Hawai’i for the past few weeks. I spent a few days in Honolulu toward the end of March, setting up an XServer at UH-Manoa. It’ll be the eventual home of Ulukau, our Hawaiian Language Digital Library. Our son returned from Iraq to Honolulu that week as well, so I stayed over and greeted him and the other returning soldiers at Wheeler Airforce Base. I got heavily involved in writing up a big grant proposal for our technology section at Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke’elikolani, and then our son and some of the other Hawai’i…
Irish bookmakers take bets on next pope…
though they suspended betting on Sunday out of respect. How nice of them.
Irish-only signs go up in Gaeltacht.
Starting today, only the Irish language version of placenames will be on the road and street signs in Gaeltacht areas of Ireland. The removal of English versions from signs in the Gaeltacht prompted concerns for tourists in the regions.
Commentary from the Sunday Tiimes: Abandon Irish as an official language and watch it flourish.
For the past 80 years Ireland has compelled students to study Irish, yet the decline in its use continues. Should the Republic abandon the policy or focus on those who truly want to learn the language and keep it alive? We met more than a handful of people at Oideas Gael who were only there working on their Irish because their jobs required it, and few were happy about it.
The Onion’s ‘Irish Heritage Timeline’
And a tip o’ the hat goes to “Slugger”.
Review of Irish Language Teaching is essential.
Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny TD calls for a thorough review of the teaching of Irish at primary and secondary school level.