Merry Christmas to the handful of people who actually read this blog. Again, it’s been far too long since my last post. I’ve only been paying attention to this blog as it has been attracting an incredible amount of comment and trackback spam over the past week or so. Thank goodness for Akismet, I finally got around to activating it and I’ve seen none since activating it. My deepest condolences to Conn on the loss of his mother. I lost my maternal grandmother on Thanksgiving day, she was the last of my grandparents. It’s been close to 15 years since…
Woman lights match on plane after passing gas
I can hear the pilot now, “Ladies and gentlemen, we are experiencing severe flatulence and will need to make an emergency landing…”
Second Life One Life Too Many
Thanks to Scott and Conn I jumped into Second Life this week, and in some ways I’m glad I don’t have broadband at home or I’d never get anything done there. I get a few minutes in before and after work, but it certainly could be a time sucker. If you ever run into Keola Prospero, just say “Hi!”, “Aloha!” or “Dia dhuit!”. I got my piece of First Land, but need to pretty it up before inviting anyone over. I did figure out how to use the Media Player, and linked to a video of Kenneth Makuak?ne I recorded…
Manu For OHA
Ho‘okena’s leader Manu Boyd is running for an at-large seat OHA (Office of Hawaiian Affairs) seat. In addition to his work with Ho‘okena, Manu has been Public Information Director at OHA for 14 years, is past president of the statewide Aloha Festivals, the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu, past commissioner for the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and is a renown kumu hula. For all of the good work his done and his striving for excellence in everything he does, Manu has earned my endoresement endorsement. I mua a loa‘a ka lei o ka lanakila! (Go foward and…
Edge Case Becomes Edge Cast
I really admire Conn Ó Muíneacháin and the work that he has done for many reasons, not the least of which being such a strong advocate for the Irish language without approaching it from an academic or theoretical perspective. He simply does what he does in such a way that everyone knows this is simply the way manner in which he goes about his life. I was very much following his lead when I converted my Nahenahe.net podcasts to be exclusively in the Hawaiian language last year. Language blogs and language podcasts shouldn’t just be about the language but in…
Who Do You Want To Fool Today?
Police on O‘ahu arrested a 51-year-old man with a stolen credit card who tried to pass himself off as a 20-year-old woman. The cashier noticed the card was in a woman’s name and the suspect also flashed the woman’s stolen license.
Where Are The Irish Artists On The Grammy Ballot?
I’m a voting member of The Recording Academy, which is responsible for the Grammy Awards. It amazes me how few Irish artists get entered. There are a few this year, including Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, whom I had only known as a member of Danu. I checked out her website and her CD sounds awesome. I ordered a copy and got a nice email from her. Susan McKeown, Lunasa, and Solas are on the Traditional Folk ballot, and Enya on the Album of the Year, which has hundreds of entries. Any Irish artists I’m missing? I’ll hold onto my ballot for…
Net Visionary Awards
Conn and Bernie have both been nominated in the Net Visionary Awards run by the Irish Internet Association. Like they used to say in Chicago, “Vote early and vote often.” Just kidding, one vote per voter.
Baby Steps Toward Eire
I’ve been making slow progress on refining my topic for Ph.d. research and perhaps narrowing down my choices regarding a location for studies. I just completed a Fulbright scholarship application last week that would go a long way toward paying for my Ph.d. in Ireland. I have been considering the ethnomusicology programs at both University College Cork and Queens University Belfast, but had to chose to specify only one since you are only allowed to chose one country. Care to guess which one I chose? I’ve been told that the applications are whittled down and sent to the host country…
UH Football Warriors = “The Island Native People” In Navajo
The New Mexico State – Hawai‘i football game will be broadcast in the Navajo language, as have other NMS state games since last year. I would love to see someone broadcast those kinds of games in Hawaiian as well. But no, I’m not volunteering to do it.