billboard Originally uploaded by Linkmeister. In keeping with the Garrison Keillor column below, two groups have collaborated to put up this billboard in Connecticut. A good simple declarative statement makes for a powerful suggestion, doesn’t it? Snagged from Shakespeare’s Sister.
Garrison Keillor on the torture bill Bush signed today: I would not send my college kid off for a semester abroad if I were you. This week, we have suspended human rights in America, and what goes around comes around. Ixnay habeas corpus. The U.S. Senate, in all its splendor and majesty, has decided that …
Hawai’i got off pretty lightly in Sunday’s earthquake, all things considered. Apparently that’s in part because the quake was so deep: 28km (just under 17 miles). There are frequent earthquakes on the Big Island, but most are volcano-related; this one was the kind the rest of the world recognizes: one caused by plate movement. Here’s …
One of the interesting things we all learned yesterday was the value of old-style line-powered telephones. I have four or five of them around the house, mostly in rooms which aren’t widely used. Those all worked just fine (the phone system was up throughout Oahu); it was the newer cordless varieties which were useless, since …
As you may have learned, there was a 6.6 magnitude earthquake off the northwestern coast of the Big Island today. That’s about 160 miles southeast of Honolulu. There’ve been no injuries or serious damage reported on Oahu, but there will undoubtedly be a few reports of structural damage both on this island and on Maui …
Our papers know their readers: Honolulu Advertiser front page this morning. Honolulu Star-Bulletin front page headline this morning. You might all say “huh?” Well, the UH women’s volleyball program is probably the only money-making one in the country. It often outdraws men’s basketball. More than that, about half the team is consistently home-grown; local girls …
How do you call yourself a sports radio station but decide to carry the regular sports talk show rather than Game 3 of the ALCS (note the 10:30am time block)? Don’t tell me it’s not available; you’re an ESPN affiliate, for cryin’ out loud. Dumb move, guys.
If you read “Doonesbury” you may have heard of Garry Trudeau’s new project: a blog written by military personnel. Here’s its goal: Welcome to The Sandbox, our command-wide milblog, featuring comments, anecdotes, and observations from service members currently deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. This is GWOT-lit’s forward position, offering those in-country a chance to share …
In an otherwise useful article about the flight corridor Cory Lidle’s plane was in yesterday is this masterpiece of understatement: But it is rare for a small plane to crash into a building.
“The Glass Ballerina.” Hmm. Since everything’s a metaphor, I wonder what that one means. Henry/Ben has lived on the island all his life? Why? Did Sun’s lover jump or was he pushed? Is there a doctor among The Others who can treat a gunshot wound? I sympathize with Jack’s disbelief; who’d have thought the Red …