After a week of madly working on my M.A. thesis for 8-12 hours a day, my brain came up with this haiku: a paper monster thesis is thirty pages only section one!
Turns out, sunshine states really are happiest by Randolph E. Schmid for the Associated Press "People in sunny, outdoorsy states — Louisiana, Hawaii, Florida — say they’re the happiest Americans, and researchers think they know why. A new study comparing self-described pleasant feelings with objective measures of good living found these folks generally have reason…
New book offers rich stories of life by Lee Cataluna, Advertiser Columnist Friday, December 4, 2009 Late one night, Michelle Cruz Skinner wrote about a guy she didn’t actually know but could imagine speaking his manifesto. His funny, pointed, self-involved rant came to her whole. The piece "Ten-Fold Path," where a young man talks about…
Just like locals know it will rain at the Punahou Carnival, we also know that it will be the opposite for the Hawaii Book and Music Festival: hot with only a few breezes. Saturday, May 16th, was typically hot and humid, with only a few breezes. As a result, the slushie booth never wanted for…
For Lisa Linn Kanae’s book launch at UH Manoa on March 19th, I made sure to arrive early. Why? I knew I had a spot reserved in the Second Great Condom Race! The backstory: Since I hadn’t seen the first one at KCC, I asked if there could be one at the book launch. To…
Alternate title: "If you didn’t come to the pre-launch at KCC, definitely come to the book launch at UH on March 19th!" The number one reason why you should arrive at Bamboo Ridge readings as soon as the reception begins: The Great Condom Race! I unfortunately cannot give a personal account of what transpired, but…
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What do two editors get after thirty years, ninety issues, and countless discussions/ruminations/days of "What is local literature?" A birthday bash, that’s what! December 5th, 2008 begins as a sunny day in Waikiki. I search for parking in the Hale Koa Hotel’s lot and wonder how many cars belong to beachgoers. When I get to…
On Tuesday, October 14, I just happened to be driving at 6:40 pm. I turned on the radio and suddenly the sounds of pidgin filled my car. I thought, "Who is this?" followed by "Wait – it’s Tuesday night! It HAS to be Aloha Shorts!" The person reading was Aito Simpson Steele, reading oldies but…
Ten o’clock on an already hot Saturday morning, only the start of what’s going to be a hot hot hot summer in Hawaii. Lots of parking at City Hall, but it has also been the month of the vog, so the two balanced each other out. The air was saturated with heat and sun and…
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