Last fall, Oahu’s Kimi Werner was featured in Outside magazine, a thrill for anyone. But when the spearfishing champion and waterwoman highlighted it on social media, her excitement was not as much about the article, but about its author, Susan Casey. When she learned that Casey would be writing the story, Werner posted, “I just about lost my mind!” Praising her as “a woman … [Read more...] about Author Susan Casey’s fascination with oceans shows no sign of ebbing
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NOTW: Porn numbers, drug prices and terrible Girl Scout Cookie reviews
EWWWW! On Jan. 31, doctors at Stanley Medical College and Hospital in Chennai, India, removed a live, full-grown cockroach from the nasal cavity of a 42-year-old woman whose nose had been “itchy” earlier in the day, the Times of India reported. Two hospitals were unable to help her, but at Stanley, Dr. M N Shankar, chief of ear-nose-throat, used an endoscope, forceps, and, for … [Read more...] about NOTW: Porn numbers, drug prices and terrible Girl Scout Cookie reviews
NOTW: New fashionistas, thieving cops and really stupid crooks
NEWEST FASHIONISTAS In January, the upscale Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana introduced stylish hijabs and abayas aimed at Muslim women unafraid to call attention to themselves as they exercise their obliged modesty. D&G's marketing effort even accessorized models' headscarves and cloaks with stilettos and oversized, gaudily framed sunglasses. It was clear from … [Read more...] about NOTW: New fashionistas, thieving cops and really stupid crooks
Hamster Butt Photos, Frozen Gurus and Armed Postal Employees
TOO CUTE! Marking Japan's latest unfathomable social trend, two paperback photo books–both consisting only of portraits of the rear ends of hamsters–have experienced surprising and still-growing printing runs. Japanese society has long seemed easily captured by anything considered "kawaii" (or "cute"), according to a May Wall Street Journal dispatch, and a representative of … [Read more...] about Hamster Butt Photos, Frozen Gurus and Armed Postal Employees
A bevy of cocktails…previewing upcoming happy hour at Capische the martini menu is crazy good
Sent from my iPhone[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=659t-Zf4lN8[/youtube] Posted via email from jenrusso's posterous … [Read more...] about A bevy of cocktails…previewing upcoming happy hour at Capische the martini menu is crazy good