Medical science doesn’t have all the answers. But neither does acupuncture or homeopathy, or whatever New Age claptrap you might ascribe to. But let’s be fair and realistic here; they probably all have some of the answers. Open-minded resourcefulness is the name of the game this week, as well as distrusting anyone who declares that their way is the one and only way. In fact, … [Read more...] about This Week’s Horoscope
Archives for December 2006
‘Antiques of the Future’
It’s judicious positioning to have placed Tom Calhoun’s hall table by the front entrance of “Inspired Hands 2006.” The Hui No`eau’s latest exhibit is a demonstration of the breadth of fine woodwork currently being produced by Maui Woodworker’s Guild. Calhoun’s “Out of the Box Into the Stream” multi-wood combination of functional and sublime is as much furniture as it is … [Read more...] about ‘Antiques of the Future’
First Light
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28 No films today. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29 2 p.m. The Painted Veil (PG-13/128 min.) Drama/Romance. Edward Norton and Naomi Watts play a young English couple in the 1920’s who marry a tad too quickly, then move to Hong Kong, where bad things happen that spur them onto a dangerous quest into China. Sounds like my last … [Read more...] about First Light
This Week in Review
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20 In World War I, “military strategy” involved throwing huge quantities of men and fire at the enemy’s entrenched lines. Both sides did this for about four years, and then Germany surrendered. In 1936, the British author C.S. Forester described this “strategy” in his World War I novel The General: “In some ways it was like the debate of a group of savages … [Read more...] about This Week in Review
Virtual Pop Stars
It’s 11 p.m. on a Friday night and the place is packed. I’m at the Sansei in Kihei, which has a line outside of people waiting to get a seat at a table. I walk past them and head straight to the bar, which is by the stage, just in time to see Elvis. Or, at least, hear somebody just like him. Michael is wearing an orange aloha shirt and is gripping the microphone as he looks … [Read more...] about Virtual Pop Stars