SOMETHING IN THE AIR Is the signature smell of Texas A&M University more “Italian lemon, bergamot and iced pineapple” (that open into “a body of vivid florals, raw nutmeg and cinnamon”) or more “bat feces” and “chilifest stink”? The two commentaries were contrasted in a November Wall Street Journal report on the introduction of Masik Collegiate Fragrances’ Texas A&M cologne … [Read more...] about Toilet News and Weird Death and Animal Sacrifice
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Our MauiTime Food Writer Went To New Orleans And Here Is What She Found
Travel is a wonderful opportunity to eat, as long as you can get along with foreign food. A lot of people always ask about rock fever but I only get hagridden once I leave the state. Luckily for me, in my trip last week to New Orleans I found solace in Southern Food, particularly the Creole cuisine, amazing seafood and the city’s favorite sandwiches. Comfort food’s popularity … [Read more...] about Our MauiTime Food Writer Went To New Orleans And Here Is What She Found
The New Wes Bruce Art Exhibit At The Maui Arts And Cultural Center Will Exercise Your Imagination
True art makes you rethink your assumptions about the world. It makes you think about the world. It forces you to use your imagination and ask questions about what you know–and why you know–various things we call “truths.” In a nation governed by capitalist free market impulses that commodify everything, true art remains assertively non-commercial. “It reminds us that change … [Read more...] about The New Wes Bruce Art Exhibit At The Maui Arts And Cultural Center Will Exercise Your Imagination
Chocolate Toothpaste and Iranian Corporate Crime Punishments and People Who Deliberately Try To Drive Over Turtles
SMARTY PANTS A University of Kansas professor and two co-authors, in research for a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Finance, found that children age 10 and under substantially outperformed their parents in earnings from stock trading in the few days before and after rumors swirled on possible corporate mergers. A likely explanation, they said, is that the parents or … [Read more...] about Chocolate Toothpaste and Iranian Corporate Crime Punishments and People Who Deliberately Try To Drive Over Turtles
State Health Department Shuts Down Kanemitsu Bakery on Molokai
If you’ve ever done the late night run to the Kanemitsu Bakery for hot, fresh bread you might be devastated by the Department of Health’s recent shutting down of the establishment. Back in March, the bakery was hit with a $90,000 penalty for unsanitary conditions, which owner George Kanemitsu had been appealing. But a June 20 inspection revealed serious problems. The Maui News … [Read more...] about State Health Department Shuts Down Kanemitsu Bakery on Molokai