• Hot Off The Presses - Only in Utah...

    Family Values and Porn

    Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers According to a recent study comparing paid porn subscriptions broken down by ZIP codes and adjusting for bandwidth and population. Utah consumed more porn per 1000 high-bandwidth subscribers than… anywhere else in the nation.

  • Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

    Less Than Wowed By The Luau

    I’ve been to…. probably 6 or 7 luau (feasts) in the more than 20 years that I’ve been going to Hawaii. The first time I ever went was in 86 or so… it was a travel agent fam and amongst all the salesy-markety stuff events that were arranged for us was at least one luau. I’ve always had a good time and had a good experience, although some luau productions and settings are better than others. I’ve never walked out of a luau feeling depressed and sad for the performers until now. David and I just got back from an…

  • Politics, Schmolitics - Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

    Jindal: Scientists Need To Study Volcanoes, Sir

    Yesterday, the day after Bobby Jindal’s woefully inadequate “response to the Presidential Address,” we decided to go visit a volcano to see how our tax dollars are being spent in research. This is one of the things Jindal derided in his prepared remarks. HVO Kilauea Status Page Activity Summary for past 24 hours: The ongoing DI event began the inflation phase yesterday, which continues this morning. Sulfur dioxide emission rates remain elevated from the Halema`uma`u vent. Sulfur dioxide emissions continue to be elevated from the Pu`u `O`o vent. Lava from east rift zone vents appears to have resumed flow through…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Pure Evil

    These little nori-wrapped snacks are so tasty, and so evil. I think I can’t tolerate the seaweed or one of the food colors, there are always mild, yet horribly aromatic consequences. They’re slightly sweet and savory. We have another bagful sans nori, and we’ll see if they present any problems later. Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Pure Evil By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 25 Feb ’09, 11.46am CST PST

  • The Never-Ending Bloga

    Drop Shadow Redux

    Just fooling around testing drop shadows – will try using them floated to the right now and then. The theme of this post is drop shadows via CSS and cute cat photos are obligatory for examples. So, with any luck, wa-la! Why? Well, some bloggers like to use small thumbnails floated to the right instead of to the left, especially if there’s some theme or product information they are discussing in the body of the post. And ***Dave is having some display problems with right-floated images in IE7, although his blog looks great in Firefox and fine in IE7. Blogula…

  • Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

    Hangin’ Out

    Yesterday we went on a snorkel trip from Keauhou Harbor, which is within walking distance of our condo here at Kanaloa, with an outfit called Sea Paradise. It was a really, really nice day for it, sunny and calm. Keauhou Harbor is famous as the birthplace of Kamehameha III, and there’s a heiau down there. Two roads lead in, one from each side, and we stumbled on the closer one by dumb luck, as the driving directions actually indicated the other access road. When we got there, we found the storm-battered hut that several adventure companies work out of; most…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Post-Snorkel Post On Hawaii in Hawaii

    Hey! Lookit all mai new fishfrenz! Kahaluu Beach Park Snorkeling Secrets! The Complete Guide to Big Island Snorkeling! Kahaluu Beach Park is a tiny sheltered cove on the west side of the Big Island right in the town of Kailua Kona. It’s one of only a handful of beaches in Hawaii with such a large tame fish population. Kahaluu Beach is not a marine preserve, yet for having no fishing limitations, it rivals and sometimes surpasses the quantity of fish you’ll see at a dedicated marine sanctuary. We’re on the Big Island, so we’re now On Hawaii In Hawaii. We…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Today - Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

    Trouble in Paradise

    Trouble in paradise: Cash-strapped tourists avoid Hawaii – USATODAY.com LAHAINA, Maui — Every winter, scores of humpback whales trade the Gulf of Alaska for a few months of breeding, birthing and basking in Hawaii — a follow-the-sun migration that fuels much of the tourism industry in this former 19th-century whaling town. But while the marine giants are returning right on schedule this year, their cash-strapped human admirers are not. And the effect of that absence is, “in a four-letter word, ugly,” says Bill Seidl, a boat captain who peddles whale-watch trips on the Lahaina waterfront. We seem to have fallen…