April 25, 2003
Hula, etc.
The Super Bowl/Olympics of hula is going on this week in Hilo. That would be the Merrie Monarch Festival, of course. There's more useful information about this "chicken-skin" event here.
My goodness, in that list of magazines I forgot National Geographic. How could I have forgotten all those yellow borders?
Here's a first-person account of the last two days of Iraqi control of Baghdad, from the NY Review of Books. It's quite well told, describing both the confusion and the chaos. It also provides a little understanding, for me, anyway, of why the looting went on for four days or so.
Want to know how your Congresscritter voted on civil liberties bills (as determined by the ACLU?) Go here. That one is worth bookmarking (courtesy of Scott).
Posted by Linkmeister at April 25, 2003 09:49 AMI remember one issue of National Geographic published in the 60's. It featured Tahiti..
I had just finished reading "Mutiny On The Bounty" and the movie starring Brando was being shot there. I had the biggest crush on Brando, and he was dating the Tahitian Women featured in the article. She was so exotic, with her long straight black hair, and tan body. I was just becoming a teenager, gawky with pale skin, curly hair, blue eyes and freckles.I realized I didn't stand a heck of a chance with Brando.Who needed to see Playboy after seeing her swimming in the water....