Absurdity Day Day 325 of 2008 41 days left in this year

HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Haumia ea: Air pollution
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Sit bilong paia: Ash(es)
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Observe with the eyes; listen with the ears; shut the mouth.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine.” - George D. Prentice

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WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Democracy Now!
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Barack Obama is Irish
NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Left Wing Conspiracy
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Media Matters

HAWAII NEWS ARCHIVES – November 20, 1928

The Oahu newspaper Pacific Commercial Advertiser reports that there seems to be an eruption at Kilauea on the Big Island. This may come as news to Honolulu, but not to Maui, which suffers the worst attack of VOG since Westerners arrived more than a century ago. Of course, no one calls it VOG, as the word had not been invented yet.VOG is an amalgam of Smoke and Fog, as it references volcanoes. Its first use was as SMOG, of course, which appeared in English for the first time in 1905, to describe the haze which hung over London.In the past several years, several meteorologists have claimed that there is no such thing as VOG, that in fact what Maui experiences is car pollution, and they say they have the air chemical analysis to prove it. We can only say that indeed that might be true, but then, what were people complaining about back in 1893: horse exhaust? The painting above depicts the Kilauea Volcano eruption of 1893. It hangs in the Volcano Museum at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island of Hawaii.

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