When an oyster becomes aware of a grain of sand inside it, it quickly begins a process of pearling, in order to fix and isolate the irritant.
Our lungs do something similar, when a particle is inhaled and does not dissolve. The lung creates scar tissue, which surrounds and isolates a penetrating particle of contamination.
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kai Pi’i: High Wave PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Luzim: Abandon HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Sea lettuce is easily swayed by the action of the tide.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “It’s only when the tides go out that you discover who’s been swimming naked.” (Warren Buffet)
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Puhi: Burn PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Kukim: Burn HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A goose mate returns to pollute the house.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Th-th-th-th-that’s all folks!” (Porky Pig)
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Mauna: Mountain PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Maunten: Mountain HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Love is like mist; there is no mountaintop it does not settle upon.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “The mountain remains unmoved at its seeming defeat by the mist.” (Rabindranath Tagore)
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DIED ON THIS DAY — May 29th
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Kuai: Retail PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Baim: Buy HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “He is a filth-eating god.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist.” (Tammy Faye Baker)
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Mahie: Charming PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Knopesen: Confession HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “There is only only one remedy — repentance.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.” (James Branch Cabell)
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YESTERDAY: Edward “Eddie” Wilson and his horse Ms. Bud died Monday after the two fell 100 feet while traveling down Halemau‘u Trail in Haleakala Crater. More >
May 27th, 1910: He never came to Maui but that’s OK, he was a genius. Alexander Graham Bell arrived in Honolulu for a single day visit on his around-the-world trip. In his interview, he made a prediction universally laughed at: that within 10 years, transpacific airships would serve Hawaii. Now, of course, they keep business in the state alive.
EVENTS ON THIS DAY — May 27th
1647: The first recorded American execution of a witch (Massachusetts)
1844: Samuel F B Morse completes the first telegraph line
1937: The Golden Gate Bridge is dedicated and has its “Pedestrian Day” (it opens for traffic tomorrow)
1960: Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey
1994: After spending two decades in exile, Nobel Prize-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn returns to Russia
1995: Actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed when thrown from his horse during a jumping event in Charlottesville Virginia
1996: In his first meeting with the Chechnya rebels, Russian President Boris Yeltsin negotiates a cease-fire to the war in Chechnya
1998: Michael Fortier, key witness in the Oklahoma City bombing case, is sentenced to 12 years in prison for his complicity (he apologizes for not warning anyone)
1999: A U.N. tribunal indicts Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic for crimes against humanity in Koscovo
2006: A 6.3-magnitude earthquake in central Indonesia killed at least 5,800 people.
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kaumaha: Sorry PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Sori: Sorry HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “There is only only one remedy — repentance.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “The moment of repentance is the moment of initiation.” (Oscar Wilde)
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Niele: Curious PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Tambu: Holy HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The skin is a garmet that dries easily.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Never lose a holy curiosity.” (Albert Einstein)
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Nat’l Macaroon Day