My all-time favorite Christmas song is Willie K’s version of O Holy Night (Po Hemolele). This song starts off the Christmas holidays for me.
Then I heard that Natalie Ai Kamauu does an excellent rendition as well. Lo and behold, Natalie sings O Holy Night on her new Christmas CD, love & peace and unity.
Note: love & peace and unity is now available on iTunes for $9.99. Sure beats the $14 I paid for the CD at Walmart. Buy from 
What’s your holiest of the O Holy Nights?
Last we saw my off-roading mailman, he was making his postal deliveries, pushing his driving abilities to their maximum to minimize his physical exertion. Today was not his day. Maybe he tried to cut a corner too precisely. Maybe he saw a more efficient angle that would save him milliseconds. Maybe the home owner trimmed the hedge confusing the mental layout of the mail carrier’s path. Whatever the case, there was a casualty in the form of a busted flower pot.
I can’t wait for the next exciting episode of the Adventures of the Off-Roading Mailman!
I’ve seen some of these Facebook faux pas before, but they’re still funny! There are a few new ones that made me chuckle a few tears of joy.
Marshall Mathers had the most album sales for this past decade? Really? It doesn’t matter if Slim released Encore in 2004 and five years later, came out with Relapse. I own both of them.
The decade’s most streamed track is Shakira’s Hips Don’t Lie. Don’t watch the lies in this video!
Need a gift for a collector? Get your hands on the Gatorade Tiger Focus drink before they run out. Gatorade has announced that they are discontinuing this Tiger Woods’ line so it’s only a matter of time before stores run out.
Once the Focus is unavailable, you’ll have to find another source of theanine. This amino acid is found in the Tiger line and supposedly “may help support and maintain mental acuity and focus.” Doesn’t help with transgressions though.
Power went out, partially at first, now completely. Might as well call it quits for the day.
Lots of stars visible in the sky though. Peaceful.
Just a down day at work. Disenchanted with some things. The definition of insanity comes to mind. We do things the same way and expect results to be different.
If we don’t like the results or environment we’re currently in then why do we do the same things?
Finally found (and bought) Iolani and Natalie Ai Kamauu’s love & peace and unity CD. Available at Walmart for $14.
While there, I also picked up a new, fun notebook for my scribbles.
As a comparison of the weather, check out the “tempertures” in Madison, Wisconsin and Honolulu, Hawaii.
Bummers, no June Jones matchup for the Warriors. 🙁
Windward Mall has their faux show of snow again in the center of the mall. At the top of every hour, you can play with the soapy snow during a 15-minute snowfall. The kids love it.
After the snow, you can get a froyo at the recently opened yogen fruz.
I’m not so much a fan of the blend-your-own flavor of froyo at the fruz. I prefer the more exotic flavored ‘gurts at Yogurtland or Orange Tree.
The Twilight saga’s New Moon is having such a profound impact – on the perception of Young Adult books, on movie sales, on life lessons, on perturbing thoughts, on the rise of the Twimom phenomenon, and yes, even on blogging. For me, here are six blogging lessons learned from New Moon.
What’s happening in the dreamworld of your blog? Do you know? Have a dreamcatcher ready to really see what’s going on with visits, referrers, keywords, popular content, and much more. With popular blogging dreamcatchers like Google Analytics, Sitemeter, and Lijit, you can capture and analyze the unseen dreamworld of your blog.
Even the eternal, almighty Volturi know the importance of protecting their image, and you shouldn’t discount the power of images for your blog. Pictures, images, and videos are a great way to make your posts pop and are a valuable traffic source. From the top 25 traffic sources for Pulpconnection, nine of them are referrals from image search engines.
In the blogging business, you’ve already heard the phrase “content is king.” That’s still true, and the content of your blog is extremely important. But almost as important is the appearance of your blog. If readers are transfixed by the beauty of your blog, they’ll stay longer and take in more of your beautiful content.
If you’re not an artist or designer like me, get a theme that’s beautiful to begin with. Head on over to DIY Themes and admire Thesis. Thesis is a beautiful starting point.
How do you talk with your pack, your blogging community? Sure, all blogs allow comments but for wolf-like telepathy, try another commenting system like Intense Debate, Disqus, or Echo. Improving on notifications, spam protection, and integration, these systems constantly keep you connected to your pack.
Be it an onslaught of wolves or a rush of network traffic, are you ready for the chase? Will you be unprepared and suffer the fate of Laurent, or will you be cunning like Victoria and have WP Super Cache installed? With WP Super Cache, your blog will be able to keep up with the pace of fast attacks and survive to fight another day.
Plain and simple. Young or old(er), guys or gals, werewolf or vampire, rock hard abs are hot. No blogging lesson from this other than rock’em while you got’em!
So, let’s visually review six blogging lessons learned from New Moon.
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