Little did I know that Olena Rubin’s hiring at KHON would bring to light some interesting discussion about the local business success of beauty pageant winners. We’re talking winners of the Miss Hawaii and Miss Hawaii USA pageants. Here is a list of winners going back to 1993 as provided by Wikipedia. Recognize any names?
I highlighted the winners that have had time on local broadcast television news.
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Payments from ads featured on Pulpconnection are rolling in! Check out my first check from LinkShare, the affiliate program for the iTunes Music Store.
Aww yeah baby! Maybe I’ll just frame this instead.
Slate has an article about Starbucks and its relationship with the Internet. I had read some of the included references before but never heard of a “ghetto latte.”
I might have to try this since the Starbucks Oracle rates me and my drinks as “clueless.” Who else asks for a blueberry mocha?
Just some updates on recent posts on Pulpconnection.
Club 939’s 2nd anniversary of bringing the heat to Hawaii starts on Friday, and you can be my guest! The local management of 939 has made a VIP list for the loyal readers of Pulpconnection that gets you free admission to the frivolity. Just say you’re on Gee Why’s guest list. Or, is this really a ploy to meet the Angry Asian Girl?
And speaking of the Angry Asian Girl, she unknowingly started an interesting discussion about former beauty queen winners finding local success in other ventures. Case in point, Olena Rubin as a news reporter for KHON. Then there’s Malika Dudley on KGMB and Erika Kauffman who’s doing public relations work.
Can anyone explain the hiring of Justin Cruz to do the weather?
you drive to work and instead of hearing continual updates about the hurricane, the Wake-Up Crew on 93.9 is doing their usual Wild Wahine Wednesday. This morning’s episode featured Noli, Brandon, and Craig who supposedly earns $7000 a day! He didn’t say what line of business he was in though. Hmmmm…
Forgot the Wild Wahine’s name, but she kept talking about the size of her boobs.
And, oh yeah, Krey-Z Oshiro now owns Kelsey’s Baby Specialties. He said they lowered prices throughout the store, and they needed to cuz their stuff was expensive compared to USA Baby and Baby Emporium. Now if they can only remodel and give the store a facelift.
The Angry Asian Girl pointed me to this blog post about 6 annoying fetishes I talk to much about, and hey, I resemble that remark!
Funny! I gotta keep track of Zen Habits to see what other common interests we share.
Anyone know anything about the pie tins from Anna Millers? This is the only place I know of where you need to place a deposit on the tins in addition to the cost of a pie.
If you bring back used tins, you get a partial refund. Wonder what’s so special about the tins? Yeah, they’re stronger and sturdier than the ones you get with sweet bread but still. I’ve never come across another bakery that does something like this.
Can anyone shed light on this age old mystery?
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While Hurricane Flossie continues its path towards Hawaii, KHON2 introduced its newest reporter to cover reactions from Oahu residents. Hurricane Flossie, meet Olena Rubin.
The former Miss Hawaii is now a member of KHON2’s dwindling reporting staff, and her first assignment was to go out there and cover an impending natural disaster. How’s that for an initiation?
I’m guessing KHON is making a run for Pulpconnection’s next Hottest Local Newscasters poll. And with this new responsibility, that explains why she won’t be hosting Club 939’s Two Year Anniversary Party.
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Club 939, Hawaii’s adult hotspot, is turning two years old this month. What makes Club 939 so special?
Could it be its sizzling themed events? Is it the bumping music they play? Is it the food? How about their tee shirts? Maybe their decor is simply mesmerizing? Is it because 939 got an on-line following? Could it be their newspaper advertisements? Maybe it’s the fact that the 939 employees have annual company retreats? What does make the celebs stop on by and make patrons want to become 939 VIPs? Why did LOST choose to film inside the Club? (Did you miss that episode? Screen grabs here)
Maybe it’s because of the girls of 939. Go find out yourself as Club 939 celebrates its second year anniversary from August 16-18, hosted by Miss Candy.
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NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, announced the availability of a new online tool showing Hawaii’s tsunami evacuation zones. With this tool, you can search for your address to check if you’re in a flooding zone and also get preparedness information should a tsunami occur.
The Tsunami Hazard Information Service sounds like a great step for public safety… unless you’re a Mac user. Did you see the small caption at the bottom of the graphic depicting the NOAA website in the Honolulu Advertiser article? It says:
Note: Apple and Mac users may have difficulty accessing the information.
Hey, what’s with that? A cool new public safety tool that doesn’t work for a segment of the on-line community, namely Mac users? What kind of design is that? Sounds a little reckless if you ask me.
Or, the actual problem could be Google’s. The Tsunami Hazard Information Service uses Google Maps fused with NOAA data to create the maps of evacuation zones. And despite Apple and Google’s partnership, Safari does have some compatibility problems with Google Maps.
Wonder if Squirrel Boy’s (Google CEO Eric Schmidt) visit to Steve Jobs at Apple was to address this glaring disservice to public safety?
Nothing like throwing down a good ole’ fashion challenge! Both 50 Cent and Kanye West are set to release their individual newest works on September 11, 2007, but 50 is sure his album will garner more sales.
50’s Curtis is going up against Kanye’s Graduation, and 50 has said he’ll quit his solo music career if Graduation outsells Curtis.
Looking at my iTunes library, I have 25 songs featuring 50 Cent and 34 songs from Kanye. And I have Kanye’s Graduation on pre-order. While I like a few of 50’s songs here and there, track for track I think Kanye has better material. Probably can’t go wrong with either one.
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