Will The Real Three R’s Please Stand Up…

No, not the Three R’s of Recycling: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, that Hawaii local boy Jack Johnson likes to sing-song about with his pal Curious George – making environmental awareness fun for kids! Nor the Three R’s of Compassion, used by religious groups to revive the ghettos: Relocation, Reconciliation, Redistribution. Nor the foundation of the “undo” [...]

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Secret Hair Tips for the Surfer Girl

There is one thing every girl who surfs has in common. I mean, besides all the requisite health and physical benefits – one of the downsides is, we all have hair problems. Just think of putting a fine strand of silk in salt water and then letting it bake in the sun, then wetting it [...]

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Britney Spears Has Already Grown Her Hair Out!

I have always had this weird fascination with how quickly celebrities could grow their hair out. Perhaps it has something to do with my kinky curls and the length that seems to get lost in spirals. The only way my hair looks as long as it is, is when it’s wet. Following short hair trends [...]

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Ice, Heat or Bloodletting? The Best Cure for an Injury

If you have injured yourself to the point it will likely swell most of us fall to the doctor recommended RICE technique: Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate. Though it works fine, today we’re going to simply add a few things to the therapy, which will aid in the healing but will not spell an easy recall [...]

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Apple Computers: My Long-term Love/Hate Relationship

Okay, say what you will, but I am a devoted Mac user/lover. They may kick me, cajole me, break my piggy bank all they want, but I still come back for more. I started on my dad’s Macintosh Plus (though I did do some initial tinkering on an older Apple with the big floppy drives) [...]

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Mexican Food in Hawai’i: Fact or Fiction?

If you live (or enjoy extended visits) to the Big Island of Hawaii, especially those of you who have savored the oral perks found in areas of the Southwest mainland where Mexican food (traditional and otherwise) is not only yummy but an inexpensive necessity, you will have to readjust your taste bud rating system and [...]

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Medical Marijuana & Braindead Monsters

I’m not much of a pot smoker, but you don’t have to be to appreciate the idiocy behind (and potential woe to stem from) Angel Raich losing her federal appeal today – likely the most important court case regarding the use of medical marijuana. Raich, who is suffering from a brain tumor, scoliosis, seizures and [...]

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Ben Is Dead — Is Still Dead

For those wondering wha’happend…this post will eventually include some story. And I hope to include links to all the past Ben Is Dead Magazine contributors. So check back with us again later. xo
All posts written under the name “coconut girl” are written by ex-Ben Is Dead editress Darby Romeo.
All contributors who happen to have found [...]

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