The Sensual Allure of Marijuana

The spirit of marijuana is female. She is alluring, very seductive. In her presence time passes almost without one noticing. Her sweet fragrance intoxicates the senses and uplifts the mind. She is delighted by heroic men and sensual women. When a couple shares marijuana, they are allowing her participation in their relationship. Accepting their invitation, [...]

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Should Surfers Be Insured?

Thought this an interesting way to advertise health insurance to those who surf; direct-marketed to me on MySpace. So I curiously clicked, and found the Platinum Kaiser Plan is just $195.00 a month (!), for an average Hawaii surfer, who might like swimming with sharks (I’m assuming the sharks in the ocean, not the sharks [...]

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Wahine’s Number O.N.E. Coconut Water

Despite the absolutely obscene cost of living, Hawai’i does have some economic advantages. I mean, if you’re starving, you can always climb a coconut tree -preferably a short Samoan- or even find a nut that has fallen (without crackin’) and machete it open. Drink the sweet juice, especially of the young coconut, and feel that [...]

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Skin Care: The Best Natural Sunscreen

Q: Can someone please recommend a good sunblock I can use while I surf that is waterproof and DOESN’T cause breakouts?
A: I use AcneEyeStingSlipperyHands, SPF WashStraightOff, but I’m thinking about changing.
After scanning the numerous “comments” sections of varying websites where everyone is asking everyone else what the heck is the best sunscreen out there, [...]

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Why Surfers Get Salt and Lemonade Cravings

Or at least why some surfers do and why many more should….
You know, though I looove Google, when it becomes your main reference library, no matter how efficient a “surfer” you are, you can’t deny your researching deficiencies. I remember when my good friend Brian Doherty used to let me sneak into Reason Magazine and [...]

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Noni: The Stinky Magical Lifesaver

It is assumed that Noni (”Aspirin of the Ancients”) originated in Southeast Asia (Indonesia) and was brought, approximately 2000 years ago, by ancient peoples of French Polynesia to the islands of the South Pacific. Captain Cook recorded it’s use in Tahiti (Nono) in the 1700s, and later documents show its use in Fiji (Kura), [...]

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Breastfeeding: Live and Let Suck

By feature contributor Ms. Reef Rash
For the most part, I appreciated the article by Cecil Adams (”The Straight Dope”, May 5-18, which appeared in the Hawai’i Island Journal … and is published in many alternative weekly papers around the country) in favor of breastfeeding for healthier babies, but I couldn’t stop myself from focusing [...]

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Are You Unknowingly Poisoning Your Dog?

Though animals of all smells tug at my heart-strings, I am officially one of those cat-people who one day turned into a dog-lover; even the title Coconut Girl being a dedication to my girl dog, who looks absolutely ridiculous running around the beach with a coconut twice the size of her head clutched in her [...]

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The Benefits of Food Poisoning…no really!

The other day, this guy mentioned how he’s had food poisoning twice in his life and how awful it was. He was going through the gory details as if he thought maybe I wouldn’t understand. All I was thinking was, twice in your life?! You’re so lucky! I’ve probably had it twice in the past [...]

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Quit Smoking! Me?

by contributing writer Ms. Reef Rash
I remember when I started smoking cigarettes. It was 1977 and I was in the 4th grade. I started this bad habit so early on in life because my older sister –who my parents always had me tag along with– turned me on to everything fun. Back then, [...]

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Broke Girl’s Guide to a No Botox Party

Many people, upon learning about Botox injections and the fact that it is made from a “purified” form of botulinum toxin which paralyzes muscles, well, they get a little creeped-out. Despite the fact that we see with our very own eyes how cosmetic surgery in its many varieties are creating a ghoulish subculture of altered [...]

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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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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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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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