The Left Lane
Old-style ways

Sean Na'auao will perform in a public-television special tonight.

Na'auao, a powerhouse in the Island rhythms movement over the past few years, looks to his heritage as he shares seven selections, some featured on his "Neutralize I" CD. Seeing Na'auao help preserve and perpetuate old-style ways serves as a generational bridge worthy of applause.

So, no reggae or Jawaiian here, mon, but plenty of casual and touching Hawaiian songs, some embellished with hula, others performed as if Na'auao were in the midst of a backyard jam.

Hawai'i Kai and 'Ewa Beach Foodland shoppers, you now have two vehicles for collecting your groceries: your car and your computer.

Foodland has expanded its Foodland to Go Web shopping service to stores in those neighborhoods, joining the Beretania store, the site of the service's January premiere. The Kailua store will open and come online in July.

Actually, you'll need both your car and your computer; the computer to order the groceries (www.foodland.com), the car to pick them up. Groceries are packed for pickup, like takeout food; not delivered, like pizza. However, if you call the store as you're heading over, they'll bring the order out to your car. Pickup times are 2-8 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. weekends.

You register at the site with a Maika'i card (if you have one) and a credit card. The add-on service charge: $4.95. Surely, we've all had days when it's worth a fiver to avoid cruising the aisles.

No joke

Scared to death . . . nothing more than a cliche? Think again. In the April edition of the American Journal of Medicine, authors reported a genetic disorder called Romano-Ward syndrome that causes fainting, and in some cases, death. In people with the syndrome, cardiac arrest can be triggered by exercise, emotion, noise, violent dreams or sudden surprise. Though it wasn't formally described until 1957, various reports dating to 1856 linked the genetic disorder to families.