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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Monday, April 8, 2002

THE LEFT LANE
Amour for Amos

Local fans of singer Tori Amos now have a Web site to call their own.

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The newly hatched Tori Amos Ohana Web site, a fan base created by a klatch of local devotees of the scarlet-haired, piano-pounding vocalist "just for Hawai'i's Tori Fans" — is, admittedly, a bare-bones affair so far. It offers a little information about Amos and her music, but mostly directs visitors to links with more detailed Tori minutiae.

The main purpose behind the Ohana's efforts appears to be gathering enough online "signatures" to encourage a Honolulu concert from the vocally acrobatic singer. Tired of keeping your longing to bring Tori here silent all these years? Visit the site.

— Derek Paiva, Advertiser staff writer


Words to remember

With oral history, there is no time like the present. If you wait, the memories will be lost. To equip those who don't know how to go about preserving their family or community histories, the Mission Houses Museum is offering a three-part workshop in Oral History, beginning with daylong sessions Saturday and continuing May 11 and June 1. The fee is $40; $35 for museum members; $20 for students. Information: 531-0481.

If you can't make that one, the Soleil Lifestory Network, a nonprofit group, offers a free e-book on writing personal and family memories. Or write: Soileil Lifestory Network, 95 Gould Rd., Lisbon Falls, ME 04252.

— Wanda A. Adams, Book editor


Mob mentality

Fuhgedaboud the "Star Wars" name generator, the superhero name game and even the cyber site that translates your non-Hawaiian name into Hawaiian. This Internet diversion promises to get you in touch with your inner gangster in a way that "Soprano" and "Godfather" fans can identify with. "Da most important ting is havin' a good mob name, see," proclaims the Web site, which requires you to fill out a form describing your physical deformities and vices before bestowing an appropriate term of endearment.

A second site, is for wiseguys with less time to waste. It comes up with a nickname within a keystroke of entering your real name.

— Tanya Bricking, Advertiser staff writer


Wrapped up in plastic

More and more, beauty is in the hands of the plastic surgeon.

According to 2001 statistics released by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the number of trips to plastic surgeons is increasing faster than you can say "crows-feet."

There were nearly 8.5 million cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures performed in 2001, a 304 percent increase since 1997. The five favorite surgical procedures? Liposuction, eyelid surgery, breast augmentation, nose reshaping and facelifts. For nonsurgical procedures, Botox injections are the hottest craze, with chemical peels, collagen injections, microdermabrasion and laser hair removal also popular.

— Alice Keesing, Advertiser health writer