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Amour for Amos

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

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.

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.

Mob mentality

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.

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.