Props and Slops: April 13-19

Note:  My fellow blogger, Thom, does a feature on his blog called Friday’s Fave Five.  I think of it as my Props and Slops without any Slops.  I was inspired by this, so,I thought I’d give it a try.  Today you will see a Props-only Props and Slops!

IN MEMORIAM

• Les Keiter (“The General”), former KHON2 sportscaster (April 14)

HAWAII

• Props:  KGMB9 (@KGMB9), yes for a second week in a row, for receiving *thirteen* Emmy nominations, including Station Excellence and News Excellence.   Mind you, that’s on top of the three Edward R. Murrow Awards I mentioned last week.
  • Honorable Mention:  A health-related tie.  First, to Queen’s Medical Center for earning “magnet” status from the American Nurses Association. It is the first Hawaii hospital to earn that status.  Second, Hawaii for having the lowest incidence of Frequent Mental Distress.
    

GEEK/TECH/BLOG

• Props:  Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) for reaching the 1 million followers mark on Twitter. This definitely raised the public awareness of Twitter (@Twitter).  Now, we just have to get everyone who isn’t on yet to join.  So, if you’re reading this and haven’t joined Twitter yet, please do.  Oh, and follow me (I’m @exbor) – just mention this post and I’ll follow you back.
  • Honorable Mention:  Search engine giant, Google, for bringing the Google Street View team to Hawaii. Now we might finally be able to use this feature on Google Maps in Hawaii.

POLITICS/GOVERNMENT

• Props:  Same-sex marriage advocates.  First, for New York Gov. David Paterson for proposing legalization of same-sex marriage in his state.  Second, for Steve Schmidt urging Republicans to support same-sex marriage. This is valuable because Schmidt served as Sen. John McCain’s campaign manager in the 2008 race for the White House.
  • Honorable Mention:  Comedian Al Franken, for getting one step closer to being declared the winner in his hotly-contested Senate race. Additional challenges are likely, so I’ll wait to call him “Sen. Franken” until he is seated in the U. S. Senate.

PROP AND SLOP OF THE WEEK

• Prop of the Week:  Hawaiian Airlines, and more specifically it’s Kona Airport crew, for not only waiting for me to board the plane (I was running late and held up in the security line), but even better, STILL making its scheduled departure time. That’s why they’re America’s #1 on-time airline.  So if you’ve ever flown on Mesa Air Group’s go! Airlines, why not switch to Hawaiian or Mokulele?

That’s it for this week.  Be sure to visit next week for another edition of Props and Slops, my favorite feature on Capsun’s Corner.

Mahalo!

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