"The most brutal Winter..."'Judith Whitehead' (inspiration Sunday)

Judith Whitehead lives in Amherst New York( A suburb of Buffalo, N.Y.)

 and has worked in the ophthalmology field of medicine for over 30 years.

All we can say is stay warm and Aloha to Judith!

 

The Most brutal Winter

As we brave the cold sub zero weather on the East Coast, it seems the only thing that puts a smile on my face are  the upcoming vacations plans to the West Coast.  

This has been the most brutal winter in New York with an abnormal amount of snow and sub zero weather breaking records for many years.  Even the deer have gone to eating the bread I put out for the birds, starving from the lack of vegetation available that is covered by huge amounts of snow; they cant even get through the yards that are piled shoulder high in some neighborhoods.    They are coming right on my porch which they have never done.  Water mains are bursting displacing people from their homes and businesses and  schools have closed for several days now.  

Judith's front door, BRRRRRR.....

Of course the weather bureau is predicting temps in the 40's for early march...when I am choosing to vacation but the worst is yet to come...all that melting snow will cause great trouble for people.

Enjoy your great weather if you live in the warmer climates, don't take it for granted and think of us freezing on the east coast

Judy's hometown has a lot of snow...

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"50 shades of our roadways..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen' (Blogger-n-Chief)

James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired Professional photographer and publisher.

Rosen lives on the  beautiful Garden Island of Kaua'i with his best

friend Obama Da Dog. Rosen also posts the Sunrise daily on his Facebook Timeline.

James "Kimo" Rosen
High school graduation photo...

50 shades of our roadways

This gridlock needs to stop.

Driving is  out of control with bumper to bumper  traffic and when you do manage to gain momentum on  the open road  you will most likely be tailgated, nobody on Kauai seems to follow  the simple rule of one car length for each  10 miles per hour...

Everyday new trucks and cars are sold on Kaua'i. Everyday at least one new driver comes of age. Every day more and more visitors arrive. Everyday we  buy more trucks, cars, boats and motorcycles crowding  our few roads.

According  to the Kauai  County website;  Kauai only hosts  235 miles of paved roadways and 40 miles of unpaved roadways

Our Road system has not changed since the 1960's.

It doesn't take an Einstein to know what the priority needs to be  within our local politics.

I would like to propose  a concept I penned, '50 shades of our roadways'
"I scowl with frustration at myself in the mirror" knowing something could be done, but nothing is being done...

No new developments,  no new promotions luring visitors to our over priced paradise,no new  anything until such time that we have the roads to accommodate. 

P.S.
Read Part -2-"Imagine-(A solution to traffic gridlock on Kaua'i)
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2015/02/imagine-james-kimo-rosen-solution-to.html

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'Help..." 'Bettejo Dux' (Classic Wednesday)---short yet artistically brilliant---

Bettejo Dux has lived on the cosmic Garden Island of Kaua'i for over 40 years.

Bettejo is a regular opinion writer in the Garden Island news and is the author of the

famed novella, "The Scam."  Her latest fiction

 "Children of Extinction" is now  released and available on Amazon!

www.bettejodux.com

www.amazon.com

 Help!

I’m in a cleaning frenzy. Send in the National Guard. I’m gonna write a piece about twenty or thirty shades of fur and dust balls under the bed.

I’ll be back..

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"My Cousin..." Obama Da Dog' (True story) (Source)

Obama Da Dog is a lifelong Hawai'ian.
Obama likes to watch the Sunrise and Sunset with her
best friend James "Kimo" Rosen...

My Cousin

My cousin, a perpetual bachelor, owned one of the biggest and fastest-growing businesses in Miami, a furniture store. I convinced him that he needed to take a trip to Italy to visit a manufacturer and check out the merchandise himself. And maybe he could meet an available young Italian women.

As he was checking into a hotel he struck up an acquaintance with a beautiful young lady. She only spoke Italian and he only spoke English--neither understood a word the other spoke. So he took out a pencil and a notebook and drew a picture of a taxi. She smiled, nodded her head and they went for a ride in the park. Later, he drew a picture of a table in a restaurant with a question mark and she nodded. So they went to dinner.

After dinner he sketched two dancers and she was delighted. They went to several nightclubs, drank champagne, danced and had a glorious evening. It had gotten quite late when she motioned for the pencil and drew a picture of a four-poster bed.

He was dumbfounded. To this day he says that he's never been able to understand how she knew he was in the furniture business.


P.S.
For any Bachelor reality TV fans out there, check out this Jimmy Kimmel & Chris Soules YouTube;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpUBX49VoEw

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" 50 Shades of the Exotic and Erotic Sunrise..." 'Kimo's world #58' (Please comment)

James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired Professional photographer and publisher.Rosen lives on the  beautiful Garden Island of Kaua'i with his best
friend Obama Da Dog. Rosen also posts the Sunrise daily on his Facebook Timeline.

50 Shades of the Exotic and Erotic  Sunrise

This meme was used on social media to promote this blog!

The popularity of woman's porn becoming main stream with the new controversial movie '50 Shades of Grey' has prompted me  on thinking of  publishing a book titled, "50 Shades of the Exotic and Erotic Sunrise."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty_Shades_of_Grey

'50 Shades of the Exotic and Erotic Sunrise' will be all about the addicting sensual qualities and many artistic aspects of  colors, feelings and freedoms felt from the Sunrise.

Many are claiming '50 Shades of Grey' is porn form a woman's perspective, allegedly making it more main stream acceptable than  "regular porn?"  Scientists believe women are turned on emotionally and verbally while men are turned on visually. With that in mind, porn is porn, whether visual in film, photographs or written in a novel. 

No matter what your opinion, one thing is for sure, it's all over the news and social media giving the film  free advertising and promotional value  which will only enhance this monetary and  controversial subject.

Believe it or not according to the Washington Post, sex injuries in the United States had  doubled with the original novella  release of '50 Shades of Grey.  

True fact; hospitals across the country are gearing themselves this Valentines week for a surge in sexual related injuries with the release of the movie.  ;-)
http://www.eonline.com/news/624610/sex-injuries-in-the-us-have-doubled-and-it-s-probably-50-shades-of-grey-s-fault

Rumor has it Kaua'i county is going to start
charging a tax on Sunrises! ;-) So please enjoy while the best things in life are still free.

Enclosed are a few examples of the exoticism and  eroticism  of the Sunrise. Sit back, relax,  look at my photos, no need for handcuffs here.   

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"Risk of Identity Theft..." 'Judith Whitehead' (Inspiration Sunday)

Judith Whitehead lives in Amherst New York( A suburb of Buffalo, N.Y.)

 and has worked in the ophthalmology field of medicine for over 30 years.

All we can say is stay warm and Aloha to Judith!

Risk of Identity Theft

   Many years ago the cyber world evolved; prior to that we were satisfied with bank books that we wrote our entries in, paying cash for most things and withdrawing cash from a real bank if we needed money.   When the first ATM came out several years ago we were elated with knowing that we could take money out any time of day or night.  It was quite an advancement  back then.

We have evolved over the last decade into a total cyber world of banking, shopping, and using search engines to find out just about anything and everything we want to know.  It has made life easier in many ways but always with advancement comes risk.  If we use all this cyber technology we are opening up a Pandora’s box for all to see.   Just as fast as technology has advanced so has its hackers.  Where there is good, there is always evil.  There are opportunists around every corner who seek profit and benefit from someone else’s  advancements. 

In our world there are some brilliant hackers who have found the right technology to enter into anyone’s financial and personal information.  No matter how many security walls that companies and individuals can put up, there is always the chance that someone can get into our valuable information and reek havoc.   Thousands and thousands of people are having their personal information compromised  every day.  The entanglement can be tremendous and the frustration tragic.

Have we grown our ability to electronically do too many everyday tasks?  It seems that with advancement  our society grew a new crop of deceitful criminals that are praying on the everyday people who are unsuspecting.  Maybe they were always out there but we didn't realize the breadth of their reach.

As much as we can, we must try and protect ourselves.  Put up as much security as you can on all your personal business, check your banks and credit cards regularly, and ask questions.  Many people are duped every day from calls they take that sound professional. 
 There people are polished and determined to take your money and identity and you must be somewhat paranoid about every unknown contact.

Protect yourselves  from the cyber-world and be very aware.

This past week Judith took this photo
 in her home town of Amherst new York...

P.S. 
Happy Valentines day... Make sure and protect yourselves from
 Identity theft! Check out the enclosed 1:54 second informational YouTube from the I.R.S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOt7U23n5lc

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"The Bank Loan..." 'Robert Bitos Gandia' (Source)

Guest-blogger,Robert Bitos Gandia.

Robert is an avid cook (ono gandule rice) and always laughing!!
He works at Syngenta as a Research Associate.Robert lives in

 Kekaha on Kauai's west-side and loves football!!

The Bank Loan

An Amish man wanted a loan for $500. He approached his local banker. The banker pulled out the loan application, asking, "What are you going to do with the money?"

"Take some jewelry to city and sell it," said the Amish man.

"What have you got for collateral?" queried the banker, going strictly by the book.
"Don't know what collateral means."

"Well that's something of value that would cover the cost of the loan. Have you got any vehicles?"
"Yes, I have a 1949 Chevy pickup."

The banker shook his head, "How about livestock?"
"Yes, I have a horse."

"How old is it?"
"I don't know; it has no teeth."

Finally the banker decided to make the $500 loan.

Several weeks later the Amish man was back in the bank. He pulled out a roll of bills, "Here's the money to pay loan," he said, handing the entire amount including interest.

"What are you going to do with the rest of that money?"
"Put it in my pocket."

"Why don't you deposit it in my bank?" he asked.
"I don't know what deposit means."

"Well, you put the money in our bank and we take care of it for you. When you want to use it you can withdraw it."

The Amish man leaned across the desk, looking suspiciously at the banker, and asked, "What you got for collateral?"

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