"Oops, another fart story..." 'Chester Lau' (Liaison for Internet jokes)

This is blog #500! What better way to celebrate dakinetalk's 500Th blog than with  a little humor from
Dakinetalk's favorite Uncle... Uncle Chester Lau, a retired cinematographer currently living on the island of Oahu. "Unc" lives by the theory that laughter is healing, enjoy!

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"Run Through the Rain..." 'Anonymous' (www.)



Take time to stop and smell the raindrops...



Run Through the Rain

A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Target. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the spout. We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door of the Target.

We waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day. I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child came pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day.

The little voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in "Mom, let's run through the rain," she said.

 "What?" Mom asked.

"Let 's run through the rain!" She repeated.

"No, honey. We'll wait until it slows down a bit," Mom replied.

This young child waited about another minute and repeated: "Mom, let's run through the rain,"

"We'll get soaked if we do," Mom said.

"No, we won't, Mom. That's not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she tugged at her Mom's arm.

This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?

"Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, 'If God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!"

The entire crowd stopped dead silent. I swear you couldn't hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently. No one came or left in the next few minutes..

Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's life. A time when innocent trust can be nurtured so that it will bloom into faith.

"Honey, you are absolutely right. Let's run through the rain. If GOD let's us get wet, well maybe we just needed washing," Mom said

Then off they ran. We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and yes, through the puddles. They held their shopping bags over their heads just in case. They got soaked. But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars.

And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing.

Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money, and they can take away your health. But no one can ever take away your precious memories...So, don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories everyday. To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.

I Hope You Still Take The Time To Run Through The Rain.

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"Play nice!" 'Michael Herr' (Aloha Friday)

Aloha and good news. Michael's fifth book in the Kohala Coast Mystery series is now available for the first time, "The Old Queen and the Maui Maiden" (in paperback) from  http://www.lulu.com/  or as a Kindle ebook from http://www.amazon.com/  Just type in the title either place.  The book took Michael 2 years to complete this highly anticipated sequel.

Renowned author Michael Herr is back guest-blogging on this awesome Aloha Friday about playing nice, acting nice and being nice... Make sure and check out Michael's website at http://www.michaelherr.com/

ALOHA FRIDAY

December 2

It's Aloha Friday.

"Play nice!"

"Play nice." "Be nice now." "Act nice."

Did you receive those admonitions when you were growing up? Were they difficult to understand? Personally, I had some trouble complying with them.

Let's look at the first one. "Play nice." Why? Mostly the object of the games I played was to win. To demolish my opponent. To bring them to the ground. Dodge ball? Hit 'em low and knock their legs out from under them. Get them out of the game. But if you did that, they'd cry. And the teacher, if this was a supervised game, would sit you out. "Why?" "Because you weren't playing nice." Do professional athletes "play nice"? Just watch the tackles in football. Ouch! Maybe those engaging in golf are the ones who play nice? Sure they do. They're always saying things like, "Nice shot." But "Nice shot" is often followed with something like "Oh, bad luck!" or "Wow, that's gonna hurt." And in the clubhouse the losers pay for the beer.

"Be nice," frequently accompanied with the added "Now", usually was exactly what you did not want to do. The obese cousin who had just stepped on your favorite toy, purposefully and especially if not observed by an adult, was now smirking at you. And you wanted to whack him with whatever sturdier toy was close to hand. But your mother, or worse your grandmother, was watching you with the eye of an eagle as she repeated that horrible phrase, "Be nice, now" over and over. You'd be nice now, but just wait until you and he were alone somewhere.

"Act nice," was a request that was easier for me to fulfill. I could always act nice, usually for the time required of me by either my parents or my teacher. Though I must admit, acting nice from December 1 through December 25 in order to be sure that Santa Claus delivered my presents did present challenges. Especially if that obese cousin and his family came to visit during that time.

When I got to college, I could never get over how nice some of my fellow students could act. It was a boys-only Catholic college and guys who I knew on the weekends drank themselves stupid (it didn't take much for some of them) and got into fist fights and who swore like sailors on shore leave after a year at sea. During the week those guys could talk so politely to the Brothers who taught us. They smiled and actually simpered at times, even when in the grip of a terrible hangover. Yep, they knew how to "Act nice". And acting nice got them good letters of recommendation, got them elected to office, and got them dates with some truly lovely women. Women who knew how to "Act nice", up until the time their date parked down some dark lane and talked them into climbing into the back seat of his car. Then they didn't act so nice at all. Or maybe they did. Just a different version of nice.

So, here we are in December. Holiday parties, shopping in crowded stores, people in cars jockeying for those few available parking spaces. Shall we all try to "Be nice"? If not, then let's all "Act nice".

Oh, me? Will I "Be nice"? It depends, am I going to get my way? If you give in to me on the road, in the store aisles, at the holiday party . . . well then, of course I'll be nice. Even if I'm just acting.

Much aloha.

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"The Nun..." 'Chester "Unc" Lau' Liaison to the world wide-web

"Chester "Unc"  Lau a retired cinematographer from Oahu brings us some good needed humor about a Nun..."

A NUN WAS SITTING AT THE VICTORIA AIRPORT , WAITING FOR HER FLIGHT TO CALGARY .SHE LOOKED OVER IN THE CORNER AND SAW ONE OF THOSE WEIGHT MACHINES THAT TELLS YOUR FORTUNE AND THOUGHT TO HERSELF, 'I'LL GIVE IT A TRY AND SEE WHAT IT TELLS ME.'

SHE WENT OVER TO THE MACHINE, STEPPED UP ON THE SCALE AND PUT HER NICKEL IN ; OUT CAME A CARD THAT READ, 'YOU ARE A NUN, YOU WEIGH 128 LBS, AND YOU ARE GOING TO CALGARY .'

THE NUN SAT BACK DOWN. SHE TOLD HERSELF THAT THE MACHINE PROBABLY GIVES THE SAME CARD TO EVERYONE . THE MORE SHE THOUGHT ABOUT IT THE MORE CURIOUS SHE GOT SO SHE DECIDED TO TRY IT AGAIN SHE WENT BACK TO THE MACHINE AND AGAIN PUT HER NICKEL IN, AND OUT CAME A CARD THAT READ :'YOU ARE A NUN, YOU WEIGH 128 LBS, YOU ARE GOING TO CALGARY AND YOU ARE GOING TO PLAY A FIDDLE .'

THE NUN SAYS TO HERSELF, 'I KNOW THAT IS WRONG, I HAVE NEVER PLAYED A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT EVEN ONCE IN MY LIFE.' SHE SAT BACK DOWN. FROM OUT OF NO WHERE A COWBOY CAME OVER AND SAT DOWN, PUTTING HIS FIDDLE CASE ON THE SEAT BETWEEN THEM.WITHOUT THINKING, SHE OPENED THE COWBOY'S CASE, TOOK OUT THE FIDDLE, AND STARTED PLAYING BEAUTIFUL MUSIC. SURPRISED AT WHAT SHE HAD DONE, SHE LOOKED OVER AT THE MACHINE, THINKING,'THIS IS INCREDIBLE, I'VE GOT TO TRY THIS AGAIN.'

BACK TO THE MACHINE SHE WENT, PUT IN ANOTHER NICKEL, AND ANOTHER CARD CAME OUT. IT READ, 'YOU ARE A NUN, YOU WEIGH 128 LBS , YOU ARE GOING TO CALGARY AND YOU ARE GOING TO BREAK WIND.' NOW SHE KNOWS THE MACHINE IS WRONG ,AS SHE THOUGHT TO HERSELF, 'I'VE NEVER BROKEN WIND IN PUBLIC A SINGLE TIME IN MY LIFE.' BUT GETTING DOWN OFF THE MACHINE SHE SLIPPED,AND AS SHE WAS STRAINING TO KEEP HERSELF FROM FALLING TO THE FLOOR, SHE BROKE WIND.

ABSOLUTELY STUNNED, SHE SAT BACK DOWN AND LOOKED AT THE MACHINE. SHE SAID TO HERSELF, 'THIS IS TRULY REMARKABLE. I'VE GOT TO TRY THIS AGAIN.'SHE WENT BACK TO THE MACHINE,PUT IN ANOTHER NICKEL And ANOTHER CARD CAME OUT. IT READ: 'YOU ARE A NUN, YOU WEIGH 128 LBS, YOU HAVE FIDDLED AND FARTED AROUND AND MISSED YOUR FLIGHT TO CALGARY.'

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"God's Wife..." 'Anonymous' (From the www)

'And as we all know God spelled backwards is Dog...'

God's Wife

An eye witness account from New York City, on a cold day in December, some years ago: A little boy, about 10-years-old, was standing before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold.
A lady approached the young boy and said, 'My, but you're in such deep thought staring in that window!'....
'I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes,' was the boy's reply.
The lady took him by the hand, went into the store, and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy.
She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with the towel. By this time, the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes.
She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him.. She patted him on the head and said, 'No doubt, you will be more comfortable now.'
As she turned to go, the astonished kid caught her by the hand, and looking up into her face, with tears in his eyes, asked her, 'Are you God's wife?'

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"Coming soon Black Friday,White Saturday and more..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen

'Thanksgiving is pono, (righteous)  it's the days after that cause mayhem...' this blog
oringinally ran 11-28-11  Blog # 495. By popular demand it is being posted as an 
encore (Hana Hou!)  Enjoy!

Black Friday   is routinely the busiest retail shopping day of the year. Black Friday originated in Philadelphia back around 1975, which originally was used to describe the traffic mayhem that occurred the day after Thanksgiving. Black Friday actually indicates the point at which retailers begin to turn a profit, hence the term "in the black..." Black is also the color of authority and power. It is popular in fashion because it makes people look thinner. Priests wear black to signify submission to G-d.  black can also indicate evil, so look out  all you Black Friday shoppers.

For the week after Thanksgiving every-day should have a color designate not just Black Friday.

I would like to propose the following colors to represent the days of the week commencing  after Black Friday;

 1- White Saturday,  Brides wear white, white goes with everything and don't forget that doctors and other medical professionals along with chefs wear white. White Saturday would be the day you go to your psychiatrist wondering why you ate so much on Thanksgiving and spent your life savings on Black Friday, a day so designated to seeing medical professionals wearing white, hence white Saturday.

2-Red-Sunday, Red is the color of love, red is also the most emotional color, it stimulates a faster heartbeat.  red clothing makes one look heavier, and red stands out and is noticed, that's why many fire engines are painted red. Red attracts attention. Red Sunday would be  the day  that hospitals are overwhelmed with heart attacks from overeating on Thanksgiving and arguing with loved ones.

3- Blue Monday, blue is the color of the sky and ocean, blue is tranquil causing the body to produce calming chemicals, they say wear blue to a job interview, since blue symbolizes loyalty. Blue Monday would be the day you go to your pharmacist to fill your perscription of anti-depressants from the depressions brought on by visiting family during the holidays, the term  Blue Monday is said to defer one from having the blues which is why everyone shops the Internet on this day.

4- Green Tuesday, symbolizes nature and is the most popular decorating color,  Green Tuesday would be the day of the week proceeding Thanksgiving where the health food stores  have record sales because of all the heartache and upset stomachs since Thanksgiving day and people decide a more natural lifestyle may be right  for them.

5- Finally we have  Yellow Wednesday, people lose their tempers more often in yellow rooms and babies cry more when left in yellow rooms, Yellow is also an attention getter, many magazine covers are in bright yellow to get our attention from up to 10 feet away.

Yellow Wednesday would be the day that  stores try to get our attention  once again  with big  yellow signs that read, 'Suckers!'  

This blog also ran as an opinion article in the Kauai garden Island news on 11-30-11 titled, "Day's of Color." 
 http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_26b32b1a-1b2e-11e1-9719-001cc4c03286.html    

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"Black Friday..." 'Judith Whitehead' (Inspirational Monday)

Judith Whitehead is back guest-blogging on this Inspirational Monday talking  about that one day that comes but once a year, 'Black Friday!'  Judith lives in Amherst N.Y.  She has worked in the ophthalmology field of medicine for almost 30 years...

Another Black Friday has come and gone; thank goodness.  The hype and craziness has slowed down. I am one that usually does not partake in such madness but this year a certain sale did catch my eye, a certain designers purse sale.  I thought to myself, how bad could this be?  I am an early riser anyways and I may want to give this a try.  The store only opened at 10 am this time and not midnight the night before so I thought maybe the rest of the world would be going to those early sales and not this one…wrong.  As I entered the parking lot , it was already full…not a good sign.  As I entered the store I immediately proceeded to the purse department.  All I could see was a line of crazed people snaking around the store and purses flying off the shelves going in every direction.In record time I decided that this madness was not worth the wait, too much  shoving, grabbing and pushing.  No purse was worth that much.

So I left, no purchase in hand and returned home to go to my favorite shopping spot, the Internet.  There I quietly clicked on the same website these purses were sold and guess what?? Same bargain prices were offered on line.  So I have to wait a few days for the mail delivery…so what, I got what I wanted and avoided the crowds.   So, until next years’ Black Friday,  shoppers relax and consider cyber shopping next year.  It will save your sanity.  

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