Giving Money To The Homeless 'Robert Bitos Gandia'

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!!

Giving Money To The Homeless

A woman was walking down the street when she was accosted by a homeless woman who asked her for a couple of dollars for dinner.
The woman took out her wallet, extracted ten dollars and asked, “If I give you this money, will you buy some wine with it instead of dinner?”

“No, I had to stop drinking years ago”, the homeless woman replied.

“Will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food?” the woman asked.

“No, I don’t waste time shopping,” the homeless woman said. “I need to spend all my time trying to stay alive.”

“Will you spend this on a beauty salon instead of food?” the woman asked.

“Are you NUTS!” replied the homeless woman. “I haven’t had my hair done in 20 years!”

“Well,” said the woman, “I’m not going to give you the money. Instead, I’m going to take you out for dinner with my hubby and myself tonight.”

The homeless Woman was astounded. “Won’t your husband be furious with you for doing that? I know I’m dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting.”

The woman replied, “That’s okay. It’s important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has given up shopping, hair appointments and wine.”

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"Weather and climate aren't the same thing..." 'Bettejo Dux' (Classic Wednesday)

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

Weather and climate aren't the same thing

Please don’t confuse climate with weather. Weather is what conditions are in a short period of time. Climate is what the weather does over time and space.
We have today a Northwest Passage for the first time in history. In 1959, my husband’s last skipper, Bill Anderson, took the Nautilus under the poles. CO2 levels then were 315.94 parts per million (ppm).

Today, there are, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s Mauna Loa Observatory, 402 ppm. The highest in recorded history.

You can see for yourself, on a graph, the rapid rise in CO2 levels since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

In 1760, CO2 levels were 280 ppm. This can be measured. My husband taught me: If you can measure it, it’s there.
“Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets have decreased in mass,” according to NASA.

Glacial retreat decreased snow levels. Soon there will be no snow on Kilimanjaro.

According to some, Hawaii, as climate changes, will create heat-related illnesses. Decrease in trade winds. Massive coral die offs. Rise in sea levels.
No cause for fear, but plenty of cause for concern. Can we do anything about it? Probably not. Should we try? I think so.

As a practical American woman, if it’s too hot in the house, I turn off the heat. What do you do?

P.S.
This blog also appeared as an opinion article in 01-10-15 edition of the Kaua'i Garden Island News;
http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-jan/article_9ae74536-988d-11e4-89f6-57d7aeae80aa.html

A selfie portrait of James "Kimo" Rosen and Bettejo Dux
discussing their ideas for their next letters to the editor.
Lookout Kaua'i!
This photo was taken on 01-19-15 'Martin Luther King' day
at Kalapi Joe's restaurant at Kukui Grove center in Lihu'e.

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Power Outage..." 'Chester "Unc" Lau' (Source)

Dakinetalks favorite Uncle (Chester Lau)

"Unc"  is really passionate about creating a national Caregivers day.

Any help , support or ideas would be greatly appreciated...

'Unc' currently resides on the Hawai'ian Island of Oahu. 
He is a retired cinematographer,
 and  enjoys giving the politicians a bad time...

Power Outage

We had an outage at my place this morning and my PC, laptop, TV, DVD, iPad & my new surround sound music system were all shut down. 
  
Then I discovered that my iPhone battery was dead and to top it off it was raining outside, so I couldn't play golf. 
  
I went into the kitchen to make coffee and then I remembered that this also needs power, so I talked with my wife for a few hours.  

She seems like a nice person. :-*

Hana Hou, (Encore) Sunrise Therapy on Kaua'i 
By James "Kimo" Rosen

  

"Fresh Fish Tacos..!" (Kimo's World # 53) (Different than newspaper version)

James “Kimo” Rosen is a retired professional photographer
 living in Kapa'a with his best friend Obama Da Dog,
Rosen  blogs as a hobby and photographs Sunrises
with a point and shoot camera
and refers to it as "Sunrise Therapy."

This blog also appeared as an opinion article in the 01-17-15 edition of 
The Garden Island newspaper;
"What’s the deal with fresh fish tacos?"
http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-jan/article_2a5635bc-9e09-11e4-bb3d-27c09e8627a3.html

Kimo Rosen Salmon fishing,
1983-Rocky River Alaska. 
Now that's fresh fish!

Kimo's World #53
Fresh Fish Tacos

Does anybody know the meaning of fresh fish or fresh fish tacos?

I have gone to  3 different establishments  that advertised on banners and their menu's "fresh fish tacos."  I ask them, when was the fish caught? The reply is usually , oh, it's fresh-frozen. 

My reply is, if it's been frozen, it's not fresh. Fresh frozen is somewhat of an oxymoron like Jumbo shrimp or honest politician..

It's like  buying frozen desserts that say, Homemade, fresh from the kitchen...

Simple concept,  food cannot be fresh if it's been in the freezer. 

Next time you see a sign that says fresh fish tacos,  or fresh fish in general, buyer beware.  

 The difference between fresh fish and frozen fish is the same difference between homemade bread and store bought bread, there's no comparison. When I lived in Alaska and we caught our own halibut and salmon and cooked it the same day it was like heaven, that's fresh fish.!

If  by chance you actually find truly fresh fish tacos where the fish was caught that day, you are most likely in store for a treat you can't beat!

BON APPETIT!



http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-jan/article_2a5635bc-9e09-11e4-bb3d-27c09e8627a3.html

This meme was used on Facebook
to promote this blog....

Sunrise  Therapy courtesy of  James "Kimo" Rosen;
The thing I enjoy  most about  shooting  all these  Sunrise and Sunset photos  with a point and shoot digital camera is  that fits in my shirt pocket. It wasn't that along that I was toting a 2 lb camera and multiple lenses and a strobe light in a bulky 10 lb. camera bag to get the same results.

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Letters for Jan. 17, 2015

• Numbers flawed in global warming argument • Bill 2573 goes way too far • What’s the deal with fresh fish tacos?

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  Rick Comstock "FRESH FROZEN FISH TACOS" It's all in the labeling

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  James Kimo Rosen it's all a joke...

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  Chuck Lasker Now you've got me wondering about restaurants that might do the same thing. I stupidly assumed there was a legal definition of "fresh" that would be applied. But how silly of me to think, even if it exists, that it would be enforced here.

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  James Kimo Rosen ...and Chuck the difference between fresh fish and frozen fish is the same difference between homemade bread and store bought bread, there's no comparison. When I lived in Alaska and we caught our own halibut and salmon and cooked it the same day it was like heaven, that's fresh fish.!

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  James Kimo Rosen Imagine Gluten free fresh fish tacos that aren't really fresh!

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  Rick Comstock Jimbo...thats a mouth full... "GLUTEN FREE FRESH FROZEN IMITATION FISH TACOS"

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  James Kimo Rosen with no MSG! 

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  • Rick Comstock "GLUTEN AND MSG FREE FRESH FROZEN IMITATION FISH IN ORGANIC TACOS"

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    James Kimo Rosen Low sodium, low fat and sugarless... 

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      Harmony Bentosino To play devil's advocate, I've heard that frozen food can be fresher than fresh food if it was frozen at the peak of freshness. Whereas with fresh food, you can't always be sure how long it has been sitting around in the store.

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      James Kimo Rosen I've hear that with vegetables, picking them at their peak and flash freezing, but fish is different. Fresh fish just tastes better. I lived in Alaska many years and after we went fishing cooking the days catch while it is still fresh, being alive just just a few hours earlier is remarkable. when it comes to taste.