STUFF GRANDPARENTS LIKE Anything cinnamon STUFF SERIAL KILLERS LIKE Windowless vans STUFF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELORS LIKE Telling you how much smarter your sister was STUFF BUTTERSCOTCH ENTHUSIASTS LIKE Sherlock Holmes STUFF INTOXICATED PEOPLE LIKE Pizza MORE AT http://www.nytimes.com:80/2008/07 /18/opinion/18johnson.html?th&emc=th

Credence Clearwater Revival - Jambalaya

 

Here's another perspective of the lovely Passion Flower. It looks like a woman dancing and twirling as her ball gown swings out around her. Probably the most unusual flower around, it has spiritual significance to many, and like other things in nature like Sea Dollars, is thought to represent the wounds of Christ. This was shot at Bushman Park in Port Orange, Florida. From my Flowers and Plants and My Favorites sets. Please visit! View On Black Best viewed here in Large)  ABOVE FOUND AT http://www.flickr.com:80/photos/ celticsong22/2651295634/

1977 : KEG
2007: EKG

 

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Rare Ghost Orchid Back At Southwest Fla. Park
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High Gas Cost Means Low Brothel Turnout
Sex sells -- but not well enough.

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I've often been asked, 'What do you do now that you're retired?'   I say, 'Well, I don't have much of a chemical background but one of the things I enjoy the most is turning beer into urine!' ---------------- Ed Carr of L.I. sent me the previous image and quote. At first glance, the gentleman in the image looks a lot like my deceased father. --- hank

 

........Markus Prior, a Princeton politics professor who studies how broadcast and cable television have changed politics, disputed the popular notion of a decline in print, television and radio news consumption since the advent of cable news and the Internet. While today's consumers have more substitutes for news and more entertainment options, he said, fewer Americans consume more news. So he sees a healthy market for specialized news catering to the 20 percent who are "dedicated news junkies."   Citizen journalism received both praise and criticism. ....... .....The debate over bloggers' influence "is over," he said. "Blogging is a numbers game. It's there and we'll just have to deal with it." Noting that 120,000 new blogs a day dwarf the country's 1,427 dailies, he said editors should treat the blogosphere like a giant wire service. Bentley said that while consumer demand for content decreases, their demand for content navigation increases. "There will always be a place for the journalist who can craft a story better than anyone else, but there will be a bigger place for the journalist who can help media consumers find the information they want."  Jan Schaffer, executive director of J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism at the University of Maryland, called the journalism of the future "the architecture of participation ... Ordinary people are committing random acts of journalism."   She said the mainstream media should work with citizen media and check out what topics and trends need to have "big J Journalism done to it." Schaffer said we should offer more "non-narrative" news -- as maps, text, photos and graphics -- since audiences graze in bits and bytes.  ..... MORE AT   http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=145796 (http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=145796)

 

NC vacation A VIDEO BY PAUL OF PUNTA GORDA, FL. Wow Paul!  What a great video!  Excellent job, very professional.  You have the knack and talent, hope to see more work by you. --- sincerely,  hank

 

1977 : Long hair 2007 : Longing for hair

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The Itch   ANNALS OF MEDICINE   by Atul Gawande A new theory about brains and bodies. AUDIO http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/30/080630fa_fact_gawande

 

Siamese twins walk into a pub  in Ontario and park themselves on a bar stool.  One of them says to the barkeeper, 'Don't mind us, we're joined at the hip.  I'm John, he's Jim.  Two Molson drafts please'.    The barkeeper tries to make polite conversation while pouring the beers.  'Been on holiday yet, lads?'    'Off to England next month,' says John.  'We go to  England every year and hire a car and drive for miles, don't we, Jim?'  Jim agrees.    'Ah,  England !' says the barkeeper.  'Wonderful country... the  history, the beer, the culture...'     'Nah, we don't like those Brits,' says John.  ' Hamburgers & Molsons that's us, eh Jim?   We can't stand the  English  - they're so arrogant and rude.'     'So why keep going to  England ?' asks the barkeeper.    'It's the only chance Jim gets to drive.'

 

IT'S OFFICIAL, THE START OF SUMMER EVEN IN FLORIDA!  (Spring was kind of long this year, 4 days!) When we lived on Long Island we had a lot of back yard bar b q s with  two families and friends. I had two bar b q s going, one up high for fast cooking and the other to simmer  certain meats. A favorite drink of some of us was gin with half an half soda, which is half grapefruit and half lemon. I have never seen that soda sold down here. We had a ping pong table set up in the back yard, but our favorite game was pool garbage ball. We had an above ground pool, much like the one shown in one image in the following video. We played teams of couples.  One member of the team stayed in the pool and threw a ball into a garbage pail set up some 20 or 30 feet away from the pool. Whether the shot went into the pail or missed, the team mate's job was to quickly retrieve the ball throw it back to the partner in the pool, and the first team to score 5 shots into the garbage pail won. Then the partner's changed chores, and the one who was running after missed shots, was happy to get back into the pool and cool off. I don't boast about it, but at one time in my life after retirement, I worked in the post office.  At the end of the day around 6 PM three of us had to stay around to load and unload the last truck to arrive at our post office, and if the truck was late we had some free time.  The other two guys were playing garbage pail ball, for a quarter a game of three shots into the pail wins. Finally they asked me if I wanted to play. Plunk, Plunk, Plunk. One quarter won. Plunk, Plunk, Plunk, another quarter won. I was never asked to play again. lol -  hank Crazy Summer Dayz FOUND ON YOU TUBE   SEE MORE MUSICAL VIDEOS THAT POI HANK LIKES AT You Tube in Port Orange Florida -------------------------------------------- Our niece Jean of Baldwin L.I. thank me for the memories of some nice times in our back yard.  She never had bar b q kiboshi until I grilled them in our back yard.  And she reminded me that we had a few chess games going in our back yard. ------------------------------------- Son John reminded me that I always got headaches when I drank gin in the sun.  That is true.  I rarely drink, for some unknown reason, since I have been here in Florida. ------------------ Daughter Linda wrote "Safety first!! Always have a hose near by just in case the BBQ tips over, you can save your house!"  I always had a hose with the water turned on ready to go in case of an ugly incident with the  bar b q.  Linda follows my advice and one day a fire in the bar b q did start somewhere near a shed and she was happy to have the hose ready to put it out.  I guess I gave good advice.  --- hank ------------------------------------------------ Ed Carr of L.I. forwarded the following to us;     Rules of the BBQ   We are about to enter the summer and BBQ season. Therefore it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking activity, as it's the only type of cooking a 'real' man will do, probably because there is an element of danger involved.    When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion: Routine...   (1) The woman buys the food. (2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert. (3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill - beer in hand. Here comes the important part: (4) THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL. More routine....   (5) The woman goes inside to organize the plates and cutlery. (6) The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is burning. He thanks her and asks if she will bring another beer while he deals with the situation. Important again: (7) THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN. More routine....   (8) The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces, and brings them to the table. (9) After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes.    And most important of all: (10) Everyone PRAISES and THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts. (11) The man asks the woman how she enjoyed 'her night off.' And, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there's just no pleasing some women....

 

Linda and Joan are taking a weekend vacation in West Palm Beach, Fl. They took a ride on this air boat. Image sent by Linda via her i phone.

 

Family Upset After Relative Dies When Dentist Drops Tool Down Throat MORE DETAILS: <http://www.wftv.com/tu/5yJgm5Pda.html> I had a dentist in Daytona Beach cut my tongue and it required two stitches.  He had been an army dentist, and I don't think it ever wore off him.  He was rough when going into the mouth. I nearly passed out during one visit.  I left the leather seat one day, and saw a puddle of sweat on the seat. It took him 14 months to put bridges all around my upper and lower.  A lot of gum scraping. It was awful, and I have been going to dentists since I was 4 years old.  Including many years with an orthodontist.  But he was the worse. I vowed to not only never go back to him but to never go to a dentist again unless it was absolutely necessary.  For 66 years, I always did what I could for dental health, and went to dentists regularly. But this dentist convinced me, enough is enough. Let the damn teeth fall out. I have spent a lot of money on my teeth, with little return.  When I left Long Island to live here in Florida, my dentist up there committed suicide.  (Naw, not about losing me as a wealthy client, but for family problem reasons) And that's the way it is.  Thought you should know all this. --- hank

 

Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Bowls 'Em Over MORE DETAILS: <http://www.wftv.com/tu/5yJgm60Ny.html> Hey, they must have gotten the idea from the POI web site. They must have read my recounting how as a 5 year old I wanted to have a flowing cape like Superman and Batman, so I rode around on my tricycle with toilet paper flowing from my coat collar. LOL --- hank

 

HOW TO SAVE THE AIRLINES   Dump the male flight attendants. No one wanted them in the first place   Replace all the female flight attendants with good-looking strippers! What the hell -- They don't even serve food anymore, so what's the loss?   The strippers would at least triple the alcohol sales and get a 'party atmosphere' going in the cabin. And, of course, every businessman in this country would start flying again, hoping to see naked women.   Because of the tips, female flight attendants wouldn't need a salary, thus saving even more money.   Muslims would be afraid to get on the planes for fear of seeing naked women. Hijackings would come to a screeching halt, and the airline industry would see record revenues. This is definitely a win- win situation if we handle it right -- a golden opportunity to turn a liability into an asset.   Why didn't Bush think of this? Why do I still have to do everything myself?   Sincerely, Bill Clinton

 

This is not POI Hank! POI Hank did not take this picture. Image sent to us by Linda, Port Orange, Fl. Image appears to be taken someplace from the internet.   -- hank

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