JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

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In case you haven’t noticed, I recently upgraded to the new WordPress 2.2.2 and there are a few hiccups that need to be adjusted. Thank you for your patience. Also, a new theme has been added to the site.

That’s right, paper made from elephant poop. That was only one of the fascinating ideas being brought to the world’s attention by a couple at BuyChange on The View today. Hurray for the wonderful innovative people who are coming up with these wonderful positive solutions!!!

A look at some of the neighborhood greenery after Typhoon Man-Yi…

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A look as one of the wind gusts blows the rain around…

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A look at what some local residents do after a typhoon blows by…

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When the daytime outdoor clean-up is done, some people on island like to kick back and listen to the rock music at Bar JET.

I just ran across this on the Tube and thought it had a really nice vocal…

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As any sociologist will confirm, being the “odd ball” in any environment can prove to be a major challenge. Given that I am in a very exclusive minority in this environment, I have had my fair share of less than pleasant situations. Somehow, I have always been able to overcome (even while confronting a major illness that affects only 1% of the world’s population) those challenges without physical aggression, threating physical aggression, mobbing (the adult term of bullying someone), or impeding on other people’s property. That ability to meet challenges while following these basic guidelines has been a great inner strength for me.

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This snapshot of one of the lizards in our neighborhood is from the latest video of Island Sights & Sounds – which includes this guy, who decided to take on our vehicle.