JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

One of the local wildflowers that can be found just about everywhere. (It’s actually more purple in color, but because the afternoon sun was soooo bright the color was washed out in the pic.)

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This variety of moss rose is seen frequently on island and looks similar to miniture carnations.

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This frequently seen critter on island, a baby yamori (gecko), seemed to enjoy running around my kitchen countertop.

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A handicraft available on island is this planter made from leaves.

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A view of a local residential street during the summertime afternoon sunshine of 2006.

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A local repair crew doing checks on the electrical wiring prior to the main typhoon season.

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Wednesday July 12, 2006 [PC(5/365) W(5/365) SH(4/365]

July 2006 Total:
S-sunny (4/365) C-cloudy (2/365) PC-partly cloudy (5/365)
W-windy (5/365) LW-light winds (7/365)
H-humid (7/365) SH-slightly humid (4/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (8/365) C-cloudy (16/365) PC-partly cloudy (16/365)
D-drizzle (1/365) R-rainy(3/365) SR-scattered rain showers (5/365)
W-windy (9/365) LW-light winds (28/365)
H-humid (20/365) SH-slightly humid (18/365)

A view of the July moon on Okinawa in 2006.

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I was watching Dr. Phil today and he came up with a solution to a serious, drawn-out dispute that I’ve previously wished was available to the public as a whole. Both parties of the dispute were convinced that thier respective views in the dispute were correct and that the other may have an ulterior, less than honorable, motive for persuing the issue. Dr. Phil’s answer was, that if neither party were hiding anything then there should be no qualms with submitting to a polygraph test. I’ve often thought that, as long as the questions were limited to the topic of dispute at hand, having the test easily available would save on a lot of wasted time and nonsense in getting to the bottom of things in seemingly unresolvable disagreements.

A local chili pepper tree in our backyard as it begins to ripen.

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