JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

We just had a nice little rumbling jolt to wake us up this morning! Nothing like the ’64 shake I got when my family lived in Alaska, but even the little jolts still send my heart a racing.

Wednesday September 14, 2005 [PC (11/365) H (10/365) ]

September 2005 Total:
C-cloudy (2/365) PC-partly cloudy (11/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
W-windy (5/365) LW-light winds (6/365) VW-very windy (2/365)
H-humid (10/365) SH-slightly humid (4/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (23/365) C-cloudy (30/365) PC-partly cloudy (51/365)
D-drizzle (6/365) R-rainy (4/365) SR-scattered rain showers (10/365)
W-windy (31/365) LW-light winds (55/365) VW-very windy (5/365)
H-humid (50/365) SH-slightly humid (52/365)

Weekly Hogen (Okinawan Dialect) :
English – when did you come
Japanese – itsukimashita?(??????)?
Hogen – ichyi chyaa bitaga?(???????????)

Tuesday September 13, 2005 [PC (10/365) LW (6/365) H (9/365) ]

September 2005 Total:
C-cloudy (2/365) PC-partly cloudy (10/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
W-windy (5/365) LW-light winds (6/365) VW-very windy (2/365)
H-humid (9/365) SH-slightly humid (4/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (23/365) C-cloudy (30/365) PC-partly cloudy (50/365)
D-drizzle (6/365) R-rainy (4/365) SR-scattered rain showers (10/365)
W-windy (31/365) LW-light winds (55/365) VW-very windy (5/365)
H-humid (49/365) SH-slightly humid (52/365)

If you are new to the WordPress blogging world, the first thing I recommend is learning about plugins. These are your best friend in fighting spam. The two absolutely necessary plugins, as far as I’m concerned, are Kitten’s Spaminator and Smart Update Pinger. Kitten’s Spaminator eliminates all the unwanted nonsense of outside spammers. Smart Update keeps you from getting banned from search engines as you make editing corrections to your posts while you learn how WordPress and blogging works. Even better than that, both have very uncomplicated installation instructions. Putting these two plugins on your side will allow you to keep on sluggin’ in the game of blogging.

Monday September 12, 2005 [PC (9/365) LW (5/365) SH (4/365) ]

September 2005 Total:
C-cloudy (2/365) PC-partly cloudy (9/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
W-windy (5/365) LW-light winds (5/365) VW-very windy (2/365)
H-humid (8/365) SH-slightly humid (4/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (23/365) C-cloudy (30/365) PC-partly cloudy (49/365)
D-drizzle (6/365) R-rainy (4/365) SR-scattered rain showers (10/365)
W-windy (31/365) LW-light winds (54/365) VW-very windy (5/365)
H-humid (48/365) SH-slightly humid (52/365)

Okay, this Japanese cell phone and blog image thing (I’m using Flickr) is getting to be a real challenge. Why is it only the images of the sun, moon, or rainbows show-up on my phone? I’ve tried various formats and file sizes, to no avail. Maybe, that’s all that the provider will allow to be viewed on this particular service. It’s almost as if “sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t” is the theme for this situation. Anyway, since I’m new to this I guess I’ll just have to keep pluggin’ away until I find a solution to this nonsense.

Sunday September 11, 2005 [PC (8/365) W (5/365) SH (3/365) ]

September 2005 Total:
C-cloudy (2/365) PC-partly cloudy (8/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
W-windy (5/365) LW-light winds (4/365) VW-very windy (2/365)
H-humid (8/365) SH-slightly humid (3/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (23/365) C-cloudy (30/365) PC-partly cloudy (48/365)
D-drizzle (6/365) R-rainy (4/365) SR-scattered rain showers (10/365)
W-windy (31/365) LW-light winds (53/365) VW-very windy (5/365)
H-humid (48/365) SH-slightly humid (51/365)

If you are over forty or remember cooking in the “stoneage” (pre-microwave) I ran across this hack on popcorn that left both Taki and me in stitches. If you want further entertainment read the feedback on the “this is stupid” trackbacks!

One suggestion to improve your hack Kottke, instead of stirring the popcorn try placing a lid over the pot and lightly shaking the pot back and forth over the burner to prevent burning and UFOs. This particular method also works well over campfires!!! LOL