A Little Something From The Soul

A very nifty Honor from the Writers Group I belong to.

And you bet I’m honored…and flattered.

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When your read their profiles you will fully appreciate why these particular Soul Food votaries have picked up the coveted Soul Food Laurel Crown. The place just would not operate nearly as well without them.

 You can applaud now folks 🙂

 

Heather

Owner

SOUL FOOD CAFE

Hillary Clinton crowned World’s Most Biggest Liar

Hillary Clinton has been crowned the World’s Most Biggest Liar by the Guinness Book Of Records.

Clinton claimed she “barely survived sniper fire in Bosnia” and she “was forced to use a little girl as a human shield.” The girl, who is studying to be a doctor, denies the story, but applauds Hillary’s lying skills.

Chelsea Clinton who accompanied her mom on the trip recalls in this interview the ordeal, “The snipers tried to take her hostage after seeing her blond locks of hair”. The snipers contest this story; they would never be attracted to a woman like Chelsea Clinton.

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton is planning her next climb on Mount Everest later in the year, after her final voyage on the space shuttle.

From the SPOOF

so Clintomaniacs are directed to 

send  hate mail there. 

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What About Meredith?

I’d like you to meet Meredith.

She’s a murder victim.

This is Amanda, she’s a suspect in Meredith’s Murder:

Here in Seattle, Washington there have been enough words in defense of Amanda Knox  to pave the I-5 from one end of the state to the other.

But there have been few, if any words for Meredith.

Amanda’s family have been supported and sympathized for in the press-which something I doubt you’d see from our local journalists if Amanda had been the victim and a ” stranger ” was being held as a suspect in the King County Jail and that suspects family were asking for the same sympathetic coverage.

So I am left asking myself the question:

What about Meredith?

She was a person, she became a murder victim and the press here in Seattle has come a breath away from painting Meredith as a dark little cloud full of rain that showered itself all over the promising  life of Amanda Knox.

What happened to Meredith needs to be answered for- and until that question is answered I think ALL of the suspects in this case should stay exactly where they are.

After all, at the end of the day the suspects will get to either walk towards judgement or they will get to go home.

Meredith will not be going anywhere.

She was buried on December 14, 2007

Meredith Kercher's funeral

News Stories:

Meredith suspects remain in jail

By Daniel Knowles

Meredith Kercher's funeral

Miss Kercher’s sister Stephanie (right) comforts a mourner after the funeral service, in which Stephanie read a poem composed for the occasion.

Meredith Kercher funeral

UPDATE

On December 4, 2009

Amanda Knox was found guilty of murdering Meredith and sentenced to 26 years in prison.

Are You Ready For Aloha Friday?

Visit The 50th State Radio Website and really get into the Aloha Friday Spirit!

( HERE )

Hawaiian Shirts and the Aloha Friday Tradition

Hawaiian shirts, or Aloha shirts as they are called in Hawaii, have been a part of Hawaii’s culture since they were invented back in the 1930s. Because of Hawaii’s warm weather and casual lifestyle, the formal business suit is not used as the day-to-day business attire. In 1947 city of Honolulu began encouraging people to wear Hawaiian shirts to work from June through August to beat the summer heat. Since then, aloha wear as work attire has grown from summer wear to Friday wear to everyday wear. ( More HERE )

The Coconut Wireless

Hawaiin Events Listings for Northern California and Beyond

Like:

Hula Halau
Hawaiian Bands
Hawaiian Events 

Aloha Friday Recipe: Banana Guava Pie

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups sliced bananas
1 1/4 cups guava nectar
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3 tablespoons cold water
baked pie shell

Procedure
Combine guava nectar, lemon juice, sugar and salt. Bring to boil over low heat. Mix cornstarch and water to a smooth paste and stir into mixture. Stir until thickened and clear. Cool. Combine with bananas and pour into baked pie shell. Serve with whipped cream.

Aloha Friday Recipe: Mango Sweet Bread Pudding

5 loaves of Sweet bread
5 cups milk
1 cup heavy cream
6 eggs
2 Tbsp Vanilla
1 cup sugar
1 tsp almond extract
4 cups evaporated milk

Combine wet ingredients and mix well. Cut or tear bread into 1″ pieces. Combine mixture with bread. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes, mix every 15 minutes.

Recipe from Chef Kelvin Ro of the Diamond Head Market and Grill

Recipes from Everything About Hawaii and Aloha (HERE)

 

Now…here it is… the town my family calls home:

Honokaa

( Pictures from Honokaa.Com)

Here’s why I chose these two pictures- the first time I ever skinned my knee bad was in front of this theatre ( I was about three ) and once my Granfather saw a ghost lady in front of the church.

( more about the theatre HERE )

The Waipio Valley.

It’s haunted and full of ghosts.

So there.

Here’s some interesting stuff about it from Hawaii Highways HERE

These nine photos cover the notoriously steep access road from the Waipio Overlook at the western end of Honokaa-Waipio Road (state route 240), down into the Waipio Valley. While the road is now paved and only about ¾ mile long, the 25% average grade (said to be up to 45% at some points), taking the road about 900 feet down to the valley floor, is steep enough to destroy brakes on the way down, and stall engines on the way up. The road is therefore restricted to 4x4s (which you’ll need anyway to navigate the unpaved roads on the valley floor), and hikers with strong legs.

 Here’s a Cool Slideshow

And for a little history about Honokaa Go HERE

Now go forth and get into the Aloha Friday Spirit!

Anita Marie

From Those Really Smart People At BBC NEWS

Those really smart reporters from the BBC posted this…

yes they did.

REALLY.

Sort of.

New Skeggy 

Bush Meets His Waterloo?

 

Is it just me, or do Bush and his Merry Band of Thugs remind you of one of those dead things that get buried in Stephen King’s Pet Sematary and come back and chase people around with sharp things?

Good.

I was worried it was just me.

Now on a happier yet still macabre note…

( fyi some images are disturbing…I’m not kidding )

Pet Sematary Picture from:

House Of Horrors Presents