This Ain't the Moon!

 Update on Volcano Eruptions

Uncooperative weather has canceled my full moon photography for October.

Mount Aso, in Kyushu, Japan blew its top and sent us these floating rocks.

Another one (underseas) at the Ogasawara Islands (near Iwo Jima) sent plenty more!

Many of our beaches are covered with pumice stones.

The ocean tides delivered volcanic pumice stones to beaches throughout the Okinawa islands.

Have you ever used a pumice stone to grind down callouses on your feet?

Well, I had to kick off the flip-flops and walk on the stuff, to see what it feels like.

This isn't some thirst trap; it's to give you a sense of scale. Ladies, GET BACK!

Here's what a size 12 left foot looks like in pumice stones on the beach.

The lightweight stones didn't fall out of the sky, where they might hit us on the heads.

They were delivered here by the sea.  Kyushu is over an hour's flight time from here.

What appears to be black sand in the lower part of this photo, is volcanic pumice.

We discovered this treasure at Uza Beach on the northern tip of Okinawa island.

A bag was filled with stones, to show the wife the floating rocks TV news was broadcasting.

Gardening with Pumice

Back at home, I did some research and learned about other uses for pumice stones.

We just might have to return to that beach and fill buckets with pumice stones.

Until last night, I never heard about using pumice stones in planters and gardens.

They call them soil amendments and, you can even throw the stuff into compost piles!

Decisions, decisions, buy garden pumice online or, go to the beach and get some FREE?

Don't Panic

Friends, relatives, people around the globe don't worry about us in Okinawa, Japan.

The volcanic eruption at Mount Aso is no big deal. We're all fine.

If you need some stuff to worry about, I'll show you volcanoes going off around the world.

The map shows volcanoes blowing their tops in RED!

Screenshot courtesy of  Volcano Discovery.  Visit them HERE.

Prototype: The Redneck Apple Telephone

Still in Early Development Stages

 

Don't go runnin' off until you here what inspired this prototype.

Everybody's jumpin' on the bandwagon and buying those newfangled phones.

A friend of mine has a brand new Apple iPhone, or whatever they're called.

Watchin' him do all the neat stuff that's available on the contraption almost convinced me.

I need one, too.

Nobody ever accused me of being over-scholarly but, I do think things over, sometimes.

Along Came the What's Wrong with the World Theory

 

Look back a few years and, try to remember when telephones had wires on them.

People didn't walk down the street staring at little screens on their phones.

When they were driving cars, they watched where they were going.

You didn't have to sit in a restaurant listening to other folks yappin' on a phone.

Bank robbers had to bust into the place, and physically grab the money.

The world went wireless.  That's when things started going haywire.  Hah !

Way Back in 2003 a Bear Broke into David Letterman's House

Now, I have no idea what a New York City boy was doing in Montana.

He got scared and called for help.

We should probably ask him what kind of phone he was using.

When the Redneck Apple Phone goes into production it will have an instruction book.

There will be a page teaching city boys stuff you can't do with a cell-phone.

You could lure the bear out of the house with an apple.

Or, swing that baby around by the wires and smack the bear in the nose.

Yup, things started going wrong in the world when everybody got wireless.

Somebody should look into that !

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Bloggers Of The World: Did You Know You Have RIghts ?

 

Anyone who has followed this blog more than a few days knows RyukyuMike likes photography, the Ryukyu Islands, travel, wildlife, dogs, pretty women (maybe, some not so pretty women), children, humor and beer not necessarily in any particular order.  I like to laugh and joke.  I like to see people lend a helping hand to other people.  Today, without any humor,  I want to tell you something about the Electronic Frontier Foundation.  

I am a contributing member, (giving them a small annual donation) and if you are a blogger you should consider joining, too.  

You don't have to give them a penny if you don't want to.  It's absolutely FREE.


The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a USA based non-profit organization that is looking after the rights you have as a blogger. It doesn't matter where in the world you do your blogging or what country you may be a citizen of.  These folks work to protect individuals like you and I from government interference, legal threats and violations of our personal freedoms as writers.


Living in Okinawa, Japan I am not too concerned with every dingbat lawsuit I read about going on back in the good old USA.  So, I can't say every action the EFF takes gets 100% of my support.  But,  when it comes to bloggers rights, you just can't beat them.  Go have a look, yourself by clicking on the banner above.  

When you get to the site take a peek at some of my favorites:

BLOGGER'S RIGHTS and TEACHING COPYRIGHT.  You can learn a lot.  And it's FREE !


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