A weather comment again! Absolutely magnificent! Warm by day, cool by night!
It was 83 degrees at 10 last night and cool! The wind off the ocean is what does it.

I think I am losing it a bit. My head keeps telling me I have somethiong to do at 10 this morning. What? I do not know. I will learn at 10:30, I am sure!

Golf yesterday morning!

I played with Tom and Yankee Jack. I won the first five holes!!! Wowie! I was on a run!

That was it, however. My game reverted. I never won another hole.

Fortuantely, I only lost $4. Tom was the big winner. He won $4. Yankee broke even.

I visited with Lisa after golf. She has laryngitis. It was a one way conversation.

Dinner was at the Yacht Club last night. Chatted at the bar for a while with Paul Toppino. Then Jenna arrived. We were scheduled to have dinner together.

As Jenna and I were sitting down to dinner, my cell phone rag. It was Jean Thornton. She told me she was at Vino’s and that Stephanie Kaple was having a stiletto competition. The judge failed to show. Would I come over and judge? No. I was hungry.

I did know what I was missing!

After dinner, Jenna went home. I went to Vino’s. The place was jam packed! I was thrilled for owners Clayton and Valerie.

I spoke with Jean and Stephanie. What is this stiletto thing, I asked. Stephanie is into female shoes. High heeled ones. Her life! She has a club. The Stiletto Society. Sounds like a mafia hit squad!

Once a month, the Stiletto Society has a competion. The girls parade at Vino’s. Red carpet and all!

I made my apologies to Stephanie. I promised to judge the contest next month. One problem, however. What do I know about female shoes! One high heeled pair is like another to me. I told Stephanie I would have to judge based on the whole torso. She said, no! Nothing above the ankles!

Joe Thornton was in. Just arrived yesterday. How he keeps up with Jean, I do not know. She is go, go, go!

As part of the festivities at Vino’s last night, there was a woman from Boston. She had a table of goodies. Sex toys and the like. She was talking about sex/love situations. Very seriouis commnets by her and in return by those she spoke with. Covered it all!

Only in Key West!

I had a great evening and was home in bed by ten! Alone, of course!

Tomorrow morning is my internet show. The Key West Lou Legal Hour. Ten in the morning. http://www.konkbroadcasting.com/. World wide on the internet. Please join me.

The show seems to get better each week. The topics help. The world is full of crazy people doing crazy things.

Tomorrow’s topics include present day slavery, Nazis and talking dogs, high blood pressure among the young on the rise, a prison bar in Mexico, children being cheated in the New York City educational system, a nursing bra store closed by New York City, a suicide update, Texas and guns on campus, second hand smoking from a new perspective, Philip Morris, human breast milk and cheese, poincianas, Highwood Bocce Club, U.S. Post Office in economic distress, and more.

A United States submarine lost during World War II was discovered this week. Ten miles off Key West in 600 feet of water. It was the USS R-12. The submarine was of World War I vintage still in use during World War II. It went down on July 12, 1943. Sank in 15 minutes. Forty two lives lost.

A bit of closure for the families of those lost.

The King of Ghana was back visiting Key West this week. He is actually the King of La. A huge tribe in Ghana. The King is a political heavy weight.

His full name is King Nii Kpobi Tetty Tsuri III.

He and son in law Corey are friends. Corey has been one of the primary movers with regard to the slave cemetary at Higgs Beach. Two hundred ninety five Ghana persons lie buried there. Brought here as slaves, their vessel destroyed by a hurricane, they ended up on the beaches of Key West. Key West took care of them. However, 295 died.

The graves were only discovered in the last several years. The King came for a ceremony last year. He returned for another ceremony this week which honored the dead. He considers the dead his people, his responsibility also.

Corey says he is a good guy.

Bocce tonight.

Bocce is important. But babysitting more. I have been called to duty. Lisa and Corey have somewhere to be. Hopefully, I will make the last game.

Enjoy your day!

My girl Terri White opened Saturday in Follies at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

She was a hit! The show was a hit! As one reviewer said, it is not “if” the show will make Broadway, but “when.”

Terri’s Follies is a revival of the 1970s landmark musical. Music and lyrics by Stephen Sonheim. The one month Washington revival is costing its producers $7.3 million.

My Terri, Key West’s Terri, played the brassy Stella Deems. One reviewer said that song and dance of Who’s That Woman was the knockout number of the show. Some testament when you consider that Terri’s costars included Bernadette Peters, Esther Paige, Linda Lavin and Regine. Furhter reviewer comments stated Terri….. stole the show…..was a showstopper…..her performance galvanizing…..delightfully unbridled…..was full of irrepressible exuberance……and that  Terri’s performance, especially of Who’s That Woman, had snap and style.

Go, Terri! We all love you! Continue breaking a leg!

A contingency from Key West attended the black tie opening. It included Lynda and Bob Frachette and Diane May. I had planned on attending. In the end, could not make it. My apologies, Terri.

I had a pleasant morning yesterday. A haircut and manicure. That became my day. I was so tired from staying up till 1:30 the night before, that I slept the rest of yesterday away. I tried to watch the Miami/Chicago game from bed last night. Kept falling asleep. I had to wait till this morning when I woke to learn who won.

This morning golf! I am rested and ready.

Enjoy your day!

Jeff Beil died.

I found out last night when I arrived at the Chart Room. Sheila was a wreck. They were good friends.
Jeff was a Key West artist whose work has been exhibited world wide. He was on the brink of outstanding success. He left us early. I would estimate his age around 50.

I was out with Jenna last night. We did the Chart Room and Kelly’s together.

We met an interesting couple from the Toronto area at the Chart Room. Michael and Marni. They are frequent Key West visitors. Michael’s work involves emplyee benefits. A nice couple. Marni very lovely. They are here for the week. Hope I run into them again.

Jenna and I decided to eat at the outdoor bar at Kelly’s. I had not been there in ages.

It was wings for me! The best in Key West!

Helen was bartending. She looked familiar. Knew Jenna by name right away. Turns out Helen used to work at Bottlecap. She bartended when the Larry and Jenna show played there.

The Bottlecap was always crowded for the Larry and Jenna show. Helen surprised me, however. She said the show patrons were not drinkers. Simply stated, it was not a good night for the Bottlecap and its staff moneywise. I felt bad.

I dropped Jenna off after dinner and stopped at Don’s Place. I was anxious to watch the Dallas/Oklahoma basketball game. Caught the second half.

Many familiar faces at Don’s. Mikey, Marisa, Angus, Toni amongst others. Kurt showed up towards the end of the game.

I watched the game with Michelle. I was pulling for Dallas. She, Oklahoma. Michelle is a fun person to watch basketball with.

She blamed me for Oklahoma’s loss. When I sat next to her, Oklahoma was ahead by 15 points. Dallas won in overtime. Ho ho.

The game finished late. It was close to one in the morning. I did not get to bed till 1:30. Very late for me!

I am going to do a Louis morning. A haircut by Lori at 10 and a manicure from Tammy at 11.

Enjoy your day!

These storms being experienced world wide remind me of God’s wrath brought down upon Egypt and its Pharoh by Moses.

What a beating Joplin, Missouri took last night!

 A tornado of such intensity that cars flew about and were crushed as easily as a beer can. Whole neighborhoods wiped out. Numerous dead.

 I spent the day home yesterday. Read the papers and watched the talk shows in the morning. Lisa and the family came over in the afternoon to swim. Robert and Ally became my afternoon. Last night, I remained in to watch the Heat/Bulls game. A terrific game! I was thrilled to see Chris Bosh play so well.

Skinny dipping is rather common place in Key West. Not at the public beaches or hotels. At private homes. Most homes have pools.The pools are generally landscaped so privacy is assured. Ergo, skinny dipping.

Yesterday,  I was doing some historical reading. One of our Presidents was a skinny dipper. At first I thought it might be John Kennedy. He had a bad back and it was popular knowledge that he swam in the White House pool daily to relieve it. I had never heard of Kennedy swimming in the raw, however.

Turns out it was not John Kennedy. It was another John. John Quincy Adams.

Adams is historically known to have been very straight laced.. Not when it came to his exercise, however. Each morning he would rise just before dawn and walk down to the Potomac. He would tie his clothes in a bundle and jump in.

Forget Secret Service. It did not exist back then as it does now. Adams would make his swimming trips on his own.

Historical folk lore says a female journalist showed up while Adams was skinny dipping one morning. Her name was Anne Royal. She wanted to interview the President. She could not get an appointment to do so. The story goes that she followed him to the Portomac one morning. She sat on his clothes and would not leave till Adams gave her the interview.

An enterprising woman.

I did a Suicide Update on my Amazon Kindle legal blog yesterday. It had to do with mail order suicide kits. A 91 year old California woman is selling them. The kit has specific directions, a plastic bag, tubing and instructions regarding the use of helium. I wrote about the mail order suicide kit because Oregon is in the process of outlawing suicide by mail order kit. Oregon has a Death With Dignity law. It permits physician assisted suicide. However, Oregon considers suicide by mail order kit to be sleazy.

This morning’s newspaper reports the death of Joseph Brooks in New York City. Brooks won an Academy Award for his song “You Light Up My Life.” He committed suicide via the method described in the mail order kit. Whether he specifically utized the kit described, I do not know.

Enjoy your day! Go out and have some fun!

Key West weather!

I apologize for talking about it so much. But it has never been better! We have had 5 consecutive months of warm days and cool evenings. Good for body, mind and soul!

Big lunch yesterday! Me and grandson Robert. Ally was at an all girls’ birthday party.

Robert and I finally made it to Mr. Z’s for Philly cheese steak sandwiches. Robert was excited.

The sandwiches were only so so. I thought after the first bite that No Name Pub’s were vastly superior. Mr. Z’s cheese was not to my liking. Robert looked at me after his first bite and said, “…this tastes like eggs.”

The sandwiches were good, but not great. Nevertheless, Robert and I had a terrific time. We sat at the bar. The tables were full. He enjoyed sitting at the bar. We talked of many things. Conversation non stop. Robert is an interesting person in development.

I started my Key West saturday evening early. Wanted to watch the Preakness with others. I headed over to Don’s Place.

I was pulling for Animal Kingdom. He ran a good race. Shackleford a better one. The Belmont is going to be interesting!

Next was the Chart Room.

Chatted with Michael a while. Valerie there. She was leaving to head over to Vino’s. She and husband Clayton own Vino’s on Duval.

Visited a while with Sean and Katherine. His parents are visiting. They were meeting them later at Santiagos for dinner. I like Sean and Katherine. Good people. Sincere people. Interesting people.

Customers are constantly coming and going at the Chart Room. A woman a couple of seats away at the bar said…..you are Key West Lou! I am thrilled when this happens. Her name was Terri. She and her husband Mark are here visiting.

Terri followed up her you are Key West Lou with….I read your blog every day! Wowie! Love it!

Terri and Mark are from South Dennis, New Jersey. About a ten minute drive from Stone Harbor. Stone Harbor was one of my summer haunts in days gone by. My beloved friend Doc Paladino had a place there and we vacationed with him a week or two every summer.

Terri and Mark are in the windshield replacement business. The economy is affecting their business also. People would rather get a ticket for a broken window than pay to replace one. The ticket is much cheaper.

Terri and Mark are not strangers to Key West. They visit a couple of times a year. Stay at the Pier House. Try to get the same room each visit. Ground level, just a few steps from the Chart Room. They also frequnet Vino’s. They bought one of the chairs at Vino’s bar. Their names are emblazoned on it.

I talked with a charming lady. Rita. A bit older than even me. She and her husband used to live in Key West in the 1960s. Now they do six months here and six months up north.

Rita told me she had been coming to the Chart Room for over forty years. She recalls in the 1960s when Jimmy Buffet was a non entity. He used to sit on a chair in the corner of the Chart Room and play for tips. Sometimes he was too loud and disruptive. Customers used to yell at him to shut up.

Little did they know!

I never got to eat. Instead, I returned to Don’s Place. Watched some of the Dallas playoff game with Kurt. I was home in bed and asleep before ten.

I wrote yesterday about Doomsday. According to some, the world was going to end. It did not. I was thinking this morning how many of this religious cult must be in a deep state of depression today.

Enjoy your day!

Good morning!

Glad you are alive and well! Glad none of you are suffering from the massive earthquake and explosions predicted for today!

There is a prophet of sorts, perhaps a religious fanatic, named Harold Camping. He is an evangelical radio broadcaster. Owns Family Radio Worldwide. Mature. 89 years old.

Camping has an immense following. His radio stations are numerous. He has made money over the years buying and selling radio stations. He also benefits from all his religious followers who donate big time dollars to him and his church.

We are talking millions of dollars!

Camping predicted the world was going to end today. There would be the Apocalypse. Doomsday. Also the day of Rapture. Jesus Christ was to return.

Of all the people on earth, Camping said only three per cent were righteous and woud be taken by God immediately into Heaven. The remaining 97 per cent would be left to suffer on earth for five months till Octolber 21st when they would enter into eternal damnation.

Camping was able to predict not only the exact date, but also the specific time of the day the world would end. Based on  certain claimed/interpreted Biblical facts and his own mathematical calculations, today was the day. The time 6 pm. Six in the evening in each time zone. The world was not going to explode all at once. But by time zones.

The first time zone to go at 6 pm this date was New Zealand. It is already well past 6 pm in New Zealand. It is pushing midnight. New Zealand still exists. No earthquake. No explosions.

I am not worrying about 6 pm our time.

Camping’s followers are numerous. And as indicated before, support him and his church with tons of money. Many of his followers stopped working months ago to preach regarding the end of the world that was supposed to have occurred today.

I read an interesting comment yesterday about this end of the world thing. Several persons who believe stopped paying their bills months ago. Are they in for a surprise!

Someone once said there is a sucker born every minute. Some truth to it. Especially in this instance since Camping made a similar prediction in 1994. The world did not end. He said it was an error in computation. The most interesting thing was that his followers increased in size thereafter, even though he was wrong.

Mark Ryno is one of the nicest persons I have met in Key West. People call him Ryno.

I first met Ryno at the KONK radio station when I started doing my show. He was a big help to me. What did I know about radio!

We had something in common. We both came from Central New York. I from Utica and Ryno from Waterville. Waterville is a little town about 10 miles south of Utica.

Ryno recently left Key West.

I am pleased to report he is back in Central New York. He is disc jockeying a radio show that airs on KROCK in Syracuse and Utica.

Congratualtions Ryno! I am glad you are back in the business. I am sorry it is away from Key West. May you someday return.

Ally has a birthday party to attend today. Robert will be alone. I called him. We are finally going to Mr. Z’s to try out their Philly cheese steak sandwich.

Enjoy your day!

Ho ho ho!

I am late today. Sorry.

But…..obviously in a good mood!

Why not? I live in Key West! The weather is good. My friends are good. God is good.

I worked for a couple of hours yesterday afternoon with Jenna. We were fine tuning today’s internet show. After she left, I went to bed for an hour to rest up for bocce. The hour turned into two hours. I overslept and was late for bocce!

Ergo, I missed the first game. Which we lost. I played games 2 and 3, however.

I played with Don, Keith and David in game 2. We killed the opposition 16-2. We were excited. We could do no wrong. We wanted to win the third game. Badly. We hate a losing evening.

The four of us played the third game, also. As good as we were in game 2, that is how bad we were in game 3. Especially me. We lost whatever it was that makes you continue playing good. We were destroyed in game 3!

Afterwards was party time at Don’s Place. Jumping last night. Big time fun!

This morning was my internet show. The Key West Lou Legal Hour. Interesting topics. This past week has  been replete with controversial issues. Already I can report the two hot items discussed. The emails and telephone calls have been coming in heavy.
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One is Arnold Schwarzenegger and his marital problem. The thrust of my comments were to the effect that sexual mores have changed in the last 60 years. Women partake of sex outside of marriage, also. For every man accused of pulling his fly down, there is a woman who could  not keep her panties up.

The other item involved a Brazilian court case where a woman with a chemical imbalance took her employer to court to get some relief. She did. The facts were simple. The woman was diagnosed as a compulsive orgasmic. Short for she needed to relief  herself by masturbating 40 times a day. The court ruled her emplyer had to give her 15 minutes every two hours to deal with the problem.

She was literally paid for masturbating.

Within two days, this decision had spread. Psychiatrists, psychologists, sex therapists and the like were and are all heralding the decision as forward moving.

Brazil has a reputation for being very employee conscious and supportive. Much like the French. Still the decision seemed a strange one. Though reported in several places, the Brazilian court was never specifically identified. I decided to do an internet search. I could not discover the identity of the court, except that it was Brazilian.

So I seriously question the veracity of this reported case. Which I also pointed out to my listening and watching audience.

The weather contiues to be spectacular! Magnificent! Beautiful! A bit warmer each day. Cool evenings.

The thought occurred to me today that hurricane season is around the corner. It has been five years since we were hit by one. Will this be the year?  Will we have to pay for the glorious weather these past five months?

I sound like that cartoon character from…..Little Abner? The little guy with the black cloud over his head!

Enjoy your day!

What a beautiful day! Fantastic weather!

We have had five consecutive months in Key West of this weather. I have been frequenting the keys for many years. I do not remember such a consistent period of such great weather. Warm by day. Cool by night.

The only nature problem is water. It has rained so little, water is becoming an acute problem. There is a desalizination process whereby sea water can be transformed into drinking water. Key West has such a process. It is in use. It contributes about ten per cent of our disposable water.

Key West days are generally all good. Yesterday was one of the best for me!

Golf in the morning!

I played with Kurt, Larry and Yankee Jack. I lost only $1. A very good day!

Kurt had major shoulder surgery several months ago. Yesterday was his first 18 holes in months. He shot an 87. Good! His score included four greens where he 3 putted.

Kurt was the big winner! $16.

Mikey played in the other foursome. I learned that Mikey and Marisa will be leaving Key West in about two weeks. For good. They are returning to their home area of Louisville. Both have families there. Mikey and Marisa are ready to start their own family. Mikey has a terrific job waiting for him. To do with body parts, real and artificial.

Don is sponsoring a scramble on Memorial Day for Mikey and Marisa. Afterwards, there will be an all day and all night party at Don’s Place for them.

I spent the afternoon resting.

My night started at the Chart Room. Emily bartending. She had just returned from a two week trip to the Northern Banks.

My compatriot from the night before, Sheila, was there. Plus David, Sean and Katherine.

Half Buck Freddies has a discount store on Caroline. It is where the old PT’s used to be. David has managed the discount facility for several years.

He told me the discount store will be no more as of August 1. Someone has bought the building and a restaurant is going to open.

Everything changes. Change is the only constant in life.

Dave already has another job. He is going to be at the County Courthouse. As a court stenographer. He apparently is replacing Marty who has retired from his Key West work.

Jenna arrived. She had been at a meeting and we had made plans to meet at the Chart Room. We chatted with David and Sheila a bit. Then Jenna and I headed over to the Hot Tin Roof. We sat at the bar, talked and ate some appetizers.

Then we split. Jenna went home. I went to Don’s place. I wanted to watch the second half of the Miami/Chicago game.

Don’s Place was packed. Really packed!

I visited with Rob. Watched the game with Boomer and Russ. My golfing buddy Angus was a few seats down at the bar. A good guy!

The sound portion of the game was off. Loud music was being piped in. A lot of dancing going on around the pool table. All of a sudden there were four lovely ladies on the bar dancing!

Young and beautiful! All in tight shorts. They must have done this bar dance routine before. They did it well. In unison. A chorus line.

At first, I was irritated. The game was tied at 73 all. Their butts were blocking the TV screen.

I soon mellowed and accepted what was. I could always catch the rest of the game on the reruns!

Bocce tonight! Love it! And the people who show up every thursday to play. A happy friendly cross section of Key West.

Tomorrow morning at 10 is my internet show. The Key West Lou Legal Hour.

So much to talk about! This past week has been exciting.

One issue I am going to get into is sex. The Arnold Schwartzenneger situation has permeated the media the last few days.

I am 75 years old. I have lived through much of the sexual cultural mores in the United States. I can recall the 1950s when females were reluctant to have sex outside of marriage for fear of pregnancy. Then came the birth control pill in the l960s. The sexual world changed! Many women discovered their sexual drives were comparable to mens’. They could enjoy without fear of pregnancy.

At the beginning of the post pill discovery era, married women were still less prone to have sex outside their marriage. Such has changed over the years. Statistics now show a growing trend in women of all ages who cheat outside marriage.

I am neither being moralistic nor judging. However, one thing has become clear to me over the years. Marital infidelity is a two way street. For every man who pulls his fly down, there is a woman who pulls her panties down!

I have two points. First, lets get off the man’s back. Women are playing big time, also. Second, the brief history I have set forth clearly shows a changing sex culture over the last 60 years. Understand that change and recall it before coming down on the man alone.

Excuse me for being Biblical, but let he/she who is without sin cast the first stone.

I will concede that there still remain those without sin. One stroke of the brush does not paint all persons.

Obviously going to be a good show tomorrow! http://www.konkbroadcasting.com/.

Enjoy your day!

Back in the early 1960s when I was a young lawyer in Utica, I met a young female reporter. Her name was Ann.

Ann remained in Utica for a short time. I never heard from her again till about 10 years ago. We ran into each other at some fund raiser at East Martello. She and her husband were living in Big Pine.

A small world!

Since then, Ann and I get together for lunch about two times a year. Yesterday was one of those times.

We met at Hogfish.

Ann’s life is full. She has recently been elected Vice Commodore of the Coast Guard Auxillary. Keeps her busy.

She mentioned that when the whale crisis occurred at Cudjoe Key, her group were there to help. You will recall that the grandkids and family and I tried to walk in off the road to see. We could not. The area was blocked off.

I spent the afternoon writing. Under the tiki hut. Wearing a bathing suit this time.

I had no plans last night.

My car found its way to Don’s Place. Rob was bartending. Only a few customers. Quiet. I did not stay long.

I then headed over to the Chart Room. Glad I did. Sheila was there. We spent a couple of hours talking and laughing. Sheila is good people!

Met Mary who was filling in as bartender.

Then it was back to Don’s Place. Packed this time. Chatted with Bebe.

I stopped at Publix on the way home. The best time to shop is before closing. No one there.

This morning golf! Love it! Something is wrong, however. I have reached that point in my life where it is more exciting than sex. Sex is becoming a memory.

Enjoy your day!

Key West days are consistent! Weatherwise! Outstanding!

Yesterday started with an early morning dentist visit. An easy one this time. No discomfort. Some stitches removed. The next visit in a couple of weeks will be a pain!

I had an interesting visit yesterday afternoon. I was sitting naked at the tiki hut writing when I heard the door bell. Visitors are few so dress is not a concern.

It was Skip. Who the hell is Skip I thought. He had his lady friend in the car. He seemed like he knew me. I invited them in. But said wait a minute till I get some clothes on!

Turns out I had met Skip. about two years ago. He is related to my next door neighbor who is never here.

Skip is Skip Carlson. Retired. Now living in Boyington Beach. The lady friend was Roz. Roz Kornblum. A wonderful woman! Enjoyed her tremendously.

Roz was married to a Florida Circuit Court Judge in Palm Beach County for years. Judge Allen Kornblum. He passed on. Now she and Skip are friends.

A lawyer’s wife is a lawyer also. She lives with her husband and his trials day in and day out for years. So the conversation Roz and I had was stimulating and refreshing.

Skip and Roz were here for a couple of hours. After leaving me, they were heading north back  to home in Boyington Beach. I am sure we will visit further when next they return. We hit it off.

Although my dentist visit was relatively pain free, I had some discomfort last night. So I stayed in.

I would like to do something different today. I do not know what.

Enjoy your day!