Friday!

Radio show time!

The Key West Lou Legal Hour!

Ten this morning. KONK 1500 AM in the Florida Keys and Cuba. Worldwide for viewing on the internet at http://www.konkam.com/.

It has been a big week news wise. A sad one in certain respects, also. Today’s show will discuss happenings from four continents. North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Far reaching and encompassing.

Join me! You will not be disappointed!

Yesterday I worked! At least it seemed like work. I thought I was back practicing law. It was that kind of day.

My work day started at 7 in the morning and finished at 7 in the evening. Non stop!

First the blogs. This one and the Amazon Kindle legal blog. I wrote both back to back. Consuming several cups of coffee in the process. All I need is a cigarette dangling from my lips and I will look like a writer.

Then the dentist. I have major dental work scheduled in February. Yesterday was a prep start. Took 2 hours! And I have to return later today for more.

I had a manicure scheduled. Had to cancel. No time.

Hit the gym. There definitely was need to relieve building tension.

By this time, it was 5 o’clock. Jenna and I were on the telephone till 7 fine tuning today’s radio show.

A full day. With no breaks in between.

Did I enjoy it? I don’t know. The day was not consistent with being retired. No naps, no Coffee House, no reading the newspapers.

I was hungry. It was after 7. I had missed lunch. What to eat.

I bought sausage at Publix the day before. Hot Italian sausage. It was on sale.

I have not had sausage in years. Being Italian, my former wife would occasionally cook it. In the oven in oil with potatoes and peppers.

I had a craving.

I cooked the sausage for dinner. What a mess!

I fried two pieces. Put a small amount of oil in the frying pan.

A disaster! Took forever! Oil splattered all over the place! Pan greasy! Stove top greasy! Floor greasy! Dish greasy! Silver ware greasy!

If you did not notice, greasy is the operative word.

Things got so bad, I sat down and laughed! I thought what an ass!

The clean up took a little while.

Oh, the sausage was excellent! Loved it! Next time, the oven.

I also decided along the way that perhaps I should write a book. Cooking in Key West! Part of the Key West Lou series. Ho ho.

This morning the radio show. Then the dentist again. Definitely a manicure.

At some point this afternoon, I will write my Amazon Kindle legal blog for the day. The site on Kindle is Key West Lou Law. Today’s subject matter I do not know. I have had no time to think about it!

Enjoy your day! Join me on the radio show!

My ears were cold on the golf course yesterday!

Sixty two degrees while we were playing. It was not the temperature so much. It was the wind. Brutal! So strong that on two occasions balls were moved by it while being putted. Once with Don and another time when Larry was putting. You could see an absolutely straight putt all of a sudden move 6-12 inches sideways because of a sudden gust.

We were all dressed for a Key West winter. Except I did not have a hat that could cover my ears!

I played with Don, Yankee Jack, Larry and Tino. Larry was the big winner. $17. I lost $4. But was not the big loser. Yankee claimed that fame yesterday!

As I write this blog at 8 in the morning, it is 53 degrees in Key West. The cold front will leave us over the weekend and temperatures will be close to 80 again.

I am a glutton for punishment. Went to the gym after golf. I had skipped a couple of days. My weight is down and I am becoming complacent. I am also sick of the diet. I am stuck at 26 pounds lost. I do not know if I can continue to 30. The diet has become an effort!

Last night was Syracuse basketball!

Syracuse handily beat St. John at Madison Square Garden. 76-59. Syracuse was just too good for St. John. That does not mean I was overly imnpressed with Syracuse. They missed too many easy shots. They also were not working the offensive backboard hard enough. Their defense was outstanding, as usual.

Syracuse has three tough games in a row coming up. Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Villanova. The next two weeks will tell just how good Syacuse is.

I watched the game at the Sports Page Bar. There were two other Syracuse fans. Don from Syracuse and Marty from Oneonta.

Kristan, where are you? You were not working at the Sports Page on Saturday when I was in. You were not there last night. Miss you!

After the game, I hurried over to the Bottle Cap. Larry and Jenna tme. I got there about ten minutes after the show started. A good show! Larry and Jenna’s exchanges are genuine and enjoyable. The best of the best last night were Peter and Holly Diamond. Great singing and dancing. Warm.

Petra continues to amaze me. She is talented and amusing.

I did not complete my Amazon Kindle legal blog on Somali yesterday. Sorry. Everything was going on at one time! I will publish it later this morning. Read about Somali where they speak with a forked tongue about their women and children.

Timing is everything.

I wrote on Kindle a couple of days ago about pedophelia. Since then there have been two reported child molestations in Florida alone. The first was a 4 year old boy in Miami that I spoke of yesterday. The latest involves a 4 year old girl from Lake Worth. She was raped! In a residential neighborhood. She was found afterwards walking the street in a state of shock. The culprit has not yet been identified.

Just how sick have we become as a society? Not just with child perversion, but in every respect. Across the breadth of our nation. I think we have a fever and sick stomach. Have recent events sufficiently shaken us up? Can we cure ourselves?

Only time will tell.

Enjoy your day!

Fog!

We had it again at supper time last night.

Fog is foreign to Key West. A few days ago we had fog also. I wrote at the time that it was extemely rare. And then early last night, fog again! Big time! Pea soup! I could not see the MTV house 300 feet across the water!

I telephoned my son in law, Corey. Corey knows everything about the water. He is an archeologist, a diver. For over 25 years he has lived in Key West and searched Spanish galleons beneath the ocean.

Corey could not understand why the fog. Strange to him, also. He has seen it in Key West so few times in 25 years.

I might add the fog was also eerie. I was out on my deck. I expected Dracula to tap me on the shoulder!

Compounded with the fact yesterday was another absolutely beautiful day! 80 degrees. I went to the beach again. This time Smathers. I found a palm tree and settled in the shade beneath it. I brought my small laptop with me. I wrote/composed.

It is just before 7 this morning. Cold outside. Temperature 64 degrees. The projected high for today, also. During the night the temperature dropped to 52.

It never ceases to amaze me how the temperature can drop so dramatically. Twenty plus points in a matter of hours.

A cold front came in. It will be with us till the weekend.

After a couple of hours, the fog was beginning to lift. I decided to go to Hogfish for dinner. I thought what a beautiful sight it would be to see the fishing boats in the fog.

I was correct! The view from my table at Hogfish was magnificnet! A painting!

It was a bit damp. I had lobster bisque to warm up. Then some hogfish. And read yesterday’s newspapers.

Golf this morning. I will play. Sixty four is not bad golf weather. I shall dress for it. Long pants!

Tonight Syracuse basketball! I am into it! Seven o’clock at the Sports Page Bar. Syracuse plays St. John.

After the game, it will be over to the Bottle Cap to catch Larry and Jenna and the Larry Smith variety show.

Yesterday’s Amazon Kindle blog concerned itself with pedophelia. There have recently been many incidents. Some nut also wrote a book on how to safely practice pedophelia. Weird!

Anyhow, this morning’s news tells us about a 72 year old Miami man who was arrested yesterday for touching the personals of a 4 year old boy. The incident took place in the boy’s parent’s store. It was caught on a surveilence camera.

This type perversion has become an every day problem.

Today’s Amazon Kindle blog concerns itself with Somali and its treatment of women and children. Somali is located at the horn of Africa. There have been recent developments which are shocking. The Somalians preach one way to live but actually practice another. The government receives significant American dollars for a fraudulent way of life.

The Somalian Kindle blog is revealing!

Enjoy your day!

The weather is absolutely fantastic!

Key West weather at its best!

Not normal this time of the year. January is Key West’s cold month. Maybe we had it last month when I was complaining so much.

This morning is like yesterday. A blue sky. Water silent. Like a mirror. No wind. Everything bright. The palm trees and mangroves have never been greener.

And to the north, the country is being buried again in snow! Hard to believe.

Yesterday the temperature pushed 80 degrees. I took advantage of it. Went to the beach. Fort Zachary Taylor. I have a golfer’s tan. My body otherwise white. Needed some color.

I bought the newspapers and sat by the water reading. All I could think was God is good!

I did not go in the water. Too cold for me. The tourists go swimming. The locals do not. The thin blood thing.

Last night was football! What else! Auburn and Oregon. I stayed home to watch. A terrific game. It will go down in the books.

i am happy for Auburn who won and sorry for Oregon who lost. It is a once in a lifetime event for these young men. And the winners will remember with pride the day the rest of their lives.

I had the good fortune to know two fellows who played with the national champion Pittsburgh team many years ago. They wore their rings with pride. No matter what, they had reached the mountain top. Neither was an economic success later in life. It did not matter. The game was everything!

Terri starred at Feinstein’s in New York City Sunday night. Great post show reports! She sang to a packed house and standing ovation! My girl broke a leg!

It was Mary Jo’s birthday last night. There was a party at La Te Da for her. I obviously did not go. Sorry, Mary Jo. No excuse is a good excuse. However, I was tired from the sun and did want to watch the foiotball game. Still love you, though!

Mary Jo has become a Key West icon. A legend in er own time. She has had cancer so long and outlived all medical projections as to her demise. She just keeps moving on. Continue the journey, Mary Jo!

There was an interesting article in yesterday’s New York Times. By David Segal. It was entitled “Is Law School a Losing Game?” The bottom line is that attorneys are having a difficult time in this economy. Both new and old lawyers.

A prominent Key West attorney recently told me that retaining a lawyer in this economy is a luxury. People still have a need for legal assistance. But cannot afford to pay. As a result, attorneys are earning less, some closing their offices and working from their homes and not scheduling anything that costs money. Such as a deposition.

The economy affects everyone!

Except the banks.

As I advised yesterday, my Amazon Kindle legal blog is up and running. Correctly! You can now subscribe. It is called Key West Lou Law.

Today’s Kindle article involves pedophelia. A disgusting subject. But one heavily in the news recently. Locally and nationally.

Would you believe that someone recently wrote a book on how to be a pedophile! Yes! He has been arrested by Florida authoritiies.

The case will be interesting. It raises a freedom of speech issue. The author’s attorney has already taken that position.

Jenna is due at 9. We have some Kindle things to complete at my end. Also Jenna is my producer for the radio show The Key West Lou Legal Hour. We have some things to go over for friday’s show.

Enjoy your day!

Six thirty yesterday morning the telephone rang.

It woke me.

It was my 5 year old granddaughter Ally.

The conversation went as follows.

“Poppa?”

“Yes.”

“What are you doing?”

“Sleeping.”

“Are you coming over today?”

“I don’t know.”

“Please come.”

“Ok.”

“I want you to teach me more golf.”

“Ok. Where’s your mother?”

“Sleeping.”

“Where’s your father?”

“Sleeping.”

“Where’s Robert?”

“Sleeping. I’m up alone.”

“Then who telephoned me?”

“Me. I learned your number and how to do it.”

In recent yrears I have dreamed of a young lady waking me in the morning. I did not think it would be my granddaughter!

Later in the day, I did go over to Lisa’s. Took Robert and Ally into the back yard. Taught them how to tee up a ball. They both took to it immediately. I must be the only one in the world that has trouble teeing up a ball.

Then I showed them which club was a driver. They have small real clubs. Made especially for kids.

I showed them how to line up the club and ball. Then took a swing. I hit the ball easy. Nevertheless it went flying over the next door house!

I am going to take the kid’s driver with me when I play golf Wednesday!

I watched the Syracuse/Seton Hall game from the Sports Page Bar Saturday. Some Syracuse fans showed up. I met George and Kathy. From Oneida. George owns several wire manufacturing plants. One is Camden Wire.

We have mutual friends. Al and Don Carbone. Kathy also knew my CPA for more than 35 years, Bill Hatfield. She said Bill was in high school ahead of her.

Nice people. They have a time share at the Galleon. Five or six weeks a year.

I never made the gym yesterday. I decided to celebrate my weight loss by skipping it. A bad sign!

Jenna came over last night. We had a lot of work to do with Amazon Kindle. Be advised…..the problem is solved! All of you that wanted to subscribe may now do so! Go for it! Key West Lou Law.

I cheated on my diet Xmas eve and day. Ate everything. Well, almost.

I love fruit cake. Only at Xmas, of course. I asked Lisa to bake one. She said she did not know how. Additionally, she did not want her children eating fruit cake.

I was in Publix just before Xmas. They were selling fruit cakes. I bought a small one. Put it in the refrigerator. I was too stuffed after eating at Lisa’s each day to try the fruitcake. It still sits in the refrigerator.

The day the diet is definitely over in my mind will be the day I report I had a piece of fruit cake.

I have a Facebook friend in Crete, Greece. Jim Brown. Jim tells us today that he was car hunting in Greece. His comment is as follows. I share it with you precisely as he wrote it. Nothing changed. “…u ever tried to by a diesel car in Greece!!! fek me u have more chance of finding a virgin in Essex.”

There is enough being said about the Congresswoman Giffords tragedy in Arizona. A dissertation by me is not warranted. However I do wish to make one short comment: Crazy begets crazy!

Enjoy your day!

Thirty years ago today I was in Portland, Maine.

The day was January 9, 1981. The event the wedding of my good friends, Bob and Helen Marks.

Bob and Helen were insurance company people I had worked with over the years. I was especially close to Bob. So close that he honored me by asking that I act as his best man.

Today Bob and Helen celebrate their thirtieth wedding anniversary. Congratulations! Thirty more!

I went to Maine for 24 hours. It was an in and out trip.

Cold! So cold! As Bob reported on Facebook yesterday, it was 20 degrees. You have not lived till you have been in Maine in 20 degree weather!

Compounding the problem was the nation’s first oil crisis. This was it! Lines for gas. Fuel oil at a premium also.

I went to the wedding with one of the worst colds I had ever had. Maine weather did not help. I visited a local shopping center to get some pills. Anything! The inside of the shoping center was colder than outside! Because of the fuel problem, the heat was down to just above freezing. Clerks working the stores were totally dressed. Boots, heavy coats, scarfs, hats and gloves. That’s how it was!

The wedding was memorable!

Helen wanted to be married in the same Lutheran Church that her parents had married in during World War II. She wore the same dress and hat that her mother had worn. My recollection was that it consisted of a maroon suit and hat. And she wanted to be married on the same date as her parents, January 9.

Helen did it all!

It was a lovely ceremony. In the evening. By candlelight. Just Bob and Helen and perhaps four others including me.

Afterwards, we went to dinner at some famous historical restaurant. A small place. Actually a small house. My recollection is that it had been there back at the time of the Revolution. The place was nothing but clapboard. No secondary building material. No insulation.

The wind was blowing a hundred milkes an hour. I was sitting with my back to the outside wall. It was coming through the clapboards. I did not think I was going to make it through dinner!

I went to Maine with a cold and left with pneumonia! Only kidding.

It was a wonderful time. I was with good people. Bob and Helen, love you both! Thank you for having me thirty years ago. Best wishes for many more years!

Bob ran 4 wedding pictures yesterday on Facebook. Take a look at them. www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2074791&id=1029475967&1=4298f5eb37. Helen is still beautiful 30 years later. Bob’s hair is now white. And I have no hair!

I am in pictures 2 and 4 on the left. A full head of hair and thin! Forty five at the time!

Rita Botha e mailed me yesterday commenting on friday’s radio show. Rita is a friend living in Calitzdorp, South Africa. She watches the show on the internet.

Rita and her family run a restaurant in the country side. A family operation.

Rita has two granddaughters. Aged 3.

A customer/gentleman came into the restaurant in a wheelchair. The girls starred. They asked Rita what was wrong with the man. She explained that he might have been in an accident, perhaps lost his legs.

The girls were curious. They went over to see if he had legs. One is named Gianelle. Rita reports Gianelle “…approached him and gently touched his arm…meaning: please feel better.”

The comfort of children.

I watched Syracuse basketball yesterday. Syracuse beat Seton Hall 61-56. I was worried! Seton Hall is not that good this year. Their star player was out with an injury. Syracuse is undefeated and ranked fourth in the nation.

A piece of cake!

It was not!

Syracuse was lucky to win. Hope they now have that bad game syndrome out of them.

Terri White! One of the loves of my life! Sings tonight at Feinstein’s at the Regency in New York City. Big! New York’s premier supper club. Break a leg, Terri!

I have been concerned about losing that last pound. To make the goal of 25 pounds lost. God is good! I woke this morning to discover I had lost 2 pounds. So it is 26!

The only problem is I am now considering going for 30! Initially my goal was 20. I got there and said why not 5 more.

We shall see.

Enjoy your Sunday!

Good morning everyone!

What a lovely day to be alive and living in Key West!

The sun is shining. An absolutely blue sky. A slight breeze. The water creeping along.

Yesterday’s radio show the Key West Lou Legal Hour was terrific! I am terrible! Giving credit to myself. But it was good! I enjoy doing it and I am glad you listen. I have already heard from Calitzdorp, South Afrrica, Milan, Italy and Crete, Greece with favorable comments for the show. Plus many of you from around the U.S.

Thank you.

I visited with Lisa after the radio show at her office in the Southernmost Complex. Love that girl!

Then walked over to the Coffee House. Sat and read the papers. Ran into some friends.

Carlos left Key West about six months ago. He is living with his Mom somewhere in north Florida. She is sickly and he is caring for her full time. A good guy. He is in Key West for the weekend. Gail stopped in also. It is part of her daily routine. First time I have seen her this year. We kissed and exchanged Happy New Year greetings. Gail is a tango enthusiast. Loves it! Spent the New Year’s eve in Miami tangoing.

The cupboard was bare again. I am always running out of food. Part of it may be my diet. My goal is 25 pounds. I am at 24! One to go! I buy little so I eat little. A mental thing.

I spent the afternoon researching and writing. Sounds like college English 101.

Love doing the Amazon Kindle blog also. Legal in nature. A kickoff from the radio show.

Many of you have communicated with me saying you are having difficulty purchasing it. I know. There is a problem. It is at the Kindle end. I spoke with them again yesterday and they assured me the problem would be rectified over the weekend. So…..wait till Monday and then go buy it!

Later in the afternoon, I went to the gym. By hook or crook, I am going to knock off that last pound! I have been on a high protein diet. No carbs. I am dying for carbs. Two things especially: a banana and some ice cream! I have visions of these sugar plums dancing in my head!

After the gym, I walked next door to Don’s Place. Had a couple of drinks. Water. Some nut out there who occasionally comments says I am a drunk. I do not even drink!

I am excited. At noon today, Syracuse plays Seton Hall in basketball. I will be at the Sports Page Bar watching the game. Hope Kristan is working. She was not there the last time I was in. I missed her.

Enjoy your day!

Yesterday started with a 9 am meeting with Jenna. We fine tuned the Amazon Kindle legal blog.

Many of you have contacted me advising you were not able to purchase the Kindle blog. It costs all of $.99 per month. The problem was not the money. The buy button when pressed said the blog was not yet available.

The problem is at the Kindle end. They are aware and have assured me it should be resolved by the weekend. So if you are interested in joining me on Kindle, try again in a few days.

The problem was not uniform. Some have been able to purchase the blog.

I am glad that I am not the only one who has internet problems. Even the mighty such as Amazon screw up!

I also decided to change the name of the blog. Better to do so early on.

It took me several weeks to decided on the Tidbit name. Turns out it was too long for a number of reasons. The name of the Kindle legal blog henceforth is Key West Lou Law.

I like it better.

Afterwards, I was off for a haircut. Lori is back. She was in Maine for the holiday visiting her sickly mother. Lori tells me she got to spend an extra two days with Mom. The snow! And it was cold, cold, cold! She said it was impossible for her to keep warm! The thin blood thing.

I hit the gym next. Got rid of my frustrations hitting the bag.

Today is radio show time! The Key West Lou Legal Hour. 10 am. KONK 1500 radio. On the internet world wide at www.konkam.com.

I am excited! It has been three weeeks since I have done a radio show. The holidays got in the way.

Today’s show is interesting and timely! Things like Forida DUI checkpoints involving mandatory blood withdrawal, airport security, the Catholic Church, the dead who are not dead, an IRS agent pleads guilty to tax fraud, the Navy Captain debacle, Haiti rapes, a parole problem in Massachusetts, New Jersey high school students given a free passs in biology, and more. A WOWIE show!

Hope you can join me!

It rained off and on yesterday. Rained a lot last night.

I recall when I first visited Key West more than 20 years ago. Someone told me it never rained in Key West. I believed her.

That very same day, I was driving a rented convertible. I parked it with the top down. One of those typical Key West monsoons came up. When I got back to the car afterwards, there was several inches of water in the car.

Hertz was good about it.

Remember Jules? My bocce partner. She now lives in New Orleans.

She wrote on Facebook yesterday that she and New Orleans were celebrating Joan of Arc’s birthday. 599th! A big parade! It’s carnival season, she says.

Hope you enjoyed, Jules. We need you back here. The bocce team has not been the same since you left!

Enjoy your day!

What a busy day yesterday!

I am too old to be so busy!

Started the day with a round of golf. Played with Don and Mark. Mark is here on vacation. A friend of Don’s. He is from Rochester.

Kurt showed up. He cannot play. He is having shoulder surgery on 2/3. Kurt became my driver and tutor. Kurt is one fantastic golfer!

I had a great front nine. Thanks to Kurt. The back nine was not the same. I tired. Big time. The back nine was a disaster!

I was the big winner at the end of the first nine. After the backside, I was the big loser for the whole round. It cost me $13.

The weather was perfect. A pleasure to play. Around 80. But with a cool breeze.

In spite of being tired, I am a discipline freak. I still went to the gym later in the afternoon. I lost another pound. Twenty three! Two to go!

Last night Kurt and I went out.

We started at Aqua. Bobby Nesbitt time. Kurt had never heard Bobby. He was impressed. A lot of friends milling about. Lynda, Bob, Tom, Mary Jo, Bill, June and more.

Then to La Trattoria for dinner. We ate at the bar. Erin bartending. No Becha. Her night off. I was disappointed.

I had a huge plate of mussels. Good for my diet! Delicious!

We finished dinner in time to catch Larry Smith’s variety show at the Bottle Cap. Larry and Jenna!

Their best show yet. The dialogue was crisp and moving. I enjoyed the song selections. Mary Deasy sang. Alec outdid himself.

Tino was videoing the show. Alec and Tino dive together. Tino plays golf. Alec does not.

Tino did not show up for golf yesterday. He went diving with Alec. That is why we were only a threesome.

When they got out on the ocean where ever they were going, they could not dive. The water was too murky. They could not see.

Tino’s punishment for skipping golf!

A good crowd for the show. Cheryl and Roger. Even Lee Ann. Except for bumping into Lee Ann once in the supermarket, I have not seen her in ages.

After the show, I dropped Kurt off at Don’s Place. I was shot! Headed straight home and to bed.

I have to hustle this morning. Jenna will be here at 9. She is helping me fine tune the Amazon Kindle legal blog.

Enjoy your day!

I planned on walking yesterday morning. The fog had excited me. Unfortunately by the time I was ready to walk, the fog had lifted. Nevertheless I still walked. Along the Atlantic by Smathers Beach.

Years ago when the children were young, we vacationed every summer at the Jersey shore. Wildwood Crest. Loved the Jersey shore! Nothing like it! Unique in its own right as Key West is.

The beaches were broad. Waves in the ocean. The big kind. You had to jump up or dive under each time one came by.

There was a lot of morning fog at the Jersey shore. Yesterday’s fog reminded me of it. I used to walk along the beach in the pea soup fog. There was something strange and exhilerating about it. Perhaps weird might be a better description. Whatever, I enjoyed it.

I spent the rest of the day writing and researching for friday’s radio show.

I was on my way into town last night. My intention was to stop at the Chart Room and then have dinner at La Te Da. As I approached the Yacht Club, I decided to stop in for a drink.

I never left.

Tuesday is pub night and Bobby Nesbitt at the Yacht Club. I ended up hanging at the bar and ordering small pickies and chatting with friends. Best of all, I was able to listen to Bobby Nesbitt!

I enjoy Bobby’s singing. Tonight he is at Aqua at cocktail time and tomorrow at the same time he is at the Gardens. Bobby Nesbitt fans can get their fill of him three evenings in a row.

The Key West Lou Legal Tidbit of the Day is going well on Amazon Kindle. Yesterday’s legal blog had to do with people declared dead who are not. They awake in a coffin or body bag later on. Generally just short of burial.

Such events are more common place than you would think. Two have occurred in the past six months. Obviously civil lawsuits follow. Somebody screwed up!

The blog also touches on embalming. Interesting. Not legally required in the United States, except under special circumstances. Generally not required world wide. Also, druggies inject embalming fluid. It contains marijuana. Gives a 3-6 day high.

You never know what you are going to learn here!

Golf this morning! I am anxious. I have not played in two weeks.

Enjoy your day!