There Is Electricity In The Air From All The Anticipation

It is that time again.

Time to find out,

what were the most read,

or should I say

The 5 Best Posts Of July, 2016!

Wow,

I can feel the excitement coming right through my computer.

There is electricity in the air from all the anticipation.

I know,

I would be a

Sadist

if I kept you waiting any longer.

So,

for your reading pleasure,

here are those

The 5 Best Posts Of July, 2016.

The 5th Best Post of July is;

"In Lieu Of"

Basically, this Posts tells the story of how I spent the day with my second eldest daughter, buying a Flat Screen TV and a Play Station 4. Then I went on to write that, just like my Grade School Science Teacher always did in his class, I put up a video on my Post for your entertainment instead of finding something good to write about.

The 4th Best Post of July is;

"Writing Those Hard Hitting Political, Humorous, Social, Scientific, And Flash Fiction Stories When I Get Back"

The Post starts out with a picture of me, drinking a beer, relaxing while on vacation. I am wearing my new hat that my Brother-In-Law had given me, stating how I looked like I belonged on one of those Banana Republic Plantations, down in South America. I go on to say how a picture tells a thousand words, and how my imagination envision from that picture a whole hosts of ideas.

The 3rd Best Post of July is;

"An Agitator And A New Follower"

I said that if you, "leave a Comment, I will answer you in a Post." So the person I like to call The Jeff left a comment on a previous Post, so I had to retaliate in my own inimitable way. I also give The Jeff credit for his YouTube channel which is called; "The News As We See It." The second part of the Post tells how my Sister finally signed up to become my latest Follower.

The 2nd Best Post of July Is;

"I Missed A Deadline, OK, But I Still Got It In, Didn't I?"

I talk about how I forgot to do "The 5 Best Posts" of May and June of this year. Then I go on and do The Best Posts of May, 2016.

The Number 1 Best Post of July, 2016 is;

"Do The Research"

This Post is about the hacker group called Yingmob. They do their hacking out of China. The story is a warning to cell phone users who think their Android or iPhone are safe from malware, or what we used to say were viruses in our computers. The malware for the Android is called Hummingbad and the one for the iPhone is called the Yispecter. I didn't give any clues on how to detect if your phone is infected by one of these malwares or how to get rid of it. Hence the name, Do The Research.

There you have it.

The most read,

or viewed,

or just

The 5 Best Posts of July, 2016.

 This is,

Wondering What Exciting Stories I Will Write Next Month,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

On any given day, if I conduct a new search, I find additional posts referencing my name.”
- Ken Poirot, -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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Corpse Flower In Bloom For 36 Hours

The

Conventions

 are finally over.

It is time now to sit by

and watch the

Candidates

say the nastiest things they can about each other.

Usually,

it starts off slow.

Where the

Candidates

talk about the issues

and what their plan is to fix the problems facing our

Nation.

Then,

just around the time the first

Presidential Debate

rolls around,

the

Candidate

who is behind in the

Polls

will have some dirt on the other

Candidate

and come out firing away with both barrels.

Hoping this will jump start their campaign again.

*****

If you were not moved by the speech that

Khizr Khan

gave about his son,

Army Captain Humayun Khan,

who lost his life fighting for the

United States

in

Iraq

a decade ago,

you do not have a heart or soul.

*****

I could talk about 

Donald Trump's

reaction to the

Democratic NationalConvention,

but I feel there is a more pressing story needed to be told.

*****

"New York enjoys rare phenomenon of a Corpse Flower in bloom."
By James Rogers for FoxNews.com
"Famous for its highly pungent odor, which has been compared to the smell of rotting meat, the Amorphopallus Titanum, or corpse flower, has a highly unpredictable bloom cycle. Native to Sumatra in Indonesia, a specimen of the flower first bloomed in the Western Hemisphere at the New York Botanical Garden in 1937. A second specimen bloomed at the site in 1939. The flower, which uses its stench to attract pollinators that feed on dead animals, has been carefully nurtured by Botanical Garden staff for almost a decade."

Wow,

a plant that smells like rooting flesh!

"Bloom cycle is expected to last 24–36 hours, so tomorrow (Friday, July 29) should also be a great time to see it!" pic.twitter.com/tmXEOs7aXc - NY Botanical Garden (@NYBG)
July 28, 2016 -

Well,

we missed it.

"Here's looking at, but not smelling, you kid."

Now wasn't that a story worth reading?

Better then the rotting smell we are going to get from the two

Presidential Candidates

later this year when they start using

Smear Campaigns

against each other.

This is,

Justin Bieber Turned Down $5M Dollars To Show Up At The Republican National Convention.

I Like Him More And More All The Time.

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

"Here's looking at you kid." - Humphrey Bogart -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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The Future I Believe In Is Positive

I could not leave another week go by without talking about the

Republican

and

Democratic Conventions.

If you only watched one of these assemblages of

Super Delegates, 

you have missed out on the opportunity to compare the

Conventions

and their

Elected Candidates.

What I saw from the

Republican Convention

was that everyone there was afraid of the future.

Their

Candidate,

who is

Donald Trump,

before he got their nomination,

looked across the land

and saw that the

White Majority of Voters

are afraid.

They are afraid that they are losing out on

Jobs Opportunities,

afraid of 

Invading Religions,

and afraid that their

Security at Home 

will be lost to all of these

Immigrants

coming to

America.

Then he chose one group to get these people rally around.

And the latest trendy minority to hate,

are the

Muslims.

It has worked for many

Centuries.

To rally a majority of people around your cause,

you must first find a minority of people that they can hate.

The last infamous leader to do so was

Adolf Hitler.

The

Democratic Convention

was a lot different in the sense that they talked about the issues

and their

Candidate,

Hillary Clinton,

said she would take these challenges head on.

She talked about how our future is bright,

not dark.

She gave her views on what she would try to accomplish if she were elected

President.

She didn't divide us with hate rhetoric like the

Republicans.

She said we are all one

Nation.

All the different

Ethnic Groups,

Religious Groups,

and

People Of Different Color,

that we are all one

Nation.

And that

Nation

is the

United States of America.

They were positive in their

Convention,

not negative.

The future I believe in is positive.

This is,

Remembering Our History Of Prejudiced When The Italians Came Here,

The Germans Came Here,

The Polish Came Here,

When any European Group Of Immigrants Came Here.

They Were Ostracized By The People Who Were Here Before Them.

Now They Call All Of Them,

White!

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.”
- Robert Orben -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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I Won The California Lottery Once

I believe I have said it before on this Blog,

or if I didn't,

I should have.

"You give a dummy money, it doesn't make him any smarter."

If you

or I won the

Georgia Lottery,

the first thing that would come to our mind is;

"Lottery winner invested part of $3M prize in meth ring."
By Crimsider Staff for CBS News on MSN.com
"A Georgia man could face life in prison after he invested part of his $3 million lottery winnings in a crystal meth ring, reports CBS affiliate WJAX. Ronnie Music Jr., 45, purchased large quantities of the drug meth with lottery winnings he won from a scratch-off ticket. Investigators determined Music was supplying meth to a group of co-conspirators who were caught trying to sell approximately 11 pounds, worth more than $500,000 on the streets. Agents seized more than $1 million of meth, firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition, multiple cars and $600,000 in cash as part of the case.
Music pleaded guilty to federal drug and gun charges. He could face life in prison."

Did you read that last part of the story?

Mister Ronnie Music Jr.

is facing life in prison.

For being a

Dumb Ass.

I can't really comment on this story anymore than I already have.

This type of person makes me sick.

There are so many more deserving people out there in the World that would put the money to good use,

but probably will never win a dime.

Instead of taking his winnings

and turning his life around for the better,

this guy decides to invest his money in a

Meth Ring.

I wonder if the

Meth Ring

sells shares of their stock on the

NASDAQ 

or the

New York Stock Exchange?

This is,

Did You Know I Won The California Lottery Too?

Yes,

I Won $5 Last Week!

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“I guess I think of lotteries as a tax on the mathematically challenged.”
- Roger Jones -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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Chester Cat For President

I know that some of you will come to my

Blog

looking for that hard hitting commentary which I like to write concerning the state of our

Political Situation

in this
Country.

I have been called a

Liberal

by a few annotators for the views I have expressed in the past.

And I am sure that

"The Jeff"

is concerned that I might be able to,

persuade a few of you,

who are on the fence as far as which candidate you are leaning towards voting for.

You might come over to my side.

He would call it,

"The dark side!" 

I might even try to convince you that the

Republican Party

is crying everyday now because in their party,

they don't have a viable candidate to become

President of the United States.

How the

Republicans

could not find someone who had enough charisma to beat out

Donald Trump 

at the polls.

I am not going to sit here

and tell you that the

Republicans

have their collective heads up a

Donkey's Ass.

I am not going to sit here

and tell you how the

Democratic Party

and their

Convention

will be a lot better than the

Republican Convention.

I am going to tell you that it couldn't be any worse.

Maybe,

just maybe,

we will hear the

Democrats

talk about some of the issue facing this country

and not keep repeating,

"We will build a wall. A very tall wall."

Normally,

I might say here where the

Republicans

are in such disarray since the

Party Line

is now to stand behind

Mister Trump,

when at the beginning of the campaign trail,

the

Party Leaders

were laughing at

Trump

saying he was not even to be considered,

"In the picture of winning the nomination for the Republican Party."

Normally,

I would say that the

Democrats

just have to remember not to get overzealous,

by thinking they can steal all the thunder away from the

Republicans

because of their lackluster

Convention.

These are some of the things you might expect from me,

to talk about.

Especially after the

Democrats

opened their

Convention

yesterday.

That is what I think most people would expect from me.

But,

I have some very important

News

to tell you about.

On this date,

in 1951,

Disney's

"Alice in Wonderland"

premiered.

This is,

Not Saying Anything Political,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“We're all mad here.”  - Cheshire Cat -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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A Day Off

This, is,

Me Taking The Day Off,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

 “The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.” - Marcus Tullius Cicero -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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Vegetarian Zombie

You say what?

There,
following you

so close behind.

Moaning his grief,

the torture of his mind.

His arms reaching out,

grabs like its mine.

Stiff he waddles,

each step a Frankenstein's.

He was born on the hollows,

of all weens night.

Just ate the candy,

diluting his thoughts of foresight.

Ragged complexion,

blackness of skin.

A mouth drools open,

for the sweetness within.

Sweetness the parasite,

was his constant friend.

A Mother's warning,

never heeded in the end.

Now hide if you can,

from his constant pursuit.

Learn he has,

the value of your vegetables

and fruit.

He raids your gardens,

at night he does.

Eating your veggies,

the rightful healthier buzz.

No longer the monster,

once sickened by sweets.

Invigorating lifestyle,

is his new bag of treats.

The Vegetarian Zombie,

is what he likes to be known.

But still,
he will bite you,

so he won't eat alone!

 

This is,
Reincarnated As Edgar Allan Poe For Only One Poem,
Jim Hauenstein,

And,

 “If slaughterhouses had glass walls, we would all be vegetarian.”
- Paul McCartney - 

This is my Poem and I'm sticking to it!

Like what you are reading,
or does it frighten you to to the point where you are shattering your teeth?
To be safe at night from the Vegetarian Zombie,
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and Boris Karloff will answer you in a Post!

Thanks for reading.



I wrote the Poem a couple of years ago for my kids.
Last year I bought two 4 by 8 feet pieces of plywood.
First I painted the sheets grey and then I used white paint to write this Poem on them.
Then I nailed both up to a tree in my front yard for everyone to read when they came to my house,
Trick Or Treating.

Thank You One And All

When I started writing this

Blog

my original intent was,
for the

World
to see,
my

Flash Fiction

and

Short Stories

that I love to write.

I try to write everyday on this
Blog,

for the practice

and the challenge of coming up with new ideas.

I love when someone

"Leaves A Comment."

In the past,

I have had humorous battles with some annotators who have left sarcastic comments.

Like the one character who I like to call

"The Jeff."

I've had people scorn me for being too

Liberal

after they have read some of my

Political Views.

I even had a couple of comments from someone

(Yaz),

who said she actually learned some things from reading some of my more
Educational & Motivating Posts.

When my

Sister

signed up this last
June
as a

Follower,

I reached the

25 Follower's

mark.

I know,

it doesn't sound like a lot,

and it isn't,

but all milestones mean something to me.

My newest milestone,

the one where I was anticipating that I was going to get drunk by drinking a lot of

Champagne,

came by last night while I was asleep.

I forgot to set my

Blog's View Counter

to wake up my computer,

and then my computer to wake me up,

when

2buckhowie.blogspot.com,

hit the 25,000 view mark!

I am happy to say,

I had a whopping 401 views yesterday,

bringing it over

25,000 Views

since I started writing this

Blog.

Thank you one and all.

This is,

Hoping I Entertain,
Excite,
Educate,
Edify,
And
Enlighten At Least

Some Of You,
Some Of The Time,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“My blog is a collection of answers people don’t want to hear to questions they didn’t ask.”
- Sebastyne Young -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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In Lieu Of

In lieu of the overbearing heatwave,

here in

Southern California,

I spent pretty much of the day with my second eldest daughter,

Danielle.

First we had to go shopping for her new

Flat Screen TV,

and then she had to buy a

Play Station 4.

When we got home,

I did what any father would do in this situation.

I set up her new

TV

and

Sony Play Station,

then proceeded to use both for the next couple of hours,

before turning over the reins back to her.

With all the fun I had today,

and with all the Sun I was exposed to today,

my mind is actually coming up blank,

when it comes to picking something to write about.

So,

just like in the

Grade School

that I attended growing up,

and the wonderful

Science Teacher

they had there,

Mr.Potts,

I am going to show you a video that I believe is pretty interesting.

And just like

Mr. Potts

all those years ago,

the video is

"In Lieu Of,"

finding something good to write about.

This is,

Drinking A Lot Of Water These Days,

And I Mean With No Scotch In It Either,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
- Groucho Marx, -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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Fighting Off Genetically Engineered Mutants Who Are Not Turtles

It was a close one today

Boys and Girls.

What was?

You could be asking yourself right now.

Could it be,

that I am talking about the overdue

Earthquake

 that all the noted

Seismologist

 have predicted for

California?

Which will probably make my back yard,

Beach Front Property.

I am about 35 miles
East
of the
Pacific Ocean.

So if it happens,

that will be a huge

Quake.

Or,

could it be,

that I am talking about the hazards of living in a

Trailer Park.

Right in the smack dab middle of

Tornado Alley?

What I believe it is,

that is to say,

if my instincts haven't failed me yet,

and I'm pretty sure they haven't,
that

Aliens,

from another

Planet,

had spotted me driving around town,

and have decided that I am a really good specimen to probe!

Of course,

if that were truly the case,

I was probably in a high speed chase with the

Aliens.

Where I would be driving my

Mercedes,

and the

Aliens

could have been buzzing overhead in a

Flying Saucer!

Then I would have had to fight off the genetically engineered

Mutants
before being captured.

Which are the

Slave Robots

of the

Warlord Proxima,

from the Star system,

Alpha Centauri.

He used his

Amnesia-Sleep-Inducing-Where-Did-I-Wake-Up-This-Morning-Death-Ray

on all of the unsuspecting groups of people,

who were innocently attending some kind of

Comic-Con

at the

Convention Center.

The Cosplayers,

had gathered around our little ferocious melee,

probably thinking we are making a independent film for the opening day of

Comic-Con

in

San Diego, California.

Well,

I can't confirm

or deny that last little tidbit of news because the warlord,

Proxima,

shot me himself with the

A.S.I.W.D.I.W.U.T.M.-Death-Ray

gun!

He is a good shot too!

I nary felt a thing.

If you were here,

right now,

in

San Diego,

you would not believe your eyes.

You would know my warnings are true by seeing all the different types of

Aliens

roaming the streets!

Here are a couple of the really ugly ones.

Well,

Boys and Girls,

I told you it was a close one.

It was,

really.

Because I Could Have Been Captured By One Of These Ugly Looking Aliens,

Flown To Their Home In Their Flying Spaceship,

Probably To Be Probe!

This is,

Safe And Sound Now In My Own Little World,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Cosplay. Why you just said the magic word!”
 - Danika Stone, -

Don't Call Me A Chicken!

I could have been probe!

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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