August 7, 2008 Issue

August. The winding down of summer…the beginning of a new school year…and so much more.

August is National Immunization Awareness Month. If you’re susceptible to the rockin’ pneumonia or the boogie-woogie flu, be sure to get that shot of rhythm and blues. August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month. In other words, keep the younguns away from the Three Stooges DVDs until September.

August is also National Women’s Month. As are the other 11 months of the year—am I right, fellas? August is Beach Month and National Parks Month. And please pick up after yourself!

August has also been designated as Cataract Awareness Month, Happiness Happens Month, Neurosurgery Outreach Month, and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month.

By the time this issue hits the stands, you will have missed out on American Coast Guard Day (Aug. 4) and National Night Out (Aug. 5). But mark your calendars for Aug. 12—International Youth Day—and don’t forget Women’s Equality Day on Aug. 26.

Thanks for All the Gifts Week is Aug. 12-18, followed by the Little League Baseball World Series the week after. Best of all is something called Be Kind to Humankind Week, Aug. 25-31. That means you, cats and dogs! None of that nasty yipping or clawing or—gack—spraying.

I found all of this interesting information at a Web site called www.epromos.com, but it wasn’t enough. So I dug around some more, pried a bit, snooped a little. The results of my search:

Aug. 16 is the 31st anniversary of the day Elvis Presley went into his self-imposed exile. We all thought that second Lisa Marie CD would bring him out of hiding, but if he’s happy, let’s just let the old guy get some rest, okay?

Aug. 22 is Bring Your Ex to Work Week—but only if you have a great job and want him or her to see how great you’re doing without him/her. Finally, Aug. 31 is Unnaturally Blinding Smile Day.

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In this, Our Finest Issue Ever, Bruce Collier gives us the lowdown on Niceville’s Giuseppi’s Wharf restaurant and spends some quality time with the chefs at Stinky’s Fish Camp on Scenic Highway 30-A. Breanne Boland reviews two life-affirming books including Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture. The Beat chats with guitarist Lefty Williams, and The Roving Rogue visits HarborWalk Village.

Also: Adam Pope offers a surprising review of the Will Ferrell comedy, Pepper James shares a true front porch adventure, and Charles Morgan makes every word count in his popular Harbor View column. And a plethora of other useful information.

Did I mention this is our finest issue ever?

- C.M.

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