Having been privy to seven years of White House press pool reports during the president’s annual holiday vacation in Hawaii, I can tell you that most of them are pretty much just-the-facts, man.

Typically, it’s a daily chronicle of Barack Obama’s routine: workout at the gym, followed by golf with his usual buddies and maybe a trip to the beach or dinner in town. Most reporters and cameramen are bored to tears and confined to, say, a McDonald’s as they await the president’s next move.

On Sunday, however, Gardiner Harris, the White House correspondent for The New York Times, took press-pool reporting to a new level — one that’s attracting attention. Politico, for example, calls Harris’s reports a little weird.

Here’s a sampling:

Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2015 11:32 AM

Subject: Back to Bellows. Pool #2.

The water is aquamarine but the sky is decidedly gray — the kind of combination seen in 1980s house remodels. Think “Miami Vice” and that great wordless scene with Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” playing in the background as Crockett and Tubs drive through the night to confront the bad guys. Except your pool is in a van instead of a Ferrari Daytona Spyder, and our shooters are carrying cameras.

Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2015 2:17 PM

Subject: Leaving Bellows Air Force Base; Pool #4

Your pool has been treated to a symphony of blues at the Turtle Bay Recreational Center at Bellows Air Force Base on the east side of Oahu. …

Your pooler swam into those depths early this morning under a nearly full moon, the enthusiasm of a jet-lagged naïf pushing past reason and good sense. About a mile out, the hotel key in your pooler’s briefs — oddly folded by a freak wave — created a pinch that felt like a creature’s jaws. Your pooler was deeply discomfited by this and reconsidered his moonlight swim into the Pacific’s depths.

Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2015 6:17 PM

Subject: The Island Revenent; pool #9

The Obamas are dining at Hoku’s at the Kahala Hotel and Resort. We have arrived in one of the most expensive neighborhoods in several time zones. …

Your pooler has become entranced by this island’s extraordinary beauty. Next to DC, Oahu is an SI swimsuit model with a PhD in astrophysics and a stint behind her at the Cordon Bleu. Or she’s Donna Reed (always had a thing for her).

It’s an island filled with people in the happy trance of her siren song, scratching out basic existences just to hang onto her skirts.

Your pool needs a bureau here.