Throwback Blog: Picture Time

Blogger’s Note: Throwback blogs are blogs from my past. I start posting past blogs reflecting what I wrote. It's like my "A Second Look" blogs for which I give myself feedback.

Today's throwback blog is titled Picture Time on Aug 3, 2011. I'm posting picture blogs one day ahead of the month of May. May is the month I blog pictures I took on my smart phone. The ten pics I posted were a decade ago between Jan 23, 2010 and May 22, 2010. A gas station sold gas at $2.99. Gas is cheaper today because of the economic slowdown due to COVID-19. I still play board games. Beyond Balderdash is my top ten favorite. There are more LED street lights. The last time I visited Japantown-San Francisco was 2014. I was a full-time student a decade ago earning an AA degree in Accounting. The store I purchased milk after classes closed; moreover, I stopped drinking milk in Mar 2017. How many Japanese stories specializing in anime close during the present economic slowdown? There are more LED lights in households. Nabisco bring back the Arrowroot Biscuits. The last pic I looked at the DVD/TV combo instead of the Dyson fan.

I forgot the last time I posted a picture blog. I have many pictures I took with my old cell phone. Posting pictures on my blog has been on the back of my mind. I take a break writing blogs by posting picture blogs. Enjoy!

Top Ten Plus Nine Equals Top Nineteen Harry Potter Adult Perspective Takeaways

Blogger's note one: Spoiler alert. Major spoilers. If you didn't read the Harry Potter books, then avoid reading the blog. The spoilers also affect people who watched the Harry Potter movies. Read all seven volumes to experience the complete Harry Potter.

Blogger's note two: I debut my top ten with eleven or more entries. Harry Potter is a good topic to begin top eleven or more.

The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling is a modern-day classic. The children book series is appropriate for people ages 10-100. Adults must not be embarrassed reading children's books. Adults with any reading level comprehend the story. Harry Potter is no different than many fiction. Life lessons are learned. There is laughter. There are happy moments, sad moments, angry moments, cute moments, and surprising moments. Adults may remember their high school years. Rowling does a good job writing mature themes including politics, bullying, life exceptions, standing up for yourself, strength, bravery, child neglect, and friendships. Read Harry Potter to cure depression. Harry Potter may be better than many self-help books.

The top nineteen is takeaways being an adult or an adult's point of view. These takeaways are from a mature person. These takeaways are from life experience. I except some children understand some takeaways. There are children wiser beyond their years.

One takeaway reminded my years working in commercial real estate. All of Harry Potter's friends, acquaintances, classmates, Quidditch teammates, the Dumbledore's Army (DA), and the Order Of The Phoenix gathered at the end of the secret tunnel for the final battle. Harry felt a mixture of happy, surprise, confidence, and shock emotions people supported him. They got Harry's back. I realized after leaving the industry all of the brokers supported me. The brokers got my back. If I was in trouble with management, then the brokers backed me up. My working days could have been less stressful.

Here are the top nineteen Harry Potter adult perspective takeaways.

19. A Reminder On Gift Behavior. The Christmas gift exchange and birthday gift giving chapters were actions showing love, caring, and thinking about the other person. For example, Molly Weasley gave Christmas sweaters as a family tradition. Give gifts genuinely. Receive gifts with appreciation. Cash is one of the worse gifts to give.

18. Rowling's writing style improved as the series continue. The first volume the ending is rushed. Volume five some chapters are too long some children might lose their focus. Volumes six and seven the chapters are consistent in terms of the number of pages. Some chapters in volumes six and seven end on a cliff hanger. No time pressures can influence a good written book and a great written book. Rowling was time pressured for volume four.

Volumes one to three are character set-up. Volume four the series takes off. Volumes five to seven are addicting.

I approve Rowling wrote one bad word in volume seven. Bellatrix Lestrange dueled Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, and Luna Lovegood. Molly said to Bellatrix intervening, "Not my daughter, you bitch!" I don't recall another chapter Rowling wrote a swear word.

17. Accept Or Reject We Have A Choice. The prophecy was, "Neither can live while the other survives." Destinies. Prophecies. Forecasts. Fortune telling. Predictions. All of them can be interpret in many ways. We have choices how to live our lives. We take responsibility for our actions, thinking, and behaviors. Harry had choices at King's Cross.

16. Smart People Can Be Awesome. Hermione was a perfectionist book-smart student. Rowling did a good job telling the reader smart people can be awesome. Hermione was an example you can be both smart and awesome. Hermione was strong, had high self-esteem, and cared deeply for all the people in her life. Hermione was the strongest among her, Harry, and Ron Weasley; although, Harry strengthen up in volume seven.

Were Harry and Hermione equal strength at the end of the series? There is no right or wrong answer. What's the definition of strength? Voldemort was a stronger wizard than Harry. However, Harry defeated Voldemort. Hermione was weak in terms of physical strength. She could punch well. Could Hermione defeat Voldemort?

15. High School Dropouts. Twin brothers Fred and George Weasley dropped out of Hogwarts in volume five. They started a magic joke shop business named Weasleys' Wizarding Wheezes located at 93 Diagon Alley. Harry provided the venture capital with 1,000 galleons. There is no need for a high school education or a college education to be successful. There are successful people who dropped out of college such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg. Richard Branson didn't graduate high school. Did Rowling want to tell her readers education can be overrated?

14. Rubeus Hagrid's Wisdom. I share two favorite Hagrid's wisdom. The first is time. There are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day. Time doesn't slow down when something bad is coming soon. Time doesn't speed up when something good is coming soon. The second is friendship. Hermione felt lonely because Ron hated Hermione's cat Crookshanks tormented Ron's rat Scabbers and Harry thought about his Firebolt broom and Quidditch practice. Ron and Harry ignored Hermione. Hagrid taught Ron and Harry a lesson on friendship telling them, "I thought you two'd value yer friend more'n broomsticks or rats."

13. All Hell Breaks Loose. Volume five Order Of The Phoenix is my favorite volume. Everyone was out of their comfort zone. The comfort routines ended. No more easy life. No more quiet. No more calm. No more expect the usual. The problems were clear and present.

12. The Bad House. The ambitious and cunning Slytherin house produced many dark witches and dark wizards. Some fans may consider Slytherins bad or evil. Rowling told her readers there are always bad people. There is always good vs. evil. Bad people existed yesterday, exist today, and exist tomorrow. On the other hand, good people existed yesterday, exist today, and exist tomorrow.

11. The Media Is A Service Industry. Journalist Rita Skeeter told Harry, Hermione, and Luna how the media conduct business including newspapers such as The Daily Prophet. The media reports what people want to hear. The media must sell itself. The media is a service product. It must make a sales pitch.

10. Molly Weasley Is A Strong Model Mother. Mrs. Weasley kept the Weasley family in motion. She made traditional Christmas sweaters. She was the grease to keep the wheels turning. She made motherhood awesome with energy, strength, organization, and hard work. Tough, discipline, and fair.

9. It's War. Harry defeated Voldemort. The Order Of The Phoenix defeated the Death Eaters. Deaths are inevitable in wars. There are casualties on the winning side. There are casualties on the losing side. Rowling taught a lesson some people must fall for some people to stand.

8. An Example Of Talent. Voldemort had magical talent when he was a child. He became a powerful wizard. Lily Potter had magical talent when she was a child. Talent is important to be successful; however, it's not required to be successful. Harry had magical talent when he was a child. In my opinion, he wasn't conscious his magical talents living with the Dursleys. Harry became a powerful wizard with training, support, battling struggles, learning, practicing, and luck. Many sports fans know talented professional sports players who never made a successful career. Good examples are first round draft choice busts.

7. An Advantage Or Cheating? Horace Slughorn taught potions in volume 6. Harry and Ron didn't have the textbook. Slughorn lent both used textbooks of Advanced Potion-Making by Libatius Borage. Harry's textbook contained notes written by the Half-Blood Prince. The notes excelled Harry for which potions was one of Harry's worst subjects. Hermione suggested Harry return the used book. Harry refused. Harry earned high grades in his potion assignments for the first time.

Moreover, Harry received an E or Exceeds Expectations in his Ordinary Wizarding Level (O.W.L.) grades. Did Servius Snape give Harry a passing grade because he wanted Harry to move forward in his education? It's like a teacher giving passing grades to below average students to move up to the next grade.

6. Mudblood Is Racism. A mudblood is a 100% pure human who performs magic. Pure blood wizards and witches say mudblood as a derogatory remark to a 100% pure human wizard or witch. Racism existed yesterday. Racism existed decades ago. Racism existed centuries ago. Racism exists today. Racism exists tomorrow. There are more closet racists than you may think.

5. Go Back To The Past To Understand The Present. Sometimes we must understand the past to understand the present. What happened then what's happening now. My favorite chapter is Snape met Lily for the first time at the playground. The chapter helps me connect the dots or connect the relationships between Snape, Lily, and the Marauders.

4. Life Exceptions. There are life exceptions anywhere and anytime. Harry was given more than his share of exceptions. Harry was given more than his share of special treatment and life breaks. For example, Minerva McGonagall recruited Harry to the Gryffindor Quidditch team when she saw Harry flew with the Nimbus Two Thousand broom during flying lessons. Another example is Hermione used her Time-Turner hourglass necklace to take additional classes in volume three.

There are many gray areas in life. There are inconsistencies. There are double standards. It was okay for girls to visit the boy's dormitories. It was not okay for boys to visit the girl's dormitories.

3. The Heart Lies And The Brain Keeps Secrets. Albus Dumbledore was the greatest wizard in the book. Dumbledore was also the greatest liar and the greatest keeping secrets. Let's be honest. We all lie. We all have secrets. Don't lie you lied to other people. Secrets and lies are part of the formula to be successful.

Rowling wrote, "Secrets and lies, that's how we grew up, and Albus . . . he was a natural . . . ."

2. If People Change, Then Friendships Change. James "Prongs" Potter , Sirius "Padfoot" Black, Remus "Moony" Lupin, and Peter "Wormtail" Pettigrew were great friends attending Hogwarts. Time changes people. People change. Friendships change. Pettigrew being the Secret-Keeper betrayed Potter. A best friend turning against another best friend is pure evil.

Another example is Lily and Snape. They were childhood best friends. Their friendship diverged at Hogwarts. Lily associated with James' friends. Snape associated with the Death Eaters.

Honorable Mention. 1. People who watched all eight movies give yourself a plain cake. People who read all seven books and watched all eight movies give yourself a delicious cake with frosting, filling, fruit, candles, and a happy birthday written on top regardless of calendar day. 2. Dumbledore said, "Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love." 3. Tom Riddle said, "Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies."

1. Dumbledore Was Not Perfect. Dumbledore had a trouble past. He was talented, young, and stupid. Dumbledore didn't care for his sick sister. His father died in Azkaban prison for committing a crime taking revenge on the muggles attacking his sick daughter. He was selfish prioritizing to become a powerful wizard searching for the Hallows with his childhood friend Gellert Grindelwald to rule over the muggles.

Dumbledore admitted one mistake in volume five. He cared more about Harry's happiness, peace of mind, and his life than telling the truth about Voldemort and the prophecy.

Nobody is perfect. Every human being had a bad young life or an imperfect young life. We made mistakes in our childhoods, teenagers, and young adult years. We make mistakes today. We make mistakes tomorrow.

Summary

19. A Reminder On Gift Behavior. Give gifts genuinely. Receive gifts with appreciation.
18. Rowling's Writing Style Improved As The Series Continue. Each volume was better than the previous.
17. Accept Or Reject We Have A Choice. We individually choose how to live life.
16. Smart People Can Be Awesome. Smart people can attract people to be with.
15. High School Dropouts. An advanced degree is unnecessary to be successful.
14. Rubeus Hagrid's Wisdom. Nobody speeds up time nor slows down time. Friendships are more important than material objects.
13. All Hell Breaks Loose. A disruption alters security anytime. Be prepared when somebody throws a wrench in a machine.
12. The Bad House. There is always evil.
11. The Media Is A Service Industry. Don't believe everything in the media.
10. Molly Weasley Is A Strong Model Mother. Strong mothers are underappreciated.
9. It's War. Deaths are inevitable in wars.
8. An Example Of Talent. Rowling told the readers what is talent discovered at a young age.
7. An Advantage Or Cheating? Is cheating a valid advantage? Or is using an advantage cheating?
6. Mudblood Is Racism. There is always racism.
5. Go Back To The Past To Understand The Present. Learn the past to understand the present.
4. Life Exceptions. There is always exceptions.
3. The Heart Lies And The Brain Keeps Secrets. People always lie. People always keep secrets.
2. If People Change, Then Friendships Change. Time always change people.
1. Dumbledore Was Not Perfect. All people are not perfect.

Top Ten Saves

A save in baseball is credited to the pitcher finishing a game when the opponent is down three runs or less without losing the lead. Also, a save is credited to the pitcher pitching the last three or more innings when the opponent is down three runs or less without losing the lead.

The baseball save inspired me to blog events which saved me. Fortunately, I haven't experience life or death situations. One minor save is a new Dyson upright vacuum cleaner. I used an old two-piece Sears canister vacuum cleaner which was hard to turn corners, hard to maneuver with the canister, and less powerful.

Here are my top ten saves. Known dates are noted in parenthesis.

10. My Boss Was Fired (Sep 2002). My second boss at my second job after college was fired for doing nothing. Two people in the company liked her. Everybody else including myself hated her. My department breathed fresh air afterwards. Lesson learned: have nothing, do nothing, get nothing, be nothing, and people treat you like nothing.

9. Public Library Book Sales (2011-present). I buy 95% of my books at library book sales. I save money buying used books. Luck is everything. Sometimes I hit the jackpot buying many books. Sometimes I miss the jackpot walking away with nothing.

8. My Parents. My parents must be recognized during my present life doing my best to earn freedom.

7. Movies. I own a small collection of DVDs. There are some movies which cheer me up when I feel depressed. Some of the movies are Good Will Hunting, Escape From Witch Mountain, Snakes On A Plane, Black Hawk Down, Aliens, A Few Good Men, Grease, and The Shawshank Redemption. Also, I watch favorite scenes from various movies like a personal potluck movie night.

6. Walking Stick At Zion National Park (Oct 3-4, 2015). I went backpacking for the first time in my life. I rented a walking stick which saved my ass walking in the river and navigating the rocks. I purchased a pair of trekking poles afterwards.

5. Blogs (Aug 4, 2005 and Sep 2, 2008). I created two blogs to express my positive feelings and my negative feeling in writing. The first blog is Innovating Common Knowledge. The second blog is Finding Raymond Mar.

4. Fanime Con 2004 Midnight Marathon (May 28-31, 2004). I watched 17 episodes of Full Metal Alchemist from midnight to 7am on May 31, 2004. I stayed awake for 27 hours which is currently the most hours I stayed awake. I considered retiring from anime. The marathon inspired me to wear a costume or cosplay at anime conventions which cancelled retirement. I retired from anime on Sep 2014.

3. Job Skills Self-Training (Aug 2014-present). I self-teach myself Python, Tableau, and Power BI. I also self-teach myself HTML 5, CSS, and JavaScript. I review SQL, Excel, and Access. Job self-training is better than doing nothing while unemployed. Job self-training is better than watching television and playing video games eight hours a day.

2. O'Connor Hospital (Apr 2-6 , 2017) I was diagnosed with Acute Gallstone Pancreatitis. I required two surgeries for the first time in my life. The first surgery was Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography which removed gallstones. The second surgery was Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy which removed my gallbladder. It was the first time I was a hospital in-patient. I lost 28 pounds afterwards. I'm currently at my best health in my life.

Honorable mentions: Dyson vacuum cleaner, Meetup South Bay Job Network and C6 helping unemployed people with job advice and networking, and podcasts learning new knowledge.

1. Growing Up (Oct 4, 2008). My life changed forever when I realized I must grow up. I was lost Aug-Sep 2008. The life changes were immediate. I built a new Gaming PC, I started to read fiction books, I wore new clothes, I purchased my first fine watch, and I slept on a new mattress. I found new hobbies which included hiking, ballroom dancing, and listening to classic jazz. I started following new gym workout plans. I live life stronger, smarter, wiser, kinder, and mature. I'm one step closer to become a self-trained genius.

Update On A Past Blog

I watched Road House starring the last Patrick Swayze. The movie was released in 1989. What if I watched the movie when I was an adolescent? I exposed myself to sex, hot chicks, alcohol, bouncers, coolers, rowdy bars, drug dealing, strippers, rich criminals running small towns, living a simple life, renting rooms, being calm in trouble situations, speaking straight to the point, money talks, revenge, murder, and theft. Road House must be mentioned with my ten movies from the blog Top Ten Movies I Watched Late on Mar 1, 2014.

Past Comic Strips Posted Apr 2020

I photocopied comic strips I read at work or read at home decades ago, or downloaded from the comic strip's website. Here are some of my favorite comic strips I took a picture on my camera. I post more later. Enjoy!

Credits: Dilbert by Scott Adams, For Better Or For Worse by Lynn Johnston, and Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.

Too Much Hurrying And Too Much To Do

I express my frustrations calmly and maturely. There are two topics. The first topic is hurried. The second topic is overwhelmed.

Everyone is in a hurry. Everything is in a hurry. The world is too fast. The years go by faster and faster even though there are 24 hours per day. The new generation believes today is the normal pace. The old generation believes today is faster than their younger years. Welcome to the information age. There is more automation. Do it quick is accepted. There are more choices. We must think fast to choose. We don't want to do more. We must do more most of the time.

We forget why we are human. We forget how to be a human being. We forget to take a breath. We forget to pause. There is no time for a checkpoint. Our habits are engraved we don't want to innovate. Our habits are an assurance everything is okay. Chances are everything is not okay.

There is too much to do. There is too much to know. Most people aren’t dumb. Life is too hard. I put myself in the spotlight. I job train six days a week. My subjects are Python, Power Pivot, Power Query, Power BI, and SQL. Learn JSON, review Sublime Text, learn GitHub Desktop and review GitHub command prompt, and review Excel 365 are backlogged. I pause the job training and work out the backlog starting on Mon Apr 20, 2020. Another backlog is a short-term project updating my webpage Innovate Infinitely. I prioritize tomorrow. I'm responsible to job search. I'm also responsible to cook and to shop for my household. I spend a little time to unwind with my leisure activities read, write blogs, watch movies, and exercise.

I'm lucky I have no children to nurture. I'm in trouble if I have children and fulfill the responsibilities above. If I reduce my responsibilities by 50%, then I still have too much to do. There is still too much to know. If I reduce my responsibilities by 90%, then I might as well be a lazy homeless bum.

There are days I'm two steps up and one step down. There are days I'm two steps down and one step up. No problem. I have grit, determination, and motivation. I have no reason to stop because what else am I going to do?

Raymond Mar One Liners 3

Muscle & Fitness July/August 2017 issue interviewed Arnold Schwarzenegger titled "Arnold" by Peter McGough. The interview inspired me to write one liners reflecting me. There is no chronological order. I write anything I thought my mind. Here is my third Raymond Mar One Liners. The first was written on Jun 17, 2018. The second was written on Jun 1, 2019.

My first anime online purchased was the Sailor Moon Perfect Collection CD box set from TokyoPop.

No more Brita water for me. I'm allergic to the water. It's not Brita. It's my body. Also, I started to get smarter when I avoided Brita water. Coincidence? Who knows.

I can sleep with no blankets during the spring, summer, and some fall months. My body gets too warm during warm and hot nights.

2006 was a misleading year. It was a successful year learning new skills, meeting new friends, and visiting new places. I earned few successes. They came to me on a silver platter. Life went my way. The life flow went my way.

People who read books must say goodbye to some books eventually. The bookshelf is a finite amount of storage space. Also, our opinions on life changes. One day we want to keep a good book. Another day we realize the good book really stinks.

I can say I drove an Oldsmobile car. It was a 1982 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera light blue station wagon. The car sucked. Too much problems. My dad went the maintenance cheap path tormenting myself and my mom driving the car.

Dental care is important. Today's COVID-19 is an example. All dentists are closed. If you have a dental problem, then it's hard to get dental care. Good oral hygiene can prevent you for getting the COVID-19 virus.

Every human being gets white hair and wrinkles during the senior years. Human beauty evens out at old age. If you're not beautiful today, you can delay white hair and wrinkles and become beautiful. How? Exercise and be useful or learn infinitely or innovate infinitely.

I rank the following must read World War II fiction books in order of good, better, and great: All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, City Of Thieves by David Benioff, and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

The Major League Baseball 1993 season. I was disappointed the San Francisco Giants won 103 games and didn't make the playoffs. The Giants could win against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies could win against the Atlanta Braves. The Braves could win against the Giants. The Phillies and the Braves played for the National League Championship. The Phillies won the championship. The Phillies lost the World Series to the Toronto Blue Jays.

Playing chess during the lunch hour, playing softball during PE, and learning Geometry during the 1990 summer school saved my 1990 sophomore year depression and 1990 summer vacation in high school.

An investment lesson I remember for the rest of my life. I should have sold all my investments when the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached 10,000 in 1999 or the NASDAQ reached 5,000 in 2000. I contemplated selling all my investments if the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached 30,000 in Feb 2020. It never did. The markets dropped because of COVID-19 in Mar 2020.

Eating processed foods in moderation is incorrect. Minimizing eating processed foods is correct. Save eating junk food for birthdays, major celebrations, and the Super Bowls.

The Big Wheel needs to come back to today's children. I'm happy I rode the Big Wheel when I was a child. It was like I drove a car. I imaged I drove anywhere. Pause the technology. Parents buy a Big Wheel.

Training infinitely, learning infinitely, practicing infinitely, and reviewing infinitely are a mistake if they're completed incorrectly. I'm speaking from experience. Fortunately, I corrected my training, learning, practicing, and reviewing mistakes. I started new paths hopefully opening new doors for my future.

I ranked Disney's Pocahontas movie the least favorite moment during my summer 1995.

Speaking of Disney, I have watched no live-action adaptions of Disney animated movies. I don't want to give Disney additional money from me. I admit the Mulan live-action adaption looks great from the trailers. I wait and see.

That Was Then, This Is Now, Coming Up Next

Then	Now	Next
Yahoo	Google	?
Blockbuster Video	Netflix	?
Local Stores	Amazon	?
MySpace	Facebook	?
Domestic USA Autos	Foreign Autos	?
General Electric (Market Cap)	Apple (Market Cap)	?
IBM	Microsoft	?
Taxis	Uber and Lyft	?
Sony	Samsung	?
San Francisco Giants	Various Teams	?
Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors	?

Life is a cycle. Out with the old, in with the new is a common life wisdom. Business professions know the business cycle. Sports fans know the sports cycle. The best anything does is maximize greatness long-term. Something else is being created to replace the best. The best anyone does is maximize greatness in the present. The best maintains their dominance.

The best can't control everything. There are circumstances beyond the best's control unfortunate moments result in losing dominance. The best can delay the life cycle going down by never settling. The best stays hungry.

Someone else is working to be the next best. The unknown businesses, companies, teams, and people are building their championships. One of them takes over their respective industries and professions being the next number ones. One of them becomes the new household names. Eventually the present best becomes the past best. The present best used all their resources. The future best vision is new changes, innovations, and new ideas. Time is up. Nothing lasts forever.

Update On A Past Blog

I shared my opinion the most influential websites globally on Raymond Mar One Liners 2 on Jun 1, 2019. I listed nine websites. I correct the list. The first correction is removing eBay and Craigslist. The second correction is adding Wikipedia. The updated most influential websites globally are Google, YouTube, Reddit, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and Wikipedia.

I Choose Raymond Mar Today

I was rejected for opportunities years ago. I was let go decades ago. Someone else was chosen. I was passed in the past. The people should have picked me for opportunities years ago. The people should have kept me decades ago. I was the best choice.

Today's Raymond Mar, myself, rejected yesterday's Raymond Mar. Today's Raymond Mar, myself, let yesterday's Raymond Mar go. The people who skipped me made the correct choice. I earned being passed in the past. The people correctly picked someone else for opportunities. I wasn't the best choice.

How did I achieve my successes years ago or decades ago? The answer is good luck, good timing, and good fortune. I took life for granted. I didn't earn my successes. I faked it without believing. I faked it insincerely.

Nobody told me I was a good person. They were correct. They were justified. I have been working to be a good person genuinely. Nobody told me I'm a good person continues. I tell myself today. I'm a good person today.

I realized yesterday's Raymond Mar was not the real Raymond Mar. The people who believed the yesterday's Raymond Mar was the fake Raymond Mar. The present Raymond Mar is the true Raymond Mar. I have strengths. I have weaknesses. I'm the smartest ever with infinite learning such as learning new job skills. I acquire wisdom daily. There are new adventures to seek. There are new experiences to experience. I'm the healthiest ever working out four days a week at the gym. Self-esteem is strong. Courage is high. The end of the day I'm one step closer to become a self-trained genius. Ironically, I'm unemployed and live with my parents.

Update On A Past Blog

Here is another life what if referencing Top Ten What Ifs blog on Aug 30, 2013. I moved out of my childhood house after my third grade school year. My dad thought about adding-on to my childhood house by expanding the two front bedrooms. My parents choose to move to a bigger house. I learned my dad's add-on idea was inspired by his parents and his in-laws. Their houses expanded by add-ons.

What if I stayed in my childhood house throughout my teenage and young adult life? The schools in our neighborhoods were better than my junior high and high school years. My childhood neighborhood was more conservative; for example, I learned how to swear in fourth grade. I might not become a sports fan today because my childhood neighborhood nobody talked about sports. I might have better heat tolerance because my childhood house didn't have central air conditioning.

Update On Past Blogs About Boredom

Today's blog is updating some blogs on boredom.

Update On A Past Blog

I wrote blogs on boredom such as Do Boring People Exist? on Feb 25, 2014, My Thoughts On Boring on Feb 19, 2016, Be Strong To Be Sane on Aug 10, 2016, and Doing The Same Routine Boredom on Feb 12, 2018. Some of the boredom blogs I defined are incomplete. Here are the simple and direct characteristics avoiding boredom. Non-boring people are active. They are useful. They never stop learning. They seek new adventures. They experience new experiences. New stories are created. Some human attributes are strength, confidence, high self-esteem, honest, and smart. Motivation is high. Successes are earned. There are no words to describe the feeling always be active.

Slow-motion Multitasking

Economist Tim Harford of The Financial Times talks about another way to multitask. Slow-motion multitasking may be a solution to avoid boredom. Click A powerful way to unleash your natural creativity | Tim Harford to watch the TED talk on YouTube.