Throwback Blog: Third Blog Entry: Breaking Rule Number

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 Third Blog Entry: Breaking Rule Number written on Jan 7, 2006. The third blog out of three blogs on the day talked about my second job after I graduated from San Jose State University. My job sucked. I started searching for a job in Jan 2007. I couldn't explain the logic for the one year delay. The company went downhill at the end of 2006. My life was great outside the workplace which made me forget my job.

I choose the criticisms I respond decades later. Today's blog is another example time heals all wounds. Wisdom is acquired as we get older. Lessons are learned. No mistakes are repeated. I connect the dots backwards.

*Like many jobs that suck, my job sucks. What makes my job suck? I work in the Research Department. The department has two workers: me and my co-worker. The department supports 70+ brokers in the local office . . . The office I worked was an outlier. A typical commercial real estate company has an ample support staff to help the brokers. Most of the 70+ brokers were self-sufficient for which they required minimal support staff. Most of the 70+ brokers were trained beyond commercial real estate and salesperson skills. Moreover, I wrote the rant in a Jan month. Jan was the busiest month in a calendar year because of the previous year's annual report and annual conference the Research Dept. was involved. Otherwise, the Feb-Dec months were normal with the exception of the quarterly reports which took significantly less time compared with the annual report.

*My co-worker is an idiot. Should have been fired a long time ago. Somehow, when he fucks up, he gets away with it. Nothing lasts forever. My co-worker was never going to be fired. One reason was two people worked in the Research Dept. supporting 70+ brokers. Another reason was the managing partner and my co-worker had a close relationship. For instance, my co-worker worked on Sat. The managing partner emailed my co-worker for research statistics on Sat. My co-worker completed the request hours later.

My co-worker's fuck up was discovered on Jul 2007. He was transferred to another brokerage house instead of being fired. I don't know why he wasn't fired. I don't know how the two brokerage houses negotiated the transfer. I should have said "never say never" instead of "Nothing lasts forever."

*Also, the managing partner in charge of the office is not a managing partner; rather a major pain. The guy has shit in his brains. The answer was simple. The managing partner ran the office by the sales numbers. His job security was strong as long as the sales numbers were good. Winning disguised problems.

*My feelings are I'm lonely. When I started the company, there was nobody to be my mentor. Heck, I never had a mentor in my life. There was nobody to show me around. The lonely feeling was incorrect. I realized years later the brokers got my back. If I spoke up, then management responded because of the brokers. Management couldn't fire me. Also, one magical day I spoke up at a workplace outing. The Administration Dept and the Graphics Dept talked to me. There was a new permanent connection.

No mentor in my life was true. 95% of all my problems I solved myself by learning from my mistakes, acquiring wisdom at the right place at the right time, and growing up. I'm lucky my life today is my best life. I'm the strongest, smartest, wisest, and healthiest ever. Ironically, I'm George Costanza being unemployed and living with my parents.

*Problem number two is I trust nobody. Nobody has proven to me, nobody has earned my trust, nobody earned the right to know me, to listen to me sincerity. Nobody has my credibility if anyone wants to give me advice. As far as I'm concern, anyone who tells me anything is full of crap. Why should I believe you? Who are you? I don't know who the people are and people don't know who I am, and even if I tell them who I am, they probably don't give a shit. Been there, done that. I was full of shit. Don't waste time figuring out what I said. It was a cry for help. If I said the shit today, then I need professional help. I'm not the shit person today.

*When I go to work, the real me doesn't enter the building ;__; It's a stranger even I'm not comfortable being. Outside work, I'm very cheerful and always busy doing stuff like reading books, playing video games, watching anime, listening to CDs, going to the gym, cooking, researching stocks, and just being myself. That's the real me. I was not the real me inside work and outside work. It was true I was busy outside work doing the stuff above. I was not cheerful outside work.

Life advice and professional workplace advice. If you're not you going to work, then changes are warranted. Everybody is human. Nobody can tolerate being a different person in a workplace indefinitely. I'm not thinking what my life is today if I continued working at the company today.

*Side note: there were four people I don't respect specifically. Two of them are no longer in my office. Another workplace advice I should have learned years ago. Anytime a group of people resign in a short time period is a sign there's something happening to the company or to the department in a negative way. I was one of four people who found better jobs in the company in early 2007. Retail is the exception because the retail industry always has high turnover by nature.

In Dale Carnegie's book How To Win Friends and Influence People, rule number one is Don't Criticize, Condemn, or Complain. The third blog entry, however, I'm going to break the rule and rant. Rant, complain, let my stress out, let my anger out. It doesn't matter to me. I need to vent frustration regardless whether the reader thinks I'm complaining or not complaining. More important, the following is going to be unedited; in other words, [sic] or verbatim.

Like many jobs that suck, my job sucks. What makes my job suck? I work in the Research Department. The department has two workers: me and my co-worker. The department supports 70+ brokers in the local office and 10+ brokers in a satellite office north. 80+ brokers. Two people in the department. Hello, senior management. The department needs additional help. No need to research the facts. Furthermore, I'm not going to be working in the company forever.

My co-worker is an idiot. Should have been fired a long time ago. Somehow, when he fucks up, he gets away with it. Nothing lasts forever. One day you are going to mess up big and you are going to be fucked!!! What has he done and got away with? Start the list:

*In 1997, the server crashed and he didn't back up the research data.
*In 2002, he calculated absorption wrong for 12 years. I found the error in five minutes 0:-) Any national real estate firm needing a researcher with new ideas? I'm available for hire >.<
*I taught him how to calculate weighted averages. He never knew what a weighted average; moreover, he never calculated rents. Come on, researchers must know basic math.
*He is still using an 80s system to calculate statistics in the 21st century. One step further, he's an obsolete 80s robot because he acts like a robot.
*He makes careless mistakes, and it's getting worst.

Lesson: if it acts like a duck, walks like a duck, talks like a duck, thinks like a duck, it's probably a duck {:V

Also, the managing partner in charge of the office is not a managing partner; rather a major pain. The guy has shit in his brains. I have been working in the company for seven years. Man, that's too long to work there. I can't think of one incident where he has taken an active role in, well, anything. Come to think of it, he's done nothing to the company to make it a better place to work. Nothing. Zip. Zilch. Jack shit. The chances of him leaving the company are next to nothing because the position requires a brokers or sales license to sign off completed deals.

As for me, personally, what are my feelings? My feelings are I'm lonely. When I started the company, there was nobody to be my mentor. Heck, I never had a mentor in my life. There was nobody to show me around. I learned almost everything about the company myself (which was really nothing to learn come to think of it). I can't trust anyone because nobody in the company earned my respect, my trust, my credibility. Respect, trust, and credibility must be earned whether he or she is the janitor, engineer, director, or senior vice president; likewise for parents . . . if you want sons and daughters to learn, to love, to be good sons and daughters, you must earn their trust, their love, and their bond; otherwise, they are not going to believe what you say to them. Perhaps, that's one reason why runaway kids leave their parents. Trust, love, bond, etc. are not automatic just because Mom and Dad are parents. All must be earned and demonstrated sincerely and without deception. The same goes with co-workers, management, and executives. Earn them (respect, trust, credibility, sincerity) or lose them (co-workers).

It's out in the air. I'm lonely. I should tell somebody. Problem number two is I trust nobody. Nobody has proven to me, nobody has earned my trust, nobody earned the right to know me, to listen to me sincerity. Nobody has my credibility if anyone wants to give me advice. As far as I'm concern, anyone who tells me anything is full of crap. Why should I believe you? Who are you? I don't know who the people are and people don't know who I am, and even if I tell them who I am, they probably don't give a shit. Been there, done that.

When I started in 1999, the research department was pathetic. Terrible. An embarrassment. In one year, I provide new reports, accepted new responsibilities, increase turn-over rate to less than one business day for most requests, new ideas, etc. I proved that I can do a whole shit load for the company. What has the company proved to me? Nothing. It's the same company since 1999. No improvements, nothing new, nothing the latest and greatest (except computers of course), no innovating. Heck, my company doesn't have a CEO and a CFO. The CEO fucked up and the CFO resigned.

When I go to work, the real me doesn't enter the building ;__; It's a stranger even I'm not comfortable being. Outside work, I'm very cheerful and always busy doing stuff like reading books, playing video games, watching anime, listening to CDs, going to the gym, cooking, researching stocks, and just being myself. That's the real me. The guy who never stop innovating and wants to meet more people XD

I feel much better now and I'm going to get a good night's sleep (-,-)

Side note: there were four people I don't respect specifically. Two of them are no longer in my office. The first person was eliminated in August 2002. Officially, the position was eliminated. Unofficially, she was laid-off. The second person was transferred to the corporate office in January 2006. Her replacement started in January 2006. We shall see how the replacement does, and I'm going to have high expectations because she was promoted in my office.

Side note 2: there are a selected few co-workers I'm comfortable in a conversation; however, it's as far as the communication goes--casual conversation.

Top Ten Make Me Cry

A friend told me a person who doesn't cry doesn't have a soul. Some cries no tears are necessary. The crying feeling is inside. The sad feeling is inside. The body language communicates sadness. There is happy sadness. There is sad sadness. There is despair sadness. There is frustrating sadness. The person is angry no more; the person is sad.

One day I cry success after years of earning freedom. The hard work learning new job skills, reviewing existing job skills, minimizing eating processed foods, working out four days a week, and reading books. Also, I learn life skills, experience new experiences, seek new adventures, and never stop innovating. One day I cry freedom happiness is achieved. Here are the top ten make me cry.

10. Waste Food. Hunger had been a problem yesterday. Hunger is a problem today. Hunger is a problem tomorrow. There are too many people. Every day more people can't afford food. Don't waste food.

9. Movies. There are movies I cried including Snoopy Come Home, UP!, Argo, the second time I watched Titanic, Inside Out, and The Hunger Games even though I read the books beforehand. I also cried in the anime series Fushigi Yuugi.

8. Hoarding. It's sad when I see junk inside a residence. I twist my body. I hop or jump. I bump at stuff. There are multiple counts of the same item. There's no need for ten of the same table cloth.

7. Bankruptcy Courts. One of my cousins works for the United States Bankruptcy Courts. She says work in the bankruptcy courts for anyone who wants a job to cry. There are too many sad stories people declare bankruptcy through no fault of their own.

6. Ignoring Problems Hoping They Go Away. Problems don't solve themselves. Sometimes ignoring problems work. Sometimes ignoring problems don't work. Both worked for the late Steve Jobs. One ignored problem which was cancer cost his life.

5. Too Many Or Not Enough. I continue from number ten Waste Food. There is too many people or overcrowding. There is not enough opportunities. There is not enough X to satisfy the too many Y. There is too many A and not enough B.

4. *Fill in the blank* the improbable happened and the impossible happened.

3. No Motivation. No desire. Willpower is more important than intelligence. Sometimes 50% effort makes a difference. Sometimes 20% effort makes a difference. The percentage number is a case-by-case situation. The percentage number is a judgement call. Regardless, doing anything at 0% effort is sad.

2. People Don't Admit Their Mistakes. Self-explanatory. Also, people are irresponsible. Self-explanatory.

1. First Responders. I smile. I cry. I have faith. The first responders police, fire, and ambulance save another life.

Update On A Past Blog

My Cyber Monday 2020 I purchased bare necessities at Walgreens using their online 30% off coupon. I purchased bare necessities at Walgreens' website for which I selected pick-up at a nearby store. I purchased soap, updated medications for the home first-aid kit, shampoo, and condoms.

The following week I purchased more bare necessities using a Target gift card I purchased during Target's 5% off gift cards. I purchased more updated medications for the home first-aid kit, Band-aids, bleach, lip balm, after shave lotion, and bath sponges.

Some people say my purchases at Walgreens and Target are boring. I recognize their opinion. I refer to my blog Money And Life on Sep 12, 2019. Cost of living is going up. Inflation is present. There are costs to maintain a healthy life. There are costs to maintain a clean life. Smart consumers find ways to save money on bare necessities. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is not boring. A person who feels good is an attractive person.

Life Finds A Way

We control limited parts of our lives. Life controls the rest of our lives. We can't control everything. We control how we sleep, when we sleep, where we sleep, and the number of hours sleeping. There are exceptions such as family emergencies, crying infants, and natural disasters. These exception examples we can't control. There are exceptions to everything except death. I digress.

We can't control timing, luck, fate or destiny for those who believe pre-determined life paths, and being at the wrong place at the wrong time or being at the right place at the right time. We can't control the reasons life treats us. Life has its reasons.

Anything good we do good happens most of the time. There are exceptions. Anything bad we do bad happens most of the time. There are exceptions. Some particulars are doing drugs, drinking too much alcohol, playing too much video games, eating too much processed foods, watching too much television, poor education, dirty living environment, and committing adultery. We're aware with these particular problems we should stop. Some don't. They continue committing these particulars. Every day new people begin committing these particulars. Poor intelligence. Poor motivation. Perhaps, despair got the best of these people. People ignoring problems life finds a way to get back at them. The consequences are coming soon.

Life finds a way to reward people. Life finds a way to punish people. Life finds a way to ruin something good. Life finds a way to help the unfortunate. Time is the ultimate judge.

Update On A Past Blog

The scene from Kindergarten Cop when Arnold Schwarzenegger's character John Kimble asked all the kindergarten students who's your daddy and what does he do reminded me of the blog A Sample Of Changes Everyday on Feb 27, 2015. I shared four changes which are beauty, jobs, climate, and computers. Anything changes. Life changes for better or for worse. Life changes whether we control the change or not.

Another change is families. A family can change in five or six years for better or for worse. Parents can change. Couples can change. The students told the class their good daddies and their bad daddies. Watch the YouTube video Kindergarten Cop: Who is your daddy? HD CLIP.

I Was Lonely, I Fell Through The Cracks, Everyone Let Me Go

Today's blog is an update on a past blog. I write more reasons why growing up too late was not my fault.

Update On A Past Blog

Growing Up Too Late Was Not My Fault was a blog written on Nov 14, 2015 assuring my past problems delayed adult maturity. I'm lucky. I grew up on Sat Oct 4, 2008. I'm responsible for my life. I'm responsible to solve my problems. I'm responsible to earn my successes. I continue catching up what I missed in my younger years. All is forgiven. Here are more reasons why I grew up too late:

Wilson Elementary School. I remember the three below in pre-school:

*School bus. I rode the school bus which was a van. The van was marked school bus with the yellow and black colors, long length seats, and red flashing lights. All the students didn't wear seat belts. My mom said the first day of school she and my baby brother rode the school bus because I was scared.
*Time out. I cried a lot during the beginning of the school year. I was frustrated I cried and took my bagged school lunch and hid in the time out section one day. I didn't have a kid lunch box. The time out section was a red and white color gymnastics floor mat inverted to form an enclosed section with a desk facing the wall in the classroom.
*Miss Sue. She was my red hair teacher. I believed she quit on me. I was a lost cause. Miss Sue taught the students who were more likely to succeed.

Wilson closed on June 30, 1989 according to the California Department Of Education School Directory. The school opened on July 1, 1980. I attended Wilson in 1978-1979. Either the website is incorrect or Wilson was a private school before it became public. The school buildings no longer exist. It was demolished to build homes.

Reading Lab. I had reading comprehension problems. I attended a reading lab in first grade, fifth grade, and sixth grade. I'm not sure I attended a reading lab in second grade; although, I remember going to a big room multiple times where a teacher taught by flash cards. I remember the teachers: first grade was Mrs. Jones, fifth grade was Miss Smith, and six grade was Mrs. Kumagai. The reading labs didn't help me. I realized my reading comprehension problems was poor short-term memory. I read a sentence. I forgot what I read immediately many times.

The Rest Of My School Teachers. I slipped through the cracks. The teachers quit on me like Miss Sue. The teachers gave up. I was a lost cause. No motivation. No desire. Impatient. The teachers focused their time on students who could be saved. It was an example of life is not fair.

Little Parent Involvement. I repeat the Too much fun from the Growing Up Too Late Was Not My Fault blog. I had too much fun. I had too little learning.

Piano Teachers Quit. My mom forced me, my brother, and my sister to play the piano. It was not the piano teachers fault I played poorly. I hated piano. I didn't practice enough. I realized I'm partially tone deaf. I couldn't comprehend the loud sounds and soft sounds. I have small hands. Reaching the keys were difficult.

Side note 1: The best deal my mom didn't take. I made a deal to my mom I learn swimming, I learn Chinese, I take summer school, and I participate in anything in exchange for no piano lessons. She refused the deal. I wonder how my life changed if I was active in all of the above except piano--less fun and more learning.

Side note 2: I can't swim because I can't tread water. I have a buoyancy problem. I sink no matter how I'm taught treading water.

Side note 3: The Chinese class was taught on Friday nights. Friday nights!?! Who wanted to teach a class on Friday nights!?!

My Managers. I performed my jobs with outstanding results even though my flaws were obvious. Management believed don't touch me. Management accepted my flaws. Management ignored my problems hoping they solve by themselves. Nobody wanted to help me solve my problems. Nobody wanted to help fix my flaws.

I compensate my learning problems taking control, finding solutions, and going back to the past. My short-term memory problems are solved by writing notes to remember names, facts, instructions, future blogs, new knowledge learned, appointments, and tasks.

I learn by repetition. I learn by practice. I learn by drilling. I earned higher grades every time I followed the procedure in school. I earned lower grades every time I didn't follow the procedure in school. I wished somebody confirmed the repetition, practicing, and drilling when I was young. Everyone learns differently. Write notes, repetition, practice, and drill are how I learn when I learn new job skills, review existing job skills, learn life skills, and review life skills learned. The new job skills I have been learning include R, Python, and Linux. The existing job skills I have been practicing include Excel, SQL, and Power BI. The new life skills I learn and I practice include tying knots, sewing a button, cooking new meals, and folding clothes quickly.

Everyone Gets A Piece Of The Pie

The Los Angeles Angels fired visiting clubhouse manager Brian "Bubba" Harkins in Mar 2020. Harkins worked with the Angels since 1990. A visiting clubhouse manager and his staff prepare equipment and uniforms for the players before the game starts. Also, a visiting clubhouse manager is like a hotel concierge.

Harkins provided a "foreign substance" for pitchers to improve their control pitching the baseball. Harkins was taught how to make the "foreign substance" by Angels' pitcher Troy Percival 20 years ago. The substance was available by request. Most pitchers and coaches paid Harkins to cover the costs. No profit was made. Any "foreign substance" on a baseball or doctoring is against baseball rules. Pitchers were quoted Major League Baseball (MLB) allowed doctoring for at least a century. However, the middle of 2021 MLB announced umpires search suspected pitchers for any "foreign substance." Pitchers caught with a "foreign substance" are suspended. No pitcher has been terminated for cheating.

Harkins filed lawsuit against the Angels and MLB for defamation and being the scapegoat on Aug 2020. The Angels and MLB filed a motion for dismissal on Nov 2020. The Orange County Superior Court dismissed the lawsuit on Jan 2021.

Equal Access

My response is the "foreign substance" is open to everyone. Everyone gets access. All pitchers are included. All MLB teams are included. No pitcher wants to exclude another pitcher because the pitcher may get angry. The angry pitcher tells MLB officials the illegal activity even though MLB doesn't enforce the rules. The piece of the pie is available. All parties are satisfied. Everyone is happy at the end of the day.

Update On A Past Blog

Today's blog contradicts The Size Of The Pie Is Still The Same on Jun 23, 2016. I wrote there are too many people living on Earth. The size of the pie doesn't increase to accommodate the increasing amount of people. More people don't get a piece of the pie. A genius can solve the problem by eliminating greed.

The Jul 15, 2019 blog Too Many People was about a church building 44 affordable apartment units. The church received over 5,000 applications. The 44 unit pie didn't increase.

A Procedure To Stop Insanity

There are many mismatches in life 24 hours a day. There is a mismatch every second. A first date ends up as the only date because the couple are incompatible. A job candidate being interviewed is rejected because the candidate and the hiring manager disagree. The man shopping for a SUV car doesn't like the weak engine. The woman shopping for a dress doesn't like the design. The oldest child chooses ballet over football. The younger child chooses baseball over sewing. One worker is good an engineering. Another worker is good at medical.

We are different. We have different jobs for different people. We have different education for different people. We are different physically, mentally, emotionally, financial, and spiritually. We have different hobbies. We have different opinions. A mismatch is a difference.

There is nothing wrong. We are individuals. There are conflicts. There are rebels. Trial and error. A mistake is a result. Something is wrong. No match. There is failure. Try again. Move on. Do something else. A mismatch is a feeling. A mismatch is a logical equation. A mismatch is a conclusion. All of the above can happen. Insanity is continuing the present path hoping for a perfect match. Sanity is changing the present path to a perfect match.

Update On A Past Blog

My parents are overprotective. My parents ignore the adult life lessons. My parents avoid serious life discussions. No life wisdom is shared; however, their wisdom is poor honestly speaking. My parents ignore my problems hoping they disappear. Fortunately, I solve most of my problems myself. The cost is I matured at a later age. Sex, penis, vagina, money, divorce, abuse, human relationships, motivation, swear words, life skills, etc. are silent. I blogged the Top Ten Lessons My Parents Failed To Teach Me on May 2, 2013 including household chores, cooking, and being professional. On the other hand, I blogged My Parents Raised My Correctly on Feb 15, 2015 such as don't smoke, buy on sale, and focus on the basics. I wrote two blogs on most of the problems I solved myself which are Top Ten Don't Be My Parents on Mar 17, 2020 and Top Ten Lessons I Learned The Hard Way on Jun 23, 2019. Some of the best problems I solved are don't take life for granted, don't hoard, never stop meeting new people, and never stop learning.

Shelter In-Place COVID-19 Blog August 2021

California issued shelter in-place orders on Tue Mar 17, 2020. I have been logging the highlights and lowlights. Aug started fast which slowed down at the end. Local and state governments are aggressively responding to the number of cases increasing due to the delta variant. More children tested positive with the virus.

Sun Aug 1. Total US cases surpassed 35 million. Total CA cases surpassed 4 million. CA is the first state with 4 million cases. Total US deaths 616,800.

Mon Aug 2. 70% of US adults received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The 70% goal was 29 days late after President Joe Biden's goal of 70% vaccination on Jul 4.

Flight delays and cancellations increased because there are too many passengers, not enough airline employees, and unseasonal thunderstorms across the country. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reported 2.2 million people flew on Sun Aug 1 which was the highest day during the pandemic.

China shutdown Wuhan due to delta variant outbreaks. Mass testing began.

Kaiser Permanente officials announced all employees must be vaccinated by the end of Sep.

Tue Aug 3. Most Bay Area counties health departments to officially announce mask mandates for all indoor settings regardless of vaccination status.

Multiple groups of parents in multiple school districts filed lawsuits to stop mask requirements in schools.

New York City requires a Key To NYC Pass proof of vaccination for indoor activities such as dining, fitness, and entertainment. The requirement begins on Sep 13. 72% of positive samples were the delta variant. Cases increased 24% from one week ago.

Wed Aug 4. Pizza day. I purchased pizzas at Tony & Alba's and Pizza Guys. I shopped at Costco at the 5pm hour.

Total COVID-19 cases surpassed 200 million globally.

Thur Aug 5. Employees working for the County of Santa Clara and City of San Jose are required to be vaccinated or be tested two times a week.

Fri Aug 6. 50% of the US population are fully vaccinated according to the Center For Disease Control (CDC).

Sat Aug 7. US daily infections surpassed 100,000. The last time it happened was Jan 2021 when daily infections surpassed 250,000. Daily infections in Jun 2021 was 11,000. Daily deaths averaged 500. Jul 2021 daily deaths averaged 270. Jan 2021 daily deaths averaged 3,500.

Wed Aug 11. Governor Gavin Newsom announced all employees at public and private schools must be vaccinated or be tested weekly. CA is the first state in the nation for the requirement in schools.

Stanford Hospital doctors saw an increase in children hospitalizations. A majority of the children has the delta variant. The American Academy of Pediatrics reported 16 states with at least 100,000 pediatric cases.

Thur Aug 12. San Francisco requires proof of vaccination for specific indoor activities including restaurants, bars, and gyms. The requirement starts on Fri Aug 20. People ineligible for vaccines are excluded.

Fri Aug 13. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved booster shots for immunocompromised patients. The CDC approved the FDA's approval.

Wed Aug 18. San Francisco opened a high volume testing site. 500 tests per day. Appointment only. There is a 24-48 hour wait for testing results.

The CDC, US Health and Human Services, and National Institute of Health outlined planned to administer booster shots beginning on the week of Sep 20. The initial people qualified for the booster shots are health care workers and nursing home residents.

Air quality advisories and red flag warnings issued for the next three days due to the CA wildfires. The household closed all windows today.

Mon Aug 23. The FDA approved the Pfizer and BioNTEch COVID-19 vaccine in full. The vaccine is marketed as Comirnaty.

The Pentagon requires all military who work and live closely together in barracks and ships to be vaccinated. The anticipation date requirement is middle Sep.

Wed Aug 25. The CDC data showed the US averaged 303 pediatric cases per day which was 1.8% of total hospitalizations.

Thur Aug 26. The TSA reported 1.4 million traveled on Tue Aug 24 and 1.5 million traveled on Wed Aug 25. The two numbers were the lowest since 2.2 million on Aug 2 and the lowest since May.

Fri Aug 27. The US Supreme Court overturned the CDC and President Joe Biden's eviction moratorium. The court ruled they have no authority. States and cities Biden's eviction moratorium took precedence over federal orders.

I shopped at Costco from 12pm to 1pm. Warehouse was dead.

A Spare The Air alert was issued today ending on Sun Aug 29 due to hot temperatures and the wildfires.

Japan suspended 1.63 million Moderna vaccine because of contamination found in unused vials in multiple vaccination sites.

A Florida judge ruled Governor Ron DeSantis can't ban schools imposed mask mandates on students and staff. The governor executive order and rule were unconstitutional.

Mon Aug 30. The European Union removed the USA off the safe travel list. Nonessential travel was subject to restrictions when visiting. Travelers must be vaccinated.

The San Francisco mayor announced 80% of eligible residents are fully vaccinated.

Tue Aug 31. 80% of eligible residents in CA received at least one dose.

Exercise For Balance

The Sep 2021 Costco Connection included an articled titled "Avoiding A Fall" by George Locker. Locker wrote seniors can prevent falling down to avoid injuries by exercising. Exercise prevents imbalance. Exercise requires use of muscles which keeps a person balanced. Use your muscles or lose your muscles.

I want to prevent performing the exercises on the top of the two pages from the pic above when I'm old. The common reasons people exercise are healthy weight, strong muscles, sharpen focus, flexibility, delay aging, and reduce stress. Add maintain balance to the common reasons why people exercise. I don't want to be sedentary who needs walking equipment.