Throwback Blog: Top Ten Wisdom Acquired In 2006 I Failed To Follow

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 Top Ten Wisdom Acquired In 2006 I Failed To Follow written on Nov 16, 2019. Today is a good day to review the 2006 wisdom. I continue to follow the ten wisdoms.

2006 was a good year. 2007 was one of my two worst years. The 2007 highlights working at Cisco and buying my first car overshadowed the many lowlights. What if I followed through my 2006 wisdom acquired in 2007? There could have been fewer lowlights.

I reacquired, relearned, and rediscovered my 2006 wisdom years later. They started on the day I realized I must grow up on Sat Oct 4, 2008. I never forget these top ten wisdom. I practice them daily. Today's top ten is another reminder how I live a good life.

I blogged one dream titled Philosophy 98: Innovating Life on Mar 12, 2006. I dreamed I taught a philosophy class at a junior college. Students were required to read Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki and How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. Rich Dad Poor Dad teaches how the rich people become rich. How to Win Friends and Influence People teaches human relations skills. I dreamed Philosophy 98: Innovating Life for the second time replacing How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie with Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. Outliers argues timing and luck are the reasons why some people succeed. I approved my second dream using Rich Dad Poor Dad and Outliers as the required reading.

Here are the top ten wisdom acquired in 2006 I failed to follow. I followed them years later.

10. Life Sucks? Why Live? on Mar 16, 2006 and I Wonder on Aug 24, 2006. Timing is everything. I remind myself the two blogs. I'm alone, unemployed, and without money. I continue fighting the struggles. Doing nothing solves no problems. I might as well keep going. The I Wonder blog said maybe the next big break comes tomorrow, next week, or next month. I keep going hoping for the next big break.

9. Whoever Though Of The Word “Rush” Lived A Short Life on Jun 11, 2006. Don't rush success. Take it slow. Increment.

8. Do You Want To Be My Friend? on Apr 15, 2006. The last paragraph is the wisdom acquired. There are some people I don't get along with. There are some people I don't have a connection. I don't waste my time with these people. I stay away from these people.

7. Nothing Lasts Forever Which Includes Curses and Bad Luck on Jan 2, 2006. Nothing lasts forever. Curses are meant to be broken. Hope for the best. On the other hand, some people live life with many bad breaks and bad timing. It's life. Some people have lots of good luck. Some people have lots of bad luck.

6. Find The Misinformation and Misunderstandings First on Sep 27, 2006. Don't stress out on the person with the misinformation. Don't get angry over a misunderstanding. Misinformation happens. Misunderstandings happen. Seek first to understand. Correct the source. I'm angry when people don't correct the problem.

5. Second Blog Entry: Going With The Flow On A Bad Work Day on Jan 7, 2006. Go with the flow. I rediscovered the wisdom during Winter Quarter 2010 at De Anza College.

4. Full Circle on Mar 6, 2006. Life goes full circle. Whatever you do today affects you tomorrow. Life finds a way to reward you tomorrow when doing something good today. Life finds a way to punish you tomorrow when doing something bad today. For example, I failed to refresh my job skills during my down time at one of my contract jobs. I watched YouTube videos. Life punishes me today being unemployed taking additional self-training time refreshing my skills instead of learning new skills. Job searching is a full-time job. I learn new skills such as Python and Power BI. I refresh my existing skills such as Excel and SQL.

3. Keep Fun In Check on Feb 26, 2006. Something bad happens when I have too much fun. I lose my sense of awareness. I lose my clear thinking. Control everything as much as possible work, rest, and play.

2. Breakfast Is The Most Important Meal Of The Day on May 17, 2006. What if I ate a proper breakfast in 2007 and before Sat Oct 4, 2008 daily? The obvious answers are more focused, learned more, less chances getting sick, more gym workouts, and never unemployed.

1. Time Will Tell on Jan 28, 2006. The late Steve Jobs said it best, "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."

In my words, time is the ultimate judge.

Summary

10. Keep fighting the struggles. There's nothing else to do.
9. Take your time. Increment.
8. Spend time with good people. Avoid bad people.
7. Nothing lasts forever.
6. Focus on correcting misinformation and misunderstandings themselves.
5. Go with the flow.
4. Life goes full circle. What you do today affects you tomorrow.
3. Keep fun in check. Stay focus even while having fun.
2. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
1. Trust what you do today is good tomorrow. Time is the ultimate judge.

Instant Bullets Blog Feb 26, 2023

*Rosenhan Experiment. Stanford University Psychologist David Rosenhan duped hundreds of psychiatric workers by admitting sane pseudopatients in mental hospitals. The Rosenhan experiment or Thud experiment determined the validity of psychiatric diagnosis. The participants feigned hallucinations to enter psychiatric hospitals. The participants acted normally after admittance. They were diagnosed with psychiatric disorders. They were given medications. Rosenhan published his findings on Science in 1973 titled, "On Being Sane in Insane Places." The study concluded, "it is clear that we cannot distinguish the sane from the insane in psychiatric hospitals" and illustrated the dangers of dehumanization and labeling in psychiatric institutions.

YouTube interview David Rosenhan: Being Sane in Insane Places. Wikipedia Rosenhan experiment.

pedantic: of or like a pedant. Pedantic describes a person who annoys others by correcting small errors, caring too much about minor details, or emphasizing their own expertise especially in some narrow or boring subject matter.

*Federal Reserve Possible Malfunction And Need Input. The Federal Reserve Bank Board invited public comments on a proposal to enhance regulators' ability to resolve large banks in an orderly way should they fail. If they were to fail, then their large size could complicate efforts by regulators to resolve the firms without disruption to customers and counterparties. Press Release.

*Another Big Bet For Mattress Mack Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale won $75 million making it the largest legal payout in sports betting history. He betted the Houston Astros win the 2022 World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies. McIngvale owns the furniture store Gallery Furniture located in Houston, TX.

*Same Frauds On Different Days. Co-founder and CEO of FTX Sam "SBF" Bankman-Fried was arrested for fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to avoid campaign finance regulations. FTX is a cryptocurrency exchange company. The fraud is still the same business fraud. The differences are a different day and an unprecedent cryptocurrency company.

*Secretary Of The Treasury Janet Yellen. Secretary Yellen was interviewed on 60 Minutes dated Sun Dec 11, 2022. Yellen is a politician first. Yellen is an economist second. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: The 2022 60 Minutes Interview.

*Remake *fill in the blank*. There are movie remakes, television remakes, music remakes, and video games remakes. In addition, there are spin-offs, continuations, prequels, reboots, and revivals. There is one positive to all of the above which is they create jobs.

*Oklahoma City Thunder mascot Rumble scared Portland Trailblazers courtside reporter Brooke Olzendam. Thunder mascot scared this reporter #shorts. A woman is prettier when her blood flows throughout her body.

*Angry Multiplier. Anger is not a sum. 1+2+3+4+5+. . . is incorrect. Anger is a product. 1*2*3*4*5*. . . is correct. Choose anger wisely. Make the correct judgment call. Most of the time a negative moment is forgotten one year later.

Cheer up. Don't be a stuck up.

*Barry Minkow. 16 year old Los Angeles, CA high school student Barry Minkow started a carpet cleaning business named ZZZZ Best Carpet and Furniture Cleaning in 1982. The company went public in 1985. Minkow was convicted of fraud in 1987. Barry Minkow is taught in business and accounting classes today.

60 Minutes interview Con Man: Barry Minkow - It Takes One To Know One (2005). "We were claiming to be doing restoration jobs totaling in excess of 50 million dollars. We weren't doing any. None. Well, I mean, I did like some toilet overflows at Mrs. Jones house, but that certainly didn't constitute 50 million dollars," said Minkow. $50 million in 1985 is worth $138 million today.

Watch the movie Con Man (2018). Mark Hamill, Talia Shire, James Caan, and Ving Rhames co-stars. The movie is the first time I watch without a disclaimer like some of the characters, names, businesses, locations, and events are fictionalized for dramatization purposes. I believe the movie is almost 100% accurate which likely explains the 4.7 rating in IMDb.

Read an article my auditing professor shared with the class Meet Fraudster Barry Minkow. The May 5, 2011 blog includes a .jpg of a news article.

Minkow's wisdom is, "Don’t trust--verify."

*Corrupted Blood. Blizzard's War Of Warcraft role playing game created a virtual pandemic in 2005. A boss named Hakkar casted a Corrupted Blood disease spell to players. Players who retreated spread the disease to non-playable characters due to a programming glitch. Blizzard rebooted the game for all servers affected. Article Real-World Lessons From a World of Warcraft Virtual Outbreak written on Mar 17, 2020.

*Some lower back pain is okay. ArsTechnica published an article on Feb 14, 2017 Doctors: Lower back pain is like a cold—minor, annoying, and temporary. "I know your back hurts, but go run, be active, instead of taking a pill."

*The 2023 Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show performer Rihanna said on work-life balance, "The balance is almost impossible because no matter how you look at it, work is always something that's going to rob you of time with your child. That's the currency now, that's where it goes. The magnitude of how much it weighs." She's currently building a cosmetic business named Fenty Beauty a lingerie business named Savage x Fenty. She gave birth to a boy in 2022. Rihanna last toured in 2016. Rihanna is born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on Feb 20, 1988 in Barbados.

*Adult Children Need Parental Help. Dave Ross Podcast More Millennials Need Their Parents Help But For How Much Longer on Feb 1, 2023. Parents of adult children need financial help to live an independent life.

Update On A Past Blog

The SBF FTX fraud reminded me of the blog Same Shit. Different Day. Everything Happens. I wrote on Jul 28, 2021. Today is another same day for the most part. The news is the same 99.99% of the time. Nothing new. Move along. Live your life. Worry more about yourself and less about others. Be lucky you're not on the evening news in a negative way.

Top Ten Plus Three Equals Top Thirteen Dumbest Blogs I Wrote

There are dumb criminals. There are dumb laws. There are dumb politicians, athletes, educators, managers, and executives. There are dumb *fill in the blank*. There are dumb blogs I wrote. I spent three hours selecting my dumbest blogs with 98% confidence. I selected intuitively. I scanned fast. I forgive myself for the dumb blogs.

The following blogs are excluded in no particular order: throwback, shelter in-place COVID-19, a second look, pictures, Tweets, Black Friday, many anime, year in review, Accutane treatment, De Anza College, gas analysis, past comic strips, instant bullets, and green steno notebook. I also exclude blogs written in 2022 because I read them again for A Second Look 2022 written in Dec 2023. Here are the top ten plus three equals top thirteen dumbest blogs I wrote.

13. Why Finding Nemo Is The Best Disney Movie (Sep 19, 2006). An example I can change my opinion. Waking up at the end of the movie because I was falling asleep is not a good reason to be an all-time favorite. Also, learning "just keep swimming" life lesson is not a good reason to be an all-time favorite. Inside Out is better than Finding Nemo. UP! is my all-time favorite Disney Pixar movie.

12. Philosophy 98: Innovating Life (Mar 12, 2006). The blog was a dream teaching the philosophy class at De Anza College. My required textbooks were Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki and How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie. Students earned a minimum C grade by attending all classes. Minimal homework assignments. I dreamed for the second time teaching Philosophy 98 replacing the Carnegie book with Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.

11. An Inspiring CEO (Dec 3, 2007). I wrote 14 tips to become a successful CEO or executive. Some of the tips include learn how to cook, throw away junk, patience is a virtue, and earn it. They're all correct for a person lost in life. They're all wrong for a CEO.

10. Meet People On Craigslist (May 16, 2008). It was correct you can meet people giving away free items. You were unlikely going to make new friends.

9. A Zero Cost Date (Mar 30, 2009). Disregard the zero cost date suggestion watching airplanes arrive and depart from an airport. Walk around anywhere is better.

8. Myself and Many Others' Crystal Reports Catch 22 (Apr 18, 2012). The dumbest part of the blog is I reviewed and relearned Crystal Reports in 2012.

7. No Resume Sig, Smile Investment, and Visiting Lisa (Oct 6, 2006). The dumbest part of the blog is my blog signature said I didn't need a resume because I innovate infinitely. The signature was removed on Oct 6, 2006.

6. Hate Your Job? Prepare By Writing The Resignation Letter (Mar 7, 2006). I cheered myself up by writing a resignation letter. The happiness was temporarily short. I should have searched for a job. I should have learned new job skills. The searching and the learning are actions to earn happiness.

5. Board and Can’t Quit Your Job? Try A New Work Schedule (Dec 2, 2005). Another happiness was temporarily short. I worked flexible hours months later without management complaining. Personal lesson learned. A sign my job was boring I made up my own flexible hours. I can't quit my job is 100% wrong. Anyone can quit a job anytime.

4. Caught Up For Real (Apr 7, 2013). I wrote blogs detailing what I accomplished daily and weekly or wrote bullshit blogs in 2013. The Caught Up For Real blog is an example. The primary reason I wrote bullshit blogs was to increase my blog count.

3. My 30s Is Like Developing A Baseball Player (Oct 1, 2012). I wrote a life timeline from 2004 to 2012 like a professional baseball player starting at single-A ball. Silly.

2. I'm Doing The Best I Can, Really III (May 3, 2017). I wrote three I'm Doing The Best I Can blogs. The previous two were I'm Doing The Best I Can, Really on Oct 8, 2012 and I'm Doing The Best I Can, Really II on Apr 6, 2016. The three blogs were pity blogs trying to cheer myself up. Stop wasting time. Get to work on myself.

1. The Three C's And A P And Two More P's: Choices, Consistency, Control, Proactive, Professional, Personal Responsibility (Jan 3, 2018). The number one dumbest blogs makes the remaining twelve blogs half intelligent. Thanks goodness I didn't say the three c's and three p's in a job interview. The interviewers thought I'm selling a fad. Silly. Stupid. Unprofessional.

Random Knowledge Or Random Trivia February 2023

We live in the Information Age. Look it up on the internet. Random knowledge or random trivia? A life improvement? A waste of time? The answer is subjective. The answer depends on the reader.

Clint Eastwood Sudden Impact Coffee scene.

C.Q.D. stands for Come Quick Danger, Come Quick Distress, or Come Quick Drowning. You may have heard C.Q.D. from the movie Titanic when the captain told a crew member to send the distress call using Morse Code.

Prince & The Revolution: Live. YouTube concert video.

11 Local TV Stations Pushed the Same Amazon-Scripted Segment

Autopsy doctors of Reddit, what was the biggest revelation you had to a person's death after you carried out the procedure?

Romeo + Juliet OST - 21 - Escape From Mantua. Song from Mundy which is The X-Files movie trailer music.

Kids enjoying cardboard slide that mom made.

Dialog by Jincheng Zhang. A background music number 1.

Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod. A background music number 2.

Intractable by Kevin MacLeod. A background music number 3.

Every Classroom Sketch Ever - Key & Peele. YouTube video. Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele from Comedy Central.

People of reddit: what is one movie that you absolutely will not pass up watching no matter how many times you have seen it?

Albert Einstein on insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Also, two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe.

hypocrisy: a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral, or religious beliefs or principles, etc. that one does not really possess. A pretense of having some desirable or publicly approved attitude.

Rock Me Gently by Andy Kim. YouTube music video.

What Video Game was 100% amazing from start to finish?

What are dark secrets about the Porn Industry that people should know?

Dilbert comic Humans Making Decisions comments dated Aug 16, 2020.

vicarious: felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others.

altruism: the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others.

Wildest Endings in Sports | Plays that will Likely Never Happen Again. YouTube video.

A car safety advice: Relay theft criminals can capture the auto remote signal unlocks the door when you get near the vehicle the key fob is constantly transmitting a signal. Solutions keep auto keys away from the front door as far away as possible. Place in a metal box or wrap in an aluminum foil. Brass can works, too.

The four ABBA singers are Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida). Faltskog and Ulvaeus were a couple. Lyngstad and Andersson were a couple. The couples are divorced.

MLB 1 in a Billion Moments. YouTube video.

NFL "Free Kick" Compilation YouTube video.

How to find the best lube for you. Sex With Emily article.

Dunning-Kruger effect. Wikipedia article.

antagonist: a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another, opponent, adversary. The adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work.

protagonist: the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work. A proponent for or advocate of a political cause, social program, etc. The leader or principal person in a movement, cause, etc.

Those of you Redditor's in happy, healthy, and fulfilling relationships, what were the "green flags" you noticed about your partner early on in your relationship with them?

Tom Silva explains the tape measure. YouTube video.

Any Day Now by Ronnie Milsap. YouTube music video.

What popular saying is actually bullshit?

Sample 1: I tell my 7yr old son "if you tell me the truth the punishment isn't as bad" when he follows through he still gets punished, but I explain what would have happened if he lied. Tell the truth? 10 min time out in the corner. Lie? Grounded for the entire night.
Sample 2: My Fire Department’s policy was: "Tell us the truth and we'll do everything in our power to save your job. Lie to us and we'll do the exact opposite."
Sample 3: I tell new hires to tell the truth so we can learn from it. I won't lie, there certain lines that no matter of up frontness can protect you from (and at that point I'll probably know anyway!). But if we can't at least learn from your fuckup then we're all worse off for it. My philosophy is modeled off of the FAA and NASA program private pilots to self report their fuckups.
Sample 4a: People would tell me that potential employers decide if a person is the right fit for the job within the first five seconds of the interview. For years I thought it was BS until I was on the other side of the table. A candidate who walks into the room wearing a suit and carries themselves in a confident demeanor is going to make me much more comfortable than someone with a perpetual slouch wearing a polo and jeans, even if the latter is 10x more qualified. I wish we as humans had more control over that, but it’s just instinctual.
Sample 4b: Edit: For the people calling me shallow and classist, I think I need to be more clear. Someone who doesn't look or act as nice may be more qualified, but if anything in their responses gives any kind of indication that they're going to have a negative impact on the work environment, that's a deal breaker. Someone could be as smart as a whip but could be lazy or struggle to listen to authority. On the flip side though, someone could be a perfect fit but doesn't sell themselves well. We don’t know this person so we have to make assumptions based on their responses to our questions and what skills they claim to possess. Skills are important yes but presentation is what gets your foot in the door. The same goes for the better dressed person. They could say something completely off the wall that can turn the tide.

D'Nealian cursive handwriting. Wikipedia article.

misogynistic: strongly prejudiced against women.

Treasury nominee Janet Yellen is looking to curtail use of cryptocurrency. ArsTechnica article.

transcendence: existence or experience beyond the normal or physical level. Going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding; exceeding usual limits.

BuzzFeed Answer A Few Random Harry Potter Questions And We'll Reveal Your Soulmate's Hogwarts House

How to sew with a Swiss Army knife. Learn emergency sewing with the awl watching the YouTube video.

Search life idioms. Find useful social life idioms phrases and sayings.

Update On A Past Blog

I randomly thought about the "Weird Al" Yankovic - Fat song yesterday. I remember attending his concert at the Santa Clara County Fair in summer 1996. I forgot about the concert for which I add to the Top Ten Forgotten Moments blog written on Feb 15, 2020. I recognize the moment for the blog 1996 written on Dec 5, 2013.

Innovating Common Knowledge Blog Posts Count Silly Analysis

Here is an analysis of all the blogs I posted broken down by a variety of dates from Aug 2005 to Dec 2022.

Aug 2005 was the first month and year I wrote blogs. 2009 was the most blogs I wrote with 131. There was free time during the Great Recession. 2008 was the fewest blogs I wrote at 64; however, starting in Sep 2008, I wrote 14 blogs in Sep 2008 and 10 blogs in Oct 2008 because I was lost in Sep 2008 and I grew up in Oct 2008. The changes were immediate. I wrote two blogs in Nov 2008 and two blogs in Dec 2008 because the changes occupied all my time. I can say the 131 blogs written in 2009 made up for the lack of blogs written in 2008.

I wrote my 1,000th blog in Nov 2015. I realized I achieve 1,000 blogs if I wrote nine blogs a month for a total of 108 blogs a year in a consistent manner in Sep 2013. I reduced my writings to seven blogs a month from May 2016 to Nov 2019. I choose to write a minimum of 100 blogs a year starting in 2020 on Dec 2019. Sep 2016 and Dec 2016 were the exceptions six blogs were written in those months.

Year	Blog Count	Percentage Blogs Each Year
2022	108	6.48%
2021	101	6.06%
2020	101	6.06%
2019	85	5.10%
2018	84	5.04%
2017	84	5.04%
2016	90	5.40%
2015	108	6.48%
2014	108	6.48%
2013	109	6.54%
2012	83	4.98%
2011	75	4.50%
2010	100	6.00%
2009	131	7.86%
2008	64	3.84%
2007	75	4.50%
2006	106	6.36%
2005	54	3.24%
Total	1,666	100.00%

I wrote the most blogs on the weekends.

Day Of Week	Blog Count	Percentage Blogs Each Day
Mon	230	13.81%
Tue	203	12.18%
Wed	235	14.11%
Thur	228	13.69%
Fri	180	10.80%
Sat	293	17.59%
Sun	297	17.83%
Total	1,666	100.00%

Breaking the number of blogs written by months is useless starting in Sep 2013 because I wrote consistently every month thereafter. Also, no blogs were written between Jan 2005 and Jul 2005. Regardless, here is the breakdown by month from Aug 2005 to Dec 2022.

Month	Blog Count	Percentage Blogs Each Month
Jan	152	9.12%
Feb	135	8.10%
Mar	134	8.04%
Apr	140	8.40%
May	125	7.50%
Jun	134	8.04%
Jul	133	7.98%
Aug	128	7.68%
Sep	149	8.94%
Oct	151	9.06%
Nov	134	8.04%
Dec	151	9.06%
Total	1,666	100.00%

However, Jan is the month I wrote the most focusing on the years 2006-2012. I wrote double digit blogs in Jan 2006, 2009, 2010, and 2011. The Feb month I wrote double digit blogs in 2006, 2009, and 2010; however, the remaining Feb years I wrote five or fewer blogs. First year 2005 is excluded because I wrote blogs from Aug to Dec.

2006-2012 Months	Blog Count	Percentage Blogs Each Month
Jan	67	10.57%
Feb	54	8.52%
Mar	51	8.04%
Apr	51	8.04%
May	46	7.26%
Jun	53	8.36%
Jul	54	8.52%
Aug	40	6.31%
Sep	58	9.15%
Oct	58	9.15%
Nov	45	7.10%
Dec	57	8.99%
Total	634	100.00%

There is no surprise I wrote the most blogs on the 30th day. I posted 46 blogs on the 30th day or Day Number 30 from 2014-2022. No other Day Number surpassed 40 blogs posted from 2014-2022.

I wrote the most blogs on the 2nd day or Day Number 2 for the first five days or from Day Number 1 to Day Number 5 of each month. I made sure I wrote at least one blog per month. There are no months with zero blogs written.

Day Number	Blog Count	Percentage Blogs Each Day
1	52	3.12%
2	64	3.84%
3	54	3.24%
4	56	3.36%
5	52	3.12%
6	55	3.30%
7	63	3.78%
8	56	3.36%
9	57	3.42%
10	54	3.24%
11	39	2.34%
12	58	3.48%
13	51	3.06%
14	50	3.00%
15	54	3.24%
16	59	3.54%
17	56	3.36%
18	54	3.24%
19	44	2.64%
20	53	3.18%
21	52	3.12%
22	40	2.40%
23	50	3.00%
24	53	3.18%
25	63	3.78%
26	54	3.24%
27	54	3.24%
28	57	3.42%
29	49	2.94%
30	71	4.26%
31	42	2.52%
Total	1,666	100.00%

Top Ten Plus One Equals Top Eleven Life Changes Since The COVID-19 Global Pandemic

Everyone's life changed when the COVID-19 virus affected the world. The State Of California issued shelter in-place (SIP) orders on Tue Mar 17, 2020. California reopened on Tue Jun 15, 2021 totaling 455 days. One permanent change is trying new restaurants to support local restaurants using the Federal Government stimulus money. I begin tipping take-out orders. Anyone's guess is a good guess what the professional workplace environment post-pandemic. There are too many opinions and too many forecasts.

A long-term temporary change is coming out of video game retirement. I take advantage of additional free time playing classic video games on my Steam account. I finished Final Fantasy VI, VII, and VIII, and Call Of Duty: World At War. I'm currently playing Left 4 Dead 2.

Here are the top ten plus one equals top eleven life changes since the COVID-19 global pandemic permanently or temporary:

11. Reread Harry Potter. I started reading Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling in Sep 2019. I finished in Mar 2020. The pandemic closed libraries where I buy used books. I reread two more times. The third time I read backwards from Year 7 to Year 1. The series is too good.

Rereading Harry Potter may be permanent. There are some die-hard Potterheads who read the seven books once a year as a tradition.

10. Cooking Changes. I add cooking one less cup of rice per cooking on the rice cooker. I also bake more and broil less.

9. Morning Errands. There are less customers in stores during the mornings. I prioritize errands in the mornings instead of afternoons.

8. Windows Closed. I close the windows when the house is comfortable regardless of weather conditions. I open the windows when necessarily. I minimize outdoor debris. I turn on my desk fan on days windows must be closed to circulate the stagnant air; in particular, in Aug 2020 when CA experienced statewide wildfires resulting in unhealthy air.

7. Reduce Fruits And Vegetables. The common knowledge people should eat five servings of fruits and vegetables doesn't apply to my body. I reduce my fruit and vegetable consumption by 25%. Less stomach aches.

6. Set Home Air-Conditioner To 78 Degrees. I set the thermostat to 78 in the morning for a forecasted hot day. Also, we stop using the Patton fan to circulate the air from downstairs to upstairs because the additional costs outweigh the circulation benefits.

5. Reduce Laundry. I wear dark color clothes more often than light color clothes. Also, I temporary stop working out at the gym. I don't wash my gym towels.

4. Reduce Shaving. I shave two times a week instead of three times a week with cold water instead of warm water.

3. Reduce Shopping For Bottle Water. I broil tap water on the stove for drinking water. I don't buy the one-gallon Crystal Geyser bottle water at the stores.

2. Physical Training. I work out at home. My strength training is a 45 pound plate, 25 pound plate, and a set of adjustable dumbbells 5 pounds to 50 pounds each. My cardio workouts are the stationary cycle at home and jogging around the neighborhood. Core training is added to my strength training workouts.

1. Job Training. I mention the new job training schedule even though it started in Jan 2021. Two week schedule rotation. One week is a set of job skills. The second week is another set of job skills. Job reviewing is included. Excel, Python, Linux, dashboards, data analysis, and drilling Sublime Text are included. There is too much to learn. Take it one day at a time.

Update On A Past Blog

The professor in my Philosophy 10 Introduction To Philosophy class asked all students to write one question on a piece of paper to be submitted in five minutes on the last day of class. No restrictions. The professor selected questions he answered to the class. It was the 1990s version of AMA or Ask Me Anything.

The write one question is one of my Tell Me You Games I wrote on Dec 22, 2014. The blog is suggested social games encouraging people to communicate and to open up.

Top Ten Plus Two Equals Top Twelve I Hate

Today's blog I give myself permission to hate. I give myself permission no spinning the hate to something positive. There's nothing wrong with hate. Hate may be too negative for some people. Hate may be bad towards other people. There are some people we hate. There are some moments we hate. There are some ideas we hate. There are some objects we hate. There are some opinions we hate. Be honest. Nobody enjoys everything. Nobody approves everyone. We like some. We hate some.

There was a company located in Palo Alto, CA I worked for two days in Sep 2014. The two days were the worst days of my life as of today. The business activity was border line illegal. I emailed I quit to the manager and human resources manager the evening of my second day. I felt sorry for the uneducated and the unfortunate who needed the job to make money. The top ten plus two equals top twelve are nothing compared to the two days in Sep 2014.

12. The Academy Awards Best Picture Winners. The incorrect Oscar winners for Best Picture is an opinion hate. La La Land should have won over Moonlight in 2016. Saving Private Ryan should have won over Shakespeare In Love in 1998. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial should have won over Gandhi in 1982. Raiders Of The Lost Ark should have won over Chariots Of Fire in 1981. Star Wars IV should have won over Annie Hall in 1977. Taxi Driver or All The President's Men should have won over Rocky in 1976. The Graduate should have won over In The Heat Of The Night in 1967.

11. Anime Expo 2000. One of the worse anime conventions in the history of anime conventions. An anime convention held in Disneyland was trouble the second anime, convention, and Disney were mentioned together. Some Anime Expo attendees said Anime Expo 2000 never happened.

10. My Sister's Ex's. Full disclosure. All of my sister's ex's were losers. Most of them were idiots.

9. 2002 World Series Game 6. My San Francisco Giants vs. Anaheim Angels. Giants up 3-2 entering Game 6 at Anaheim. Giants lead 5-0 at the bottom of the seventh inning. Scott Spiezio hit a three-run home run off relief pitcher Felix Rodriguez who relieved starting pitcher Russ Ortiz. I didn't like Rodriguez. The Angels trailed 5-3 at the bottom of the eighth inning scored three runs to lead 6-5. Angels won Game 6 and won Game 7 to win the 2002 World Series.

8. Dust. I hate vacuuming dust. It's like I vacuumed dust one day. The dust came back days later.

7. Hoarding. Self-explanatory. Some people have too much junk. Too much junk requires additional time wasted to care for useless items.

6. Fakers. If you don't know it, then you don't know it. Faking something makes a person look stupid. Don't be stupid. Learn it. Research it. Ask for help.

5. Insincerely. There are some people who don't appreciate help. There are some ashamed people. There are some unkind people. I stay away from insincere people.

4. Waste Food. Self-explanatory. Buy what you need. Eat what you can. Be grateful what you have.

3. My Second Company I Worked After College. I experienced a common business wisdom: Bad companies don't exists--bad management exists. The real estate brokers were good. My co-worker in my department was an idiot. Management ignored problems hoping they disappeared. They didn't disappear resulting in staff departures.

Another wisdom I learned was have nothing, do nothing, get nothing, be nothing, and people treat you like nothing. My department manager was fired for doing nothing.

2. Job Hiring. I blame the job hiring system. A computer programmer who knows seven programming languages and acts like a jerk is more likely to be hired than a computer science college graduate. Nobody wants to train new employees. Companies want plug & play on day 1. Today's complex job hiring system is not your parent's and grandparent's job hiring system. Forget the old school good smile, good communication skills, and can-do attitude.

There are plenty of qualified and deserving domestic workers available for employment. There are too many incompetent workers employed.

Honorable mention: hot days. I sweat too easy. I sunburn too easy. There are more hot days because of climate change.

1. Me From The Day I Was Born To Sat Oct 4, 2008. I hated myself. I took life for granted. I was weak. I was naive. I was a wimp. I was immature.

I allow a positive spin. I was lucky on Sat Oct 4, 2008. I realized I must grow up. My life changed forever. The results were immediate. I purchased new clothes. I built a new desktop PC. I read 75% fiction books and 25% non-fiction books instead of 75% non-fiction books and 25% fiction books. I followed gym workout plans. I purchased a new mattress. I started to correct past mistakes. I started to catch up what I missed.

Update On A Past Blog

My retail rotation was adapted when I worked in retail jobs. Workers rotate shifts. Workers rotate responsibilities. I rotate my activities regardless of importance. My retail rotation balances my life. My retail rotation reduces stress.

I eliminate my retail rotation. I wrote about the incorrect retail rotation My Own Commentary On The Daily Life Of Raymond Mar written on Jul 31, 2013. I corrected the retail rotation I Corrected My Retail Rotation written on Dec 13, 2021. There is no retail rotation. There are priorities. Priorities can be rotated. I make a judgement call. First things first. Take everything one at a time. Multi-tasking can succeed in job interviews. Multi-tasking can fail in practice.

Shelter In-Place COVID-19 Blog January 2023

California issued shelter in-place orders on Tue Mar 17, 2020. I have been logging the highlights and lowlights. The COVID-19 winter surge tripledemic COVID-19, the flu and the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) was weaker than expected. Strong winter rains. Near freezing temperature lows. Jan started the year slowly.

Tue Jan 3. Went to the bank. Shopped at Smart & Final and Nike Outlet. More people wore masks and more people didn't wear masks.

The biggest rain storm in decades arrived in the Bay Area.

Wed Jan 4. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the omicron variant XBB.1.5 is the dominant and the most transmissible COVID-19 variant. There is no evidence XBB.1.5 made people sicker. The initial research concluded XBB.1.5 is more resistant to vaccines compared to XBB and XBB.1. Infection rates doubled every two weeks. XBB.1.5 was identified in 29 countries.

Thur Jan 5. 90% of people with long COVID-19 started with mild symptoms according to a study published in the American Medical Association. Long COVID-19 is defined as the continuation or development of symptoms three months after the initial infection. Fatigue, shortness of breath, and cognitive problems such as brain fog are common long COVID-19 symptoms. Women are twice as likely as men and four times as likely as children to develop long COVID-19. COVID-19 patients hospitalized increase their risk with long COVID-19 with longer lasting symptoms. Researchers don't know why some symptoms disappear, reappear, and new symptoms develop. Other symptoms include loss of smell, loss of taste, insomnia, gastrointestinal problems, and headaches. The initial evidence shows lower risk of long COVID-19 from omicron. Most people in the research were infected with deadlier variants.

Mon Jan 9. 89% of the residences in the Henan province in China tested positive with COVID-19. The province is the third most populated. Total infection 88.5 million. A possible reason for the spike is ineffective China vaccines compared to the effective US vaccines.

Tue Jan 10. Power outage started at 2:30am. The household listened to the news with the emergency radio. It was the first time the household turned on the emergency radio due to the weather. The emergency radio was used two times overall. Power was restored at 4:30pm.

Secretary Of Defense Lloyd Austin officially rescinded the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for the military. The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act required the mandate dismissal.

The Washington Post reported an international expert estimates 5,000 people die each day and 1,000,000 people die in China from COVID-19 for 2023. The Chinese government official stated 5,200 people died since the start of the pandemic.

Satellite images of certain China provinces showed cars and crowds at crematoriums and funeral homes.

Wed Jan 11. The US renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency to April 2023. The emergency protected public health insurance coverage for millions, provided hospitals with greater flexibility to respond to patient surges, and expanded telehealth. Hospitals lose flexibility deploying staff, adding beds, and caring patients during surges when the public health emergency ends. Millions are expected to lose health insurance under Medicaid.

President Joe Biden said the pandemic was over in Sep 2022.

Thur Jan 12. A hospital in Beijing in China reported half of its 2,000 staff tested positive for COVID-19. They all recovered taking traditional Chinese medicine. Pfizer's Paxlovid is in short supply. A local manufacturer is contracted to manufacture Paxlovid available in three to four months to the Chinese people.

Fri Jan 13. The Center For Disease Control (CDC) said a possible safety problem with Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 vaccine. Regardless, the CDC recommended people are updated with vaccines. It's possible people 65 and older increases their chances of a stroke.

Sat Jan 14. China reported 59,938 deaths from COVID-19 since Dec 2022. 5,503 deaths were due to respiratory failure and 54,435 deaths were due to COVID-19 plus other health ailments.

The CDC reported the tripledemic didn't happen. RSV and flu cases and hospitalizations declined in Dec 2022; although, some states experienced higher illnesses than other states. COVID-19 hospitalizations increased in Dec 2022. The RSV and flu mostly affected the children.

Mon Jan 16. Multiple celebrities tested positive for COVID-19 after the Golden Globes on Sun Jan 8, 2023. Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Jen Statsky were some of the celebrities. Experts said it was no surprise because many people gathered indoors and poor COVID-19 safety practices.

The CDC said weekly COVID-19 cases topped 400,000 for the last six weeks. Weekly deaths increased with 3,907 reported as of Jan 11, 2023. However, flu cases declined.

Wed Jan 18. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell tested positive for COVID-19. Mild symptoms. Powell is fully vaccinated and boosted up to date.

Thur Jan 19. I shopped at Target to purchase Bar Keepers Friend to clean sinks. I shopped at Smart & Final. I purchased the last pack of chicken.

Fri Jan 20. Shopped at Costco and Sports Basement. The cell phones and service booth was closed. The booth was covered with Costco services displays. Costco was dead inside at the 10am hour. I exchanged a Christmas gift at Sports Basement.

Wastewater samples show COVID-19, flu, and RSV rates declined in the Santa Clara County. Hospitalizations declined 30% from one month ago. COVID-19 hospitalizations were less severe because more people have antibodies and more vaccinated people.

Sat Jan 21. Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the China Center For Disease Control And Prevention said 80% of the people in China is infected with COVID-19. Infections increased during the Lunar New Year. The government reported 60,000 people died from COVID-19 as of Jan 12, 2023.

Sun Jan 22. Watched Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers football game.

Mon Jan 23. Shopped at Smart & Final. There were lots of customers at 9:45am.

The Food And Drug Administration (FDA) assessed the COVID-19 vaccine administered as an annual one shot like the annual flu shot before the flu season. Two doses may be needed for the children, the elderly, or the immune compromised. The goal is improved vaccine coverage rates and simplify vaccine deployment. Currently, most people receive the original COVID-19 vaccine two times separated 3-4 weeks apart. A booster is administered three to four months later.

Wed Jan 25. The North Korea capital Pyongyang was locked down for five days due to an unspecified respiratory illness. Citizens measured their temperatures which are reported to a hospital by phone four times a day. North Korea declared the pandemic ended on Aug 2022.

Thur Jan 26. The FDA pulled AstraZeneca's Erusheld from the market because it's not effective against at least 90% of the COVID-19 subvariants in the US. Erusheld is ineffective against BQ.1, BQ.1.1, and the XBB subvariants.

The CDC said omicron XBB.1.5 accounts for 49% of new cases. XBB.1.5 is adaptable to evade antibodies which block infection. 93% of new cases are the BQ and XBB variants.

Sat Jan 28. Shopped at Costco. It was busy at 9:45am. I avoid parking in the area next to the gas station in the future. I was lucky I found an open space near the entrance.

Sun Jan 29. Watched the San Francisco 49ers at Philadelphia Eagles football game. I also watched the Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs starting at the 2:00 in the second quarter football game.

Mon Jan 30. The WHO said COVID-19 remains a global health emergency. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world transitions out of the emergency phase of the pandemic in 2023. Reduce hospitalizations. Minimize deaths. The health system manages COVID-19 in a sustainable way. At least 90% of the world population has some immunity to COVID-19. Tracking has declined detecting new variants difficult. Regardless, COVID-19 continues to kill. Resources must continue to research COVID-19.

President Joe Biden ends the COVID-19 national emergencies on May 11, 2023. The federal government roles are reduced for the COVID-19 pandemic response. The medically insured pay some out-of-pocket costs for COVID-19 vaccines, tests, and treatments. The medically uninsured pay fully for COVID-19 vaccines, tests, and treatments.

Tue Jan 31. The following are anticipated changes for COVID-19 government policy when the US public health emergency ends on May 11, 2023:

*The FDA authorizes COVID-19 home testing kits, vaccines, boosters, and products for emergency use. However, insurers no longer are required to cover the costs for home testing kits. Vaccines and boosters are free because the government purchased them. Congress didn't fund future vaccine and booster purchases.
*Medicaid enrollment increase during the pandemic because states can't remove people during the public health emergency. States can remove ineligible people in Apr.
*Title 42 allows the federal government to deny people seeking asylum to prevent COVID-19 spreading inside the US borders. The end of the public health emergency may end Title 42.
*More patients use telehealth to communicate with their doctors on a smartphone or a computer. Patients under Medicare pay nothing because Medicare covers the service cost. Congress extends telehealth for Medicare to the end of 2024.
*State public health emergency varies state by state. California public health emergency ends Feb 28, 2023.
*Hospitals no longer receive an extra 20% financial compensation for treating COVID-19 patients on Medicare.

The House passed two bills to end the COVID-19 government public health emergency. The bills are the Pandemic Is Over Act and the Freedom For Health Care Workers Act. The freedom act ends the mandate federal health care workers must be vaccinated.