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A permanent signal light is installed. 7-Eleven sells towels--dish towels. The Pokemon Table Card Game (TCG) should be a family household recognized game. Small business fabric stores exist. Cleaning the bathroom sink must include unclogging the sink. There must be a museum for school furniture. There must be reasons few restaurants install bathroom sanitary door handles. Costco sales can include produce items. Smarter people jog as a leisure activity.

Baby Wipes

Baby wipes should be a top invention included with plumbing, freon, internet, light bulb, soap, and coffee. Consider other names for baby wipes. Call them poo poo wipes. Call them save people's butts. Children use them. Adults use them. Remove the sweat. Remove the grim. Remove the slime. Remove the dirt. Remove the poop. Instant clean. Instant freshness. Bring them for vacations. Bring them for emergencies. Baby wipes can minimize uncomfortableness. Baby wipes can help people fall asleep faster.

Top Ten Bad Advice, Bad Lessons, Or Bad Teachings

Everyone receives bad information. Everyone is taught bad knowledge. There are professionals with questionable advice. There are adults with false encouragement. One former hygienist taught me to angle my toothbrush to brush both the teeth and gums. Incorrect teaching. Adults told me to attend my high school prom to avoid regret in my adulthood. There is no regret I missed my junior year and my senior year high school proms. Here are the top ten bad false information:

10. Whistle With Dry Mouth. I was taught to whistle with a dry month in fourth grade. I self-taught how to whistle with a wet mouth in 2017.

9. Freeway driving is like driving on the expressway without signal lights. The speed difference between a freeway and an expressway is the only counterargument to prove the previous sentence is false.

8. Broiling Without Cooking Oil. It's doable. The truth is use cooking oil to broil food in the oven.

7. Education Equals Success. Education is a factor. Motivation is more important to be successful compared to education. Timing, luck, chance, and opportunity are factors to be considered.

6. Remedies To Cure My Sickness. The following doesn't work: vitamin C tablets, garlic tablets, gargle with salt water, Ricola cough drops, drink plenty of water, yogurt, orange juice, green tea, and ginger ale. The following does work: Coke, chocolate, and Breathe Right Nasal Strips.

5. Water, Milk, And Green Tea. Drinking eight glasses of water, two glasses of milk a day, and green tea to maintain a healthy lifestyle are false.

4. Eat In Moderation. Okay to eat junk food is false. One cheat day a week is false. There is no eat in moderation and there is no cheat day for professional athletes. Minimize eating junk food is true.

3. English 1B Teaching Writing. My professor taught me to write like a newspaper journalist using many paragraphs. I'm not a journalist. 100% false.

2. Excel Training. The senior research analyst taught me Excel at my second job. Everything was wrong. The teaching was wrong Excel.

1. The Shawshank Redemption movie is boring. A friend watched the movie when it was released in 1994. He told me to skip the movie because he didn't understand the point. I watched the movie in Sep 2019. The Shawshank Redemption is number 1 in IMDb's Top 250 Movies.

Instant Bullets Blog Jan 18, 2026

*What's ridiculous is to challenge the inevitable.

*If a teacher teaches people how to learn from making mistakes, then the teacher must quit teaching at schools. Find a better job.

*Life Find A Way. From Jurassic Park:

• Ian Malcolm: Surely not the ones that have bred in the wild?
• Henry Wu: Actually they can't breed in the wild. Population control is one of our security precautions. There's no unauthorized breeding in Jurassic Park.
• Ian Malcolm: How do you know they can't breed?
• Henry Wu: Because all the animals in Jurassic Park are female. We've engineered them that way.
• . . .
• Ian Malcolm: But, again, how do you know they're all female? What, does somebody go out in the park and pull up the dinosaurs' skirts?
• Henry Wu: We control their chromosomes. It's really not that difficult. All vertebrate embryos are inherently female, anyway. They just require an extra hormone given at the right developmental stage to make them male. We simply deny them that.
• Ellie Sattler: Deny them that?
• Ian Malcom: John, the kind of control you're attempting is not possible. If there's one thing the history of evolution has taught us, it's that life will not be contained. Life breaks free. Expands to new territories and it crashes through barriers, painfully, maybe even dangerously, but there it is.
• John Hammond: There it is.
• Henry Wu: You're implying that a group of composed entirely of female animals will breed?
• Ian Malcolm: No, I'm simply saying that life finds a way.

I wrote a blog Life Finds A Way on Sep 21, 2021. I said, " 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."

*Non-Zero Sum Game. We all win or we all lose. Or one bigger winner and one smaller loser.

*Politeness is not an obligation.

*One saw a forest and not trees. Another saw trees and not a forest.

*Tissue Defined For Medical Or Biology. A group of cells in an organism. Organic body material in animals and plants made up of large number of cells which are similar in form and function and their related intercellular substances.

*Cheat Codes Can Work. Source: What's a "cheat code" you discovered in real life that actually works?

• Be friendly to maintenance workers, security officers, cleaners, anyone working in an administration role, and customer service. They know everything.
• Complement somebody.
• Stuck on a problem? Walk, run, or play video games. Do any distraction to clear the head.
• Place a tortilla under your tacos. The food falls down to the tortilla. Extra meal. Keeps plate clean.
• Bring a dozen donuts to the car mechanic, a work meeting, and the warehouse staff.
• No boyfriend or no girlfriend is better than a bad boyfriend or bad girlfriend.
• Don't say or show you're the smartest person in the room.

*taint: a trace of a bad or undesirable quality or substance. To contaminate or pollute (something). To hurt or damage the good condition of (something).

*anecdotal: not necessarily true or reliable, because based on personal accounts rather than facts or research. Based on or consisting of reports or observations of usually unscientific observers. Based on reports or things someone saw rather than on proven facts.

*anecdotal evidence: based on personal stories or isolated examples rather than systematic research or data. Information from direct experience or opinions. Qualitative data based on personal stories and observations instead of hard facts.

*Seen In The Movies Don't Do In Real Life. Source: What is a 'Survival Myth' that people believe because of movies, but will actually get you killed in real life?

• Don't build a boat while shipwrecked on an island. Too many things kill you in water. It's harder for rescue to find you in water. Stay on the island.
• Conserve water in a desert to an extent. Need a balance. Drink enough to urinate small amounts. Body uses as much of the fluid as possible.
• Lost in the wilderness stay where you are. However, if you can go to an open area to be seen easier, then move.
• If you're shot with a bullet, then leave the bullet inside you.
• If you're knocked out unconscious for a few hours and feel fine afterwards, then you need to see a doctor for head injuries.
• Snake territory or bear territory make noise and be seen. They don't want to encounter you. Play music is a good idea.
• Don't wait 24 hours to file a missing person's report even though the law says a person is missing 24 hours later. Missing children is a best example. Report immediately.
• Don't suck venom from snakebites.
• Don't eat snow for hydration. Wait for the snow to melt since snow lowers core body temperature.
• Don't rub frostbite.
• Cross wider river crossings because narrow rivers have spots with faster and deeper water areas.
• Drowning victims don't yell and flail because they're concentrating breathing over yelling.
• Don't drink urine for hydration.
• If you're being robbed, then throw the wallet on the ground. Run in the opposite direction. Never hand the wallet to the robber.
• Every city has about four days of food in grocery stores, home kitchens, restaurants, etc. Shelves are emptied fast. Semi-trucks arrive daily to restock. These are normal days. Survival situations starvation and violence to avoid starvation are big concerns.
• Never wet a cloth to breathe through if escaping a burning building. Roast your lungs with super heated vapor. Dry cloth only.
• Need to jump off a cruise ship. Keep legs clamped together for the water to not go up your butt. Keep arms in. Point toes down to not bruise the bottoms of the feet. Try to angle yourself to not enter the water too deep.
• Most cars don't stop bullets. Stay behind the engine block.
• Stabbed with a knife don't pull the knife out.

*When his wheel fell off, a different pit team saved him. They're opponents, not enemies. 19 helps 23. Bubba [Wallace] accidentally goes into Joe Gibbs Pits, but they still help him

*The Cat Wild Animals Family.

*Use It Or Lose It Skill Not Like Riding A Bike. Remembering is not like riding a bike. Anything at a high skill level is not like riding a bike. It takes active practice and maintenance to be at the top of your game. For example, muscle strength. Bedridden for a long period of time. It's easier to get muscle strength back for those with muscle strength. Muscle memory. On the other hand, it's harder to get muscle strength back for those who never had muscle strength. People can take breaks for those who put on muscle. Lose the mass in time. Gain muscle back infinitely quicker than obtaining muscle the first time. Likewise for cardio fitness.

Harder To Make Other People Angry

Most people do a poor job making other people angry. It's unnatural to piss off other people. These people are raised and behave to avoid confrontations. It's better to reason or to negotiate than being angry at each other. Proactive is better than reactive.

There are times the anger emotion is valid. The default "fuck you, asshole" rarely works. The other party is unconvinced. The other party thinks, "do better pissing me off." The other party thinks you're not the person to make me angry. Talking anger smart-ass is an art. Trash talking with malice is an art. Communicating degrading criticism is an art. It's like a master sharpshooter intentionally missing the target which is harder than hitting the target. It's like a professional singer singing offkey which is harder than singing on tune. If you want to make other people angry, don't think. Use intuition. Pretend to behave like a professional bully. Be a Homer Simpson. Don't be a Ned Flanders.

Two simple actions may work. One action is ignoring or keep silent; although, passive aggressiveness rarely succeeds. The second action is counterintuitive. Give a thumbs down instead of the middle finger. The PG movie rated family friendly reaction may be better than the R movie rated mature audiences only reaction.

The Green Steno Notebook 11

Blogger's note: There are three consecutive Green Steno Notebook blogs. Today is the third of three.

The picture above is the notebook I acquired on the first day of my new white collar job. I wrote notes during my job training. I wrote other notes, reminders, and knowledge thereafter. I share many of them. Here is the ninth blog.

*Apr 12, 2022. Dream last night. I played for the San Jose State Spartans baseball team. We played to qualify for the College World Series. Men on second base and third base. I hit a walk-off double in the bottom of the ninth inning on the first pitch to the opposite field.

*Apr 12, 2022. Removed arm rests from the laptop desk chair. I thought the arm rests were permanent. Incorrect. Arm rests were bolted.

*Apr 27. Dad installed a new shower head.

*Apr 30. Everyday carry idea. Fire starters made from cotton balls. Cover each cotton ball with 3/4th Vaseline.

*May 20. REI lifetime membership increased to $30. REI Anniversary Sale fewer items for sale.

*May 21. Four forces of nature: gravity, electromagnetic force, weak nuclear force, and strong nuclear force.

*May 22. Albert Einstein's Theory Of Relativity. Energy = Mass X Speed Of Light squared or E = MC^2.

A new theory devised is really an extension of the previous theory. Disprove a theory find a single observation disagreeing with the prediction; however, there can be an exception or an incorrect test.

Werner Heisenberg uncertainty principle. There are limits we know the properties of a pair of particles simultaneously. We know more of one particle and we know less of the second particle.

Space-time is curved. Space-time is not a straight line.

Not finite. There are boundaries.

*May 29. Entropy measures the degree of disorder of a system. Disorder increases if things are left to themselves; for example, stop making repairs around the house. One can create order out of disorder; for example, paint a house. Creating order requires expending energy which decreases the amount of ordered energy available.

Anthropic Principle. "We see the universe the way it is because we exist." There are two versions: the weak and the strong.

*May 29. The correct way below.

*Peel a banana at the bottom.
*Place food required to be cold at the rear of the refrigerator. Maximum coldness and minimize warmness.
*A security procedure. Substitute crossing out words and numbers by adding words, letters, and numbers.
*Peel Post-It notes sideways.
*Bobby pins the scribbly part is downwards.
*The center part is empty when microwaving.
*Use the pizza saver to assist selecting a pizza slice instead of the other hand.
*Put ice cream inside a freezer bag.
*Side sleep on the left side on the mattress. Minimize the chances of digestive stomach pain.

*May 31. Drove from the post office to Costco. Air conditioning on. Switched air circulation from outside to recycle because smog coming out of a black Toyota Camry's tailpipe.

*Jun 22. NFL Commission Roger Goodell testify regarding the Washington Commanders owner Dan Synder's toxic workplace. "We're not perfect, but we do our best."

*Jun 28. Played Puzzle Fighter II for the first time. Slept at 5:30am in the morning.

*Jun 29. Played Puzzle Fighter II for the second time. Slept at 4:00am in the morning.

*Jun 30. Played Puzzle Fighter II for the third time. Slept at 1:00am in the morning.

*Jul 3. Played Puzzle Fighter II for the fourth time. Slept at 4:20am in the morning. Quit. Other priorities.

*Jul 11. Shaved with cold water for the first time.

*Jul 13. Cooking bok choy and other vegetables. One bowl and one plate. Safety. Second batch fully cooked use the one plate to transfer to the one bowl instead of second batch to the almost filled to the top one bowl.

*Jul 16. A gift idea for me. Anything vanilla flavor.

*Jul 28. Broil water at night instead of day. Water cools faster overnight.

*Aug 14. My parents eat whole wheat buns because wheat buns are softer than white buns.

*Aug 19. Air compressed jogging shoes. Too much debris inside.

*Aug 20. Shopped at Under Armour Outlet Store at the Great Mall in Milpitas, CA. Buy one, get one free on socks $24. One pack of socks fit my size. Fitted running shirt $40. Loose workout shirt $25. Poor selections on the shirts. I couldn't find my color. Exited store empty handed.

*Aug 21. Two bathroom carpets at stairway bathroom. Rotated smaller brown bathroom carpet perpendicular to blue bathroom carpet. No carpet overlapping each other.

*Sep 4. Home air conditioner set to 79 degrees. Turned on early.

*Sep 6. Job trained before breakfast. Forecast daytime high 104 degrees. Lower chance of rolling blackout. Perhaps, new procedure on hot days. Job train first. Eat breakfast second.

*Sep 6. 109 degrees. Hottest day on record.

*Sep 7. 1 + 1 = 6. Wrong thinking.

*Sep 8. A complete water shut off is located at the water meter. The house's green knob doesn't shut off the water completely. The house's red knob shuts off the sprinklers. The red knob is stuck--doesn't turn.

*Sep 9. Dad fixed the shower knob.

*Sep 13. Add more clothes during the early washing stage for the washer. Press Pause/Cancel button once. Wait for Door Locked light to turn off. Open door. Add more clothes. Close door. Press Power button.

*Sep 16. 99% Invisible podcast. Google search. Add :reddit with no spaces between the colon and reddit to search at Reddit for information. For example, favorite books:reddit or greatest books:reddit.

*Sep 21. Reinstall Ubuntu 22.04 multiple times. Failed. Reinstall Ubuntu 20.04.

*Oct 2. Heard strange sounds in the dryer. An object? Turned off dryer. Checked inside. Found a soda can pop opener.

*Oct 4. Exit the house from the garage if the floor at the front door is empty after mopping.

*Oct 9. You loose when you're tired. You win when you're insane. Movie from Cold Eyes.

*Oct 10. Installed new car battery. Clean terminals with fine sand paper. Connect positive terminal first. Negative terminal second. No need to remove the perpendicular bar. Loosen the bar.

*Oct 26. Evoland is the video game RPG history of RPG play, graphics, gameplay, and music.

*Oct 30. Ate cold Milky Way for the first time since 2010.

*Nov 7. Replaced windshield wipers. Passenger side blade crumpled when I touched it.

*Nov 10. Costco sold books. A few New York Times Bestsellers. Children books. Examples include Pigeon Ride Roller Coaster and Odder. I was surprised. Must be Christmas.

*Nov 10. Chevron gas station. Pump problems. Slow filling up. Intuition told me to move myself and wait behind my car just in case of topping off. Nozzle topped off spilling gas.

*Nov 17. Need sharp tool in an emergency. Remove the vehicle's license plate. Sharp straight edge length.

*Nov 21. Use a regular towel instead of paper towels when I anticipate washing my hands multiple times while preparing meals. Save paper towels.

*Nov 21. A self-discovery years ago driving. Open the front driver side window and the rear passenger side window for a diagonal line good air ventilation.

*Nov 27. There are matches inside the light brown ceramic bowl in the family room.

*Nov 28. For Nov 24. Create a label with number sequence from 1 to 0 on my monitor below the Windows task bar. The label assists me in navigating programs or togging programs using the shortcut keys Win+1, Win+2, Win+3, Win+4, . . ., Win+0.

*Dec 7. Under Armour Black Friday order delivered one day early. My dad's Amazon order delivered one minute later. I didn't hear the FedEx trucks even though the window is open. Lucky mom was outside to pick up the packages.

*Dec 17. Take off my indoor jacket when I brush my teeth. Lower the chances my shirts get wet.

*Dec 17. Rewrite summary tips jogging. Shoulder blades slightly back. Easier to breathe. More oxygen in lungs. Head straight up. Look forward. Chin slightly up. Arms slightly touching rib cage. 90 degree angle at elbows; loose first, swing arms additional momentum created like hiking with trekking poles. Twist upper body, too? A little. Strong core. Active core. Efficient hip movement. Land your feet at mid-foot. Forward lean. Don't be too upright. Blogger's note: Not an expert at jogging.

*Dec 21. Drove from Kohl's to Safeway-Winchester Campbell. Driving on the streets was slower than driving on the freeway. All signal lights were red when I arrived at the intersection.

*Dec 21. Ate two donuts for the first meal of the day. Stomach ache. No fried foods for the first meal of the day. One donut should be okay.

*Dec 21. Jog wearing boxer briefs. Stinging pain upper right leg. Solution is shave hair off my upper legs.

The Green Steno Notebook 10

Blogger's note: There are three consecutive Green Steno Notebook blogs. Today is the second of three.

The picture above is the notebook I acquired on the first day of my new white collar job. I wrote notes during my job training. I wrote other notes, reminders, and knowledge thereafter. I share many of them. Here is the tenth blog.

*Aug 25, 2020. Furnace and A/C unit in garage. Furnace on top. A/C condenser on bottom. The power switch is on the left of the unit. Air flows down for the air filter. Top panel removed turns off the unit for safety. The black switch out powers off. The black switch in powers on as long as top panel is inserted.

Used air compressor to air blast A/C unit. Water and some sludge flowed out. The drainage is located to the left of the garden hose in the backyard.

*Sep 8. Don't boil water from the hot water heater. The deposits form the hot water heater are unsafe to drink. The deposits include metallic parts which corrodes water.

*Sep 13. Riichi Mahjong observation. I play online. Players call on dragon tiles and wind tiles early. I might as well discard dragon tiles and wind tiles early. Why did it take me a long time to figure out the problem?

*Sep 20. The Big Short (2015) movie. Use the tabletop game Jenga as a presentation prop. Also, if you don't want to do the deal, then hang up.

*Sep 23. Shower without washing hair. Wash body first. Wash backside second. Wash face third. Shower with washing hair. Wash hair first. Wash face second. Wash body third. Wash backside fourth.

*Oct 11. Listen to 106.5 FM on Sun mornings to keep in touch with today's popular music.

*Oct 12. Rearranged my room. Bookshelves, storage bins, and desk drawers contents. Consolidated desk items. 90% cleaned.

*Oct 18. Dad noticed the ceiling fan blades wabble and shakes when the ceiling fan is on. He checked the screws. Screws are loose. He tighten them.

*Oct 18. Debris on top of my car's intake manifold.

*Oct 22. Accidentally swallowed mouthwash. I lost my concentration.

*Oct 27. Kitchen faucet leaked. Replaced the cartridge.

*Oct 31. G.I. Joe cartoon titled Arise, Serpentor, Arise Part 5 is the episode where the US President knelt in front on Serpentor. "G.I. Joe, why, right here."

*Nov 4. Set aside four white colored socks for my white color workout shirts. These four white color socks and my white color workout shirts tell me it's time to wash my whites.

*Nov 8. Use my florescent desk lamp as additional lightning when I take pictures on my cell phone.

*Nov 13. If I need a rest and there is a folded blanket, then place the folded blanket at the end of my mattress to prop up my legs.

*Nov 24. Clean gutters. Summary. Detach black drainage from downspout at left side of house. Place a ladder on the middle of the roof rafter to sturdy the ladder. If the water is resting on the gutter, then use a hose or fill gutter with water. Shoot water down to downspout. Remove leaves with hand when possible to avoid water on the roof. The roof is designed for water to flow down. Not up.

*Dec 4. For Nov 28. Replacing boot laces. Always buy the laces one size or one unit above. Buy the longer length size laces.

*Dec 14. My dad experienced vertigo. Hospital didn't know the cause. Hospital didn't admit him for an in-patient examination. Dad researched. Found possibilities. Told hospital. Hospital wanted an in-patient examination.

*Jan 12, 2021. hemorrhage: a heavy discharge of blood from the blood vessels; ruptured blood vessel. A rapid or uncontrollable loss or outflow; the loss of assets.

*Jan 16. Toothpaste tube almost out. Squeeze the toothpaste pointing down. Gravity the toothpaste remaining out of tube.

*Jan 26. Jan 2021 feels like Jan 2009; in particular, biggest rain storm of the year with weather warnings. Flood warnings. Wind warnings.

*Feb 16. Bloody nose after I jogged on a cool day. I ate Belvita Chocolate. I suspect chocolate. No chocolate before workout.

*Mar 8. Movie with the stopwatch. Movie is 2 Days In The Valley.

*Mar 11. Denatured alcohol banned in CA. Reason is bad air quality.

*Mar 30. Web articles before the pop-up ad must subscribe to read article. Quickly press Ctrl+A. Then Ctrl+C to copy and paste to Word or a text based program.

*Apr 15. Running land on feet or forefoot or mid-foot instead of heels on ground. Avoid excess stress on Achilles, knees, and calves. Keep legs moving forward. No bouncing. Moving forward longer distance. Blogger's note: Not an expert at jogging.

*Jun 14. Stairway bathroom toilet water main hose burst.

*Jul 8. Neighborhood street lights changed from amber color to LED white color.

*Aug 10. Suggested replace car battery every five years. It's seven years for me because less electronics. I replaced the car battery in 2008 and 2015.

*Aug 24. Interview question. What is culture? My answer is undefined. Culture is an intuitively defined.

*Aug 24. Pre-dream or pre-sleep dream before I went to sleep. I brushed my teeth between pre-sleep and sleep. The pre-dream was my brother and I were at a nearby retail strip mall with a Japanese supermarket. There was an outdoor video arcade with carnival games. Closes at midnight. We exited well before midnight. Mom and dad waited. The four of us drove off in a fire truck. Mom drove. I sat on the driver side rear. We drove south to an indoor shopping mall and strip mall. We shopped inside at 11:45pm. One store was Toys R Us. The Toys R Us looked like a dry cleaners.

*Sep 2. Baking tri-tip. No sizzling. Color is white. Not ready. Color is not brownish. Tri-tip must still be cold inside.

*Sep 9. First time I overwrite an old file to a new file on my new desktop. Old file on my USB drive. New file on my new desktop. I want to backup from my new desktop to my USB drive. I actually incorrectly backup from my USB drive to my desktop.

*Sep 9. The nickel arcade near my neighborhood was Hi-5 Nickel.

*Sep 23. I heard It's All Too Much by The Beatles twice while jogging.

*Oct 22. Headlight restoration. Polishing is more important than applying polish for a clear shine.

*Nov 10. Squirm (1976) is a horror movie involving worms. A childhood horror movie. The Swarm (1978) is deadly bees. Kingdom Of The Spiders (1978) is killer tarantulas.

*Nov 12. Shopping at Safeway. Did price math on my head. I didn't add correctly. Didn't get the extra discount. Don't be lazy. Use a calculator.

*Nov 18. Adam & Eve store. Low inventory. Supply chain problems.

*Dec 1. Home Depot doesn't sell flowers. A Target store may sell flowers.

*Dec 2. Christmas song Christmas In Jail.

*Dec 6. Avoid schools when children are present or when school starts and school ends. Extra driving time because of parents picking up their children and children crossing the street.

*Dec 11. I spilled the boiling water pot filled with vinegar to remove oxidation. I held the pot with my wrists instead of my hand.

*Dec 16. Read my personal bible. Link to download: Inspiration Cheer Up.

*Dec 18. A bloody sock the last two jogs. First time I wore sweatpants jogging. Full moon. Nearby school a neighborhood Christmas celebration. There was a hay ride. Minimal attendance because of COVID-19 Omicron.

Remove fresh blood off clothes. Run cold water from the faucet. Soak cold water with detergent. Repeat soaking if necessary. Soaking 10-12 hours. Hang dry. Best in sun.

*Dec 25. Watched Cowboy Bebop episodes 1-5.

*Jan 1, 2022. For Dec 31, 2021. Everyone has. Not everyone have.

*Jan 9. Wrap towel around my waist. Tuck underneath. Look down at towel wrapped. Wrap down and in.

*Jan 13. The bath scrub brushes sold at Bed Bath & Beyond are different lengths.

*Jan 27. Haircut early afternoon. Jogged after haircut. Full sun. Wore my long sleeve workout shirt and shorts. I forgot to switch my underwear from boxers to jogging briefs.

*Feb 25. Dream last night area with warehouse and industrial buildings. Finished shopping at Costco. Book fundraiser big sale. The catch was a lottery. If you won or chosen in lottery, you purchase books at wholesale prices. Otherwise, you waited. Can't purchase. Most be chosen. Changed from ten winners top of hour to five winners top of the hour and five winters bottom of the hour. Most noted book was Harry Potter first edition Scholastic hardback set volumes 1-7. Initially, I entered warehouse because I saw people buying high-end bedsheets at discount prices.

*Mar 13. Dream professional football quarterback Baker Mayfield and another quarterback fought against each other. Then fought me on a cliff at the high school where I graduated. Then I drove my Toyota Camry out of the high school to an unknown downtown Saturday night before Super Bowl Sunday. There were dancers dancing and wearing masks.

*Mar 14. Another dream people wore masks. Galaktican arcade. There was a public transit station. Bart Simpsons was on a round spinning playground toy. Time passes. Sherri and Terri were on the toy. Some patrons wore masks in the arcade.

*Mar 16. I dreamed last night I was at the west side hills in Fremont, CA. Two entries to enter another dimension black & white colors only. Checkpoints. People can enter or not enter at their will.

*Apr 6. Middlefield Road road trip on bicycles from Sunnyvale, CA to Redwood City, CA. Inspired when I helped my dad with an errand in Menlo Park, CA.

The Green Steno Notebook 9

Blogger's note: There are three consecutive Green Steno Notebook blogs. Today is the first of three.

The picture above is the notebook I acquired on the first day of my new white collar job. I wrote notes during my job training. I wrote other notes, reminders, and knowledge thereafter. I share many of them. Here is the ninth blog.

*Jul 22, 2019. Use a paper towel to remove as much oil off the broil grill before washing. Minimize the chances of a clogged drain.

*Jul 23. Red plastic cups are a kitchen staple.

*Aug 11. Meals contained too much salt. Consumed too much caffeine. Too much adrenaline from today's activities. Combine all three blamed for falling asleep too slowly last night. Playing video games to fall asleep faster last night didn't work.

*Aug 12. adjudicate: to reach a judicial decision on something; to make an official decision.

*Aug 26. The air filter for the home A/C and furnace. The air flows down. The heater is the top. The A/C is the bottom.

Air compressor maintenance. Drain the moisture accumulated inside the tank. Place a towel below the moisture drainage. Recommend wear ear plugs. Turn the red handle below downwards. The towel captures the released moisture. The air compressor filters are black color. Wipe away surface dust. Check oil level at the oil plug near the air filters. Use motor oil. Top level is at the end of the threads or rivets. The copper colored oil can is inside the auto liquids and oil change tools cabinet.

*Aug 31. Left calf sore. I bend my left leg driving after a strenuous physical activity. I should straighten my left leg while driving.

*Sep 7. Sometimes the house is clean when I clean the house. Sometimes the house is dirty when I clean the house. I speculate the windows are open for longer hours. The outside dirt and dust enter the house from the opened windows.

*Sep 20. Forgot my wallet at the gym stationary cycle.

I retrieved my wallet on Sep 21 at 7:05am.

*Sep 23. Purchased a Coke at the supermarket next to the gym. The Coke saved my ass from getting sick.

*Sep 28. I read my personal bible. It was also Steve Jobs day. I read his biography's And One More Thing . . . section. I watched the 60 Minutes interview. I watched the D5 interview with Bill Gates.

*Oct 5. No more protein bars. I don't understand protein bars.

*Oct 6. For Sep 3. If by Bread. A song from the 1970s.

*Oct 10. Begin writing with pencils instead of pens for the Green Steno Notebook. Use both pencils and pens.

*Oct 10. For Oct 1. Air fluff the bathrooms carpets instead of vacuuming. More dust is removed by air.

*Oct 17. A car's battery warning light turned on. Causes can be low battery voltage or alternator stopped charging the battery. The car battery works when the voltage is between 13-14 volts while the engine runs. Replace the battery when the voltage reading is 12 volts or below.

*Oct 19. Use my desk fan to dry the mopped floors faster.

*Oct 21. A channel is missing on the television. Solution is rescan channels.

*Oct 28. I air compress or blast compressed air inside the PSU or Power Supply Unit from my desktop for the first time. Lots of dust removed.

*Nov 3. I felt weak after hiking yesterday. I may have dodged the sickness. Never skip meals. McDonalds is better than nothing.

*Nov 4. Add an empty cup to my daily life items. The daily life items include a can of WD-40, dice, a nickel, and duct tape.

The empty cup is a Bruce Lee wisdom reference. "Emptiness the starting point: In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup. My friend, drop all your preconceived and fixed ideas and be neutral. Do you know why this cup is useful? Because it is empty."

*Nov 7. Use a chopping board to cut bell peppers. I almost cut my left index finger holding the bell paper to save time. I was lazy. I thought of SQL while cutting. Not worth saving time. Use a chopping board.

*Nov 10. My car has disc brakes. Each disk break has two brake pads.

*Nov 14. Create a text file .txt file for a short-term reminder. For example, type "get mail" when I hear the postal worker outside.

*Dec 2. For Nov 24. Warm Belvita tastes good. I toast two pieces of bread. I place Belvita on top of the toast. I read Harry Potter.

*Dec 15. No need to insert my entire hand washing vegetables in a pot full of water. Use my fingers and thumbs only.

*Dec 12. I saw two USPS trucks at Walgreens. I saw two UPS trucks going to the gym.

*Dec 27. Replace the brown color sandals because they hurt my feet with the blue sandals.

*Dec 28. It's the holidays. I play the Harry and Hermione card. I can't concentrate doing homework. I go to sleep. For me, it's take a break job training. Do other productive responsibilities.

*Dec 31. For Dec 29. Use yellow Post-It Notes as appreciation notes. Write "I owe you one beer."

*Jan 6, 2020. Parked in the new Monroe Parking Garage at Valley Fair mall for the first time.

Entered Macys to pay credit card bill. The returns line was long. I looked around. I saw another line for credit card payments. Nobody at the credit card payments line. Paid in seconds.

*Jan 11. West Valley Library Book Sale. More books specialty priced. Highest price was $5.

*Jan 27. No unsafe driving. Night driving on southbound 880 near the 29th Avenue exit. Sudden lane change from second lane to first lane. Don't do it again. Change lanes earlier to avoid sudden changes.

*Jan 29. Old desktop weigh 34.2 pounds. New desktop weigh 29.8 pounds. 4.4 pounds lighter.

Dell laptop 7 pounds and 3 ounces. HP Compaq laptop 6 pounds and 2 ounces. HP Spectre laptop 4 pounds and 11 ounces.

*Feb 2. I forgot to turn on the surround sound for Super Bowl LIV. Dad turned it on.

*Feb 4. A mouth with lots of saliva is a sign of good health, said my dentist.

*Feb 24. The car engine hoses are special made. Take the broken hose to an auto store. Tell the store the car make and model. The auto shop sells the replacement hose.

*Mar 6. Don't eat tomatoes on a physical workout day.

*Mar 23. There is a significant difference between one teaspoon and one tablespoon.

*Apr 8. Seinfeld episode titled The Old Man in Season 4. Foreplay suggestion: forbidden pleasure.

*Apr 10. My mom favors higher prices when she purchases New York steak on sale. The pieces are better cuts.

*Apr 22. My parents rescued a lost cockatiel.

*Apr 27. Bank checks are valid for six months.

*Apr 29. Classic radio station KDFC consecutively played the E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Main Theme by John Williams and Four Seasons-Spring by Antonio Vivaldi. The E.T. song was my ringtone. The Four Seasons-Spring was my connecting receive phone call song.

*Apr 30. There is a difference between steelhead fish and salmon fish. Reminder. Always look at the label.

*May 8. Add panty hose to my survival backpack.

*May 10. Add nonlubricated condoms to my survival backpack. Bright colors are a plus.

*May 17. Stopped eating oatmeal.

*May 18. For May 16. Begin replacing cups to brush teeth weekly.

*May 29. A procedure to drain the hot water heater to prolong the lifespan. Lower the temperature. Connect the hose. Drain water inside a bucket to remove as much sentiment as possible. Use multiple buckets. Point the hose down. The hose is along the side of the bucket to minimize splash.

*Jun 1. Begin cleaning rice by leaving the water in the rice bowl for a minimum of 30 minutes. Minium 60 minutes is better.

*Jun 15. Local newspaper bill is $350.00 for six months. Four days of newspaper delivery. Household choose no renewing.

*Jun 19. Last day of newspaper is Jan 9, 2021.

*Jul 20. Add empty coffee can and matches to the wisdom items. Include two dice, teapot, nickel, dust tape, painter's tape, and WD-40. Reference entry dates Dec 15, 2018, Dec 16, 2018, and May 19, 2019.

*Jul 24. Went back to use shaving gel when I shave for the second twice against the grain.

*Jul 24. Solved a Grandmaster level in Microsoft Solitare.

*Aug 6. Add a rock hammer. Reference Instant Bullets blog Mar 15, 2020. WD-40, nickel, duct tape, blue painter's tape, teapot, coffee pot, matches, and dice.

*Aug 10. The car's parking brake is located at the rear wheels. Not both front wheels and rear wheels.

*Aug 14. Wash the three bathroom carpets. Quick wash setting. Spin cycle extra fast. Air dry in the backyard on top of buckets. Best on a hot day.

*Aug 14. High temperature 103 degrees.

*Aug 19. Searched for a movie on IMDb. The search criteria was IMDb Most Popular Water Storage Movies and TV Shows. Movie I found is Badlands 2005.

*Aug 24. Best must-have products under $100: some female products better than male products for men; some male products better than female products for women; Shop Vac; step ladder; king size blanket for a queen size bed; and safety razors.

The Cabin Air Filter Continued

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Finish posting the clogged cabin air filter from my car pics. I remember a family ornament gifted from a neighbors couple decades ago. Walked inside a Christmas maze and topside a pirate ship for the first time. I reference the different types of work gloves. I use a staple removal tool the shape of a pen. I saw a dog park for which no leashes on dogs for the first time.

Instant Bullets Blog Mar 3, 2025

*Zombo.com is a joke webpage from the George Washington University Center For Professional Development in 1999. Zombo.com consists of one page with a title and animation of seven colorful discs. There is an audio clip welcoming the visitor to "Zombo com."

*Round Up by Sam Spence. Selections from Autumn Thunder. 40 Years of NFL Films Music.

*Jazlyn "Jazzy" Guerra aka iamjazzysworldtv interviews Mike Tyson. Tyson fought social media star Jake Paul.

"Well, I don’t know. I don’t believe in the word legacy. I just think that's another word for ego. Legacy doesn't mean nothing. That's just some word everybody grabbed onto. Someone said that word, and everyone grabbed on the words, and now it's used every five seconds. It means absolutely nothing to me. I'm just passing through. I'mma die, and it's gonna be over. Who cares about legacy after that? What a big ego. So I'm gonna die. I want people to think that I'm this, I'm great. I'm, no. We're nothing. We're just dead. We're dust. We're absolutely nothing. Our legacy is nothing."

*Board Game Geek Forum topic Why I Got Rid Of It discussed board games the original poster removed from his collection.

*World's Shortest And Tallest Women In 2024. Rumeysa Gelgi from Turkey is 7 foot tall. Jyoti Amge from India is 2 foot and 3/4 inch tall.

*[I] told me kids they were allowed to hit each other once per day so they should really think it through and not waste their one hit and now they're calmly discussing when might be the best time to hit each other (but the actual hitting has stopped, I'm a genius).

*Financial markets from the textbook and financial markets from real life.

*visceral: 2 relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect; emotions over intelligence; instinctive. 1 relating to the viscera or internal organs in a body.

*leeway: the amount of freedom to move or act that is available. An allowable margin of freedom or variation; tolerance.

*Epididymal Hypertension. Aching or painful testicles. Some people may experience the pain after sexual arousal not ending in orgasm. Blue balls is a slang term. A cummy ache.

*The Emperor's New Clothes. A slang term expressing when many people believe something that is not true. To express something as untrue.

A Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale published in 1837. A vain emperor was obsessed with new clothes. Two con artists tricked the emperor they made clothes out of fabric visible to those worthy. In other words, the con artists made no new clothes or made nothing. The emperor wore fake clothes which was nothing while the subjects remained silent to avoid being thought of a fool.

*Kevin Durant's Advice To Victor Wembanyama Phoenix Suns Durant said to San Antonio Spurs Wembanyama after Wembanyama suffered from deep vein thrombosis or a blood clot on his right shoulder ending Wembanyama's 2024-2025 NBA season.

"Just be patient, and that's the most you can do. You can't get back on the court. Being upset about it is not gonna do much for you. You know, so get in tune with yourself a little bit more, and maybe go find some new Legos to put together, read a couple new books, and then when you know it's time to get back on the court to start working out and stuff, lock in. I think he'll be fine. You know, it's tough mentally not playing the game, but you know when you understand what's ahead and focus on each and every day, it'll make it a little easier."

*Old Shirts. Remove the buttons before throwing away, recycling, or using as rags.

*It's better to aim high and miss than aim low and hit. Agree or disagree?

*The US population is separated by 10% radical left, 10% radical right, 70% too busy to care, and 10% love to fight. Agree or disagree?

*A Block Of Clay. Create something your way. Make something to match your desire.

Throwback Blog: Get Up And Do Something, Anything

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 Get Up And Do Something, Anything written on Jul 21, 2012. I created a life motto "Get out and do something, anything" on the day I grew up on Oct 4, 2008. Sometimes do something, anything is indoors. I changed the life motto to "Get up and do something, anything." More people discover there are plenty of productive somethings and enlighten anythings indoors in today's Information Age and today's economy. A balance life of indoors and outdoors is unnecessary; however, people shouldn't spend all the time either indoors or outdoors.

Furthermore, get up communicates to people to get up from bed or get up from the chair to live life.

There is 5-6 weeks remaining in the summer. School and college begin soon it's like one blink of an eye and classes start. There is still time to take a vacation for the full time workers. The year is going by fast. I hope everyone has done something special. It can be a big trip or a few small moments. Never settle on one small exciting day. Never wait for something to happen.

I changed my life motto from "Get Out And Do Something, Anything" to "Get Up and Do Something, Anything." I changed the word "out" to "up" because I wanted to imply people can have a good life indoors; however, a balance life of indoors and outdoors should be achieved. Some of my favorite indoor activities are working out in the gym, listening to music, ballroom dancing, and reading. Some of my favorite outdoor activities are hiking, visiting new places, and shopping.

Get up and do something, anything. Stop sitting on the chair or lying down on the bed. Find a new adventure. Meet new people. Read a book. Rent a classic movie on DVD. Eat something new. Walk around new places. Improve a part of you. Start fulfilling your to-do list. This blog is a solution to stop being lazy. Find happiness and joy in your life today.

De Anza Fall 2010 Note: Going off topic to end this blog, I realized one of my key for my most successful quarter was my Accounting 86 class. The instructor assigned homework on the fourth week. The first 3 weeks I settled in and concentrated on my other classes more difficult than Accounting 86.

Random Knowledge Or Random Trivia February 2025 Part 1

Blogger's note: I'm years behind sharing. There are two parts for Feb 2025. Today is part 1 of 2.

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.

AT&T announces deal to spin off DirecTV into new company owed by . . . AT&T. AT&T acknowledged that its DirecTV purchase didn't work out as planned. Article Feb 2021.

Best Buy lays off 5,000 workers as it shifts focus to online sales. Best Buy said its recent changes are an effort to adjust to this new market reality. Traditional stores aren't going away. Traditional stores are becoming less important. Article Feb 2021. True today?

mascot gets fed up with female supporter. Jacksonville Jaguars mascot Jaxson De Ville throws a birthday cake to a Houston Texans fan.

Hi my name is Evelyn, I was born with two vaginas (2 completely independent reproductive systems), I was a high class independent escourt[sic] for 8 years and used one vagina for "work" and saved one for my personal life. I don't think that counts as cheating. Ask me anything!

Cut or rip the strings on your disposable masks. Masks go into landfills & the strings can get caught on animals and hurt them.

non sequitur: an inference or a conclusion which does not follow from the premises. A statement containing an illogical conclusion. It does not follow.

Brain cells form connections with each other in a culture dish.

hedonist: a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.

Intel, Nvidia, TSMC, execs agree: Chip shortage could last into 2023. No chip shortage today.

Zookeepers of Reddit, what's the low-down dirty, inside scoop on zoos?

Overthinkers of Reddit, what unlikely scenario actually came true that you were completely prepared for because you are an overthinker?

Azaria Chamberlain. A dingo ate a couple's baby while camping in Australia. The mother, Lindy Chamberlain, was sentenced to life in prison for the murder. The baby's clothes were found near a dingo lair three years later. Lindy was released. The Seinfeld TV series The Stranded episode referenced the dingo ate her baby. A dingo is a wild dog in Australia.

Woman released a wild animal from a trap. She was protected with a shield. It appeared to be a bear.

Inside Japan’s CAPSULE Tower | 140 TINY Tokyo Apartments. Inside Japan's capsule tower with 140 tiny apartments.

A tumor is a mass or lump of tissue that may resemble swelling. A tumor is a morbid enlargement which results from an overabundance of cell growth and division; normally cells grow and divide to produce new cells in a controlled and orderly manner. Tumors may be benign or not cancer. Benign tumors may grow large and not spread into nearby tissues. Tumors may be malignant or cancer. Malignant tumors can spread into nearby tissues.

Now the chip shortage is being exacerbated by a labor shortage. Article Aug 2021. Not true today?

Kawhi Leonard laugh as NBA on NBC theme song.

impertinent: not showing proper respect; rude. Not pertinent to a particular matter; irrelevant.

impertinence: lack of respect; rudeness

Challenging sex positions from Sex With Emily.

Thugs - Saturday Night Live. SNL did a skit on the opposite of the TV show COPS. A video crew recording crooks committing crimes. Martin Lawrence, the late Phil Hartman, Rob Schneider, and Norm McDonald.

Local sushi place deterred graffiti in the bathroom.

A One And A Half Inch Paint Brush Is Useful

My dad is a self-trained handyman. His handyman skills include woodworking, electrical, plumbing, painting, and automotive. He assisted a family friend for interior painting. They supplied painting equipment for each other. My dad and his friend used a 1.5 inch painting brush for the first time in their lives. I asked a question after he told me the story, "You should have purchased the 1.5 inch decades ago." My dad said he had no need.

There is irony from a hardware technology point of view. My dad kept serial port cables, parallel port cables, USB-A cables, keyboards with the keyboard jack, mouses with the mouse jack, power cables, stereo cables, and landline phone cables. My dad was in no position to say he had no need for a 1.5 inch paint brush.

Everyone relates to the above story. There is always an open pouch for a new object in the toolbelts. The arsenal stocking up on something new is infinite. Upgrades, replacements, and strengthening never stops. There are exceptions such as duct tape. Sometimes the old school is still valid today. It's a judgment call.

Equipment, Knowledge Or Training, And Personnel

A standard formula for success is the proper equipment, correct knowledge or good training, and personnel behaving as a team. A trained person can substitute personnel behaving as a team if the situation is a single person. For instance, I self-trained with a new desktop PC, finalized job training schedules, and choosing the correct technology skills to train from Jan 2020 to Mar 2024. The end result was a Self Job Training Graduation Analytics Research Technology on Apr 19, 2024. An obvious example is developing children in a family. The parents provide the equipment such as clothes, books, and meals. The children are taught the ABCs and 123s by a good teacher. The children's personnel are their parents providing guidance and nurturing.

A personal belief is never stop innovating--innovate infinitely. Innovate infinitely applies to tools, accessories, equipment, and supplies.

Personal Reminders To End 2023

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Khan Noonien Singh read Moby-Dick in exile. A cash register is needed to buy household necessities, lighters, and breakfast cereal. Fear is a natural response seeing a dinosaur wearing a Christmas hat. No fear needed remembering the 1980s. All bad restaurants eventually close. Learn vocabulary shipping words.

Update On A Past Blog

A reminder for everyone including myself. My opinion on finding a number one person is Be Strong, Be Useful, Strong Self-Esteem All Relationships written on Jul 27, 2020. My opinion on being a number one person is the same answer. Be strong. Be useful. Self-esteem is high. Be smart and be wise can be included.

Learn Something Everyday

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Today we learn some homeless people are happy, seal by the side front, some libraries sell used books outside their libraries, some mosquitos are geniuses, sober people are safer than drunken people, give king size candy bars for thoughtful gifts, pet friendly insect traps, all retail stores profit from Halloween, fix a toilet bowl leak, and don't pay full price for a small bag of potato chips.

Update On A Past Blog

The blog Homeless Encampment Eviction Day Real Story on Mar 23, 2024 for which the YouTube comments told the real story instead of the television news story reminded me of the blog The Person Wants No Help written on Mar 24, 2015. Some of the homeless people want no help. The first pic in today's blog is another viewpoint on homeless people. There are happy homeless people.

Reading Books Reinforce Centuries Life Lessons

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I posted pics of pages from good books I read. Good knowledge. Good wisdom. Good smarts. Books are great indoors during cool windy days. I can go back in time to watch classic anime series drinking a Coke.