Shelter In-Place COVID-19 Blog May 2026

California issued shelter in-place orders on Tue Mar 17, 2020. I have been logging the highlights and lowlights. May was the fastest month of 2026. The COVID-19 headline was some people qualify for COVID-19 era IRS tax refunds which must be filed before Jul 10. Ebola outbreaks in the African countries Democratic Republic Of Congo and Uganda.

Tue May 5. Shopped at Nob Hill first thing in the morning.

The Food And Drug Administration (FDA) blocked a publication supporting vaccine safety for COVID-19 and shingles. Scientists analyzed millions of patient records. The serious side effects were very rare. Vaccines saved millions of lives. The publication was blocked because the author's conclusions didn't support the data. The conclusions were flawed.

Thur May 7. Errands at Bank Of America, AAA, Microcenter, and Barnes & Noble.

The USA monitored US residents who traveled the MV Hondius cruise ship. Arizona, California, Georgia, Texas, and Virginia reported travelers aboard the ship. No symptoms shown. No cases documented.

Three people died, three suspected infections, and five other confirmed cases at the MV Hondius. The outbreak started at a birdwatching expedition from Argentina to Cape Verde.

Dutch Health Ministry officials said a flight attendant working with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines was hospitalized and tested for Hantavirus. A Dutch woman died after contracting the Hantavirus being a passenger on the flight from Johannesburg, South Africa to Amsterdam.

The Hantavirus is a rodent-borne virus; in particular, the Andes virus strain can transmit human-to-human. The virus starts with flu-like symptoms including fever, fatigue, muscle aches, diarrhea, and vomiting. The virus can be severe. The virus can be a deadly respiratory infection. There is no vaccine. The Center For Disease Control (CDC) said the death rate is between 30% and 40%.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said risk to the general public is low. There is no global outbreak. The incubation period is up to six weeks.

Wed May 13. CIA whistleblower James Erdman III testified at the Senate Homeland Security Committee. He said Dr. Anthony Fauci influenced intelligence about the origins of COVID-19 at a laboratory in China. There was a cover up. The virus leaking from a lab was downplayed. The intelligence focused on animals being the origin.

Fri May 15. Shopped at Lucky first thing in the morning. All the people who wore masks were Asians.

Sun May 17. Shopped at Costco. Nobody wore masks. I continued wearing my two masks.

Thur May 21. I watched part of the Paul McCartney interview to the end of the last The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

Sun May 24. Shopped at Nob Hill.

Wed May 27. Thunderstorms with pea sized hail.

Sat May 30. Ate lunch at The Olive Garden.

Three Random Lists

Blogger's note: The three lists below were initially part of the Instant Bullets Blog Sep 10, 2025. The lists were too long to be their instant bullets. I separated the three lists as their own blog.

*A Person's Name Says More Than People Think. The following actors and actresses changed their names. Source: Who was/is forced to hide their ethnicity to make it in Hollywood? from Reddit.

*Margarita Carmen Cansino was Rita Hayworth. Half Irish and half Spanish.
*Helen Lydia Mironoff is Helen Mirren. Half English and half Russian.
*Ramon Antonio Gerald Estevez is Martin Sheen. Half Irish and half Spanish.
*Carlos Irwin Estevez is Charlie Sheen.
*Issur Herschelevitch Danielovitch was Kirk Douglas.
*Kemal Amen Kasem was Casey Kasem. Lebanese.
*Jameel Joseph Farah is Jamie Farr. Lebanese.
*Farrokh Bomi Bulsara was Freddie Mercury. Parsi.
*Krishna Pandit Bhanji is Ben Kingsley. Half English and half Indian.
*Chloe Michelle Wang is Chloe Bennet. Half Caucasian and half Chinese.
*Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff was Doris Day.
*Dino Paul Crocetti was Dean Martin.
*Natalie Zacharenko was Natalie Wood. Russian and Ukrainian descent.
*George Kyriacos Panayiotou is George Michael. Half English and half Greek.
*Jennifer Ellen Chan is Jennifer Tilly. Half Caucasian and half Chinese.
*Eric Marlon Bishop is Jamie Foxx.
*Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson was Merle Oberon. Welsh and Ceylonese descent. Ceylonese is now Sir Lankan.
*Jo Raquel Tejada was Raquel Welch. Bolivian.
*Linda Jean Cordova Carter is Lynda Carter. English, French, Irish, and Spanish descent.
*Catherine Bachman is Catherine Bach. Half German and half Mexican.

*What are some things younger gamers don't understand today? Source: Gamers 30+, what's something from "back in your day" that younger gamers today wouldn't understand from Reddit.

*Clean the wheels from the mouse's ball.
*Buy a game because of the box art and description.
*Demonstration discs in gaming magazines.
*No streamers and no internet to find game secrets.
*Blow air in cartridges.
*Wipe a CD on your shirt.
*Multiple floppy disks or multiple CDs to install a video game.
*Set the channel to channel 3 on a television set to play consoles.
*Change discs to continue playing a game.
*Read instruction manuals before playing the game.
*No patches.
*Character passwords to restore or to continue games.
*Need the manual to look up a password or answer a question to continue installing a game.
*Can't play online because parents expect a phone call.
*The GameShark and the Game Genie.
*Browse the video rental store to rent video games.
*Trip over a controller cord.
*Lose memory cards.
*Draw dungeon maps on graph paper.
*Load a game from cassettes.

*The BoardGameGeek Hall Of Fame. The following 25 games are the first inductees to the BoardGameGeek Hall Of Fame to celebrate their 25th anniversary. The hall of fame focuses on modern board games. Classic games such as Chess, Backgammon, Go, and traditional 52-card games are excluded. Source: The BoardGameGeek Hall Of Fame.

1. 1830: Railways & Robber Barons
2. 7 Wonders
3. Acquire
4. Agricola
5. Brass: Lancashire
6. Carcassonne
7. The Castles Of Burgundy
8. Catan
9. Caylus
10. Civilization
11. Concordia
12. Cosmic Encounter
13. Diplomacy
14. Dominion
15. El Grande
16. Magic: The Gathering
17. Pandemic
18. Power Grid
19. Ra
20. Race For The Galaxy
21. Terra Mystica
22. Through The Ages: A New Story Of Civilization
23. Ticket To Ride
24. Tigris & Euphrates
25. Twilight Struggle

Update On A Past Blog

The Weekly Show With Jon Stewart podcast interviewed Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin on Sep 25, 2025. Stewart admitted in the post-interview the podcast was a hard listen. The Democratic leadership is weak. YouTube video WANTED: Democratic Leadership with DNC Chair Ken Martin | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart.

The interview reminded me of the blog The Democrats Are Unhappy They Won written on Sep 8, 2025. I listed past major victories including Obamacare, DEI Diversity Equity Inclusion, and more people earning higher incomes. I add the Democrats are on different pages. There are too many goals. The Democrats are too divided. The Democrats are too diluted. The Democrats are too spread out. The Democrats fail to maintain their victories at the minimum.

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.

Random Knowledge Or Random Trivia February 2025 Part 2

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

My Favorite Announcer Calls In NFL History and My Favorite Announcer Calls in NFL History | Part 2.

Hiring managers ask for three references from the job candidate. The job candidate responds by asking the hiring manager for three happy co-worker references.

Say Goodbye To Missionary And Hello To Lotus.

Turkey In The Straw for the Murphy's Oil soap commercial. Turkey In The Straw (First Version 1942). Folk Songs - Turkey In The Straw. Murphy's Oil Soap commercial.

When we sleep, waves of spinal fluid wash over the brain to remove waste.

A military litter is a military stretcher carried on a backpack. A litter is a stretcher or basket shaped to accommodate an adult for search and rescue operations. The person is strapped making safe evacuation possible.

Define women. The correct response is I can't answer the question.

What's the biggest Scam in life that no one wants to admit?

A new study untangles why sunscreen is killing coral reefs and the chemical reactions at play just below the surface.

catharsis: purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art, writing, theater, or music; spiritual renewal or release from tension.

Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger on romance and dating in the modern age. "When [women are] not being treated right, they'll often still stick around and keep seeing each other, hoping [men] will change like they were at the beginning of their relationship. As women, we're taught to be polite and service the man. My mom programmed me to be like that and I had to work to break that programming. People are afraid to do that! If their needs are not met, get out!"

"For women, she may not find him cute initially and then goes on the date and comes back with 'I can fix that! And I really liked him as a person.' A man will never want to get 'fixed' because men and women are different animals. I know women will grow into a relationship, but a man will know in a second."

Card game Thirty-One. Wiki link for instructions.

A navy SEAL Reveals How To Survive An Active Shooter.

Bear hits himself in the nuts.

Eichler Homes. Joseph Eichler partnered with progressive and respected architects and architectural firms to build more than 10,300 modernist Eichler homes between 1950 and 1974. The Eichler homes were easily discernable by their open floor plans and floor-to-ceiling glass which help blurred the line between indoor and outdoor living. Wiki Joseph Eichler.

Bruce Lee videos. Bruce Lee 1965 Interview with Chinese and English subtitles. Bruce Lee Interview With Pierre Berton 1971. Bruce Lee 1965 Interview Original.

What are some real but crazy facts that could save your life?

Get In The Fucking Robot Shinji is a catchphrase from the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. Shinji Ikari refused to pilot the giant mecha Evangelion Unit 01. The phrase has been used to refer to characters that are forced to do stuff they dislike while mentally weak to decline.

superficial: existing or occurring at or on the surface. Appearing to be the true or real only until examined more closely.

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.

Less Play And More Maturity

The education systems are correct when it comes to free time. There are playgrounds at elementary schools kindergarten to fifth grade. The children play before school starts, recess, and lunch hour. There are no playgrounds at junior high schools and high schools. The students socialize around the halls or complete homework assignments before school starts, break, and lunch hour. Some students play school athletics after school which is their physical activity; although, I played touch football and basketball in the mornings and lunch hours in my junior high years. I don't know if today's junior high students play any athletics during their mornings and lunch hours. An exception is students arrive at school minutes before classes start.

Students who start junior high school and students who start high school for the first time should immediately experience a maturity moment. Less play. Less goofing off. It's another step to become an adult. It's a moment to take life more seriously. There is more homework. There are more exams. There are more people to meet. There are more social activities. There are more mistakes. There are more lessons. Schoolwork and gatherings replace watching Sesame Street television. Reading books with pictures are stopped. Grown up books are read using their brains for pictures. The children toys, children music, and children games begin to collect dust. The play toys time is learning Algebra. Music is anything else such as rock, classical, and hip-hop. Chutes And Ladders and Candy Landy board games are changed to Settlers Of Catan and poker. The children are growing up.

Shelter In-Place COVID-19 Blog July 2024

California issued shelter in-place orders on Tue Mar 17, 2020. I have been logging the highlights and lowlights. I got sick. I tested negative. Nobody else got sick. Nobody else tested positive. Almost nobody wore masks to minimize the chances of getting infected. I continued wearing my masks. The summer surge continued.

Mon Jul 1. The Center For Disease Control (CDC) reported cases increased in 43 states due to the FLiRT variant.

Tue Jul 2. First day temperatures were over 100 degrees in 2024.

Wed Jul 3. The CDC said a similar variant to FLiRT called LB.1 with an additional mutation is rising. LB.1 represented 17.5% of cases.

Thur Jul 4. Watched episodes of the original The Twilight Zone on Heroes & Icons' Rod White And Blue marathon.

Sun Jul 7. Second gentleman Doug Emhoff tested positive for COVID-19. Vice President Kamala Harris tested negative.

Fri Jul 12. At least 50% of the states reported high or very high levels of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes COVID-19 in their wastewater testing. The western states worsen in the past month. The number of emergency room patients with COVID-19 increased 115% since Jun 2024 and reached Feb 2024 levels. However, the positive case numbers increase was below the peak positive case numbers during the early years of the pandemic. The summer surge trend was consistent with previous summer surge trends. The source was from the CDC.

Sat Jul 13. Went to my local library and shopped at Daiso.

Sun Jul 14. The Tour De France required masks for race organization staff, media, and guests when they're in contact with racers and their staff. Multiple racers withdrew because they tested positive.

Wed Jul 17. Shopped at Costco and Lucky first thing in the morning. Very little people wore masks.

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19. Biden isolated himself in Delaware.

Thur Jul 18. The CA Department Of Public Health reported the levels at all wastewater monitoring sites in the Bay Area were elevated.

Sat Jul 20. The CDC reported the KP.3 variant dominated the COVID-19 cases at 32.9%. The KP.3.1.1 variant accounted for 17.7% cases. The combined 50.6% of cases ranged from Jul 7 to Jul 20. CA, NV, AZ, and HI were the largest positivity rates from Jul 6 to Jul 13.

Wed Jul 24. Five women from the Australian water polo team tested positive at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. A statement on COVID-19 stated athletes experiencing respiratory symptoms to wear a mask, limit contacts, and wash hands or use hand sanitizer.

Fri Jul 26. British Columbia, Canada ended the COVID-19 public health emergency. The emergency was declared on Mar 17, 2020. It's still mandatory for health-care workers, doctors, nurses, volunteers, and contractors in public health care facilities to disclose all immunization statuses including COVID-19.

Mon Jul 29. CA wastewater levels surpassed 2022 levels which indicate a worsening spread of COVID-19. Outpatient treatment increased. Fortunately, hospitalization rates were low. The FLiRT variants caused the summer surge; in particular, the KP.3.1.1 variant.

The CDC said wastewater samples from 37 states and the District Of Columbia reported high or very high levels of the coronavirus. CA was one of the 37 states with a 93% of the 2022 summer levels. There were no indications of a decrease in coronavirus levels. The CA positive rate was 13.8%. The CA highest level positive rate was 13.1% in summer 2023.

Medical experts recommended people with respiratory symptoms or cold symptoms to get tested. There are still people dying for COVID-19 in the hundreds weekly. There are still people who get long COVID.

Wed Jul 31. Shopped at Smart & Final and Costco. Costco was busy during the lunch hour. Very little people wore masks.

Instant Bullets Blog Sep 23, 2023

*2 X 0 = 0. Double nothing results in nothing.

*Combat The Snitch Economy. A secret shopper doesn't rat out the employees. He or she gets paid to eat and always gives a positive review.

*Condoms are 98% effective. Condoms are 2% ineffective. Prevent the 2% failure rate. Don't ejaculate inside a woman wearing a condom. Pull out the penis before ejaculating inside the condom. It's better than unplanned pregnancies. No birth control is 100% effective.

Further, condoms are one time use. Use once. Throw away.

*Open the windows. Close the windows. Summer season. The house is cooler inside. The weather is hotter outside. Windows close. On the other hand, the house is hotter inside. The weather is cooler outside. Windows open.

Winter season. The house is warmer inside. The weather is cooler outside. Windows close. The house is cooler inside. The weather is warmer outside. Windows open. It's a judgement call.

*The Perfect Bid. Watch The Price Is Right Documentary on the Showcase Showdown perfect bid. The documentary explains the truth when Terry Kniess bided perfectly on his showcase with help from Ted Slauson in 2008. The documentary is free with ads on YouTube Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much.

*virile: having strength, full of energy, and a strong sex drive. Pronounced ve-ril. For example, some women find bald men quite virile.

*Steve Jobs: Some people say, "Give the customers want they want." But that's not my approach. Our job is to figure out what they're going to want before they do. I think Henry Ford once said, "If I'd asked customers what they wanted, they would have told me, 'A faster horse!'" People don't know what they want until you show it to them. That's why I never rely on market research. Our task is to read things that are not yet on the page." The quote is from Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson on page 567.

*premeditated: an action thought out or planned beforehand. Full conscious willful intent and a measure of forethought and planning. Thought of or planned before being done. Planned in advance with a purpose; no accident. Done deliberately. Planned in advanced. Planned. Calculated. Deliberate.

*Christmas One Week Later. My acceptance to the families celebrating Christmas one week later. These families are poor. These families take advantage of the after Christmas sales. No right or wrong.

*Teenage Pregnancies. Here are some YouTube videos on teen pregnancies: I Think I'm Having A Baby Abc Afterschool Special Full, Some Girls (1987 documentary on teenage pregnancy), Teenage Pregnancy in the 1950s, and When Teens Get Pregnant (1982).

*I Heart Trivia. There are four chambers in the human heart. Listen to Neil Young - Heart of Gold (Official Audio) by Neil Young. Christiaan Barnard performed the first successful human-to-human heart transplant. Sisters Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson are members of the band Heart.

*The Renaissance. The renaissance short definition is rebirth or revival. Michaelangelo created the statue David between 1501 and 1504. Leonardo da Vinci is considered the most diversely talented person. Venus is standing on a seashell in The Birth Of Venus by Sandro Botticelli.

Oregon Ducks Head Coach Dan Lanning's pregame speech before defeating the Colorado Buffaleos 42-6 The Cinderella story is OVER! - Dan Lanning's speech before Oregon vs. Colorado. "This game ain't gonna be played in Hollywood, it's gonna be played on the grass."

Selected The Price Is Right YouTube Videos Bob Barker Era

Television game show host Bob Barker past away on Aug 26, 2023 at the age of 99. Barker hosted Truth Or Consequences and The Price Is Right. I watched The Price Is Right during my summer vacations from grade school and when I'm sick on school days. Here are some of my favorite Price Is Right pricing games.

Punch-A-Bunch. Contestants punch a hole to reveal a winning cash paper.

EPIC Price Is Right gamble! It pays off BIG! Bryan ignores his wife to give up $5,000. Watch Bob Barker's poker face. Complete video Punchboard $5,000.

Sweet Senior Is Shocked When She Wins $10,000 Playing PUNCH-A-BUNCH! - The Price Is Right 1984. Watch Bob Barker's poker face on her first punch.

Sound the Alarm! TPIR Contestant Wins $10K Playing Punch-A-Bunch! - The Price Is Right 1985. The contestant's reaction is shaking.

Fun Contestant Wins $10K With First Punch Playing PUNCH-A-BUNCH! - The Price Is Right 1983. The contestant dances a winner.

Shell Game. Contestants guess where the ball is hidden under a shell.

A "Dirty Rotten Trick"/cheat on playing Shell Game -- The Price is Right. The contestant cheats and gets away with it.

Three Strikes. Contestants draw numbers to the price of the car or strikes from a bag.

Wow! TPIR Contestant Makes History Winning 3 STRIKES Without a Strike! - The Price Is Right 1984. The contestant draws numbers only with many miss guesses.

Contestant Makes TPIR History When She Plays a PERFECT GAME of 3 STRIKES! - The Price Is Right 1984. A perfect game no strikes and no miss guesses.

The Price is Right - Jonathon Berg PAINFULLY LOSES "3 Strikes"! (Friday, May 12, 2000). Contestant doesn't win the $41K Lincoln Town Car last number after drawing five consecutive numbers even with the one strike chip rule.

The Price is Right: April 2, 2004 (Longest playing of 3 Strikes!). The UCSC Banana Slug student doesn't win the $40K Lincoln LS after drawing many numbers and guessing many times even with the one strike chip rule. Time stamped.

Race Game. Contestants place the correct prices on four prizes in 45 seconds.

The Price Is Right Super Fan Quickly Beats RACE GAME While In Heels! - The Price Is Right 1983. Wearing heels!

Savvy Contestant Gets Four Prices Right on First Try During RACE GAME! - The Price Is Right 1984. Contestant guesses correctly the first time.

The Price is Right - Pregnant Race Game Perfection!. Nothing to worry. Victory in 9 seconds.

Switcheroo. Contestants insert blocks with numbers to complete the price for five prizes.

TPIR Contestant Goes For EVERY PRIZE While Playing SWITCHEROO - The Price Is Right 1983. Contestant takes a chance with three correct to win all five prizes.

The Price is Right 99 Year Old Contestant. The contestant played Switcheroo with a broken timer.

Other Videos

One of the Worst The Price Is Right Players Ever. The dumbest contestant wins Ten Chances. My all-time favorite.

The Price is Right - Little Sweet Surprise. A five year old boy from MA is given gifts which includes 1980s GoBots and Transformers Dinobots.

Richard Nixon And Watergate Previews Donald Trump And The 2020 Election

Former President Richard Nixon conspired to cover up a break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Office Building in Washington, D.C. on Jun 17, 1972. The burglars intended to install wiretaps. 48 of the 69 people indicted were convicted. Nixon's Watergate scandal was a Mickey Mouse juvenile crime compared to former President Donald Trump's 2020 Election interference.

Here are five YouTube videos on Watergate. These videos may be considered previews, foreshadowing, forecasting, and predicting Trump's future being indicted four times as of Aug 14, 2023.

President Nixon's First Watergate Speech (April 30, 1973)

From the CBS News Archive: Roger Mudd Watergate Special Report

Richard Nixon's resignation speech

John Ehrlichman: The 60 Minutes Watergate Interview (1973)

From the archives: Nixon officials found guilty in 1975 Watergate cover-up trial

All Is Ready Cue The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Show Opening Theme

Click CBS Bugs Bunny Road Runner show open 1979 to watch the YouTube video. Click bugs bunny road runner show opening to search for variation openings.

Overture, curtain, lights
This is it, the night of nights
No more rehearsing and nursing a part
We know every part by heart
Overture, curtain, lights
This is it, we'll hit the heights
And oh what heights we'll hit
On with the show this is it.

Tonight what heights we'll hit.
On with the show, this is it.

There is nothing more to add. Research completed. Knowledge learned. Set-up is done. Everything acquired. Preparation accomplished. The i's are dotted. The t's are crossed. Drills are mastered. Practices checked off. The teacher taught everything. The student takes the pebble from the teacher's hand. The present is now. This is it.

Update On A Past Blog

Follow the patterns. People who live long enough realize the Same Shit. Different Day. Everything Happens. blog written on Jul 28, 2021 is 100% true. Follow the patterns everyday. An additional wisdom is go back to the past. Find the source. Learn from the source. Get to the root of the cause.

A Daily Dose Of Novocain

Today's Information Age we get any information on the internet in seconds. Too much information is available in seconds. Easy access. News feeds are 24/7. Information feeds are 24/7. Social media feeds are 24/7. 98% of all feeds are garbage. Novocain is administered. Useless facts. Useless information. Nothing learned. Nothing improved. Moreover, dissatisfaction increases there is a desire for more information hoping to quell the dissatisfaction. Brain cells are destroyed. My IQ drops. The causality is too much Novocain. The Novocain habit I accidentally miss reading important news, information, and knowledge.

Reading is tiring. Additional mental energy is required to ignore the useless. Additional mental energy is required to stop reading. On the other hand, there are some people with more time on their hands they enjoy the useless. More power to them.

Update On A Past Blog

People who purchased shares from the blog Bet On The Real Raymond Mar Coming Soon written on Oct 4, 2014 should be happy. The stock price went up. Long term investing works. Buy and hold work.

I'm the best choice for many circumstances. I have been the best choice to get the job done. Unfortunately, there were too many barriers. Bad luck. Bad timing. I was told lies. People prevented me from being successful. Misinformation. Bad lessons. All are forgiven. I needed more time. I needed four years and 11 months to be specific. The naive, uncontrollable, and immature person is retired. Be patient.

Shelter In-Place COVID-19 Blog April 2023

California issued shelter in-place orders on Tue Mar 17, 2020. I have been logging the highlights and lowlights. The XBB.1.16 or Arcturus is the latest variant from the media headlines. Apr started fast which slowed down towards the end.

Sat Apr 1. Watched the Florida Atlantic and San Diego State Final Four basketball game.

Mon Apr 3. Santa Clara County announced the county follows CA state guidelines on COVID-19. Masks are no longer required in health care facilities, jails, homeless shelters, and long-term care homes. Health care workers no longer need to be vaccinated. People who tested positive for COVID-19 isolate for five days. Any facility can set their own masking requirements. John Muir Health mandates masks for vulnerable patients. Kaiser Permanente no mask mandates for patients and visitors.

Santa Clara County data reported 33% of eligible residents received the updated bivalent COVID-19 booster. 12% didn't complete the initial COVID-19 vaccine series. The county wastewater samples were medium level.

25% of eligible residents in the State Of CA received the bivalent booster.

Watched most of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship game University Of Connecticut and San Diego State.

Tue Apr 4. Former President Donald Trump arrested for fraud.

The Food And Drug Administration (FDA) gave emergency authorization use to Gohibic which is an injection made by Infla Rx NV. The treatment is given to patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Gohibic lowers the risk of death between the 28th day and the 60th day.

Fri Apr 7. Ran errands at Safeway and filled up my car with gas.

Sun Apr 9. A Chinese scientist claimed the COVID-19 virus originated from humans. The genetic sequences of viral samples taken from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China were identical to infected patients. There was insufficient evidence to prove racoon dogs originated the COVID-19 virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the claim lacked data from China about the beginnings of the virus.

Mon Apr 10. President Joe Biden signed the bill to end the national emergency. The signed bill didn't affect the public health emergency ending on May 11. The COVID-19 national emergency was declared on Mar 13, 2020 retroactive to Mar 1, 2020. Some emergency measures ended. Other emergency measures are being phased out. The administration expedited preparations for normal operations when Congress worked to end the emergency early.

Wed Apr 12. The US government is spending $5 billion for new COVID-19 vaccines and treatments project named "Project Next Gen." The project accelerates and streamlines rapid development of the next generation of vaccines and treatments. The Department Of Health And Human Services coordinates the project with the private sector.

Thur Apr 13. The Calvary Chapel San Jose is ordered to pay $1.2 million in fines accumulated during the global pandemic. The church violated the Santa Clara County public health order. The battle between the church and the county lasted years. Multiple judges issued multiple rulings.

Fri Apr 14. A new COVID-19 variant XBB.1.16 or Arcturus was identified in India. Cases surged. Arcturus is confirmed in 20 countries including the US. The transmissibility rate is high. A new symptom appears causing conjunctivitis or red eye or pink eye. The Center For Disease Control (CDC) reported Arcturus is responsible for 7.2% of US COVID-19 cases. It was 3.9% last week. XBB.1.5 or Kraken is the most common strain.

Tue Apr 18. The FDA authorized the Pfizer and Moderna bivalent vaccines for people age 65 and older and immunocompromised people to receive an additional dose at least four months after their first dose. Immunocompromised people can receive an additional dose at least two months after their first dose. Unvaccinated people may receive a single dose of the bivalent vaccine instead of the multiple doses of the original single-strain vaccine.

Unvaccinated children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years may receive a two dose Moderna bivalent vaccine. Unvaccinated children between the ages of 6 months and 4 years may receive a three dose Pfizer bivalent vaccine.

The CDC said 16.7% of eligible Americans received the bivalent. The CDC also said the bivalent vaccine effectiveness protecting Americans has weaken.

Wed Apr 19. The CDC authorized the additional bivalent vaccines for people age 65 and older and immunocompromised people.

Fri Apr 21. Shopped at Safeway first thing in the morning.

Kaiser Permanente-Santa Rosa reinstated mask mandates due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Dozens of staff and patients tested positive for COVID-19.

Los Angeles County identified cases with the XBB.1.16 or Arcturus variant.

The CDC announced 1,160 Americans died in the last seven days which was the lowest number since Mar 2020. The number of positive cases declined under 100,000; however, the number was an underestimation because of at-home testing. Arcturus represented 10% of positive cases.

Sun Apr 23. Watched the last 42 seconds of the Golden State Warriors at Sacramento Kings Game 5 of the first round NBA playoffs.

Mon Apr 24. Shopped at Target and the Nike Factory Outlet store.

Thur Apr 27. First spare the air day in 2023.

Fri Apr 28. The CDC said international travelers visiting the US must still be vaccinated. The travelers must be fully vaccinated two weeks after getting the Pfizer or Moderna mRNA bivalent vaccine after Aug 16, 2022. Previously, foreign travelers were fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the second dosage for vaccines requiring two shots or the first dosage for vaccines requiring one shot.

The CDC stopped its color coded COVID-19 Community Levels tracker soon. The exact date was unannounced. The CDC tracks COVID-19 from hospitalizations in some areas thereafter. Hospitalization rates are a lagging indicator because a person who tested positive takes 7 to 10 days to be hospitalized. Wastewater testing continues in communities and air travelers.

Today Is Not Your Parent's Or Grandparent's Days

Blogger's note: Today's blog is edited minimally for grammar.

Sometimes the old ways are still the best ways. Nothing beats the classics. They don't make them like they did in the past. These are common wisdom comparing life today and life yesterday. Sometimes the common wisdom is true. Sometimes the common wisdom is false. Today is the present. Today is not your parent's or grandparent's days.

The stock market is changed. There are new techniques to invest in companies. Artificial intelligence analyzes the data. Algorithms make the choice to buy or to sell. Forget fundamentals. Forget the statistics. Forget the financial statements. Follow the money. WallStreetBets opened eyes on new investing. Time will tell decentralized finance is the best global economy. I'm not a licensed financial advisor. I'm not giving financial advice.

I'm not a professional handyman. I see new tools at hardware stores. I see improved parts for plumbers and for electricians. Automobiles are getting smarter with computers operating engines for fuel efficiently.

Computer programming changed. Anyone can learn Python. More jobs require more skills. More skills require more time. More time requires less time outside the workplace. Costs go up for more training. There are engineers who know both hardware and software. More full-time employees require technical skills. Fewer full-time employees work 40 hours a week.

Professional sports changed. Baseball is adapting new rules to speed up the games. Football is adapting new rules to protect players from injuries. Basketball is being revolutionized with three-point shooting since 2015. There are more overtime games in hockey playoffs. All professional sports rely more on computers analyzing players.

Forget telephones. People carry cell phones everywhere 24/7. People may need to carry a barf bag when listening to today's music. The movie writers seem to be out of new ideas. We're seeing more remakes, additional sequels, and unheard prequels. There are too many cable channels in television. Households were happy with clear signals decades ago.

There are more pandemics. There are more problems in the economy--maybe more recessions. There are more wildfires because of climate change. I'm looking forward for summer rains in the Northern Hemisphere. There are fewer uses for military soldiers. There are greater uses for hackers. The keyboard is stronger than the gun.

More people are going to be sick. Families with newborns are out of the hospital at the end of the day. My Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy which removed my gallbladder in Apr 2017 could have been an outpatient appointment. I was hospitalized with Acute Gallstone Pancreatitis. A Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy required inpatient care decades ago.

Board gamers recognize The Settlers of Catan, Dominion, Ticket To Ride, Pandemic, and Carcassonne as the modern classic board games. Few board gamers talk about Monopoly, Life, Clue, and Sorry.

Fortunately, there are TV stations broadcasting classic movies, radio stations playing classic rock, book stores selling classic literature, the website Internet Archive, and YouTube watching videos of our parent's and grandparent's days.

The parent's or grandparent's days may be irrelevant today. The parent's or grandparent's days are remembered forever.

Instant Bullets Blog Oct 13, 2022

*Whiffle Ball On A Fishing Pole. Watch the YouTube video how to set up your child to hit a whiffle ball or a baseball on a fishing pole instead of a T-ball Fishing rod baseball - how to teach kids to baseball - T-ball tips.

*sycophant: a person who tries to win favors from wealthy or influential people by flattering them up; a flatter; a suck up. A servile self-seeking person.

*Raymond Mar University. If I'm president of the Raymond Mar University in New York, New York, then I'm raising my annual tuition $10,000. President Joe Biden and his student loan debt forgiveness is free money. Nothing personal. It's business. I need to pay for my professors, my university staff, my security, and run my facilities. The costs increase every year.

Thank you, Mr. President. Your $100,000 donation to the Democratic Party is in the mail.

My school mascot is the white tiger.

*The Best Forgiveness. Winning is forgiveness. Winning is forgetting the bad. The championship erases the horrible memory. Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshawn Watson is suspended 11 games and fined $5 million during the 2022 NFL season for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy. If Watson wins a Super Bowl, then all is forgiven.

*Marketing. Client 1: I have a sob story. Marketer: We can sell it.

Client 2: I have a happy story. Marketer: Did you get abused beforehand?

*I would have just languished in a job I hated, doing just enough to get by, and would become bitter and disillusioned, like almost every lawyer I know. --Tucker Max, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell

*Calvin And Hobbes Time Management. Comic by Bill Watterson.

*Mad Libs. The word game is created by Leonard Stern and Roger Price. The player asks other players for words to be substituted in blanks for a story. Mad Libs can be played solo. Everyone must play at least once in their life. There are free games at their website Mad Libs.

*Smooth Criminal. Listen to the song Smooth Criminal instrumental only Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal (Instrumental). Listen to the song Smooth Criminal lyrics only Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal Vocals Only.

*Wrong Predictions. Nobody can predict the future 100% correctly. Nobody. Time will tell. Time is the ultimate judge. The jury is still in the courtroom regarding Bill Gates and NFTs.

*Bluff Game Carrot In A Box. Watch Sean Lock and Jon Richardson play the game from the TV show 8 Out Of 10 Cats "Carrot in a Box" Jimmy Carr IN TEARS After Game with Sean Lock & Jon Richardson! | 8 Out of 10 Cats. The rematch Sean Lock & Jon Richardson's Hilarious Carrot in a Box REMATCH! | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Jon Richardson plays for a third time Carrot In A Box III: Jon Richardson vs Lee Mack! | 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Channel 4. Sean Lock died from cancer on Aug 16, 2021.

*Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger Q&A interview on romance and dating in the modern age. Direct link to article Sexual Health Magazine July 2022 Patti Stranger. Two favorite quotes from the interview. The first is the following, "When [women are] not being treated right, they'll often still stick around and keep seeing each other, hoping [men] will change like they were at the beginning of their relationship. As women, we're taught to be polite and service the man. My mom programmed me to be like that and I had to work to break that programming. People are afraid to do that! If their needs are not met, get out!"

The second is the following, "For women, she may not find him cute initially and then goes on the date and comes back with 'I can fix that! And I really liked him as a person.' A man will never want to get 'fixed' because men and women are different animals. I know women will grow into a relationship, but a man will know in a second."

*A Dating Advice. Don't ask a girl where she wants to eat. Tell her to guess where you're taking her to eat. Then take her to the first guess. Likewise for a girl asking a guy where he wants to eat. The advice works both ways.

*I Work In Human Resources. Raise your hand if you wanted a career in human resources as a child.

*President Joe Biden on the economy from CNN on Oct 11, 2022: I don't think there will be a recession. If it is, it will be a very slight recession. That is we'll move down slightly.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said the US is likely to enter a recession in the next six to nine months on Oct 10, 2022.

Too Much Distractions

Almost everyone expresses their frustrations there is too much to do. There is too much work. I'm overwhelmed. The frustrations apply to students, parents, employed, and some unemployed. Some unemployed--the responsible unemployed--have lives, too. The responsible unemployed search for jobs, learn new skills, raise children if any, and prepare for the next opportunity. I digress.

Today's Information Age we can lose our focus easier than yesterday. The computers, laptops, tablets, televisions, and smart phones run multiple programs. Videos, audio, games, social media, memes, jokes, 24/7 news, pictures, text, and email are accessed with a finger tap or mouse click. Distractions are instant opening a program or visiting a website. One can say today's Information Age is a double frustration consisting of too much work and too much distractions. Add the last sentence to the number of reasons why more time is required to get responsibilities completed.

The Irony Of Distractions

I speak from personal experience. Distractions are stress busters. Distractions are stress relief. Distractions rest my brain. Distractions temporary alleviate boredom. I watch a quick YouTube video from a favorite scene in a movie. I open Windows Media Classic to hear a song. I watch a scene from my all-time favorite movie The Shawshank Redemption. I play a classic video game for 10 minutes to wake me up when I feel sleepy. I don't feel fatigue job searching, job training, and taking care of the house at the end of the day. Otherwise, the fatigue affects me for multiple days completing fewer responsibilities.

Perhaps, the solution is focus on both work and distractions one at a time. They're a win-win at the end of the day.

Instant Bullets Blog Jun 18, 2022

*How old were you when you realized being nice, working hard, and accepting additional responsibilities to be rewarded was total shit?

*Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced company employees are known as Metamates. Imagine a PowerPower animated slide changing from teammates to metamates.

*His Bitter Half From Merrie Melodies starring Daffy Duck. Watch the cartoon from Internet Archive. Daffy Duck ended the cartoon on a positive note when he married a rich single mother duck from a personal ad before personal ads became reality. There was too much political incorrectness today including toy gun violence, Indians, assaults, domestic violence, and spanking. The honeymoon phase is depicted accurately.

*Check Credit Card Readers. A Reddit post showed a video a Convenience store customer uncovers card skimmer device at 7-Eleven.

*You ever get so bored at work you start doing your job right.

*Common Job Interview Mistakes. The Onion published an article Common Mistakes Everyone Makes During Job Interviews. There's no faster way to ruin a job interview than to express your belief you deserve dignity and respect.

"You're overqualified. We're worried you get bored and leave after a few months" means you're confident and intelligent. You find another job at the first sign of crap, sketchiness, or abusive behavior. They want someone dumb and insecure to control.

*Tommy Lee Jones tells Will Smith A person is smart. People are dumb . . . Imagine what you'll know tomorrow. The bench scene after Jones selected Smith in the testing scene.

*Three Card Monte. The three card game also known as Find the Lady is a scam. The victims are tricked in betting money to find the money card among three face-down playing cards.

A dealer places three cards face down on a table. The dealer shows one of the cards is the money card while rearranging the cards quickly to confuse the player which of the three cards is the money card. The rearranging is when the dealer confuses the player to select the incorrect card. The player selects one of the three cards. If the player correctly identifies the money card, the player wins. Otherwise, the player loses.

*Things You Do Wrong Every Day. Watch the YouTube video to correct something done every day. My favorites are peal a banana on the bottom or the blossom end; apply a pea size toothpaste on the toothbrush; milk and eggs belong on the top rear of the refrigerator instead of the doors because the doors are the warmest; secure writing on paper by writing random letters over the original writing instead of striking out; peal sticky notes on its sides instead of its bottom; use the pizza saver to assist taking a slice of pizza by placing and holding the pizza saver on the adjacent slice; slide sleep on your left side down on the mattress for a more restful night sleep; and place a store purchased ice cream in a freezer bag.

*Online ASCII Tools. The website provides ASCII utilities on the browser. Convert ASCII to decimal and vice versa. Convert ASCII to hexadecimal and vice versa. Draw an ASCII table. Create random ASCII. Create an ASCII to an image. Create an ASCII to HTML. Convert text to ASCII art or ASCII image. Website ONLINEASCIITOOLS.

Another ASCII website is ASCII Art Generator.

*Jeff Bezos The Musical. Jimmy Kimmel Live did a spoof on former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos starring Jason Alexander with George Takei.

*The 2022 Los Angeles Chargers football schedule released as an anime The Chargers 2022 Schedule, But It's Anime | LA Chargers. In contrast, the 2022 Cleveland Browns football schedule is a PowerPoint slide presentation with music.

*Analysis include the letters a-n-a-l. We can't spell analysis without the letters a-n-a-l.

*"Ennis, girls don't fall in love with fun." --Cassie Cartwright, Brokeback Mountain

*My Facebook timeline is 96% brainless posts, 2% life event posts, and 2% intelligent posts. I spend less time on Facebook and more time on my Twitter @ININ61. I follow 48 Twitter accounts.

*Wash Words And Their Definitions. whitewash: to gloss over or cover up an error, a fault, or some wrongdoing. In sports, it's to hold an opponent scoreless.

greenwash: a superficial or insincere display of concern for the environment by an organization; the process of conveying a false impression or providing misleading information about how a company's products are more environmentally sound.

sportswash: an individual, group, corporation, or government using sports to improve their tarnished reputation hosting a sporting event, the purchase a sports team, or by participation in the sport itself.

The Streisand effect is an attempt to hide or remove information resulting in an increase awareness of the information. People aware of withheld information are motivated to research deeper. The effect is named after actress and singer Barbra Streisand who tried to stop a coastal project from taking a picture of her house along the California coast in Malibu, CA. People became more interested in Streisand's house afterwards.

Raymond Mar One Liners 5

Muscle & Fitness July/August 2017 issue interviewed Arnold Schwarzenegger titled "Arnold" by Peter McGough. The interview inspired me to write one liners reflecting me. There is no chronological order. I write anything I thought my mind. Here is my fifth Raymond Mar One Liners. The first was written on Jun 17, 2018. The second was written on Jun 1, 2019. The third was written on Apr 16, 2020. The fourth was written on Feb 13, 2021.

The second time in the second company I worked after I graduated from San Jose State University moved to a new building.

I walked on the Golden Gate Bridge end-to-end for the first time in my life in 2011.

The first time in the first company I worked after I graduated from San Jose State University moved to a new building.

My family and I moved to a new house two-stories tall.

Spring Semester 1997 felt like the longest semester throughout my time at San Jose State University.

Spring Semester 1994 and Fall Semester 1994 were the most boring semesters throughout my time at San Jose State University.

A big positive being a child in the 1980s was listening to the King Of Pop Michael Jackson.

I hated taking English as the last period in my high school sophomore year.

I took a day class on using technical analysis to research stocks. I'm happy to say I forgot everything.

I read Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling three times.

I remember one summer day the temperature was 103 degrees. The next day 103 was the front page headline in the local newspaper.

My fourth grade elementary school I don't recall a mascot. I went to the school website. The mascot is a blue colored panther.

My sixth grade middle school mascot was the pirate. The school district changed from a pirate to a rhino because pirate was politically incorrect being violent. The school district converted the middle school to a combination elementary school and middle school K-8. The mascot is the husky.

My home mini-gym has been a success. I have maintained my weight between 155-160 pounds.

The hall of fame baseball player Cal Ripken, Jr. is my first rookie card I purchased when I started collecting baseball cards.

I discourage people taking computer programming crash courses and boot camps. Nobody becomes a profession programmer in months.

I watched President Bill Clinton's first inauguration. It was the only presidential inauguration I watched from start to finish.

I'm allergic to retail water filters. I was sick for one month. I stopped drinking the retail water filters. I recovered from my sickness immediately.

It's difficult for a new TV show to replace my all-time favorite TV show Breaking Bad. Nobody should sell their Breaking Bad DVDs.

Animal telephone was an activity my brother and I played when we were children. One of my animals pretended to telephone one of my brother's animals or vice versa for an adventure.

Ten Random Fxxxen Good Songs

Here are ten random F***en good songs worth your time in no particular order. Links are the songs from YouTube.

10. King Of The Hill Full Theme. The title theme is written and performed by The Refreshments.

9. SWANN - The Last Dance Remix - The Sound Of Silence Instrumental (Simon & Garfunkel). The song is the final scene in the Michael Jordan documentary The Last Dance Episode 7.

8. Simon and Garfunkel (Live 2008) - Cecilia (1970). A classic song.

7. NFL 100th Anniversary Suite. Music composed and produced by David Robidoux.

6. Final Fantasy VI: "Balance is restored" (Full orchestral collab). Song composed by Nobuo Uematsu.

5. Frank Mills - Music Box Dancer TopPop. The adults chances are your heard the song when you were a child.

4. David Lee Roth - California Girls (1985) (Music Video - MTV Version) WIDESCREEN 1080p. A good remake.

3. Classic Sesame Street - Grover and Madeline Kahn. They sing the song Echo.

2. [Re:package] Hatsune Miku - ファインダー [HQ and Subtitles]. Activate the close captions to read the English subtitles.

1. Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning (Official Music Video). Deadpool.

Shelter In-Place COVID-19 Blog January 2022

California issued shelter in-place orders on Tue Mar 17, 2020. I have been logging the highlights and lowlights. 2022 started with the continued omicron surge. The surge eased at the end of the month. Headlines stated there is talk about the pandemic ending. Some experts agree normal life is coming soon. Some experts disagree people must continue to be vigilant. The Jan month was a welcome slow pace.

Sun Jan 2. The Holy Cross Health hospital in Fort Lauderdale, FL temporarily closed its Labor And Delivery Unit due to COVID-19 cases increasing and staff shortage.

The average cases in the US is 400,000 a day. Hospitalizations increased.

Mon Jan 3. Ran quick errands at the post office and Safeway. One customer wanted to ship a package Express Mail even though the package is mailed in the same city. The postal worker suggested Priority Mail. I purchased bread at Safeway.

The Food And Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Pfizer booster shot for children ages 12-15. The booster shot is administered as early as five months after their last shot.

Children hospitalizations increased. Most of the children were unvaccinated.

Tue Jan 4. The Center For Disease Control (CDC) recommended shortening intervals between the initial shot and the booster shot for the Pfizer vaccine from six months to five months. The Johnson & Johnson and Moderna vaccines remain six months apart. The CDC recommended children ages 5-11 with weaken immune systems and who received the Pfizer vaccine be administered with a booster shot 28 days after the second shot.

The US reported 1,000,000 daily cases for the first time.

Wed Jan 5. The West Contra Costa Unified School District closed its schools because of COVID-19 cases increased. 28,000 students attended classes by remote. Schools were planned to be closed on Fri Jan 7 and Mon Jan 10 for classroom deep cleaning.

California extended the indoor mask mandate to Feb 15. The previous mandate was set to expire on Jan 15. Indoor mask mandate applies to all public space indoors and government offices serving the public.

The CDC endorsed the Pfizer booster shot for children ages 12-15.

Fri Jan 7. 503 teachers at the Oakland Unified School District called in sick--a sick out to protest poor COVID-19 safety. The teachers' concerns were poor masks and lack of testing for students. 12 schools closed.

Hayward Unified School District located 20 minutes south of Oakland announced all classes are taught online next week due to the COVID-19 surge.

Florida reported 800,000 to 1,000,000 unused and expired COVID-19 test kits. State officials said there was no demand for the testing kits.

Sat Jan 8. Indoor visitors in California senior care facilities must be fully vaccinated and boosted if eligible and tested negative within two days. Outdoor visitors a negative test is required.

California Governor Gavin Newsom activated the California National Guard to support COVID-19 testing sites.

Watched the first half of the Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles football game.

Sun Jan 9. Watched the San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams from the middle of the third quarter to overtime. Watched the Los Angeles Charges at Las Vegas Raiders from the fourth quarter to overtime.

Mon Jan 10. Some Bay Area hospitals delayed adult elective surgeries requiring overnight stay to free beds for COVID-19 patients.

Sonoma County issued a health order all indoor gatherings 50 or greater and outdoor gatherings 100 or greater are banned if people can't socially distance themselves. The health order is enforced from Wed Jan 12 to Tue Feb 15. Schools are excluded. The county positively rate was at an all-time high 16.5%.

Tue Jan 11. The City Of San Jose approved a COVID-19 booster mandate for city workers and attendees at city-owned indoor properties such as the SAP Center and convention center.

Wed Jan 12. Tire rotation and tire balance my car.

More businesses and services require an appointment for crowd control.

Newsom predicted an end to the pandemic in the near future. California set an all-time daily high 143,000 new cases.

The City Of Oakland required proof of vaccination at indoors spaces starting on Feb 1. The indoor spaces include restaurants, coffee houses, bars, and indoor events.

President Joe Biden announced 10M COVID-19 tests available to schools. Private insurers are required to reimburse their customers for tests. The federal government website to order four tests per household is online.

The FDA commissioner said omicron is like a natural disaster. Hospitals and essential services must be ready for the pandemic to get worse.

Thur Jan 13. Ran errands at the post office, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Walmart Neighborhood Market.

The Supreme Court struck down Biden's vaccine mandate for companies employing 100 workers or greater. The vaccine mandate is okay for health care workers. The majority ruled the Biden administration overstepped its authority giving the Occupational Safety And Health Administration (OSHA) the power to enforce the mandate. The minority ruled the court ignored health experts in making a lawful decision.

Sat Jan 15. Watched the second half of the Las Vegas Raiders at Cincinnati Bengals.

Sun Jan 16. Watched the second half of the San Francisco 49ers at Dallas Cowboys.

Mon Jan 17. Moderna and Pfizer/Bio N Tech are developing omicron vaccines. They expect the booster shots administered annually during the global pandemic.

Thur Jan 20. The City Of San Francisco reported declining cases. 2,164 average cases per day on Jan 9. 1,705 average cases per day on Jan 12.

Fri Jan 21. A federal judge blocked Biden's Executive Order requiring federal employees to be vaccinated.

The CDC reported the number of children with COVID-19 reached a pandemic high.

Sat Jan 22. Watched the Bengals at Tennessee Titans at the 13:00 in the fourth quarter. Watched the 49ers at Green Bay Packers at the 7:00 in the third quarter.

98% of all coronavirus cases are omicron.

Sun Jan 23 Watched the Los Angeles Rams at Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the 5:00 in the third quarter. Watched the Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs at the 12:00 in the fourth quarter.

Mon Jan 24. A new omicron variant was detected in 40 countries.

The deadline for all workers in high-risk settings must be fully vaccinated in Santa Clara County passed. These workers include health care, first responders, nursing facilities, jails, and shelters. Non-fully vaccinated workers must be reassigned to lower risk work environments. Wavers are accepted.

Wed Jan 26. CA hospitalizations down to 15,000 from 22,000 at the peak. The positivity rate down to 15% since the start of the month. 11 cases of the omicron variant detected.

Thur Jan 27. People in the City Of San Francisco can stop wearing masks indoors such as offices and gyms if everyone is fully vaccinated and boosted starting on Tue Feb 1.

Sun Jan 30. Watched the Bengals at Chiefs at the 8:44 in the fourth quarter. Watched the 49ers at Rams.

Mon Jan 31. The FDA fully approved the Moderna vaccine. Moderna markets their vaccine under the name Spikevax. 211M Americans are fully vaccinated. 86M are boosted.

Update On A Past Blog

One of my morning routine includes practicing Morse Code. I self-realized practicing Morse Code a morning mental exercise or a wake me up activity. I wrote a blog How I Learn Morse Code on Apr 28, 2021. In addition, I listen to either classical music or The Beatles while I eat breakfast.

I remind myself I need to stretch my body when I get up from bed.