Whether it was America 250 or Freedom 250, this was truly a grand weekend for the USA. Sure, it was a bit too hot. And a lightning storm delayed the President Donald Trump's speech and the DC fireworks show.  However, the address was given and the show almost surely did break the Guinness World Record.  Officials are still reviewing the details. From New York City to Los Angeles to Hawaii, all went well. On the other hand, Super Typhoon Bavi did damage to American territories, the Northern Marianas Island and Guam, especially the island of Rota, with details later, and there were several shootings , killing 43 and wounding many others throughout the nation. A video of the 250th celebrations .  Two fireworks photos. The FIFA World Cup had a bunch of highlights.   You can watch the best here .  Today: Portugal vs Spain at 6PM in Dallas. USA vs Belgium at 11PM in Seattle. Belgium is screaming mad, but FIFA gave American striker Folarin Balogun, the USA's leadi...

Yesterday, I featured The Belmont Stakes, and specifically a special drink I named the Breezy White Belmont Jewel .  To repeat, the ingredients. And if you read that posting, these bottles ( and the one with water representing ice from the freezer ) are used  at this Saratoga Springs racetrack in New York for their three featured cocktails.  I did something different.  I used all of them to create one grand drink. You can't really see the whole meal, but the featured dishes are chicken katsu and o-toro sashimi.   I yesterday indicated that the piece of fatty blue-fin tuna sold for $99/pound .  The Breezy White Belmont Jewel was fabulous, and perfected my special luncheon. My day began with breakfast at my computer to write this blog.  That first breakfast photo is what I had today.  The subsequent ones were for other days this week Breakfast is almost always, fruits and yogurt or milk. That's all I have for breakfast, fruits and either yogurt or...

This blog site has been posting daily now for 18 years. Has been visited by 221 countries, and the reason why this is more than the 193 countries in the United Nations is that there are entities like Antarctica, and smaller territories that have their own domain. Not sure when I first reached 1 million total visitors, but I do know that for the first 15 years or so the average viewers/day was around 500, so I would guess that this site took around 7 years to hit one million.  Now up past 6 million total. However, during the past two days, the number of visitors reached 147,720 and 123,579, so for reasons I can't explain this site went viral.   For long-time readers, I have tended to focus on certain topics on a given week day. Sunday:  spiritual, religion, reflection on life, etc. Monday: global topics, with some thoughts about what is to come during this week. Tuesday:  nostalgic, linking with the past, etc. Wednesday:  sci-tech and the future. Thursday:...