I'll begin with some good news.   Miss USA R'Bonney Gabriel was Saturday night crowned the 71st Miss Universe 2022  in New Orleans.  Yes, this is 2023, but...  She was the first Filipino American to ever win Miss USA. Interestingly enough, we were watching the  Hawaii Miss Universe 2023 contest  on television because one of the competitors, Kawai Crisostomo, is on the 15 Craigside staff.  She did not win but was the highest scoring swimsuit contestant.  The new Hawaii representative will be Savannah Gankiewicz of Maui.  She will participate later this year in the Grand USA Finale at the Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, Nevada. Donald Trump owned the pageant from 1996 to 2015, and he had a few incidents.    He was forced to sell because of his CREEPINESS .  Now being run by a group from Thailand. I woke up today to disco music, so thought, why not post on The Story of Disco. Of course, there are those who absolutely hate disco music, as for example,  Matt Damon in  The Martian . My wo

My one editorial of the day.  We will soon be into March.  You would think that vaccinating a group of 6.5 million people ( 2% of the population )--those who work in K-12 schools in the USA--should be a national priority.  It is not because old people and other frontline workers were deemed more important.  Now, while this makes some sense, the next group should have been those associated with schools.  He won't, but if President Joe Biden were to today proclaim that, for the good of the nation ( meaning our economy, but also education ), K-12 teachers and related workers should be next in line for the Johnson&Johnson ( one shot, with a good chance to be approved around the end of the week ) vaccine, immediately after Easter ( April 4 ), it will be safe to open schools.  While somewhat short, a two-month period will be adequate under these extraordinary circumstances to finally prepare the current class for next fall.   One more unexpected shortfall about vaccines.   To develo