I feel happy.  As this is the title for today, got to mention that TV series,  Happy Days .  Ran for 11 years from 1974 to 1984.   Few know that the pilot of this show led to the 1973 film,  American Graffiti , Modesto in 1962, the year I graduated from college.  What a cast: Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Harrison Ford, Wolfman Jack and many others. Director George Lucas grew up in Modesto, but his home town had changed too much for the film, so the production occurred in Petaluma. Paul Le Matt, Harrison Ford and Bo Hopkins were reported to be drunk most nights. The soundtrack was the star of the movie, featuring  41 original hits , and there was a theme song for the  Happy Days   TV series. Ron Howard, now 70, matured from Opie Taylor into this film and series. He has done well, for he became a noted director, winning two Oscars, four Emmies and a Grammy. Henry Winkler made Fonzie famous, and the show spun off a bunch of others. There was a...

The latest info about COVID-19, the Delta variant and vaccinations: There appears to be a  decline of vaccine effectiveness , but not as bad as was shown in Israel.  Numbers like drop to 39% after six months might be closer to double that number. Further, those who are vaccinated, if so unfortunate as to get infected,  almost always get mild symptoms , and few die. The Delta variant is around  twice ( maybe 60% ) as infectious  as the Alpha original, but causes more severe illnesses, as the  hospitalization rate is double  that of the Alpha.  This is why hospitals are today overburdened 98% of the new cases are those who are unvaccinated . From the  New York Times  this morning: Those who are fully vaccinated have a one chance in 5000/day of being infected. In some of the safer states where more were vaccinated, this chance improves to 1 in 10,000/day.  Thus, in a 3-month period, the vaccinated here have a 1% chance of contracting C...