My news item of the day has to do with my two ESPN women's March Madness bracket teams.  Presently both at the 99.4% level. espn59512106's Picks 1   22K   RANK 99.4%   PCT 300 PTS 1900 MAX Round of 64 POINTS   300/320 espn59512106's Picks 2   22K   RANK 99.4%   PCT 300 PTS 1900 MAX There are 3.4 million competitors and  only 551 are currently perfect. This was a good week.  Only went out once to have my taxes done, and did well.  On the way home did some shopping to complement my 15 Craigside take-out meals, plus a bento.  Only a little more than three weeks till our next trip to the Osaka Expo, returning via an Oceania cruise from Yokohama to Vancouver, then fly back to Honolulu.  Weather has recently been picturesque.  Kilauea Volcano is not now erupting, so the air is clear. Gave a Powerpoint presentation in the 15C theater on my life's  journey. 15C celebrated my day....St. Patrick's Day. Came with food and d...

Much of today brings back memories.  Let me start with the possible  return of COVID-19 , which served as the theme of my Thursday postings for years.  According to the CDC, there has a been a spike in COVID-19 cases of 18% this past week, and 24% hike in hospital admissions. From  Worldometer,  173 Americans died of COVID this past week and 277 in the previous week.  Of course, last year 550/week died from the flu, and this rate tends to jump in the winter, so flu deaths today are considerably higher than from COVID.  And few take the seasonal flu seriously. This alarms professionals like  Ashish Jha . More people tend to die 21 to 28 days after cases begin to increase. 60% of Americans did not get boosted. And look at how politics can make a difference. About that New Orleans terrorist attack by 42-year old  Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar , he was inspired by ISIS, but probably acted alone.  Donald Trump was wrong again, blaming Jabbar as an...