Yesterday, Rubik's Cube being 50 years old inspired me to start today with the  Caesar Salad  being a century old.  More specifically, July 4 was not only Independence Day, but also the birthday of this dish. Invented in Tijuana. But this is an Italian salad, invented by Caesar Cardini.  Tijuana then was a bustling international city with bullfights, mobsters, movie stars and the like. The music being blared might have been Al Jolson's  California Here I Come . That day, the restaurant was overwhelmed by holiday travelers, so he and his brother just tossed some olive oil, egg and parmesan over Romaine lettuce.  Perhaps an anchovy. The Caesar demands innovation, and people who later prepared it also added some Worcestershire, or Tabasco or lemon juice, and perhaps bacon, kimchi and anything an adventurous cook might choose. Thus, the endurance of the Caesar Salad. Artificial Intelligence, or AI, invokes fear, utility, the future and a wide variety of emotion...

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 mu...