I'll begin with the Razzies, also known as the Golden Raspberry Awards, a parody honoring the worst cinematic under-achievements.  The list of nominees is always announced just before the Academy Award announcements are made.  Winners this year will be publicized on March 11, the day before the Oscar ceremony. The Razzies: Were created by a few film industry veterans and UCLA film graduates in 1981. This was all started by John JB Wilson ( right ) who in 1980 hosted a potluck party immediately following the 53rd Academy Award ceremony, where he passed ballots out for the partygoers to vote on the worst film of the year.  The winner of the first Golden Raspberry Award was  Can't Stop the Music , a fictional account of The Village People.  I noticed that  Rotten Tomatoes  gave it 18%/37% ratings.  Among the stars were Steve Guttenberg, Valerie Perrine and Bruce Jenner ( won Olympic Gold in Montreal 1976, then later became Caitlyn ), to the right. For the record, in Year One Neil

This has been a particularly busy morning, so for my nostalgic Tuesday, I will just repeat my posting Of 21October2010...with a few comments.  To begin, China still blocks a lot of social media websites.  Which ones today?   Click on this .  This World Odyssey began in Honolulu on September 28.   Click on this  to see where I stopped before China.  This was before Xi Jinping became their president. Thus, my blog today lists five postings I could not send out in China.  These are the five lost days. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2010 SHANGHAI'D TO ZURICH I'm back!  I managed to gain my freedom yesterday and flew from Shanghai to Zurich.  While Shanghai remains in my top ten list, I should mention that the Sun looks like the Moon for the air pollution and   you can't bring your cigarette lighter to the Expo   (they confiscated mine at the Pudong Airport).  Zurich is wonderful, and I report on this "neat" city tomorrow.  At some point I will also review some Shanghai highlig

COVID-19: All signs seem to indicate that the  Omicron stealth B.2 subvariant  is more contagious than B1, which has caused the recent surge of new cases.   Chances are that in a week or two or three, there will be a minor wave of new B2 cases in the USA. However, the combination of vaccinations/boosters, previously infected numbers and relatively mild symptoms will almost surely mean a continued decline of deaths.  Only 30% of Republican adults have received a booster. There is a new drug called  Evusheld  from AstraZeneca that is now available to protect unvaccinated individuals who cannot be vaccinated.  There are 850,000 doses available.  This antibody cocktail taken by injection costs $1,000, and is covered by the government.  Typical COVID-19 vaccines cost $3-$30/dose. Also, there is  Paxlovid  to prevent severe COVID illness, which is only available to those 65 and older.  Costs $530/course, which medical plans or the government will cover. The Biden Administration will most lik