There will be two postings today, the one below, and another on HOW TO USE THIS BLOG SITE.   There has been a sudden jump in number of readers/day, so that other posting will explain how to use this blog site. I keep posting on what I eat and do because "friends" seem to most enjoy these articles.  Travel is also an interest area, but that will mostly come next year when I go on a couple of around the world adventures.  Here is flavor of one I took in 2013,  My Ultimate Global Adventure :  51 days mostly on Star Alliance in first class:  Honolulu - San Francisco - Sydney- Bangkok - Tokyo - Osaka - Awaji Island - Hiroshima - Tokyo - Matsumoto - Tokyo - Nikko - Tokyo - Seoul - Shanghai - Beijing - Frankfurt - DC - Denver - San Francisco - Napa Valley - Sea Ranch - Mendocino - San Francisco - Honolulu:  35,354 miles by air. I start by referring to two  Star Advertiser  features on their ExtraHealth page yesterday. First, Mehmet Oz and Mike Roizen wrote on  Men:  boost lifestyle

The United States of America just about....now.....reached the 50% fully-vaccinated rate.  This began in December of last year.  What about the remaining 50%?  For one, those 11 and younger have not been approved, and they represent 15% of the population.  Thus, 35% of those eligible have chosen not to be fully vaccinated yet.  These are: 16%  of American athletes in the Tokyo Summer Olympics. Some of those unvaccinated Americans have little to no confidence that the vaccines will protect them, especially the variants, or are worried about side and long term effects.  Evidence shows they are WRONG!!!  But there is Fox news and the like.  It's not that there is a lack of information.  Unvaccinated individuals are being convinced to be suspicious by what they hear, watch and read.  Solution?  Don't know, but this is the group that mostly supports Donald Trump, save for some non-whites who don't trust the government. 43% of Republicans and  10%  of Democrats. 37%  of those und