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 Roize...

I WILL HAVE TWO POSTINGS TODAY.  The one below is a repeat of HOW TO USE THIS BLOG SITE because all of a sudden, readership recently jumped up, so most of you reading this blog are new.  For the first few months very few ( less than 10/day ) bothered to come here.  For example, last month only had 368 total readers.  Today, the number for this one day is already at 605, and will probably double that of last month when the day is done . **************************** The first posting  ( with rainbow over Diamond Head at the top ) of the original was way back on 29 April 2008 , more than 13 years ago.  How long ago was that?  Imagine beginning kindergarten, then growing up so that you are now a freshman in college.  I've been doing this daily that long.   The reason I had to start a new blog series is that the original exceeded the limit of something called "labels."  That blog continues, but absent potential links to people just ...

(Below will be photos I took of the Tokyo Summer Olympics Opening Ceremonies.  The first is Tokyo Tree that night.) Simply, there are at least two recent court judgements on cases regarding the right of government to mandate vaccinations: An Indiana court  supported Indiana University requiring all students, faculty and staff to be fully vaccinated  before returning to campus in August, save for those with religious/medical exemptions and students taking online courses.   The ruling, though, only applies to this university.   Hundreds of other colleges have also taken certain steps, and they all remain open to challenge. The University of Hawaii has indicated that vaccinations are not required until the Federal Government officially approves those vaccines, something that won't happen until later this year. The bottomline situation nationally, thus, remains murky. In a rather confusing set of decisions and changes, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal...

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 Republ...