Since Sunday, the 21-foot tourist submersible named the Titan had gone missing, news sources repeated the same story simply because they had no hard facts. Thursday morning, Debris found 500 meters from the Titanic are believed to be from the missing submersible Titan. The only confirming fact at this point is an implosion failure and all on board have perished.
Who was on board?
HAMISH HARDING
SHAHZADA DAWOOD and his son SULEMAN
PAUL-HENRI NARGEOLET
STOCKTON RUSH
What did they expect to see?
A once-in-a-lifetime close-up viewing experience of the Titanic that went down 100 years ago.
Whats next?
Additional searches to recover the bodies and all parts of the submersible.
Investigations as to how and why this disaster occurred.
Lawsuits upon lawsuits...
This is a PSA about a PSA. Both are acronyms. I'll call the the first PSA a Public Service Announcement. Usually informative, you can find those everywhere. The second PSA is medical and important to guys over the age of 50. That PSA stands for Prostate-Specific Antigen. It's a test that measures the level of protein produced the prostate gland in men. The test is determined from a blood sample and the first screening method to determine if a man has prostate cancer.
Years ago, a coworker in his 50's had a high PSA reading. Cancer at an early stage. He went through a series of low-dose radiation treatments and the cancer went into remission. His older brother wasn't as lucky, he had surgery and his prostate was removed.
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine had a high PSA reading and his doctor had him go for a biopsy that determined he has cancer in his prostate. He's on his way to Connecticut this week, his original hometown to meet with specialists and possibly have surgery later this month.
I recently saw an article about Rage Against the Machine's bassist Tim Commerford having prostate surgery. He's 54.
Musician Frank Zappa died at the age of 52, diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer that had been developing for years.
Men, here's your PSA... get a PSA. The test is simple... do it.
It appears if you want to sell a product it must be the best you can offer. Regular products don't work anymore. It must be maximum strength. Deodorant soap? Maximum 36 hour protection. Dandruff shampoo? Maximum strength. Antacid? 2000mg maximum strength.
Long lasting is good.
Fast acting is better.
Maximum strength is what you really want!
Loh_key, it's not a rant, but an assessment of today's marketing strategies.
By definition, chronic is 'continuing a long time or recurring frequently' and today my client called to say she wasn't coming to town as previously scheduled as she developed a chronic cough a few weeks ago and is waiting for it to go away. No problem, I told her to let me know when she's coming and I'll reschedule to meet with her.
All through the phone conversation she was interrupted by coughing attacks. With my history of asthma, I suggested she should see specialist, like a pulmonologist who has a better understanding of respiratory issues than her family doctor. She's been taking cold medicine with a cough suppressant and that isn't doing the right job. Hopefully she can get over this quickly with an inhaler or other medicine specific for her condition.
There is a different kind of chronic that deals with mental health issues. The chronic complainer, to be exact. People like this find reasons to complain about anything and everything... I heard someone describe it as "The 3 bears syndrome" where one bear says it's too hot, the other bear says it's too cold, and the lease significant bear says it's just right.
What could possibly be wrong in the life of someone who gets up in the morning, comes to CS to read blogs, doesn't find any to their satisfaction, so they post a complaint blog as though there is something wrong with the other blogs. There is no medicine for that type of illness... or maybe there is?
I used to have a boss who described other bosses who 'pushed' their employees to do better. He said that was wrong and they should be in front 'leading' the workers to do better.
Better by example.
If something wasn't being done correctly he would show the worker what to do to accomplish a goal and not belittle the worker in doing so. His employees were motivated by his work ethic. It wasn't a perfect world as one employee was a chronic complainer. The boss took the time to train the guy properly where his performance improved and the coworkers were happier as they no longer had to listen to him complain.
That was a win-win strategy in dealing with a chronic complainer!
Fell out of bed... dragged a comb across my head.
Found my way downstairs after having a cup.
I noticed I was late.
Put the helicopters in my car... my friends know I'm sometimes late.
I'll use sunblock at the field... or my skin will peel.
It's lunch and a nap in the afternoon when I get back.
Many thanks to Lennon and McCartney for the songs that inspired generations of adoring music fans!
A Day in the Life, Track 13 from the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, released in 1967
Impossible. Not going to happen. If you've been following the news lately, you can see the man is unhinged. Everyday he says something stupid or self-incriminating. Yesterday, I read he's attacked his his former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany. He claims she understated his poll numbers to Ron DeSantis by calling her "Milktoast" and many conservative republicans are saying Trump's comments have become insane, pathetic and unacceptable. Some have called his last attack “a canary in the coal mine” moment for the former president.
Last week, he claimed if elected, he will change the constitution.
Oh? I wasn't aware presidents had such powers.
He's still bumping in the night over what is and what should never be regarding documents taken from the White House. The lies exceed the truths. I read his attorneys have briefed him on the possible outcome of the investigation.
Bret is currently a tropical storm in the Atlantic Ocean headed West and predicted to cross the Dominican Republic this weekend.
Too soon to batten down the hatches, but it's advised to store water, canned foods, check the batteries on flashlights and get any safety gear ready for the storm that could possibly move into the Gulf of Mexico within a week from now.
Change the setting on your refrigerators to the coldest, fill a few bottles with water and keep in the freezer so you will have enough ice to keep perishables from going bad if you are without power.
Tracking updates from the National Hurricane Center:
I joined Connecting Singles in July of 2018. While some people have complained that I write 3 to 4 blogs a day. I'm currently on 1,639 and lost a few when the moderators cleaned their system.
Doing some simple math of 5 years at 360 days per year or 1,800 days not counting one or two leap years total in that time period. That's less than a blog a day and not 3 to 4 as others have claimed. Amazing.
The main blog page states:
"A Blog is a journal you may enter about your life, thoughts, interesting experiences, or lessons you've learned. Post an opinion, impart words of wisdom, or talk about something interesting in your day. Update your blog on a regular basis, or just whenever you have something to say. Creating a blog is a good way to share something of yourself with others..."Limits aren't mentioned and I'm okay with that... you should be too.
Outside the Miami Federal courthouse a crowd of Trump supporters are chanting We Love Trump. Donald J. Trump arrived ahead of his 3pm scheduled arraignment date and CNN is reporting he is now under arrest.
Walt Nauta, Trump's valet and alleged co-conspirator, will appear alongside him.
I'm back and forth from my office to the TV in the living room as the Internet news feed is frozen... apparently so many people are watching live it's overloaded the internet.
It's a dark day... afternoon showers are on us, as usual.
I had a GREAT blog this past weekend. People from all over the world came to read and comment on my blog. It may have been the greatest blog CS has seen since the days of the Nixon administration. Wait... Quite frankly it WAS the greatest blog and then, while I was out working today, someone took my blog down.
I ask why? Why would you remove a blog so awesome it showed the world the only ex-president in the history of America as the subject of a federal indictment.
Was it you Grand... you posted a blog with my name in the title that got my great blog deleted? That's what I'm thinking... you weaponized them to do it. It's a dark day in blog-land, truly a dark day.
Living in a 55 and older community only has some benefits and a longer list of 'not so good' things. Last week, the paramedics were in front of one of the units around the corner from me. This morning while doing my walk, I see a pile of things next to the dumpster. Crutches, a few different walkers, a shower bench to name a few. My guess is the person from last week didn't make it and the apartment is being cleared and prepared for sale.
Sadly, this happens often in retirement communities. A friend once said "There's only one way out!"
One thing that caught my attention in the pile of junk... a vertical flat screen TV with a floor base. My guess is it was used in retail advertisement. Very cool and I was hesitant to run back, get my car and bring it to my condo. Groan... not one more thing. So, I passed it by.
Actually, if there's something I'd like to get my hands on is a reel-to-reel tape recorder. I've got lots of rock band rehearsal and concert tapes I'd like to transfer to a digital format.
There are places that do it for a fee... thanks I'll keep looking.
One man's junk is another man's treasure.
In the 1950's, It was a big issue in America to service rice that didn't stick. I remember TV commercials about housewives making the perfect bowl of 'fluffy' rice. I heard one story where the husband invited his boss over for dinner and they were appalled to see his wife had cooked a bowl of rice where the grains stuck together. He was overlooked for a promotion simply because his wife had ruined their dinner!
We have all different varieties of rice and I believe minute rice rules out over rice that takes 30 to 40 minutes to fully cook.
Fast forward 40 years and I was dating a woman who was born in Hong Kong. She wanted to know what meals I cooked for myself, so I invited her over for dinner. Skirt steak, Caesar salad and rice was on the menu for the night.
Wash the rice, boil it for a few minutes, turn off the heat and cover. Perfect rice in less than 10 minutes.
Everything passed the test... except for the rice.
Why? It's nearly impossible to eat fluffy rice with chopsticks. She gasped and returned to the stove boiling the rice for another 15 minutes on high heat until it started to clump.
I can remember her scolding me because 'I didn't know how to cook rice' and to never do that again. Obviously, she felt bad for her actions and decided to buy me a rice cooker. The other thing was to buy different rice as the one I bought was long grain domestic and didn't have the desired flavor. A trip to the Asian market cured that.
Side note, the relationship ended before the bag of rice was empty.
Knowing now what to do now and avoiding lectures, I have been getting rice in 25 pound bags from the Asian market. Sometimes, 15 pound bags from the grocery store, but it must be cooked in the rice cooker to make it clump together.
Some of the imported rice has doubled in price lately. That doesn't bother me and... I was able to find a 20 pound bag of long-grain rice in Walmart for $10. Amazing !
But, it's domestic and doesn't clump like the imported rice, nor have any flavor. So, I'm being a diplomat until the 'wrong rice at the right price' is finished.
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