GO... Go... go...

GO...  GO...  GO...

Have you ever noticed that in all the "COP" shows or in all the "MILITARY" and in all the shows that are similar to those two shows, when it is time to GO...  it is always said ONLY 3 times FAST...  Fast...  fast...                                                                                                        

I think I have only been witness to it being said 4 times only ONCE but I have never been witness to it being said less...

That's gotta mean something...  right?

When watching series on television of watching movies in a theater, I am looking for these iterations and inconsistencies to see how TIGHT the direction has been.  For me, the TIGHTER the direction, the TIGHTER the storyline and the better the experience of watching.

Saturday Morning In East TN

Retired at 67, now 72, so...  been retired 5 years...

Worked for 45 years full time
Fired 10 times by employers
Still managed to survive

1. Outspoken
2. Believe in change
3. Desire continuous improvement
4. Workers make the businesses
5. Against Management

NOTE:  The above 5 points are the hallmark of FAILURE...  don't follow my example...  learn to kiss ass and like it...   don't rock the boat...  and, certainly do not tell management that you believe that they are WRONG...

I have no regrets
I would do nothing different if given a second chance
But, my attitude is wrong...
Sounds like a contradiction...  perhaps...  but the point is that you should not be like me!!!

Read and Learn

Erotic Photography

Multiple Dimensions

Risk Management

RISK MANAGEMENT is the forecasting and evaluation of financial risks together with the identification of procedures to avoid or minimize their impact.

So, the two key words here are forecasting and evaluation.

Forecasting is the predicting or estimating a future event or trend.

How do you know what is going to happen in 6 months, or a year, or 5 years, or 10 years?

Evaluation is the making of a judgment about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment.

How do you know if you are right or wrong?

SO,
if you are working somewhere, what might be your risks?
1. the company closing down
2. the company laying you off
3. getting hurt on the job
4. getting sick on the job
5. working with other employees (their attitudes and beliefs)
6. getting into an accident going to/from work
7. getting caught looking for another job
8. getting caught surfing on the internet at work
9. turning in your resignation
10. having an affair at work

What about risk management at HOME?
1. Damage to home that isn't covered by insurance
2. Getting hurt working in the yard
3. Falling off the roof
4. Sending children to college
5. Fire inside the home
6. Neighbor getting hurt in your home
7. Replacing appliances
8. Water pipe leaks
9. Getting hit by lightning
10. Sending children to city schools or county schools

Doing something is better than doing nothing...

Friday Morning in East TN

We have very little control over our lives...

Yes, we have free will...

Yes, we make our own choices...

BUT, societal pressures, families, friends, and employers influence those choices without us being aware that this is what they are doing.

If you live in the South, Southern values lifestyles influence your decisions.  And, the same is true if you live in the North, West, or somewhere in the middle.  Preconceived ideas of your parents, teachers, ministers influence your beliefs and actions.

Your spouse and children's demands influence your decisions.

If you are single then other single people influence you.

It is very difficult to have your OWN THOUGHTS, make your OWN DECISIONS, and have your OWN BAEHVIOR where it is not influenced by someone else...

Understanding Multiple Dimensions

Anything Goes...

TEN POINTS BY WHICH TO LIVE ONE'S LIFE

1. SELF-AWARENESS
2. DISCIPLINE
3. DETERMINATION
4. RESPONSIBILITY
5. INTEGRITY
6. HONOR
7. MORALS
8. FAMILY
9. FAITH
10. COMMUNITY

Note:

Each one of these points are different for each one of us

Each one of these points have levels of achievement

Each one of these points is continuous evolving

Each one of these points is not to be measured against someone else

Each one of these points is mutually exclusive as well as interconnected

Each one of these points is supported with positive affirmations

WHAT'S RELEVANT?

Golden Rule:  Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You

• Nationality is irrelevant
• Ethnicity is irrelevant
• Gender is irrelevant
• Education is irrelevant

SELF-AWARENESS is listed first because in my opinion it is the most important and MUST take place before the other 9 points can be realized.

For example:

• Who are you?
• What do you know?
• What do you want out of life?
• Why do you want that?
• What are your goals?
• Why did you choose those goals?
• When do you want to reach your goals:
• age 25?
• age 40?
• age 60?
• age you retire?
• How are you going to reach your goals?
• What will you need to get there?
• Who will you need to get there?

CAVEAT:   very few people visit this blog so very few people will benefit from this knowledge...

MEMORIAL DAY - May 25, 2020

COVID-19 EXPERTS...  are now saying that by Memorial Day, the coronavirus pandemic here in the USA will PEAK and start to decline and we can begin the slow process of getting back to work...

That is about 60 days from now...

What do we do in the meantime?

Stay at home unless there is a MUST REASON to leave the home.

For instance:

• need groceries
• need gasoline
• have necessary doctor's appointment
• have critical job assignment

I have cancelled all my doctor's appointments except my:

• PET scan
• Chemo treatment
• Urology appointment to check for prostate cancer

HEAD'S UP....

Experts are saying that wearing a face mask is not helpful unless YOU ARE SICK to keep others from catching stuff from you...   and that, if you are not sick, face masks will not help as much as STAYING AWAY FROM PEOPLE...

HOWEVER,

I have been fighting cancer for over 12 years, so I am wearing a face mask everywhere I go and if I don't have to go somewhere I am staying the hell at home...

Stay the F _ _ K at home!!!

SIDE EFFECTS

2:16 am} and, I cannot sleep...

Retired, so I worry about very little other than what am I going to do tomorrow...

My eyes and body feel tired but when I lay down in the bed, I feel wide awake and just lay there wondering when the drowsiness will put me to sleep...

So, here I am drinking coffee with a little Cappuccino Mix in it to make it swallow a little easier...   and actually, I think I have become addicted to this sugar-free or fat-free mix because straight coffee no longer tastes good to me which is typically all I used to drink after being in the Navy...

I was in communications and worked in the Radio Shack on the USS Recovery ARS-43 which was a salvage and rescue ship.  It had less than 100 men aboard her and every two years she would spend 6 months in the Mediterranean Sea patrolling outfitted with the latest surveillance gear before leaving port at Little Creek, VA which was part of the Norfolk Naval Base.

About 1:00 am this morning I awoke from sleep because I had to take a piss and after laying back down in my soft, comfortable warm bed, laid there for a hour unable to return to sleep.

Because of my non-Hodgkin's "B" cell Lymphoma, I take 2 - 140 mg tablets of IMBRUVICA  daily which is considered an Immunotherapy Drug, not a Chemotherapy Drug.

Common side effects of Imbruvica include:

low platelet count,

diarrhea,

neutropenia,

anemia,

fatigue,

musculoskeletal pain,

muscle spasms,

joint pain,

swelling of the extremities,

fever,

upper respiratory tract infection,

cough,

shortness of breath,

nausea,

bruising,

indigestion,

constipation,

rash,

abdominal pain,

vomiting,

decreased appetite,

swelling of the mouth and lips,

urinary tract infection,

pneumonia,

skin infections,

sinus infection,

weakness,

nosebleed,

decreased appetite,

dehydration,

dizziness, and

headache.

Of course, my inability to sleep could be coming from my enlarged prostate and a PSA count that was twice what it was last year and over the recommended amount and the reason why I am going to a Urologist to see if I have prostate cancer next week.

In addition to my IMBRUVICA, I am receiving a monthly infusion of OPDIVO to control my Metastatic Melanoma which in a matter of 41/2 years went from my foot to my groin to my neck; although, when it was removed from my neck, the Melanoma was DEAD thanks to the radiation treatments I had along with the OPDIVO infusions; apparently, when OPDIVO is combined with radiation, the radiation super-charges the OPDIVO to fight the Melanoma...   lucky me...

Common side effects of Opdivo include:

• fatigue
• rash
• itching
• cough
• upper respiratory tract infection
• swelling of the extremities
• shortness of breath
• muscle pain
• decreased appetite
• nausea
• vomiting
• constipation
• diarrhea
• weakness
• swelling
• fever
• abdominal pain
• chest pain
• joint pain
• weight loss
• irregular heartbeat
• eye inflammation
• infusion-related reactions
• increased amylase
• increased lipase
• dizziness
• numbness and tingling
• skin peeling
• skin redness and
• psoriasis.

YEAH...  I was pretty frigging amazed when I saw these two lists too...  I have been taking immunotherapy drugs for two years but I have also been taking chemotherapy drugs for 10 years, all of which basically has the same side effects...   

WHILE sleeplessness in not on the list...  WTF...  I experience it once or twice a week like clockwork...

String Theory

Social Distancing

Since my health situations put me into a high risk category, I am staying at home and only leave the house if I have a doctor's appointment or treatment that is critical.  This month, I have to leave the house 4 times:  a cancer treatment, a bulging disk in my back, a PET scan to determine if my cancers have grown or decreased, and a meeting with a Urologist to determine if I should pursue further testing for prostate cancer...

Those 4 trips to Knoxville will cause me to stop at Weigel's Gas Station/Market for gas, but I will not go inside or get close to others who are pumping gas.                

So, for the rest of those 26 days, I will be staying inside the house or working outside if the weather is nice.  When I am not working outside, I will be inside posting articles to this blog and three other blogs that I maintain daily (see blog list on right) along with LinkedIn, Facebook, and Tumblr forums on which I post comments.

I like to write and will continue to write regardless of how many people that read and/or actually care about what I have to say.

What I am doing is better than sitting on a telephone pole/line like a bird...  lol

A Quantum Reality

QUANTUM MECHANICS

Quantum Mechanics or QM, describes how the Universe works at the level smaller than atoms. It is also called "quantum physics" or "quantum theory". A quantum of energy is a specific amount of energy, and Quantum Mechanics describes how that energy moves and interacts at the sub-atomic level.

The new theory ignored the fact that electrons are particles and treated them as waves. By 1926 physicists had developed the laws of quantum mechanics, also called wave mechanics, to explain atomic and subatomic phenomena.  When X-rays are scattered, their momentum is partially transferred to the electrons.

The world as we know it has three dimensions of space—length, width and depth—and one dimension of time. But there's the mind-bending possibility that many more dimensions exist out there. According to string theory, one of the leading physics model of the last half century, the universe operates with 10 dimensions.

String theory is a set of attempts to model the four known fundamental interactions—gravitation, electromagnetism, strong nuclear force, weak nuclear force—together in one theory.  Einstein had sought a unified field theory, a single model to explain the fundamental interactions or mechanics of the universe.

One notable feature of string theories is that these theories require extra dimensions of spacetime for their mathematical consistency. In bosonic string theory, spacetime is 26-dimensional, while in superstring theory it is 10-dimensional, and in M-theory it is 11-dimensional.

M-theory is a new idea in small-particle physics that is part of superstring theory that was initially proposed by Edward Witten. The idea, or theory, often causes arguments among scientists, because there is no way to test it to see if it is true.

A type of spacetime symmetry, supersymmetry is a possible candidate for undiscovered particle physics, and seen by some physicists as an elegant solution to many current problems in particle physics if confirmed correct, which could resolve various areas where current theories are believed to be incomplete.

WHAT'S UP???

Well...  it would appear that all news outlets like:  FOX, CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC are reporting nothing but COVID-19 stuff...  and personally, I think that is wonderful to keep us informed on what is going on but NOT ALL DAY LONG...  there is other shit going on in the world beside COVID-19 and what we are doing...

BUT, if we are going to talk about the disease then we should talk about what we are going to do to CHINA for getting the world into this mess...

They are the culprits here...

And, they should be punished...

The WORLD should retaliate...  not just the USA...

It really PISSES ME OFF that countries like CHINA do not have the same health guidelines that we have here in the USA...

Isn't it time for the rest of the world to take care of their citizens...   We are all human beings...

LOOSE ENDS

BEST WAY TO START OFF A NEW MONTH...

This is not an April Fools Joke