From Worldometer (new COVID-19 deaths yesterday):
DAY USA WORLD Brazil India South Africa
June 9 1093 4732 1185 246 82
July 22 1205 7128 1293 1120 572
Aug 12 1504 6556 1242 835 130
Sept 9 1208 6222 1136 1168 82
Oct 21 1225 6849 571 703 85
Nov 25 2304 12025 620 518 118
Dec 30 3880 14748 1224 299 465
Jan 14 4142 15512 1151 189 712
Feb 3 4005 14265 1209 107 398
25 2414 10578 1582 119 144
Mar 2 1989 9490 1726 110 194
17 1289 9736 2736 171 74
24 936 10206 3158 277 55
25 1405 10470 2244 249 121
26 1165 10331 2639 257 163
30 873 10854 3668 355 78
31 1115 12301 3950 458 58
April 6 906 11787 4211 631 37
7 873 12996 3733 684 79
13 819 12848 3687 1026 68
14 921 13550 3462 1037 75
Summary: The pandemic is lingering.
From the New York Times this morning:
Coinbase went public on the Nasdaq stock exchange, the first major cryptocurrency company to do so.Muldrow Glacier in Alaska is experiencing a rare phenomenon: It’s flowing 100 times faster than normal.Bernie Madoff, the architect of a $64.8 billion Ponzi scheme, has died in prison at 82.Someone sent me this You Tube piece on the puffer fish, or fugu.
My first experience thirty years ago in Kita-Kyushu involved consuming two fugu testicles. Click on that link to learn why, Soon thereafter, for two years, I was at my creative best, with the Blue Revolution being one of the products. In 2018 I was asked to give a talk on hydrogen at Kyushu University. They paid for the trip, business class, and provided a requested
fugu dinner. I again had two testicles. However, no brilliance returned.
At one time in the past deaths were into three digits annually from fugu poisoning, especially from the liver. Yet, the cuisine experience was very expensive. Most of the current deaths come from fishermen who catch the fish and ill-prepare it for friends and family. Today, safe fugus are farmed and there are chains serving the full course for a relatively cheap price.One is Torafugu-Tei. I went there seven years ago and ate THREE fugu testicles, hoping that my imagination would be enhanced. No such luck.
To quote from that posting:
Imagine a squashed golf ball, almost crisp on the outside and a high viscosity liquid inside. Mine was grilled and, while you dip them in a soy/lime sauce, the interior remains almost scalding hot, and has the consistency of heavy cream with a salty taste...after all, this is mostly...gasp...sperms. Three balls. At this point I think the top of my mouth felt tingly.
The whole meal cost $85, including beer and sochu. More so, they served so much food that two people could have shared this. Nearly a quarter century before, just one gonad cost $75.
After dinner, I walked back to the Tokyo Westin, went to Compass Rose, where they keep a bottle of my 20-year old Yoichi whisky, which I had with a Ghurka cognac-infused cigar while viewing Tokyo Tower.
On my next stop in Tokyo I'll need to finish off the bottle because that could well be my final chance.
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