Breakfast: Banana and Almond Milk Smoothie

The Nutritional Value of my Breakfast Shake

According to healthline.com, one medium-sized banana contains:

• Potassium: 9% of the RDI
• Vitamin B6: 33% of the RDI
• Vitamin C: 11% of the RDI
• Magnesium: 8% of the RDI
• Copper: 10% of the RDI
• Manganese: 14% of the RDI
• Net carbs: 24 grams
• Fiber: 3.1 grams
• Protein: 1.3 grams
• Fat: 0.4 grams

Each banana has only about 105 calories and consists almost exclusively of water and carbs. Bananas hold very little protein and almost no fat.

So if I make my breakfast shake with two bananas, that's 210 calories x2 of the above nutrients:

*Potassium: 18%

*Vitamin B6: 66%

*Vitamin C: 22%

*Magnesium: 16%

*Copper: 20%

*Manganese: 28%

*Net Carbs: 48 grams

*Fiber: 6.2 grams

*Protein: 2.6 grams

*Fat: .8 grams

Now, I add 1/8th of a cup of sugar to my breakfast shake to sweeten it up. That adds 97 calories and 25 carbs.

210 + 97 = 307 calories

48 + 25 = 73 grams of carbs

I add enough Califia Vanilla flavored Almond Milk to the 16 oz mark on my blender. Let's say I had 8 fluid ounces. This is the final product.

Calories = 357

Sodium = 160 mg or 7%

Fiber = 3.6 grams

Net Carbs = 51 grams

Fat = 3.8 grams

*Potassium: 18%
*Vitamin B6: 66%
*Vitamin C: 22%
*Magnesium: 16%
*Copper: 20%
*Manganese: 28%

Iron = 2%

Day 64 - In a glam pop mood

Lyrics:


Who will be my Tony Visconti?


Who can play as good as Mick Ronson?


Glam up the stage like Bowie or Bolan?


I don't know now but someday, I hope they come again.

Day 48 on "Stay At Home " order and yet on the job hunt

...me and 20+ million others in the U.S.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2020/04/16/the-us-now-has-22-million-people-out-of-work-as-52-million-more-americans-filed-for-unemployment-last-week/#22fa365b1d53

I liked some of the questions that they posed, but are they ethical? I mean, how I spend my time outside of working hours is really none of the employers business. It's the behaviors that I exhibit during work hours that they are paying for.

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/news/tell-me-about-your-pandemic-self-5187618/

I'm a supervisor. How do I hone my skills without having a team to interact with? I guess I can hit the management books again and read more.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/so-you-just-got-laid-off-due-covid-19-10-steps-starting-beth-winters/?trackingId=OPCQ3Vm%2BGB1KiQSYG1FOnA%3D%3D

Manifestation

I'm not really searching this out, it's just now in my face and not in a bad way mind you.

It was kind of brought on by the uke. It's leading me to the bass.

The bass, the bass, the bass.

And now just this week, I've got these bass players the of the extraordinary kind popping up in my youtube, Instagram, and Facebook that I've never really encountered on that level in any significant way before but I'm not searching them out either. And it's cool, but it's also weird.

Leland Sklar - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5yDeiOgkyRZGZGphlSbIw
and some of his history here: http://guitarcostum23.blogspot.com/2015/01/lee-sklar-bass-guitars.html

Mike Watt - http://www.hootpage.com/

This week, I talked to Kenny (my dad died in 2005 and then Kenny kinda popped up and into my life and he happens to be a musician in his own right) about a jazz guitar that was for sale on Nextdoor. And I thought it was such a shame that the seller didn't know what it was. I thought maybe it was a Washburn due to the "W" on the tremolo bar, but no. Then, because of its shape, I thought maybe it was a Gibson, getting warmer because Gibson does manufacture jazz guitars. But no. And then I finally found a matching photo and figured out this crazy looking guitar was a Barney Kessel Norma after searching the term "vintage guitars". Once I found that out, I was "down the rabbit hole" finding out additional information about who he was, his equipment, what he worked on, who he played with, his videos on youtube, and figuring out how hard it would be to locate replacement knobs for a guitar that might be older than I am.

I learned the term "chickenhead knob". It's similar but different to the part I was looking for.

So I told Kenny my first guitar was a 3/4 guitar with nylon strings. My whole thing is I've got these small hands and I have a hard time playing normal-sized stringed instruments, so I remember having fun playing that guitar and remembering that I was drawn to the ukulele and now the bass. He suggested that I forget the interesting looking jazz guitar, and go find an EB-0 bass because it's my size and might be more playable i.e. more enjoyable.

• The last Gibson EB-0 was made in 1979.
• Epiphone discontinued its EB-0 and EB-3 models just this year (2020).
• Also known as a short-scale bass, Ibanez GSRM20 Mikro

Yesterday, I watched a video of Waddy Waddel talking about his gear and he was saying the same thing about the neck of the guitar. It's gotta feel right and be your size so you can enjoy playing.

Genealogy Tracking - Where are the descendants?

1) Harry Waxler was born on 26 Sep 1886 in Yassa Romania.

2) Samuel Peterson Waxel was born on 19 Mar 1889 in Romania.

3) Herman Waxler was born 1892 in New York. 

4) Cecelia Waxler was born on 15 Feb 1894 in New York.

5) Anna Waxler was born exactly 9 months after Joseph in New York on 23 Apr 1896.

6) Joseph Waxler was born on 31 Jul 1902 in Manhattan, NYC. His "Joseph Pierpont Stutz" persona was born on 24 Jul 1895 in Chicago, IL.

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8 Jun 1900: Jacob Wexler (b. Apr 1866) is married to Sarah Wexler (b. Mar 1863) since 1885 and they are living in Manhattan with their 5 children: Harry (b. Apr 1886), Sam (b. Mar 1889), Hyman [Herman], Celia (b. Dec 1893) and Annie (b. Apr 1896). (1900 US census)

1908: Harry Waxler marries Ida Mublstock. His first son, William was born on 30 Nov 1908.

23 Apr 1910: The Waxler family is living in Manhattan on 10th Avenue. Samuel is 21 (electrician), Herman is 18 (salesman at a family liquor store), Cecelia is 17 (laundry), Anna is 14 and Joseph is 8.

5 Nov 1911: Lillian Waxler was born to Harry and Ida Waxler in NYC.

2 Apr 1916: Celia Waxler married Marcus Escovitz in Columbiana, Ohio

29 Jan 1917: Esther Escovitz is born to Celia and Marc Escovitz

15 Jun 1918: David Waxler was born to Harry and Ida Waxler in New York.

26 Oct 1919: Herman "Waxler" married Rose Bernard. Her mother's maiden name was Lena Gross. Both of her parents were from Hungary. Rose became a naturalized citizen in 1913. Herman stated his mother's name was Sarah Waxle and his father's name was Jacob. The wedding took place in Manhattan. (marriage record)

7 Jan 1920: Herman Waxel was living with his wife Rose on Lewis Street in Manhattan. Herman works in the laundry. (census)

22 Sep 1920: Daniel Waxler is born to Herman and Rose Waxler.

1926: Sidney Waxler was born to Herman and Rose Waxler.

31 Dec 1929: Jacob Waxler died and is buried at Montefiore Cemetery in Queens, NY.

7 Apr 1930: Herman and Rose "Waxler" are living in the Bronx with their two children. Rose states she was from Austria and so were her parents. Herman works in the laundry. Column #30 states he was a veteran. They have two sons- Daniel (b. 1920) and Sidney (b. 1926), both born in New York. (census)

9 Nov 1935: Lillian married Seymour Schultz in Manhattan NYC. Or does not marry him because on the 1940 Census, she's back living with her parents and younger brother; marital status marked "Single".

9 Apr 1940: Herman and Rose "Waxler" are still living in the Bronx and works in the laundry. His oldest son, Daniel, is 19 and is an unemployed draftsperson. (1940 US census)

1950's: Esther Escovitz married Ervin Knoll. They have at least two daughters (Carol and Carrie) and later move to California. 

27 Jul 1961: Herman Waxler dies and is buried at Montefiore Cemetery in Queens, NY.

17 Dec 1979: Anna (Waxel) Liff dies.

18 Jul 2003: Esther (Escovitz) Knoll died in Orange, California. Her husband died in Santa Clara County, CA in 2006.

1 Apr 2011: Carol Eileen (Knoll) Vanderwalt died in California.

7 Dec 2018: Daniel Waxler died in Dover, New Jersey. He is buried at Mount Sinai Cemetery in Randolph, New Jersey.

Obituary:

Daniel Waxler - Dover 

Great-grandfather and retired engineer at Picatinny Arsenal, taught and managed physics lab at County College of MorrisDaniel Waxler, a resident of Dover, N.J., since 1954, died on Dec. 7, 2018 at the age of 98.
Born on Sept. 22, 1920 in Manhattan and raised in the Bronx, N.Y., Dan graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School and City College of New York with a degree in electrical engineering. He went on to earn two advanced degrees from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute.
Dan worked as a civilian electrical engineer with the Department of the Navy, the Signal Corps and the Air Force, including the Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y., where he met his future wife, Marcia Schwartz. He worked for the Army at Picatinny Arsenal from 1954 until he retired in 1981.
During the next 20 years, he worked as an adjunct professor in the math and physics departments at the County College of Morris and worked as the manager of the physics laboratory.
On Feb. 21, 1954 he married Marcia (Schwartz) Waxler, who survives him. Also he is survived by his daughter, Enid McDonough Green (Roger Green); a grandson, Ryan McDonough (Kathleen Culbertson McDonough); a granddaughter, Zoe McDonough, and a great-granddaughter, Angel Lynn McDonough, who was the light of his life; also, nieces and nephews, Jason Waxler (Laura), Dr. Roger Waxler (Priscilla), Richard Schwartz (Karen), Dr. Rhoda Cobin (David), Rabbi Arnie Fertig (Gail), and Edward Schwartz (JoAnn).
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. at Tuttle Funeral Home, 272 State Route 10 West, Randolph (www.tuttlefh.com). Interment at Dover Mt. Sinai Cemetery will follow.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in Dan's memory be made to Adath Shalom Synagogue OR Dover Mt. Sinai Cemetery Association. Checks to either organization can be sent to 841 Mountain Way, Morris Plains, N.J. 07950.

Marcia (Schwartz) Waxler RIP

Marcia Waxler

May 8,1930 - March 31, 2020.

SUMMARY:

1) Harry's descendant???

2) Christine Jacobs is the granddaughter of Samuel Peterson Waxel who is the father of Grace Helen (Waxel) Jacobs, Christine's mother. She currently lives in Philadelphia, PA.(Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christine.jacobs.733 ) DNA verified on 23andme.com .

3) Enid Waxler McDonough is the granddaughter of Herman Waxler who is the father of Daniel Waxler. She currently lives in New Hope, PA. (Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/enidmcd )

4) Carrie (Knoll) Berg, MD is the granddaughter of Celia Waxler who is the mother of Esther Escovitz. She is a pediatrician in Southern California. https://www.choc.org/providers/carrie-knoll-md/

5) Howard Liff is the grandson of Anna (Waxler) Liff who is the mother of Walter Liff. He currently lives in Cincinnati, OH. (Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howard.liff )

6) Judi Stutz is the granddaughter of Joseph Pierpont Stutz who is the father of Alfred Stutz. She currently lives in Tustin, CA.(Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/judi.stutz ) DNA verified on 23andme.com .

Dream: April 16th, 2020: Day 28 0-Stay- At-Home EO

I was driving to a tall building I feel like I've been to before to get medical treatment. I go inside and to the floor I need to be at and approach the office's reception area, but it doesn't seem like it's the right company anymore. It's not the clinic I'm looking for. Instead, it's one called "fly" with it's logo all in lowercase cursive bright lime green lettering. I ask where is the clinic?

The next thing that happened is that I'm waking up/gaining consciousness in a waiting area sitting in a hall in a chair with black cushions and square metal arms and sides. All of these chairs are lined up in one straight line, but far apart from each other. I'm sitting in this comfy leather chair, but my pants are down as if I'm waiting to relieve myself in the restroom and I look down at what I'm wearing and I see peanuts and peanut shells all over me. I look to my left down the hall and I see an Indian man in a lab coat standing, holding a door open by him leaning against it with his arms crossed for a long time. I try and pull my pants up while staying seated, sweep the peanut mess off of me and start walking the halls all around the same floor to other clinic stations, but they are dark and no one is there.

#Hope

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/politics/california-economy-coronavirus-newsom/index.html

Is it May 2, or is it going to be May 15th, we don't know yet, but it what it sounds like to me is the governor is trying to head off a huge recession in the state in an election year. 

Yep, sounds like politics. 

In the meantime, I'm still looking for a job.

I have until June 26th AKA 90 days from the close of the job posting to wait it out to see if I'm going to get another job working for the government after being recommended to be hired.

Like Tom Petty says, "The waiting is the hardest part."

Where's the money? Is it coming??

If you are unemployed in California...

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/unemployment-checks-with-600-boost-rolling-out-this-week/2272524/

So it's supposed to be your UI award plus $600 per week for four months.

My max award started on 3/22/2020.

About the federal stimulus check:

https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payments

A one-time payment of $1200 for single status filers, no dependents. My son's father owes me back child support so his federal stim money is supposed to go to me, even if he considers himself disabled. We'll see how that plays out.

Today is day 26 staying at home with no job and I've seen no money yet. I mean, I'm marking it on my calendar each morning.

John Prine (RIP) courtesy of Aquarium Drunkard 4/13/20

John Prine, "When I Get to Heaven"

When I get to heaven
I'm gonna shake God's hand
Thank him for more blessings
Than one man can stand
Then I'm gonna get a guitar
And start a rock and roll band
Check into a swell hotel
Ain't the 'afterlife' grand!

And then I'm gonna get a cocktail
Vodka and ginger ale
Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette
That's nine miles long
I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl
On the tilt a whirl
'Cause this old man is going to town

Then as God as my witness
I'm gettin' back into show business
I'm gonna open up a nightclub called
'The Tree of Forgiveness'
And forgive everybody
Ever done me any harm
I might even invite a few choice critics
Those syphilitic parasitics
Buy 'em a pint of Smithwick's
And smothert'em with my charm

'Cause then I'm gonna get a cocktail
Vodka and ginger ale
Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette
That's nine miles long
I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl
On the tilt a whirl
Yeah this old man is going to town

Yeah when I get to heaven
I'm gonna take
That wristwatch off my arm
What are you gonna do with time
After you've bought the farm
And them I'm gonna go find my mom and dad
And good old brother Doug
Well I bet him and cousin Jackie
Are still cuttin' up a rug
Wanna see all my mama's sisters
'Cause that's where all the love starts
I miss 'em all like crazy
Bless their little hearts
And I always will remember
These words my daddy said
He said, "Buddy, when you're dead
You're a dead peckerhead"
I hope to prove him wrong
That is ... when I get to heaven

'Cause I'm gonna have a cocktail
Vodka and ginger ale
Gonna smoke a cigarette
That's nine miles long
I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl
On the tilt a whirl
Yeah this old man to going to town
Yeah this old man is going to town

Connecting the Dots?

All of this rain in April seems odd to me.

At some point, you'll just watch just about anything to pass the time. I was at that point yesterday. I turned on my local PBS station which has morphed into an education channel for LAUSD they called "At-Home Learning".

It's raining so much now. And a show I was watching yesterday said that heavy rains can be caused by smoke in the air [1]. And then I thought could it be that China is having so very many cremations that they are polluting the air even more so than before and that a mass of air with all of it's particulate is moving over the Pacific Ocean collecting moisture and bringing so much rain now in April to California.

And the health officials are now telling us that everyone must wear some sort of facial protection.

Yeah, so jumping to conclusions in a nutshell: If you don't catch coronavirus and die, the bad rainy weather we're experiencing now could be caused by mass cremations in China after others infected by the virus died and now you're breathing in dead people.

If that's not information that will keep you indoors, I don't know what will.

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-11/pyrocumulus-cloud-how-fire-can-create-weather/8693202

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-cases-maps-us-world-spread-symptoms-death-rate-2020-1#the-healthcare-system-in-italy-which-is-home-to-one-of-the-worlds-oldest-populations-has-been-overwhelmed-with-medical-workers-stretched-thin-and-forced-to-decide-who-to-save-3