What January 2021 means to me

In January 2021, my country was still in a winter Lockdown to slow down the spread of Covid19 virus particles. I felt shame and pity in January because I learned that Britain has the highest rate of Covid19 deaths in the world. Over 100,000 Brits were killed by the virus, yet our population is less than 70 million. So many Brits were infected that the virus mutated into a more lethal fast spreading strain. I felt shame that we failed to stop the virus from doing so much damage, some so called developing countries managed to stop the virus completely. I felt pity because all those people had family and friends that lost a loved one too soon. 

January was also the month when Joseph Biden was elected president of the United States of America. I don't support any political group in this world, I just listen and observe.  I wish him good luck. 

All I would do is be more Alan. I play card games on my phone and and create many things inside my head. I would watch Netflix and youtube playlists and daydream about being in a position where I can nurture all my hobbies and try not to think about what I can't control. 

I keep my chin up for Spring and hope for happier times. 

Fake Cheese

The thing that is stopping me from being a Vegan is cheese and the fact they add milk & egg to so many starchy foods that I like. I like to eat pizza and can eat macaroni cheese like Popeye the sailor man eats his spinach, sort of. 

The last few days I tried some fake Cheese slices and made some sandwiches. To be honest it didn't quite taste like cheese, there was something missing from the flavour. It turns out that they don't add much salt to fake Cheese, that is the key. In real cheese they add a lot of salt. I smeared some salty water on the cheese slices and found that they taste very close to real cheese. That is what cheese is about, it is soft, viscous, smelly and salty. 

I am a vegetarian and ½ Vegan if that makes sense. I try not consume dairy products directly but I will eat a biscuit that has milk or agg added to it. I am waiting for fake Cheese to be very common. Soon...

Important Breakthroughs

There are several things that will change the world dramatically despite seeming to be trivial. I wait patiently for a genius to solve the puzzle and change the world. 

I wait for the low cost high capacity battery, a power cell that can store one thousand amperes (one million Milli amperes) and cost less than £25. Electric cars would become very cheap and houses could store surplus solar power to use overnight. At the moment lithium iron power cells are very expensive. The ones that power cars cost as much as a small car on their own. Electricity would become very cheap overall, perhaps as low as 4 pence per killowatt-hour, at the moment most Brits pay about 10 pence per killowatt-hour. 

I also wait for the cure to Alzheimer's disease, that is a brain disease that causes a person's memory to stop working. I met a person that didn't even know their own name and they didn't know where they lived, it is a very nasty disease and can be cured if someone finds a way to remove the damaged proteins that build up on the brain tissue. 

Then there is cancer, everyone knows how bad cancer is. If there was a drink that kills all cancer cells without harming the healthy ones then that would be an amazing breakthrough. 

Human Biology Tampering

I don't like the idea of tampering with human DNA. I think it is wrong to change human DNA and add a so called improvement to the human body. 

In the world of science I think there is 3 things they should focus on, finding a cure for...

1) Alzheimer's disease

2) Cancer

3) Aids virus 

To me that is the best thing science can do, find cures for those nasty diseases. 

Winter lockdown

It is winter and we are still on lockdown and I have been informed that my country will remain on lockdown for February. I recently learned that the British version of Covid19 is about 30% more lethal than the original one. I try to remain busy and stay active. I have got to keep my mind in a good state.  

Hopefully by spring there will be enough people vaccinated to stop the disease and my spring can be stress free for the first time in 4 years. Every spring something has happened that has caused me to be quite stressed. Last spring we were on lockdown, the spring before that my son was born and I was waiting helplessly but luckily he was ok, I thank God. 

Let's see what happens. 

Shame, Pity and Squares

I recently learned that 100,000 Brits have been killed by Covid19, that is the highest on planet Earth by rate. Only about 4 or 5 other countries have a higher death rate and they have very large populations compared to us. The feeling I get is shame and pity; I feel shame that we failed to stop the virus from doing so much damage, I also feel pity because all those dead people have friends and family that have lost a love one too early. I have ideas that may stop the disease but I am a transparent ordinary man with no status in society. What can I do? I wear a mask and stay at home as much as possible and wait for the disease to go away. 

Earlier in the week I was trying out the mapping and natigation software called 'what 3 words'. It divides the planet up into 3 meter squares and gives them unique 3 word names that were randomly selected for example, the prime minister's porch is called 'slurs.this.shark'. some of the squares names are quite amusing, every home and business premises intersects with several 'what 3 words' squares. 

Titan miracle

The second largest moon in the solar system is called 'Titan'. It orbits Saturn and is the largest moon in the Saturn system. If you were to stand on the surface of Titan, you wouldn't need a space suit because it has a Nitrogen atmosphere that is thicker than Earth's, all you would need is very warm clothing and a resperator. If Titan wasn't orbiting Saturn, it would be called a planet. Titan has seas or large lakes made of Methane and Ethane, chemicals that are gasses here on Earth. It has rivers and coastlines and beaches formed by liquid hydrocarbons. Titan was able to keep an atmosphere because it is inside Saturn's magnetic field so the solar wind was deflected away. 

I wonder if many people know that Saturn's largest moon 'Titan' exists and why it is so special. People know a lot of things, they know statements made by politicians from 15 years ago, they know who is married to their favourite singer and the lyrics to all their songs. Isn't it more amazing that there is a moon that has seas of liquid Methane, Methane rain, mountains and valleys carved by flowing Methane and even a thick atmosphere that is 50% thicker than here on Earth?