Links of various shapes and sizes

1. I'm torturing myself watching Diane Sawyer's special "Our New Reality" about the virus. Although I found out a few things I did not know. ( Read more... )

2. It's official, The COVID MAP of DOOM - has 100,396 deaths in the US, 1.69 million cases, and 355,575 deaths world-wide.

Painful. Cases are increasing in the areas that opened too early and without precautions in place.

3. Every Type of Zoom Call Participant Illustrated by Cats - I'm the one who can't figure out how to angle the camera on my laptop so it keeps seeing the top of my head.
Or I use no video at all.

4. Well this happened in Central Park this week... -

5. Emotional Regulation Skills - eh, except I kind of like to numb out.
But I admit I am dealing with the feelings head on.
( what I do )

6. From the New York Times Magazine from a writer in Cambridge...
We Can’t Comprehend This Much Sorrow History’s first draft is almost always wrong — but we still have to try and write it.

( Read more... )

7. Kind of cool - Doctor Who Fandom does a rendition of a Doctor Who Song with over 500 fans from around the world singing via Zoom

Or you can just look at the CHOIR doing it

Zoom and social conferencing software is doing rather well.

8. Hmmm...two things to check out on streaming soon:

* The Great - starring Nicholas Hoult and Dakota Fanning
* Hannah Gasby - Douglas

Also I'm taping Grant on the History Channel. Now I just need to find time to watch television.

9. And the New York Governor's Latest missive on New York vs. The Corona Virus

( see missive below cut )

This made me laugh - So I left it outside the cut.

Tonight's "Deep Breath Moment": Finley, a 6-year-old Golden Retriever from Canandaigua, NY, was recognized by Guinness World Records for being able to hold six tennis balls in his mouth with no assistance — shattering the previous record of five tennis balls. Congratulations to this very good boy on his world record.

The poor Governor, he is trying really hard to keep the moral up.