Day #273

The first major snowstorm in NYC during the pandemic. They've named it Gail, of all things. I'm guessing Bizzard and Frosty were already taken.

The Governor was funny today - during his live briefing on it.

Governor: "I won't criticize the weather forecasters - I was blasted the last time I questioned them. All I'll say is this is an awfully specific weather forecast. Apparently only two small counties in New York State will get the worst of it - between 18-20 feet. The surrounding ones 12-18, and the city 12-18, and the ones up north 6-12, or 1-5. "

He also ranted for fifteen minutes about our insane federal government, which included an expletive, which the news channel bleeped out.

NYC is prepared. They have everything ready to go. They've been like that ever since the city got shut down by the Christmas Blizzard in 2017 or 2018, can't remember which year it was.



I was irritable today, people were getting on my nerves again. I think I'm worried about a few things and trying not to be. There's a lot riding on Trump leaving the White House. I work for a State and Federally funded agency, if that thing stays in the White House, I'm doomed. It's stinking up our country. We can't get an economic stimulus package passed because of that piece of shit. If Biden becomes President as he should be, since he was legally and fairly elected President, I get Buttigeg as Transportation Secretary - and my agency gets funding. And no lay-offs. And life is good.

Please, please, Universe, grant me my last two miracles - an end to the Trump administration and an end to COVID-19. I've been very patient.
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See, my little tree with the gifts under it?

At Zoom Unitarian Bible Study - which is always interesting - we all got booted out of Zoom half-way through the meeting.
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Crazy Workplace

New Managers decided to assign me a new project two days before I went on vacation. But I talked to the project manager - who informed me not to worry about it - and I could hold off until January - foiling their evil plans!
They probably are thinking that work just doesn't stick to me? Each item that has been assigned to me this year - has disappeared.

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New York vs. the Corona Virus

New York is steadily working towards its goal of being the first state to defeat COVID. Also they are going full steam ahead on the public education campaign on the vaccine.

So far the only side-effects reported are minor ones - muscle pain where the vaccine was administered. Muscle aches and pains, and fatigue - which lasts up to 48 hours, if that.

The Mayor televised two more people getting the vaccine today. NY has gotten 87,000 doses to date, and is getting 70,000 more. Moderna is on the way.
And the federal government is making a deal with Pfizer to produce more doses.

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