Day #285

Some good news?

Mother: Trump signed the stimulus bill last night.( Read more... )

New York vs. the Corona Virus

Apparently New York went up to 8% today, but they aren't taking it seriously, since there weren't that many people tested, and most of the people getting tested knew there was a problem. (In short, all the people who went to urgent care and were sick.)

New York is withholding pay increases for all State-Wide Elected and Appointed Officials as a cost savings measure. No one is getting a raise this year - well except for those who work for private consulting firms and companies and that we contract out to - unfortunately. I am going to really cut into those increases from now on.

* Apparently some idiotic health care provider fraudulently obtained the vaccine and distributed it to the public. The provider is claiming it was the State Department's fault. Except they fraudulently filled out the form, and stated that they were qualified and legitimate to obtain it. Falsified business records.

( from the Governor's newsletter )

The rest from the newsletter...

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Enuf of that.

Below is a photo of a sunset on the beach at Dolphin Head, Hilton Head Island, SC - that I took during Christmas 2018.



I've realized I'm very good at being lazy. Just laying about watching television, fiddling with a new story, and took a walk to buy some groceries at the Coop. That was my major accomplishment today, putting on a mask, and walking about a mile and a half to get groceries. Also involved weight lifting - the groceries weren't light, and it felt like I was carrying twenty pounds the twenty or thirty blocks homewards. (I'm probably exaggerating.) Well that, and paying bills.

My new favorite comfort television series is The Great Pottery Throwdown. It's very relaxing. Today I watched the potters create toilets by handbuilding them out out clay and decorating them. Here's the winning Pot on Twitter. However, they keep changing the set-up. The female judge and host changed in the third season, with no explanation. Also there seems to be more potters in each group?

The other one is Bridgerton, which in some respects is more ground-breaking and radical than Downton Abbey, also more entertaining. (I liked Downton Abbey, but had issues with it.)

Mother: Your brother tasked your niece with saying "damn-it" every time she says the word "like". ( Read more... )

Wonder Woman 1984 redux

Over on FB, former roommate, who also loves Superhero films - told me that I should write a movie review blog. (Then I'd have to watch more movies. And I don't want to. There's a lot of movies out there that I don't want to see or feel like seeing. I'd rather watch The Great Pottery Throwdown. The life of a movie critic is not one that I want or desire any longer. Maybe I've matured, I don't know. I think it's more that I've met a lot of movie critics and followed a lot of them - and it no longer sounds appealing. It's hard being a professional critic in the information age. Everyone and their mother is reviewing movies, writing essays on them, etc.]

She liked my take on WW 84, which she also had issues with. Some people loved Wonder Woman 1984. One loved it so much, he watched it twice. Which I find mind-boggling, but then I didn't feel the need to re-watch the first one. It didn't work for me, but mileage it varies. People respond to different things - it has a lot to do with which story tropes appeal to you and what you find relatable. I found Doctor Minerva grating and cringe inducing, not relatable at all - but someone else found her to be very relatable and loved the character.
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Spoke with parents at noon..

Father: I like the hat you gave me. And this lady keeps showing up to check if I am actually wearing it.
ME: Mom is checking to see if you are wearing the hat? I'm guessing it's Mom, since I'm here.
Mother: No, he means you. You don't understand, you and your brother are clearly time travelers and keep popping up at various times.
Me: Do we ever pop up at the same time?
Mother: occasionally, he mentions that we have to wait on the kids.
Me: How about the cats are they still there?
Mother: well, they are around, at any rate - all Siamese - I think he's remembering the cats we once owned.
Me: In multiple?
Mother: yes..they've been cloned.

Ah, well...life is always interesting when people are involved, isn't it?