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Year 2 - Day #105- Sunny
Jun. 30th, 2021 09:00 pm[Reader Notes:
* This should have posted yesterday, but for some reason it didn't post. So, I've back dated it. (I've not skipped a day, I just sometimes make access only.)
* Resources that I've been using regarding the Corona Virus or where I am getting my information.
( Read more... )
I'm in a good mood tonight. Cheerful. I don't really know why. Does there have to be a reason?
Accomplished one thing at work - since work metaphorically speaking involves pushing boulders up a hill, only to see them slide back down again, getting one up is quite the accomplishment.
Found out via Twitter and Breaking News that Bill Cosby had been released due to technicality. (Found this out during my recording of my soap opera - why they felt the need to break in for this, I've no clue, it's not like they don't have breaking news after the soap. They couldn't wait thirty minutes? Also all we saw was Cosby's car pull up to his house and the news broadcasters discuss it.]
( Read more... )
Covid
WHO and the CDC are fighting over whether we should all continue to wear masks. The problem we've had in regards to the pandemic - is both organizations were kind of gutted by dingbat greedy nationalistic leaders who had their own self-interests at heart. We all know who I'm referring to here.
CDC was gutted more than WHO, so of the two is the least reliable.
They've been fighting over the mask issue for about 18 months now. CDC told Americans not to wear masks in January through April 2020, because we didn't have any - and they needed them for the essential workers. It took a while to get them. Then they shifted and said, whoopsie, we didn't meant to tell you all that - yes, you must wear masks - they will protect you. And launched a marketing campaign to try and convince everyone to wear them. As a result of this - a lot of folks remain unconvinced masks actually work.
Anyhow, here's the fight:
( Debate Over Masks )
Q&A on the Delta Variant - when you should wear a mask, if vaccinated or not concerns.
( Excerpt )
The gist is basically - if you've had both doses of the Pfizer or Moderna, you should be fine to go maskeless, but you might want to wear it in "public" and indoor public spaces.
If Johnson and Johnson - same.
If unvaccinated - wear it. Because you do not want the Delta Variant. It's like judging the weather - if it's pouring outside? Wear a rain jacket. If it's icy - wear boots that can handle ice.
* So Russia screwed up...they downplayed the virus and vaccine, and as a result: Some 23 million Russians, or about 15 percent of the population, have received at least one vaccine dose, Putin said. Recent independent polls showed that some 60 percent of Russians did not want to be vaccinated, even though the domestically produced Sputnik V shot is widely seen as safe and effective.
Compare this to the US with 325.8 million or 50%-60% vaccinated. [Source John's Hopkins COVID MAP OF DOOM, although they didn't update some of the charts.
*Weirdly, fireworks-related injuries spiked last year, perhaps because people tried to make their own fun at home. [You think? Honestly, it's already started, people on my neighborhood FB page have been complaining about the fireworks in the area since Juneteenth. I've not heard any or seen any - so fingers crossed.]
***
Other News
* More than 100 deaths in British Columbia have been linked to record-breaking temperatures that have roasted the region and sent thousands scrambling for relief.
In the U.S., where parts of Washington State and Oregon have been battered by extreme heat for several days in a row, President Biden talked with state leaders and pledged aid to try to minimize weather-related disasters. California is bracing for another summer of destructive fires, and punishing drought conditions are gripping the American West. Heat advisories are also in effect from Philadelphia to Boston in the Northeast.
“The big lesson coming out of the past number of days is that the climate crisis is not a fiction,” John Horgan, the premier of British Columbia, said.
[Meanwhile I'm watching a serious storm come in...slowly. It will cut our heat wave in half - with temperatures dropping to the 70s and 60s by Friday.]
* The Times keeps analyzing the Jan 6 - Attack on the Capital. [Note, my mother went into the hospital for a fractured hip on January 5, and she's still not healed. And my father has been in long-term care since then. That week was hell on multiple levels.]
( Read more... )
* Uh oh...the New York Board of Elections screwed up again. I knew they did last night, because I got an updated email telling me they had from the NY Times. They've been doing that a lot. Also it's a Republican Board.
( Read more... )
***
Spoke with Mother, who is doing better. She got her bone stimulator package. Also apparently her visit with my father went well. They watched Wimbeldon together in his room.
Meanwhile niece is feeling a touch overwhelmed by spending so much time with new boyfriend and his family.
ME: So she's not in love?
Mother: I think she's just overwhelmed with how much time they've spent together in a short space of time, and well, seventeen.
Me: Well her father was head over heels in love with her mother at seventeen.
Mother: I'm not sure she's ready for it all yet.
Me: Guessing the romance isn't quite what it is wrapped up to be?
Romances often aren't. They get in the way of other things. Like plans to study in London, and go to Law School, and do cool stuff.
Good news about the 2020s, people are no longer stating that you only become a woman after you have sex with a man.( Read more... )
***
Television...
I'm almost done with the second season of Full Bloom, which is much better than the first season. Although the hosts are still getting on my nerves. However, they were apparently told to scale back on the forced sentimentality and crying. Because in S1, Maurice would have hugged Lufti, while in S2, he didn't and was just nice to him. This is far more restrained. Also the challenges and how its organized is completely different, with less emphasis on the whole floral team stuff.
I'd skip season 1, and just watch S2, to be honest.
Very subjective though - so hard to take seriously. Also kind of predictable.
**
Okay off for tonight. I have a four day weekend coming up - I'm going to the Van Gough Immersion on Friday. Doing little excursions into the city each week, building up to doing bigger outings. Baby Steps.
* This should have posted yesterday, but for some reason it didn't post. So, I've back dated it. (I've not skipped a day, I just sometimes make access only.)
* Resources that I've been using regarding the Corona Virus or where I am getting my information.
( Read more... )
I'm in a good mood tonight. Cheerful. I don't really know why. Does there have to be a reason?
Accomplished one thing at work - since work metaphorically speaking involves pushing boulders up a hill, only to see them slide back down again, getting one up is quite the accomplishment.
Found out via Twitter and Breaking News that Bill Cosby had been released due to technicality. (Found this out during my recording of my soap opera - why they felt the need to break in for this, I've no clue, it's not like they don't have breaking news after the soap. They couldn't wait thirty minutes? Also all we saw was Cosby's car pull up to his house and the news broadcasters discuss it.]
( Read more... )
Covid
WHO and the CDC are fighting over whether we should all continue to wear masks. The problem we've had in regards to the pandemic - is both organizations were kind of gutted by dingbat greedy nationalistic leaders who had their own self-interests at heart. We all know who I'm referring to here.
CDC was gutted more than WHO, so of the two is the least reliable.
They've been fighting over the mask issue for about 18 months now. CDC told Americans not to wear masks in January through April 2020, because we didn't have any - and they needed them for the essential workers. It took a while to get them. Then they shifted and said, whoopsie, we didn't meant to tell you all that - yes, you must wear masks - they will protect you. And launched a marketing campaign to try and convince everyone to wear them. As a result of this - a lot of folks remain unconvinced masks actually work.
Anyhow, here's the fight:
( Debate Over Masks )
Q&A on the Delta Variant - when you should wear a mask, if vaccinated or not concerns.
( Excerpt )
The gist is basically - if you've had both doses of the Pfizer or Moderna, you should be fine to go maskeless, but you might want to wear it in "public" and indoor public spaces.
If Johnson and Johnson - same.
If unvaccinated - wear it. Because you do not want the Delta Variant. It's like judging the weather - if it's pouring outside? Wear a rain jacket. If it's icy - wear boots that can handle ice.
* So Russia screwed up...they downplayed the virus and vaccine, and as a result: Some 23 million Russians, or about 15 percent of the population, have received at least one vaccine dose, Putin said. Recent independent polls showed that some 60 percent of Russians did not want to be vaccinated, even though the domestically produced Sputnik V shot is widely seen as safe and effective.
Compare this to the US with 325.8 million or 50%-60% vaccinated. [Source John's Hopkins COVID MAP OF DOOM, although they didn't update some of the charts.
*Weirdly, fireworks-related injuries spiked last year, perhaps because people tried to make their own fun at home. [You think? Honestly, it's already started, people on my neighborhood FB page have been complaining about the fireworks in the area since Juneteenth. I've not heard any or seen any - so fingers crossed.]
***
Other News
* More than 100 deaths in British Columbia have been linked to record-breaking temperatures that have roasted the region and sent thousands scrambling for relief.
In the U.S., where parts of Washington State and Oregon have been battered by extreme heat for several days in a row, President Biden talked with state leaders and pledged aid to try to minimize weather-related disasters. California is bracing for another summer of destructive fires, and punishing drought conditions are gripping the American West. Heat advisories are also in effect from Philadelphia to Boston in the Northeast.
“The big lesson coming out of the past number of days is that the climate crisis is not a fiction,” John Horgan, the premier of British Columbia, said.
[Meanwhile I'm watching a serious storm come in...slowly. It will cut our heat wave in half - with temperatures dropping to the 70s and 60s by Friday.]
* The Times keeps analyzing the Jan 6 - Attack on the Capital. [Note, my mother went into the hospital for a fractured hip on January 5, and she's still not healed. And my father has been in long-term care since then. That week was hell on multiple levels.]
( Read more... )
* Uh oh...the New York Board of Elections screwed up again. I knew they did last night, because I got an updated email telling me they had from the NY Times. They've been doing that a lot. Also it's a Republican Board.
( Read more... )
***
Spoke with Mother, who is doing better. She got her bone stimulator package. Also apparently her visit with my father went well. They watched Wimbeldon together in his room.
Meanwhile niece is feeling a touch overwhelmed by spending so much time with new boyfriend and his family.
ME: So she's not in love?
Mother: I think she's just overwhelmed with how much time they've spent together in a short space of time, and well, seventeen.
Me: Well her father was head over heels in love with her mother at seventeen.
Mother: I'm not sure she's ready for it all yet.
Me: Guessing the romance isn't quite what it is wrapped up to be?
Romances often aren't. They get in the way of other things. Like plans to study in London, and go to Law School, and do cool stuff.
Good news about the 2020s, people are no longer stating that you only become a woman after you have sex with a man.( Read more... )
***
Television...
I'm almost done with the second season of Full Bloom, which is much better than the first season. Although the hosts are still getting on my nerves. However, they were apparently told to scale back on the forced sentimentality and crying. Because in S1, Maurice would have hugged Lufti, while in S2, he didn't and was just nice to him. This is far more restrained. Also the challenges and how its organized is completely different, with less emphasis on the whole floral team stuff.
I'd skip season 1, and just watch S2, to be honest.
Very subjective though - so hard to take seriously. Also kind of predictable.
**
Okay off for tonight. I have a four day weekend coming up - I'm going to the Van Gough Immersion on Friday. Doing little excursions into the city each week, building up to doing bigger outings. Baby Steps.