August Meme

August
( where I ruthlessly mock the meme and begin to wonder about whomever created it... )

Year 2- Day 139..Dispatches.

When I visited my brother's family - I realized that my biting sardonic wit is genetic, I come by it naturally. It's not going anywhere any time soon. You'll just have to continue to deal with it.

( trying to make friends, date, and volunteer during a pandemic )

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COVID

* The known global virus caseload has surpassed 200 million infections.

* The W.H.O. called for a moratorium on vaccine boosters to help each country get more people vaccinated.

* The F.D.A. could grant full approval to Pfizer’s vaccine by early September.

* Apparently the Delta is attacking younger folks or below 50 pretty severely. (Most likely because everyone over 50 got vaccinated? Or most of us did? And a lot of the under 50 bunch did not?)

* Oh and there was a major outbreak in China who is struggling with their containment of the virus...

( controlling the virus in Beijing per the NY Times Briefing )

( news bites on COVID and vaccinations )

This concerns me: ( Read more... )

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During the Staff Meeting From Doom, we joked about the Governor.

Breaking Bad: Any word on who the new boss of Crazy New Agency is?
Boss: Didn't you hear? It's Andrew Cuomo.
Breaking Bad: The women will have to armor up.
Babs: No, we won't. We can take him.

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Got a doctor's appointment tomorrow around 8:20 am - for blood work etc. Ugh. I hate doctor's appointments, and I see this one way too often - but being on diabetic meds and high blood pressure meds, requires it.

Been interacting with a woman (G) that I met on a trip to London in the 1980s. She's 82. Older than mother, and in much better shape than mother. Mother at 78 is getting a hip replacement and is immobile and worrying over father. G is 82 and planning another trip to Britain, she's been nine times, best was in 2019. She wrote an unpublished children's story about a Teddy Bear in a window in Derwent Water in Britain.

"This window in a shack on Derwent Water has a teddy bear in one of the pains. Over the years children see him and write letters and cards to him and they get posted in and all around the window. They address them to "Teddy in the Window”. "

She included a photo in the email but I can't figure out how to transfer it to my journal.

It's interesting, I've spent so much of the pandemic mainly corresponding with folks across long distances. G lives in Colorado - I've not seen her in over twenty years, and College Buddy lives in DC suburbs, not seen her in about fifteen years (?). The people I see are my co-workers on the same schedule that I'm on - which includes cubicle mate, and Gabe for the most part. BYT and Breaking Bad, and unfortunately Boss. Also my super and his wife, mainly his wife and son. Saw Wales. Bro and his family. Not many. Plus a lot of strangers - because I live in a major city, with over 2.3 million people.

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I'm hanging in there. Trying not to think too much.

Just be.

Meditate every morning. Do my work - lots of writing, analyzing, editing, etc. Read here and there. Watch Television. Correspond. Cook my meals. Talk to mother. Play on a soap opera fan board - I managed to find one without the nasty shipwars - no one has nastier shipwars than daytime soaps. Trick? Find a well-moderated fan board, with a tough as nails non-shipper moderator. I learned that in the Buffy fandom, and it works in all the others as well. Kind of true of everything really - an organization reflects the leadership.

Journal. Walk. Take Photos. Write. Sleep. Try not to think past tomorrow or today.

Life in moments.

Hee Hee...

I read this insane book description on Good Reads, then the reviews, both the marketing ones, and the actual...and LOL!

First - this one by author Alexis Hall - review of Sea of Ruin

Then...

Sea of Ruin reviews on Amazon

From the Amazon page:

Beautiful, soul-shattering, and utterly delicious." ~ Ilsa Madden-Mills, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USA Today bestselling author

"Elegant writing that paints a romantic picture, swoon-worthy anti-heroes who make aggression oh so seductive, and a plot that balances on brutal and breath-taking." ~ Pepper Winters, New York Times bestselling author

"Pam Godwin consumed my heart and soul through the brutal beauty of Sea of Ruin. I was enthralled, not only by the authentic vocabulary and historic references, but by the sheer wonder of this unique tale and the characters like no other. Sea of Ruin is an epic novel that goes far beyond five stars." ~ Aleatha Romig, New York Times bestselling author

"Lush and all-consuming, delicious, and so beautifully, beautifully penned. This is one book I will never, ever forget." ~ Mia Sheridan, New York Times bestselling author

"Skillfully executed, penned to perfection ... Sea of Ruin will leave you breathless. READ. THIS. BOOK!" ~ Jewel E. Ann, USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author

"Sea of Ruin is a masterpiece. From the flawless, evocative prose, to the characters who live and breathe on the page, to the richly drawn world of the high seas, Pam Godwin has created no less than a work of art." ~ Emma Scott, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author.

"You'll find all the magic and darkly erotic allure in these pages. 5 stars is not enough for how much I enjoyed this wild adventure!" ~ Keri Lake, USA Today bestselling author

Amazon Review:
( Read more... )

And excerpt from Alexis Hall's review:
( excerpt from the Good Reads Alexis Hall Review )