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Went back to the office today - and spent most of it revising various contractual documents.
Then came home, and spent time revising my novel.
Sigh.
Last night started Station Eleven on HBO Max. I'd been avoiding it because it dealt with a pandemic. (The set-up is basically a post apocalyptic world devastated by a flu pandemic.) But, I discovered something while watching it - the author apparently got her knowledge of viruses and pandemics from Stephen King. So, I needn't have worried. (Yes, I've seen and read The Stand.) And having now lived through a pandemic or rather still living through one (it's on-going), and having some knowledge of history (or rather more than most fictional novelists), they get it entirely wrong.
( spoilers for the first episode only )
***
Mother: While talking to your father today, he mentioned keeping chickens. With your brother. And your brother said he wasn't going to be plucking chickens.
Me: Uhm, what?
Mother: apparently the CEO they were working with (mother is laughing hard during all of this, making it difficult to figure out what she is saying), wanted them to get rid of his chickens.
ME: Okay..what CEO, and what chickens?
Mother : The CEO had a warehouse filled with chickens and your father was being hired to get rid of them.
Me: Uhm..
Mother: And your brother had to help him.
Me: You realize this makes no sense, right?
Mother: well of course not. Weirdly your father went back to normal after that and we had a very lucid conversation about our past travels, and our finances. He also wants to plan on what we're going to do next.
I wouldn't have believed this, until I saw it for myself. When I was down there visiting him - we were having a perfectly pleasant conversation, until my Dad decided to ask about the pyramids that were being built in the center of the courtyard. [There were none.]
***
COVID
From NY Times Evening Briefing:
In the past two days, a federal judge struck down a nationwide public transit mask mandate, Uber and Lyft ended mask requirements for riders and passengers, and the C.D.C. dropped every country from its Covid “do not travel” list.
Still, some cities, like New York, San Francisco and Chicago, said they’ll keep mask requirements in place for now. As the situation changes, here are some answers about masking and airplane travel.
New York City has been ignoring the Federal Government for the most part since this began.
Here's the justice's opinion for those who are interested.
The complaint was brought by two frequent travelers who selfishly brought the complaint via the Health Defense Fund, based on their anxiety in regards to wearing masks. Daza routinely travels by airplane, and has anxiety that is exacerbated from wearing a face mask. Pope flew prior to the pandemic, but has flown less since the CDC imposed the Mask Mandate as constricted breathing from wearing a face mask provokes or exacerbates her panic attacks. The Health Freedom Defense Fund is a non-profit organization that opposes laws and regulations that force individuals to submit to medical procedures, products, and devices against their will. The Judge dismisses the mandate based on how sanitation is defined by Funk & Wagnell's, the CDC's failure to provide clear guidance, the timing of the initial mask mandate, among other things. I got annoyed and stopped reading.
( here's the article )
Part of me wishes Station Eleven and The Stand were correct, and this virus did manage to kill off 50% of the population. But with my luck, I'd be left with the 50% that I despise. So never mind.
Gad. People are selfish and stupid. If you have anxiety flying and masks make it worse? Do not fly - drive. They don't have to fly. No one is making these people fly. What about the people who are immune compromised and at risk for getting the virus? But no, their anxiety trumps folks who could get it from them and die.
Health Defense Fund gets coal in their stocking for Christmas. (Note to self - Do not ever donate money to the Health Defense Fund. That's bad karma.) Also stay out of Florida. I'm boycotting Florida. I don't like Florida, so it's not hard. The relatives in Florida can visit NY, if they want to see me.
Oh well, at least the MTA is still doing the Mask Mandate, but it will become increasingly hard to enforce. I have N95 masks that I may save for airlines. If someone gives me a hard time, I'll dump a bottle of water on their head or better yet down their crotch. Having a wet crotch on an airplane is not fun.
**
I need a palate cleanser...and am reminded of why I've been avoiding the news. "In other business news, Netflix reported that it lost 200,000 subscribers in quarterly results, sending the company’s stock down 20 percent."
President Biden restored key parts of a bedrock environmental law that was dismantled by the Trump administration.
This is just sad...( tragic result of anti-Asian hate crime )
Moral? Don't move to NYC right now.
Electronic verbal autopsying is a labor-intensive effort that helps developing countries tally death tolls, often for the first time.
( Read more... )
In other global health news, Myanmar is now one of the most dangerous places in the world to do medical work. At least 30 doctors have been killed there since the 2021 coup. [Okay that was hardly a palate cleanser, see this is why I've not been reading the Evening Briefings lately.]
( Jennifer Grey of Dirty Dancing fame writes a memoir )
I'm glad I'm not famous and my family isn't.
I give up, there isn't anything. Unless Cinderella and Mickey Mouse giving kids hugs at Disney Land and Times Square, counts? Personally, I don't think so.
Below is a photo of Fort Green, Brooklyn.
Then came home, and spent time revising my novel.
Sigh.
Last night started Station Eleven on HBO Max. I'd been avoiding it because it dealt with a pandemic. (The set-up is basically a post apocalyptic world devastated by a flu pandemic.) But, I discovered something while watching it - the author apparently got her knowledge of viruses and pandemics from Stephen King. So, I needn't have worried. (Yes, I've seen and read The Stand.) And having now lived through a pandemic or rather still living through one (it's on-going), and having some knowledge of history (or rather more than most fictional novelists), they get it entirely wrong.
( spoilers for the first episode only )
***
Mother: While talking to your father today, he mentioned keeping chickens. With your brother. And your brother said he wasn't going to be plucking chickens.
Me: Uhm, what?
Mother: apparently the CEO they were working with (mother is laughing hard during all of this, making it difficult to figure out what she is saying), wanted them to get rid of his chickens.
ME: Okay..what CEO, and what chickens?
Mother : The CEO had a warehouse filled with chickens and your father was being hired to get rid of them.
Me: Uhm..
Mother: And your brother had to help him.
Me: You realize this makes no sense, right?
Mother: well of course not. Weirdly your father went back to normal after that and we had a very lucid conversation about our past travels, and our finances. He also wants to plan on what we're going to do next.
I wouldn't have believed this, until I saw it for myself. When I was down there visiting him - we were having a perfectly pleasant conversation, until my Dad decided to ask about the pyramids that were being built in the center of the courtyard. [There were none.]
***
COVID
From NY Times Evening Briefing:
In the past two days, a federal judge struck down a nationwide public transit mask mandate, Uber and Lyft ended mask requirements for riders and passengers, and the C.D.C. dropped every country from its Covid “do not travel” list.
Still, some cities, like New York, San Francisco and Chicago, said they’ll keep mask requirements in place for now. As the situation changes, here are some answers about masking and airplane travel.
New York City has been ignoring the Federal Government for the most part since this began.
Here's the justice's opinion for those who are interested.
The complaint was brought by two frequent travelers who selfishly brought the complaint via the Health Defense Fund, based on their anxiety in regards to wearing masks. Daza routinely travels by airplane, and has anxiety that is exacerbated from wearing a face mask. Pope flew prior to the pandemic, but has flown less since the CDC imposed the Mask Mandate as constricted breathing from wearing a face mask provokes or exacerbates her panic attacks. The Health Freedom Defense Fund is a non-profit organization that opposes laws and regulations that force individuals to submit to medical procedures, products, and devices against their will. The Judge dismisses the mandate based on how sanitation is defined by Funk & Wagnell's, the CDC's failure to provide clear guidance, the timing of the initial mask mandate, among other things. I got annoyed and stopped reading.
( here's the article )
Part of me wishes Station Eleven and The Stand were correct, and this virus did manage to kill off 50% of the population. But with my luck, I'd be left with the 50% that I despise. So never mind.
Gad. People are selfish and stupid. If you have anxiety flying and masks make it worse? Do not fly - drive. They don't have to fly. No one is making these people fly. What about the people who are immune compromised and at risk for getting the virus? But no, their anxiety trumps folks who could get it from them and die.
Health Defense Fund gets coal in their stocking for Christmas. (Note to self - Do not ever donate money to the Health Defense Fund. That's bad karma.) Also stay out of Florida. I'm boycotting Florida. I don't like Florida, so it's not hard. The relatives in Florida can visit NY, if they want to see me.
Oh well, at least the MTA is still doing the Mask Mandate, but it will become increasingly hard to enforce. I have N95 masks that I may save for airlines. If someone gives me a hard time, I'll dump a bottle of water on their head or better yet down their crotch. Having a wet crotch on an airplane is not fun.
**
I need a palate cleanser...and am reminded of why I've been avoiding the news. "In other business news, Netflix reported that it lost 200,000 subscribers in quarterly results, sending the company’s stock down 20 percent."
President Biden restored key parts of a bedrock environmental law that was dismantled by the Trump administration.
This is just sad...( tragic result of anti-Asian hate crime )
Moral? Don't move to NYC right now.
Electronic verbal autopsying is a labor-intensive effort that helps developing countries tally death tolls, often for the first time.
( Read more... )
In other global health news, Myanmar is now one of the most dangerous places in the world to do medical work. At least 30 doctors have been killed there since the 2021 coup. [Okay that was hardly a palate cleanser, see this is why I've not been reading the Evening Briefings lately.]
( Jennifer Grey of Dirty Dancing fame writes a memoir )
I'm glad I'm not famous and my family isn't.
I give up, there isn't anything. Unless Cinderella and Mickey Mouse giving kids hugs at Disney Land and Times Square, counts? Personally, I don't think so.
Below is a photo of Fort Green, Brooklyn.