The word of the day is promontory.
But then, is anyone really antimontory?
A fairy godmother, a knight, and I walk into a bar…
A fairy godmother, a knight, and I walk into a bar, and the bartender says, “You know, two of you are imaginary.”
“That’s OK,” I reply. “I still want three drinks. And beer for my horse.”
“You don’t have a horse,” the bartender points out.
Details, details, I could see it was going to be one of those kinds of days.
Refried beans
I made frijoles refritos tonight, and now my house smells delicious.
COVID-19 and facial covering options
I saw where if you couldn’t find a mask to wear in public, you could wear a banana instead.
I fail to see where this is going to help anything.
Perhaps I’m wearing it wrong.
Never mind.
I figured it out.
Werewolf romance
In the darkness of the movie theater, he reached over to hold her hand, and so it was that he felt her carefully manicured nails turn into claws.
At that moment, he knew she was The One.
It’s in our hands…
This is a nice gesture by Anheuser-Busch, but it is FAR TOO DANGEROUS to be made available to an unsuspecting public.
I mean, if the public can’t be trusted not to drink fish tank cleaner when hydroxychloroquine is mentioned as a possible COVID-19 treatment, how can we trust them not to guzzle THIS down when it has the A-B logo RIGHT ON IT?!?
Irresponsible reporting
I keep hearing these portentous (BONUS word of the day!) radio news people proclaiming AMERICA ON LOCKDOWN!, and I have to question their responsibility in doing so. It’s not accurate – public officials have been excellent at communicating that we are NOT on lockdown; travel is discouraged and non-essentials are not to go to work (at least around here).
But officials have been at pains to convey that we are NOT on lockdown, there ARE no travel restrictions, there ARE no curfews. In the face of that, I consider it irresponsible of the news media to use inaccurate terms which unnecessarily increase public anxiety.
Note that these are the syndicated/national news people, so it’s clearly NOT accurately as reported on a national basis. And they fail to give local examples where that is the case.
More feet to step on
I have danced
with the moon
to find that now
I have four feet
~ Werewolf
Is this travel necessary?
When I’m laying in bed, warm and comfortable, with kitties in my lap or next to me, and I start to get up, they ask me “Is this travel really necessary?”
“But the kitchen is where the coffee is!” I explain.
They are unconvinced, and it is clear we disagree about necessity.
About Coronavirus
I posted this message in response to a friend who is among the more vulnerable to coronavirus, and modified it slightly to post it on my own Facebook page:
I’ve been hearing some try to minimize the precautions we’ve seen thus far against the coronavirus. Some have even ridiculed it all.
I would ask you to consider that some of these precautions are not so YOU won’t get the coronavirus, which you figure you’ll handle just fine. It’s so you don’t act as a vector for COVID-19 and SPREAD it to someone who is more vulnerable than you. Keep in mind that the best information we have now says YOU ARE CONTAGIOUS before you start showing symptoms YOURSELF.
Sorry for your inconvenience, but this is more than just “all about you.”
And, by the way — why weren’t we all washing our hands and employing reasonable social practices minimizing the spread of things like this — AND THE FLU, which has been killing tens of thousands EVERY YEAR — ALL ALONG?!?
Some of the news coverage has been shallow and sensationalist. But if you listen to it, some fairly shocking facts emerge. You are several more time more likely to die of coronavirus than the flu if you’re over 60, especially if you have “compicating medical conditions.” Like heart disease. Or respiratory disease. Or diabetes. Or high blood pressure. A LOT of people over 60 have high blood pressure.
And I just learned something new yesterday. The pneumonia that older people are getting as a complication of coronavirus? It’s not bacterial pneumonia, as initially thought. It’s ARDS – acute respiratory disease syndrome. The Wikipedia pages states that OF THOSE WHO SURVIVE (my emphasis), a decreased quality of life is relatively common.
And ARDS is what killed so many, so quickly, during the Spanish flu of 1918. The mortality rate of ARDS is 36-52%.
This is NOT the flu. It’s both more communicable and several times more deadly. It’s worth taking it seriously.