Coronavirus Journal 3/21/2020
Moved boxes to storage to make more room. Unloaded the tubes of sand from bed of pickup truck. Laundry.
Supper was breaded chicken filets and riced broccoli in cheese sauce. An apple and two, count ‘em, two eclairs.
I’m realizing there are some gaps in my stock of supplies: I should have bought more canned green vegetables. I should have bought pancake mix.
Of all the various talking heads on Twitter, talking about coronavirus, Mark Cuban twitter.com/mcuban really stands out. He’s shown a lot of good sense and humanity in this crisis. He’s worth following.
In case you missed it: Useful Links, for Those Stuck at Home During Coronavirus Links to news sources, entertainment, and things to pass the time in isolation/quarantine.
I just double checked. I have plenty of Scotch.
We have leaned down the supplychain, government (Fed., State, Local) and our medical system far far too much. We have no cushion, reserves or excess domestic capacity, or any capacity, for times of crisis. 40 years of unfettered capitalist orgies have put us at the edge of the Abyss.
It’s time for some deep changes in leadership, banks and corporations.
I’m waiting here for the repairman. A spring on my garage door decides to break right in the middle of a effing pandemic. Brilliant.
Snapshots: School closings left local dairy with huge inventory of half-pint cartons of milk. So they started giving them away drive up pickup to families w/kids. Had to quit, the line of cars was taking over the town.
Local Ace Hardware is bringing out customer orders to people curbside in their cars. Looks like the demand is high. Good for them. They have always helped with community charities. Shows small, local stores can adapt faster than big box stores. #shoplocal
Hmm, somebody in Germany is viewing every single page of my blog. 300+ pg. views so far. Either they’re really bored or they are scraping it to steal the content. I’m pretty sure it’s the later. Anyone else experiencing the same thing?
Walmart online has canned rattlesnake meat. Please form an orderly line, limit one per customer. :-)
I should start a daily journal/blog during this coronavirus thing. The problem is I know it will devolve down to “Ate burrittos for supper,” and “Eggs for breakfast”. Now in 90 days, when we are all starving and hunting rats with dandelion stickers, THAT will be interesting.
Food for thought here on how Big Tech platforms can help out in this time of crisis. Extraordinary Times Call For Extraordinary Measures by Rand Fishkin. It’s part of doing the right thing.
Parenting advice: twitter.com/nlqualls/…
Yes keep them alive, feed them occasionally.
This is the Spirit: Czechs sew to combat virus mask shortage Never give in. Never surrender. Don’t wait for orders, help others. Fight!
Apparently, Roller Derby is still a Thing. Videos on Youtube I thought it died in the 1970’s. Who knew?
So if you get bored watching your cat sleep while on lockdown you can watch this highpoint of Western culture.
Roche Begins Delivery of COVID-19 Test Kits
Claymation Cat Slaughters Hordes of Demons - Video | GeeksareSexy.
China tries to keep up with demand for masks. It’s hard.
Things are shutting down. The situation is fluid and each day the restrictions tighten. But I live in a community designed along New Urbanist principles. The community is designed to be walkable. Houses have front porches and are set close enough to the street and sidewalk that you can talk with neighbors who are out walking without shouting.
I just had a demonstration of this as I sat on my front porch and had a brief conversation with a neighbor - all while keeping more than enough social distance. It was nice, that little bit of friendly contact recharges your humanity.
We have parks too, with benches, where people can sit in the fresh air and have a moment of quiet.
With kids staying home from school, parents tele-commuting, it’s good to be able to get out and yet still have a little safe distance, face to face contact. It shows the wisdom behind New Urban design. It’s not just the space, it’s the ease of human interactions.
It makes self-isolating easier.
The problem with Twitter on Sunday mornings is the posting rate is so slow you start seeing re-run Tweets.
Completed: My 2020 US Census form online. It was simple and fast. Yay!
Two recipes for hand sanitizer from Wired. One is a spray formula and I like that.
From Twitter: I take it everyone is on lockdown.
Watch! You won’t regret it. We can find beauty in the darkness
H/T to @joejenett
Trump, You’ve been in office for 3+ years. You can’t blame Obama now. The buck stops with you.
Seattle Symphony on Twitter yesterday:
“Starting tonight at 7:30pm PDT we are offering video broadcasts and livestreams to share strength, comfort and unity with our community in Seattle and around the world as we confront the #coronavirus.”
H/T to Cheri Baker for pointing this out.
I was rather proud of my neighborhood POA (HOA) at the meeting tonight. Unprompted the board announced they were organizing volunteers to grocery shop for neighbors who have to self-isolate due to the coronavirus. They are planning ahead. POA’s get a lot of guff on social networks, but mine has always come through for neighbors in a time of crisis.