Brad Enslen

And it’s snowing.

GOP Congressman: Lawmakers Must “Put On Our Big Boy and Big Girl Pants” and Let Americans Die. Talk is cheap when you are sending others to their deaths, Congressman Hollingsworth. Volunteer to lead us from the front.

I’m having trouble buying ebook fiction to read. I’m just not going to pay $13 for a fiction ebook.

Global supply chain things we overlooked for lockdown: chocolate cake delivery.

One month later. Is this the guy we want in charge of the economic recovery?

I think we can safely say, the White House response to coronavirus is going nowhere. “I’ve seen drunken runs to Taco Bell that were better executed than this mess.”

Temp got up to around 60 degrees today and instead of wanting hot drinks, I got this sudden craving for Diet Cola. That’s the one thing I’ve noticed about lockdown - I get cravings for stuff I don’t have. Weird.

Over the last week I learned:

1. Aldi delivers in my area. This is a complete game changer for me. I like Aldi and their prices and this makes things so much easier.
2. I was reminded about schwans.com. They also deliver around here and their stuff is very good.

Between the two of them I may never have to leave home again for supplies.

www.aldi.us/en/shop-n… www.schwans.com

I’m down to my last 3 apples. There on, it’s canned fruit and frozen berries.

Face mask factory starts up in Indiana. Cleanxa is making personal use washable masks, face shields and gowns here in the USA. Looks like they are selling online to the public.

Source: Inside Indiana Business

I just pre-ordered a book, local history, from Powell’s. Amazon is delaying new books because they are busy shipping pandemic items. B&N also has it but I’m glad I checked Powell’s first. Need to keep them open.

Cummins Filter Technology Tested on N95 Masks

Meanwhile, in the US, paddling deeper up Shit Creek. That pretty much sums it up.

I wonder if local plumbers have started stocking bidets - the kind you add on to a toilet? Now would be the time to offer a sale if business is slow.

#lockdownthoughts

I’m getting sick of hearing the phrase, “in these challenging times”, especially in commercials. It’s American corporation-speak for See we sound like we sincerely care, now buy our worthless product before you die.

Pot dispensaries are legal in Michigan. Also in Michigan, all grocery stores are out of Oreo cookies and garlic dip.

#stuffimadeup

You used to be able to buy bread dough. I think it was frozen. All you had to do was let it thaw and rise, then bake, and you got a loaf of bread. Kinda uninspired bread, but bread and complete with baking bread comfort smell. I haven’t seen that in the store for ages. I guess bread machines killed that off.

With barbershops closed, I’m going to look like a damn hippie when this is all done.

I went to the other grocery store in town today. This one part of a locally owned chain. This particular store has a huge footprint compared to the other and has no pharmacy taking up 25% of the space. In other words it’s really big and all food.

The extra shelf space pays off, with a couple of exceptions this store was incredibly well stocked. I’ve never seen so many pot roasts - people must be going for comfort food.

No toilet paper, but they had almost everything else.

Now to the important stuff:

They had Coco Wheats! Take that Abyss! Also frozen burritos. And it wasn’t like I was taking the last package and feeling guilty about elbowing granny out of the way. No they were bursting with Coco Wheats and burrito goodness. Success.

It’s important to support local food joints so I got supper from a locally owned drive thru. I used the heated passenger seat to help keep the food warm on the way home.

Like: My favourite film aged 12: Where Eagles Dare

This is one of my favorite movies too: it has adventure, derring-do, evil Nazis, a plot, a great chase scene, a great music score and all those other things listed in the article.

I can’t see how we can ease up on the shelter at home restrictions, like sending people back to work, until:

1. Hand sanitizer becomes, once again, commonly available for average citizens.
2. At least cheap surgical masks become commonly available.
3. Testing with fast results, becomes very widely available.

Without those three things in place, we’re all kinda stuck here and no amount of whining by billionares is going to change that.

Went to the store today. The place was pretty well stocked although I didn’t go down the toilet paper aisle. However they were out of Coco Wheats and Cream of Rice hot cereals. It hard to face the Abyss without Coco Wheats. Powdered milk was all gone too. Unfortunately, all the frozen burritos were gone as well.

The good news is they were well stocked with instant mashed potatoes. Plus I got the last chuck roast and a couple of steaks. And I found a Family Size bag of mixed berries by reaching way back into the freezer case. For my oatmeal. Oh, and I got a couple of frozen pizzas to make up for the dire burrito shortage. All in all, not bad.

Breaking News: Powell’s Books rehires over 100 employees after surge of online orders