Day 90: How Has It Been Three Months Of This Already?
Day 90. June 15th. When I planned this piece, the biggest story in the country was COVID-19. Then Memorial Day weekend happened, and that’s not the case. I won’t opine here about the death of George Floyd, and the events that flowed from his death. This is a COVID...
Day 43: April Won’t Be The Cruelest Month
Day 43. I hoped to not get this high. If we hit triple digits...well, that will be a in world I don't think we will be able to fully understand. I am still working, as is Tammy. I'm at the dining room table, she works in a hospital lab. Neither of us is sick, that we...
Day 30: Approaching A Rabbit Hole & Math Is Hard
Day 30. A whole month. Hard to believe it’s been a month of working from home. I have managed to be productive, at least.
Day 29: Some Thoughts On What Might Come Next
On day 29 of hiding from the world, as instructed, I wonder what’s next. That is a failing in our story-telling. We focus on the story, not the aftermath.
Day 22: It’s Come To This…Fictional Examples To Explain Reality
As day 22 hits, I am still working from home, still forcing myself to get outside as much as possible. Mostly to the store from time to time.
Day 18: Sometimes You Need To Question Things
Something that I think is worth questioning as we hit the middle of the third week, day 18, is how numbers are being reported.
Day 15: Two Weeks In, Unknown Weeks To Go
The COVID-19 train keeps a rollin'. Day 15 is much the same as the other days - work, Warframe, and tedium. It's a marathon, not a sprint, of course. But I don't run. So that analogy is weak at best. It's a miniseries, not a YouTube video maybe. Miniseries implies an...
Day 13: We Need to Skip Ahead A Little, Brother
I intended this to be a daily log of what I was doing and experiencing during the forced semi-quarantine. That never really happened…and it’s only day 13.
Day 3: Friday. Finally Something Normal
Day 3 opens with me doing what I always do on Friday...work from home. Of course, this is the enforced version, so it's still weird. I got those images converted, and then...well..um... Ok, so I am having a motivation issue. Not that I don't have this on a normal day,...
Day 2: Progress, But At What Price To My Health?
Well, day 2 is not great. I was nauseous yesterday, and woke up this AM thinking it was time to puke. I didn't, thankfully, but it was a near thing. Nerves. Fucking nerves. One thing that did come of that fun morning experience was the decision that if I do come down...