This just in: I have been offline, blog-wise, for several months; resisting the urge to respond to the ludicrousness of daily events. Starting with this post, I may be about to change that.
Let’s start with this – I am never going to change anyone’s mind if they don’t want their mind to be changed. For example, a person stood up at a recent school board meeting and announced “There is zero evidence that COVID exists!”
Since I typically use my blogs to talk to myself, I think I’ll recap a bit.
COVID has only affected my lifestyle…not my life. I got my shot as soon as I could. I don’t know anyone that go seriously sick from COVID. However, like everyone else, my lifestyle was impacted. Not going out to eat for over a year. I went from flying 120,000 miles a year to zero. Stuff like that. Not big deals compared to what others have been through.
I have some TV viewing recommendations. I bring these up because, this has been my major source of entertainment for the last year and a half.
- The Blacklist
- Fargo (the series)
- Schlitz Creek
- Taboo
- Killing Eve
- Rick and Morty
- Modern Love
- Several documentaries about bands from the 70’s
- My Octopus Teacher
- Anything on Thegreatcourses.com (buy the streaming version about $10/month)
I’ve also been doing quite a bit of reading. The latest book is a Hugo Award Winner written by an author from China called The Three Body Problem. Even if you don’t like SciFi, this is a really interesting book.
On the Staying Home page: Over the last 18 months we have replaced all of our floors and painted all of the walls. We initially did this because we wanted to be in a position to sell our house and move out of the state if PG&E continued to shut down our power to stop potential fires that makes the air unbreathable for weeks at a time. We also ordered a sofa back in 1980. When we call for a status, the answer is always, “Any day now.” In the end, we love the look of our house and have decided to “love it” instead of “list it.”
I’m back on the road now; have been for the last few months. I love my job but flying all day with a mask on is a pain in the ass. I’m not against masks. I trust the experts. But, that doesn’t mean I like wearing them.
BTW…some of you may be wondering why I am no longer on Facebook. A few months back, someone hacked my account and I got locked out. When I contacted Facebook they said, “Log into your account and change your password,” completely ignoring my complaint that “I can’t log into my account.” So, I gave up and haven’t missed it a bit. I strongly recommend this to everyone.
Future hot topics that will interest you: What I ate for breakfast, Economics. Foreign Policy. The Big Lie. Why I love Banana Cream Pie.
Time to save the world.
Up, up and away…
Jim
