By Supermac1961 from CHAFFORD HUNDRED, England - Type Dymaxion, 1933, CC BY 2.0 |
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Time for Not COVID News
A Witch's Portal? from the Witches Vs Patriarchy subreddit |
It feels like COVID-19 dominates the news cycle these days. But there must be other things happening in the world, right?
Right! And you can find some of them here, a place where COVID new is verboten and anything else goes.
Chinese Scientists Find Evidence of More Recent Volcanic Activity on the Moon
Reason #134 To Avoid NYC in 2021:Disease Transmitted through Rat Urine
While it's not a plague, New York City now hosts leptospirosis, a zoonotic bacterial disease with 15 cases so far in 2021. While this sounds low, NYC averages around 4 cases per year, so this is a four fold increase.
"Flesh-Eating" STI in the UK??
- loss of color in genital tissue
- large, deep red bumps that can bleed
- widespread ulcers around the genital area and anus
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Wordless Wednesday: Floating to the Wedding
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
We Now Interrupt this Blog For a Funeral
The perfect gentle |
Last week, I received a terrifying phone call. My son's dog, Kareem was hit by a car. The entire situation does not bear repeating, because it was an unfortunate accident. There was no way anyone without the ability to see the future could have prevented it.
All Wednesday, we sat around on pins and needles as the status reports came in. Kareem seemed to be okay; his front left leg wasn't working but didn't look broken. Probably nerve damage that may or may not heal on its own. His right eye was swollen - would he lose his eye?
Kareem lasted for over 10 hours. Then the call came in. Kareem went into cardiac arrest.
He died.
Waiting for his daddy (my son) to come home |
Playing at a local dog park |
Monday, October 11, 2021
Monday Morning Blues: Why Do We Still Celebrate Christopher Columbus???
A map of trade routes used from 1300 to 1600 |
I'm serious. I mean, the man was completely mistaken about where he was, and he refused to believe otherwise. Columbus' travels resulted in the enslavement of several groups of people, and the extinction of more than one civilization. Plus, he was not the first person to discover the "New World"; the Vikings landed here centuries earlier. And the Vikings were not the first people over here either.
A modern replica of a Viking ship. This ship is of the snekkja longship type. Attribution: archiwum własne wikingów, Jarmeryk |
Thursday, October 7, 2021
And the answer is....
They are all coronaviruses. The pictures represent (in order):
- Influenza
- COVID-19
- Measles
- Common Cold
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Monday, October 4, 2021
Boxes - A Piece of Philosophical Poetry
Life is all about the boxes.
People physically live in boxes.
Actually, people live in boxes that are organized into boxes.
They also use boxes to...
drive
hang pictures
hold their stuff
store food
wash dishes and clothes and themselves
Sometimes people even eat out of boxes.
People also figuratively live in boxes. Everyone has
an Individual Box of Moralitya Societal Box of Moralitya Government Defined Box of Lawsa School/Work Defined Box of Rules
Some people have even more boxes, based on religious or spiritual beliefs
Stress is when an individual wants something outside of their boxes.
Happiness can only happen when living comfortably inside the boxes.
And when all is said and done, a person dies. When they are then put into a box and buried in the ground.
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