216 that's what dreams are made of


So baby dry your eyes
Save all the tears you've cried
Because that's what dreams
Are made of.

Cause we belong
In a world that must be strong
Because that's what dreams
Are made of.

Who knew Van Hagar was so deeply in my head?

Remember at the beginning of the pandemic, when I said this was going to come down to the red response and the blue response? Above is the distribution of the disease back in June. And below, now...

Over 50k new cases yesterday, but only 500 deaths. You know what that means? Last week of October, big crowds at rallies. Second week of November, big crowds in ICUs.

Meanwhile in China... You do the thing, and then you're done.

Sort of...

File under: it's all connected

Dry air=floaty virus. Humidifiers, anyone?

This is a cell being attacked by Cov2. The outer layer, is, I think, basically a fatty membrane (lipids, they're called). The Cov2, like all coronaviruses, has spikes on the exterior that penetrate the lipid barrier. (Correct me in the comments if I'm wrong.) When we wash our hands with soap, we are targeting those spikes, which don't handle soap well.

Now here's a curious thing. We've found that when spacecraft fly far enough from the sun, they hit an area called the "heliopause."

It's basically the cell wall of our solar system. Inside, things are dominated by our sun and it's solar wind. Outside, things get more pressure from the rest of the universe's solar winds.

File under: samhain

File under: I'm rubber, you're glue

File under: the little things (are huge)

This guy might be the least successful human on Earth (I doubt it, but go with me here)...

But he can do a handstand on a rolling skateboard at age 60. I bet there are a lot of people who would trade their IRAs for that level of fitness. Life is a lot more fun if you can live it.

And in the end, on dreams we will depend, 'Cause that's what love is made of.

Oh yeah, speaking of songs, I helped a buddy out with this one.

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