278 ready for torpor

Took a walk with Deb yesterday morning. She wanted to get coffee. Above, this is socializing in 2020. The regulars standing around on the sidewalk, six feet apart.

Although I am hearing a fair amount about people who have been socializing indoors. Often without masks.

Apparently, it's really hard to not see anyone. 

And also, apparently it's really necessary. 

Because we're moving into triage. Unfortunately, a huge amount of medical spending is spent on last ditch efforts to extend life. Watching the system that is so used to doing everything as perfectly as they can because otherwise they'll get sued for malpractice run into a wall of...emergency...is, well, it's what we're doing. 


Some places (Sweden) opted for the harsh-truth-from-the-get-go approach, and didn't provide ICU care to the very susceptible. That also backfired. Honestly, I don't know what the best answer is.


My gut tells me it's probably not the best use of our resources fighting off the inevitable, but wait until I'm the one in that hospital bed.

In the meantime, we can at least give a lifeline to all the non-susceptible people who are taking one for the team.

Or something like that.

Meanwhile, I've been seeing some of my relatives more than any time in the past eighteen years.

It's fun to make some connections with family history that went over my head as a kid.


A thought I've often had about people who drive to the gym.

Since we're on the subject of shackitecture.

Public health officials told him to STFU.

With outdoor dining shut down, houseless people are eyeing the parklets.


Really? They're upset about a voting company called "Dominion?"

You literally could not have a more right wing name.

Another competitor to the Bosch mid-drive, this one has an automatic transmission. This segment is really just getting started.

A couple funnies from my highschool classmate the Memaster.

Sounds good to me. They think it might have been a "torpor," which is a bit lighter sleep than hibernating. This from looking at 400,000 year old neanderthal bones in Spain 

Ay, that's probably enough for now.

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