354 the day of living semi-dangerously

We went to visit friends yesterday. They have had their first jabs, and were feeling pretty good about it. We were mostly outdoors, but by the time we got in the hot tub, our social distance was definitely under six feet.

It was definitely not something we would have done six months ago. But now that more and more people are getting the vaccine, I'm getting the sense that we're running out of patience. 

We skipped hugging upon our exit, and it hurt. Soon. 

In fact, we're going to get jab one today. We couldn't score an appointment in the city, so we're having a bit of a drive. We're qualified because of gardening, which is horticulture, which is agriculture.

So, the media is owned by the same super rich people that own the military contractors, the tech companies, and everything else.

These super rich people support our politicians, who in turn, do what the super rich people want them to do.

Recently, the this system ran into a snafu when another super-rich person got himself elected, and then didn't play the part of the polite ass-kisser. (He still did them a bunch of favors, hence the tax cuts and arms sales to Saudi Arabia, he just was rude about it, and refused to read his script.)

Famous?

I'll give you "locally known." Famous would be great, but we have a lot of honeybears to go.

Speaking of famous, this octopus deserves to be.

There's a lot of questions which could be asked of the filmmaker, his interference in nature, and his "privilege," but he really captured a very amazing creature's life, and did it beautifully, so yeah, watch it.

And then read up about the purple sea urchin and the warming trend in our local waters, and cross your fingers, or stop driving or something.

This one turns into a boat. It's like we're starting all over, but with electric motors.

So this is a cheat sheet for EV investors. What's missing? Three wheels or less.

Thanks T&L! Be safe everyone.


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