463 tag, you're history

Above, some classy tagging. Most tagging is just a graffiti artist waking up to the possibilities, but every once in a while, someone manages to break out of the genre. Back in the day, there was a tagger named "fancy" who always cracked me up, and someone called "neckbeard" which was pretty funny. Then there was the screw made famous by "twist," otherwise known as Barry McGee.

What has my screencrapping habit brought us this time?

Headed north tomorrow, to right around where it says 170. Yikes.

Also yikes. We're back to being required to wear masks indoors. Except...

We went to a bar/restaurant on Saturday. The host stated we had to wear masks going to our table. So we wore them, for all of thirty seconds. Then we took them off, for 90 minutes. Then they kicked us out, because there was a reservation. And 90 minutes is apparently the new dining limit. 

The entire continent of Europe just rolled in it's grave.

There was a sign at the front door saying vaccination was required to dine inside. But no one checked our status.

Unlike the bar I went to Thursday, where I was lucky enough to have taken a photo of my card a couple months ago.

This bar also featured a number of new signs. 

Do this, don't do that. The rules.

When we went to Europe in 2019, I was surprised by two things upon our return. First, how many signs the US has with rules. They're fricking everywhere. We don't even notice, there are so many. 

And then every once in a while you run into someone saying, "didn't you read the sign?" And it's like, "which sign?" There are signs everywhere!

The other thing I noticed was how wide and sleepy the roads are.

Here's a twofer...

Awesome looking "rock" show. Plus this headline...

Whoops! Don't think they're related, though.

So, yeah, I didn't start getting a flu shot until I was in my forties.

So we're having a pandemic of the 23%.

Except it turns out the Delta variant just keeps coming.

But the vaccinated didn't wind up in the hospital, right?

Well, not exactly. So these days I'm reading two types of Covid scare story. 


One is the unvaccinated person who sends out a flurry of regretful texts shortly before heading into the ICU. Those are warning us to get the jab. 


The others are about breakthroughs. Those are warning us to put our masks back on.



File under: hopefully they won't have to cancel everything




Be safe everyone! Pull up your mask for thirty seconds! Or longer, as needed.


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