but really the best thing on the internet right now other than this:
so good
https://xkcd.com/2287/
Is this
Today was non-stop video conference/meeting.
Interesting I guess. Managed to do it without cleaning up too much. These Craft sweatpants are f'n awesome.
It is tough, some of my students are handling isolation better than others. Twitter has been a decent distraction w.o being too negative, found a decent balance lately. Better than what precipitated my twitter break
Got out on the Klein QP yesterday, went out to try the Strava TT segment. Can't quite believe the fastest guy was going 38 mph for that whole section, all I could do with the tailwind (nothing aero) was 28 almost 29 mph avg. But hey some people are actually fast.
I'm just the slow guy in the fast group. Well I think not even that anymore...
I just ride bikes. Have fun. Do my thing.
And make it through to the other side of this pandemic.
Watching "our" leadership do more and more insane things.
if the pandemic won't kill off enough people to keep him from being re-elected well the turtle guy will keep the us from going to mail in ballots and if he can't do that then they'll figure out a way to put the US postal service out of business before november.
Life's pretty funny ya know?
I can't get myself to pick up a book or check something out digitally from the library. Books I wanted to read that have been on hold forever come in and boom - gone, didn't check them out.
Some of them are audio books and now with the new phone as my only portable listening device not having any way to put headphones in (no i don't have a USB-C to 3.5mm jack dongle or bluetooth headphones) I just don't have time to listen, although bikeshop be looking like time to hide in the basement alone and build special orders and maybe listen to a book instead of music. The new pandora won't play with the adblock on there. And that kind of sucks. At least Soundcloud has fewer adds.
Writing - fits and starts, sleeping sometimes well sometimes not. Cutting back on coffee mostly so that's good. A start. Still drinking too much.
6pm feels like 4pm, like what? I should start thinking about making dinner now? Seriously?
Kid 1 made a loaf of Oatmeal bread today. I ate rice cakes with peanut butter for lunch and they were just as bad and boring and tasteless as I remember them from 30 years ago. Smaller and more dense this time. Now they are making masks. They had some fabric from old projects - washed it and now sewing some up. I've been using a buff or a fleece buff/gator when in public spaces. It isn't great and cross-contamination is possible, but it is better than nothing. Anxious about the next shopping trip. Not sure about the whole measures of spraying everything down with bleach/alcohol before bringing it in the house or the full washing in warm soapy water of all the veggies. But some measure beyond just normal is probably worth following through with. Gloves and mask at least, or what I've done in the lab, one gloved hand one bare hand and just clinically careful with what I'm touching. Who knew the hyper awareness would pay off like this eh?
Been thinking a bit about filters and fibers and the fact that I've looked at every filter you can put in a car, and the house. And lots of fabrics and fibers.
Would be cool to look at used surgical mask and N95 masks. No I can't see the virus trapped on them but I can see other stuff if it is trapped.
But there probably isn't anything very visible. Most of what you want to filter is water.
I did think about a good way of talking about it. Wear a buff/face covering. Now feel the inside of it. It is probably going to be damp. Why? Aerosols. And yeah if you've got the new virus in you it would be in that.
Lipstick companies stocks are going to go way down even more. First no need to put it on for date/work, NOW even when you go out in public you're wearing a mask, no one can see, no need for it. Also I kind of hate it - TBH/TMI? i don't like kissing people wearing it. Not that i'm in the habit of kissing anyone.
Okay - so can you explain how 6pm feels like 4pm but when 9pm rolls around it feels like 11pm?
I don't get it.
Oh well.
maybe i'll try and fall asleep - maybe tonight will be one of those that I can sleep. I hope so, those nights are not nearly as long. And here on March 33rd there's enough stuff dragging that I don't need the night to do that.
I was going to get another idea out of my head but it isn't rattling around anymore right now.
maybe it'll shake out tomorrow.
stay safe, stay away from people and
Amor Fati Motherfuckers
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