I only checked news sites once today. And it felt great.
A problem I never thought I’d have to deal with: ordering face masks from several different Etsy sellers until I find one that fits.
Former Chargers coach Harland Svare has died. I only remember him because my father spit out his name during a Chargers game; it was the first time I recall hearing my father swear.
Finally sent a letter and check in the mail that was long overdue. It marks the end of an era from which I have desperately needed to move on. I am feeling very liberated right now.
Under my desk—also known as Winslow’s personal thunderstorm bunker.
I always appreciate it when people of color tell woke white people to calm the f–k down. Case in point: A “Karen” of color says no, the meming of “Karen” is not sexist or racist.
Finally, an outlet for all my sonnets about Chalupa Supremes.
There’s a Facebook group dedicated to “news and comments” about our town. The husband loves it. I glance at it for tidbits of news. If I look any closer, like I did just now, I find too many reasons to steer clear of my neighbors and wonder why I live here.
“The Gathering of the Juggalos’ collapse conjures something else—the crisis’s disruption of subcultures for which belonging and togetherness can’t be taken for granted.”
The latest retail shortage: sympathy cards.
“It makes me sick in my heart, every order that comes in,” said one Etsy seller who has sold more than 275 sympathy cards this month.
Illinois has had its governance problems, yes. But pointing them out the way the “president” just did isn’t leadership. It’s being an asshole.
Slowly going insane.
The Animal Crossing camper is starting to look too much like my real-life environs.
More from today’s South Side drive.
This weekend’s Sunday drive sent us southbound on Lake Shore Drive.
Winter has turned into a fine car dog.
“Facebook and Instagram are a conversation. They are for others. A journal is for you. You deserve a record. Write it down so you will remember how you got used to this — and how you got through this.”
Appreciate that a tween’s boredom can remind me that we need a new oven mitt.
Lockdown living.
Whiling away some time during #PokemonGOCommunityDay at home.
Finally listening to the Minutemen’s “Double Nickels on the Dime” in its entirety because I don’t want to leave this world an incomplete Gen X’er from Southern California.
“You can ‘reopen’ the country all you want. You cannot force people to act as though there is not a pandemic.”
I am enjoying the dress-up options in this game. #AnimalCrossing #PocketCamp #luchadorable
One bit of fallout from this coronavirus business: My Facebook activity is starting to rise. Not by much, but I’m tiptoeing into the news feeds occasionally, usually with things I first share here or on other platforms. (In the case of the latter, the stuff on other platforms makes its way back here.)
My desperation for human contact has led me to the Evil Empire. God help me.