What can I say about people?
People are:
- Weird
- Bad
- Wrong
- Funny (in a bad way)
- Sometimes smell funny
But also sometimes:
- Kind
- Funny (in a good way)
- Generous
- Sassy
- Brassy
- But not Lassie (who is a dog)
People
people are bad
Some people
That is all.
The real key to social distancing
With both provincial and federal governments starting to get testy about people not practicing social distancing when out in public (in order to slow the spread of COVID-19), there are plans in the works for fines and other measures to make people behave more sensibly while in the middle of a global pandemic.
But the best plan of all is set to arrive tomorrow and it won’t cost any government a single cent (if they still minted them):
Rain.
People will pack the beaches and parks when it’s sunny and 14º but not so much when it’s below 10º and pouring rain.
So thank you, Mother Nature, for not raining on our parade, but rather being the parade.
My only political cartoon post (possibly)
I normally don’t post political cartoons, but I’m making an exception here because I think this one perfectly captures the essence of a person entirely unfit for the position he holds and his real priority–himself.
For future generations (if any): This refers to the COVID-19 global pandemic of 2020
More things not to do in the pandemic (and a few you can)
Closures continue, though we’re not in full stay-at-home mode yet like California, where its population of 40 million people (more than all of Canada) are literally being asked to stay home and not go anywhere unless it is for an essential service.
Here’s the latest bunch of things I can’t do:
- Go out for dinner (all restaurants are closed except for take out and delivery)
- Get a coffee (Starbucks is closed. Technically, I still can go because they are keeping stores close to emergency services open and there is one a few blocks from Royal Columbian hospital that’s open, so if society begins to totally collapse and I want a final oat fudge bar, I’m set. For now.)
- Go to a playground in Vancouver (the ones in New West are still open for the time being, with signs basically telling kids not to play together which…uh, good luck with that?)
- Go to work (work from home started on Wednesday; staff are only going in on an as-needed basis)
- Buy groceries between 7-8 a.m. (reserved for seniors and those at risk, though I’d only shop this early if I was doing it in a dream, anyway)
- Go to The Other 11 Months local NaNoWriMo weekly writing group (postponed indefinitely for obvious reasons, though I haven’t gone for quite awhile due to my extended writing slump)
But to not go all Negative Nellie, here are things I can do:
- Grab a bunch of free games from services ranging from Apple’s App Store to gog.com
- Buy Serif’s line of excellent Affinity software for 50% off
- Go outside, provided I practice social distancing (as a bonus, the weather has finally been sunny and mild this week)
- Ride the bus for free and enter through the rear doors (to promote social distancing)
- Purchase a Nintendo Switch (just kidding, this thing is sold out everywhere)
- Buy the new iPad Pro with LIDAR! Why would I want an iPad with LIDAR? I do not know.
The next phase of this pandemic will be interesting. Everyone will adjust to the restrictions and the novelty of it will keep things interesting for a few weeks. But I suspect a lot of people think it will also be over in a few weeks and if it’s not…what next? People lived through years of war, but in our hyper social media-dominated world, will we as a society have what it takes to keep it together if all of this starts stretching past weeks and into months?
To quote Homer Simpson, “I don’t know.”
At long last toilet paper
A blog headline I never thought I’d write.
Today at noon–the first day of spring (and a glorious early spring day it was)– I went to Save On Foods and found the toilet paper aisle empty, as usual. But at the end of the aisle there was a small pallet with a partly opened cardboard box…filled with Western Family toilet paper!
I’m pretty sure if I hadn’t been working from home and able to check over lunch they would have been out again after dinner, even with the new 1-per customer limit (down from 2-per just yesterday). I consider this acquisition a minor miracle, given the awesome panic and hoarding that is gripping the general public.
I am hoping this is the last time I feel a need to blog about toilet paper.
This day
Today was not a good day.
That’s all I’ve got to say about that.
Also, here’s a quote from someone on Broken Forum:
On another topic, people have been stealing toilet paper out of the hospital bathrooms, because apparently humanity is beyond redemption, and also desperate enough to steal the single-ply industrial sandpaper they use there.