This past year with a lockdown that never ended and as far as I can tell, might never end, we’ve lived a life of tedium offset by panic and occasionally, outright terror. Although this reminds me (a little bit) of… Read More ›
Coronavirus – Covid 19
OLD MOVIES, NEW YEAR
Last night, we actually watched a new movie — Wonder Woman 1984 or as they call it on HBO Max, WW84. It was a bit of a production just getting it on the air, involving about an hour of tech… Read More ›
THE FEARSOME FACE OF FEAR – FPQ #102
Fandango’s Provocative Question #102: The Fearsome Face of Fear Considering how frightful the past four years have been and in particular, the soon-to-pass-year 2020, you’d think we’d have given up being afraid by now. Instead, many of us have grown… Read More ›
BOXING DAY
We didn’t do presents this year. As it turned out, I didn’t do presents, but Garry and Owen did. Months ago, I bought three new unstuffed stuffies for the Duke. He got a new fox, an opossum, and something that… Read More ›
A TRIP TO THE PAIN CLINIC AND HOPES FOR THE FUTURE
I spent much of the day going to and from the doctor, including our ritually getting lost while trying to make sense of the GPS directions on the cell. We did get there because 30 years ago, I lived in… Read More ›
TEN YEARS LATER
If you have had cancer, you are never cured. At best, you are in a long-term remission that might last the remainder of your life. Today, after a year of cancelations and COVID, I finally, I saw my oncologist. Got… Read More ›
A SHORT EXCERPT FROM TODAY’S BOSTON GLOBE
This piece from yesterday’s Boston Globe hit me like a rock in the head. I understand we are all frustrated, grouchy, and possibly poor — and suffering poverty and helplessness in the face of this pandemic. That being said, I… Read More ›
WE ARE NOT GOING BACK
From the Battleground, by Rich Paschall You may have heard a lot about returning to normal or getting back to business. Some politicians want things to return to the way they were, by that they mean pre-pandemic. But here is… Read More ›
THE COVID PSYCHE – By ELLIN CURLEY
Covid 19 has changed me, or at least the Covid lifestyle has changed me, on a deep level. First let me explain that I am in the high risk population for Covid. I’m over 70, I have only one kidney… Read More ›
ARE ANTI-MASKERS NARCISSISTS? — by ELLIN CURLEY
We all know by now that Trump is a malignant narcissist. He’s an anti-masker. He’s anti social-distancing. He downplays the danger and severity of Coronavirus even though he has had it himself. He makes fun of people who are responsible… Read More ›
YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT, BUT SOMETIMES, YOU GET WHAT YOU NEED
If you didn’t believe before, believe now. I was waiting. I knew. It had to be. I’m surprised it took this long, but finally, we’re here. Is this another media hoax? If 45 should die, would that be a SUPER… Read More ›
BODGES? WE DON’T NEED NO BODGES! – SERIOUSLY
From the battleground, an update, by Rich Paschall Yes, there is more to the story! You have probably quoted, or misquoted, the famous movie line. In fact, I would bet you have done it often. Do you know where it… Read More ›
