Sunday, March 29, 2020
"Ride it like a cowboy... "
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bkMwvmJLnc0&feature=emb_title
President Donald Trump seemed in awe of the final $2.2 trillion stimulus bill when he was signing it.
"I never signed anything with a T on it," he said.
Trump has told people he wants his signature to appear on the direct payment checks, an official told the Wall Street Journal.
A civil servant would normally sign the checks.
Who's your daddy?
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Where did everybody go?
Over in this corner of the country, everyone's being remarkably civil and obedient: little traffic on the roads near Algonquin Park. We carefully stand on the yellow floor decals at the grocery, all soberly concerned, fearful, sheeplike.
If we are very, very good, maybe the virus Santa Claus won't come here. Slip down our chimneys as we sleep.
The bears miss us.
Dogs and toilet paper
A blog pal writes:
I thought of you today.
As part of my self isolation, I have been looking for things to do. Not a lot I am interested in on Netflix, and people are getting really mean on the Facebook pages I usually frequent.
I get it, you are afraid...we all are, lashing out at others is not helping.
Today I pulled out a couple of those French bulletin boards that I had laying around for the last couple of years.
One is for concert/show ticket stubs dating back to 1980 when The Monks played the Civic in Oshawa.
The other board is for other memorabilia that means something to me. I guess I finally have time to organize and put those together!
One of those things in the 'means something' pile is a clip from one of your columns (I think it was about things to do while at the cottage), that I found so funny I kept it and just moved it from one bulletin board to the next.
It is probably from the 80's, too:
BED CHECK:
Late at night, you can lay on the floor with a dog and sniffing his paws, consider all the interesting places he's been."
* * *
"Gun sales have gone up, as well," Hugh said.
Amy put her phone away.
"So people can protect their toilet paper."
--David Sedaris,
New Yorker piece at
www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/my-failed-attempts-to-hoard-anything-at-all
* * *
"The dumbest people I know are now home-schooling their kids"
--Whitney Cummings
I thought of you today.
As part of my self isolation, I have been looking for things to do. Not a lot I am interested in on Netflix, and people are getting really mean on the Facebook pages I usually frequent.
I get it, you are afraid...we all are, lashing out at others is not helping.
Today I pulled out a couple of those French bulletin boards that I had laying around for the last couple of years.
One is for concert/show ticket stubs dating back to 1980 when The Monks played the Civic in Oshawa.
The other board is for other memorabilia that means something to me. I guess I finally have time to organize and put those together!
One of those things in the 'means something' pile is a clip from one of your columns (I think it was about things to do while at the cottage), that I found so funny I kept it and just moved it from one bulletin board to the next.
It is probably from the 80's, too:
BED CHECK:
Late at night, you can lay on the floor with a dog and sniffing his paws, consider all the interesting places he's been."
* * *
"Gun sales have gone up, as well," Hugh said.
Amy put her phone away.
"So people can protect their toilet paper."
--David Sedaris,
New Yorker piece at
www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/my-failed-attempts-to-hoard-anything-at-all
* * *
"The dumbest people I know are now home-schooling their kids"
--Whitney Cummings
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Saturday, March 21, 2020
A bad week ends....
Dr. Anthony Fauci after Trump jokes about the "deep state" at Friday's coronavirus briefing
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Enjoy your desert island experience
zA cheery place to start would be Tom Hanks' tunes...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b079m78n
And a guide to all the interviews in the series is at...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnmr/episodes/player
The Streets of Rome Under Quarantine
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A woman dances with a child on a balcony.
A handmade banner proclaims Everything will be okay
A bird chirps.
Above, the New Yorker shares a few moments from Rome...
A woman dances with a child on a balcony.
A handmade banner proclaims Everything will be okay
A bird chirps.
Above, the New Yorker shares a few moments from Rome...
Concerts online
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Right now, I see the Malmo Symphony Orchestra play a concert of Mozart and Mendelssohn.
Tonight, I may watch the Metropolitan Opera's La Traviata, or the Seattle Symphony.
With
many arts organizations and concert halls closing their doors due to
concerns from the coronavirus, there's been a surge in performances
offered for free online. Here is Minnesota Public Radio's updated list of
great performances and concerts--with links--that you can enjoy from home.
And as always, if you click this link, there are 20 music streams available 24/7 from MPR...
CBC Music's online streams are at
Okay boomer ...
zWednesday, March 18, 2020
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Burn down the house
Cape Breton's Ashley MacIsaac plans online music festival during COVID-19 pandemic
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-edition-1.5499097/cape-breton-s-ashley-macisaac-plans-online-music-festival-during-covid-19-pandemic-1.5499103
Monday, March 16, 2020
Worried about Gus ....
On this happy day of the plague, I go for a walk ... near the old bridge below Palmer Rapids.
I hear a honk honk honk as I get out of the car, a cry of alarm at three-second intervals.
I see a single (1) Canada goose, paddling down the opposite shore of the river, yelping his heart out.
When have you ever seen a single goose?
He didn't seem injured.
Did the flock make him self-isolate?
What do the other geese know about Gus to ditch him?
Did they see him sneeze into his wing?
Drip a bit from the beak?
Or was Gus taking a good goose poop when the goose gang resumed their mass flight to Wherever?
Is he diabetic? Health-challenged?
Do geese not count heads at take-off?
When I left, Gus floated 500 feet further south towards the Quadeville chip truck, honking all the way.
Alone.
Nobody answered him.
I fear the system is failing.
Flatten the curve!
Canada Post offices have a new door sign.
You must limit touching mailboxes, doorknobs and counters.
So just touch yourself.
As often as you can.
But not on the face.
There are plenty of other places to touch.
Flatten the curve!
Pitchforks up!
Millennials are winners!
Geezers to the gallows!
You must limit touching mailboxes, doorknobs and counters.
So just touch yourself.
As often as you can.
But not on the face.
There are plenty of other places to touch.
Flatten the curve!
Pitchforks up!
Millennials are winners!
Geezers to the gallows!
Sunday, March 15, 2020
Friday, March 13, 2020
zTuesday, March 10, 2020
US reader sez:
"Just saw a bumper sticker in the grocery lot that made me laugh.
First time I've seen this one. Red, white and blue letters that say:
Any Functioning Adult - 2020
Sunday, March 01, 2020
And the riverbank talks ... of the waters of March....
.
Antonio Carlos Jobim wrote this song 30 years ago.
There are over 100 cover versions in six languages.
But each March is unique, and so is Brazil's Jobim ...
hit PLAY above.
And the riverbank talks
of the waters of March
It's the end of all strain
It's the joy in your heart...
It's the mud. It's the mud.
Jobim and Elis Regina sing it in Portugese at ...
https://youtu.be/wBEesrdaRog
Antonio Carlos Jobim wrote this song 30 years ago.
There are over 100 cover versions in six languages.
But each March is unique, and so is Brazil's Jobim ...
hit PLAY above.
And the riverbank talks
of the waters of March
It's the end of all strain
It's the joy in your heart...
It's the mud. It's the mud.
Jobim and Elis Regina sing it in Portugese at ...
https://youtu.be/wBEesrdaRog
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