Adaptation to COVID world

Adaptation to this world means five months after moving 300 miles to take a New job, I lost it. My wife worked at the same company. Hers was lost, too. Neither will return.

Neither of us were eligible for unemployment because [insert reason here — the state has plenty, mostly because we are fairly new residents].

So I got a job, 45 minutes away and paying 45 percent less, but at least I work. My wife hasn’t found the right match anywhere.

The winner in all this? Baby MMSW whose meager part-time work as a college student qualified her for unemployment. She makes more money sitting on her butt than her parents, combined.

 

Iron laws of TV news. 1. Every issue, regardless of public opinion, is presented as a 50-50 split among Americans. 2. Loudest assholes get the most coverage.

 

Poker never looked less enjoyable

 

I like Brad’s work. This piece about taking cues from endurance athletes to get through a pandemic was very good.

What We Can Learn From Endurance Athletes About Getting Through This Pandemic

 

Someone pointed out that looking to see what cards you hold when they're in front of a clear plastic wall which reflects light makes the game impossible.

 

The table doubles as a vaccine clean-room manufacturing table during off-hours.

 

Looks like an upside-down Cone of Silence.

 

That 15-minute trip could be expensive.
A Tahoe trip for holiday weekend could get you a $1,000 fine – Santa Cruz Sentinel

 

Cannonball record falls again thanks to empty roads.

Cross-Country Cannonball Record Broken — Under 26 Hours

 

Dying to know the car!

 

Fuck it. Drove five miles from the house to the county and got a fucking haircut. Couldn't have felt more safe inside. Only four stylists working, so only eight people in the store at once, someone outside handling check ins. Both myself and the stylist in masks. Everything wiped down. I tipped well.