2020 has answered the question "Hank why do ya drink?" Anyone else’s car getting three weeks to the gallon now? At this point I would feel safer if the Coronavirus held a press conference to tell us how it's going to save us from the government. Due to my isolation, I finished 3 books yesterday. … Continue reading ‘Rona #29 – Pundemic Groaners and Other Funny Thoughts
This I put all the Christmas decorations away last week - everything but the Christmas tree. The tree takes up quite a bit of space in the living room - so I scooted it out to an adjoining area. Now it is out of the way, but still clearly visible when I sit in my … Continue reading This and That – 2021, Trees and a Virus
For most of the last 270 days, our evening meal has been consumed, in our home, at the kitchen island Eating Bar, by a Party of Two. What with Lockdowns; Mandates of how big our social bubble can be; living in a rural setting (a bad mosquito season this summer); general caution by others for … Continue reading At Home Dining – We Up our Game
Ryan Reynold's Maximum Effort (a boutique production house) partnered with the dating site Match.com for ads that depict '2020' as a perfect match for Satan. The two ads are really well done and quite funny. The ads begin with Satan sitting on his throne in Hell 11 months ago. Unperturbed by the sounds of torture surrounding … Continue reading ‘Rona #28 – Satan Meets 2020 (Videos)
This You might be able to relate to this fun video if you have ever had to prove you are not an internet Robot or if you have had to verify your account so that you can change your password. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg7DL3Iy4H0 That It starts off so plausible and serious... Did you know that in Las … Continue reading This and That – Robot, Monks, Oops (Video)
This: Digital Perspectives I'm reading "Digital Minimalism - Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World" by Cal Newport. I'm at the part where you do a one month Digital Declutter. I am supposed to step away from any technologies (apps, sites and tools on my computer or mobile phone) that I can take a … Continue reading This and That – Perspectives
Hans Rosling discusses how Chimps and People differ in answering multiple choice questions. If a group of chimpanzees were given a challenge that had three possible responses, the likelihood is that each one of the responses would be chosen by 33% of the chimps. That's not the case with humans. Why? Hans explains how bias … Continue reading ‘Rona #27 – Chimps and the Evening News – Hans Rosling TEDTalk (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP5dPn_eP7Q This is perhaps the most inspired (and funny) example of the creativity that has been inspired by the Coronavirus (which in this case could be called the Wuhan Flu because that sounds much more 'highbrow'!) The Composer, arranger and pianist is Jeff DePaoli. The Sheet Music is available at SheetMusicPlus.
We're All in This Together - but in an Apples to Oranges kind of way. Just look at Social Distancing regulations! WHO (the World Health Organization), China, Denmark, Hong Kong, and Singapore - 1 metre or 3 feet apart. Australia, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain - 1.5 metres. USA - CDC says … Continue reading ‘Rona #25 – Going the Distance
Mass and Social Media have done a good job of making people highly fearful of COVID-19. However, as we learn more about the virus, statistics and studies support a less fearful scenario. The media dwells on case counts but it is becoming obvious that confirmed cases are mostly mild and don't, in fact, represent the … Continue reading ‘Rona #24 Alberta and COVID-19 – Facts Amid the Fears
