I follow JAR on FB and my impression is that he hasn't exactly been in the closet up until now, just kind of low key and keeping his private life private.

Can I email you, -t? Address in your profile?

Yup. Sorry, meant to say that in previous post. Work is eating my brain

Well somehow I got water on my keyboard, either there was a drip from the ceiling or it came from something else although I'm not sure what. I ended up going to Wal mart (so many people shopping in groups and shopping without staying apart and no masks) because what I learned from the headset issue was that sometimes there is stuff available that doesn't show up on the website.

Which wasn't really the case this time. I did get the grant money that work asked us to apply for so part of that went to pay for the new keyboard. my one true keyboard love is mechanical keyboards but those are too expensive. I settled for a decent one. Or my keyboard could have just died, I've had it since I was in Vermont and worked at Best buy so it's been ...6 or 7 years at this point. A nice mechanical keyboard is going on my Xmas list, I miss the clickty clack of the keys and how they don't have much resistance when you press down on them. So smooth, takes almost no effort.

MD's governor has been remarkably sane (even though he shits on Baltimore all the time.)Even with that said, work has pretty much indicated they will follow the most cautious recs of experts from JHU & WHO. And our partners in other jurisdictions are following that lead. Not the feds. Telling.

Ohio's governor has said that we'll begin slowly opening up on May 1, but so far, no details about what that actually means. Schools are closed for the rest of the school year.

Kudos to JAR -- it's always some degree of nerve wracking, every time I have to come out (along two vectors) again. I can't even imagine doing it as a celebrity actor, of any degree of fame.

So like, never get a pet to fix your mental health, but as a dog's seeing eye human, I can't overstate how much it helps both my mental and physical health to have to go out on walks at least twice a day, no matter the weather.

XKCD weighs in on sourdough...

I emailed one of my cousins a few days ago -- he's 95 years old, and lives in an independent living facility in Portland -- and I haven't heard back yet. I'm starting to get worried. (I've got his son's email address, though I don't really know his son too well, so if he doesn't reply in another few days, I'll email his son, I guess.)

I hope he's ok and just missed your email or something, Hil.

My boss asked for my self-assessment which, to be fair, was due to her middle of March. I didn't do it because I was overwhelmed with work and did not care about my annual review. I am now even more overwhelmed with work and care even less. So that's fun.