It's kinda hard to process that COVID-19 has killed 75,000 people, and now people are starting to get shot for trying to enforce restrictions.
Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.
'Shindig'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - May 07, 2020 5:50:35 am PDT #20943 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping
Calli - May 07, 2020 7:02:52 am PDT #20944 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The NC leg refused to pass a bill that would have allowed takeout or delivery cocktails. Which is a small thing to be bummed about, but with all the everything it would have been nice. At least my local cidery has home delivery.
ETA: And then there's this jerk. [link]
Humans need to be better.
-t - May 07, 2020 7:42:59 am PDT #20945 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The cocktail choices near me are not super exciting, but there are some. Couple of places are doing mimosas/bellinis/splits of champagne for Mother's Day, I may take advantage of that. My whole not-knowing-what-I-want-to-order-at-bars thing does not help, of course - I'm sure several places would be happy to mix up whatever for me if I called and asked!
chrismg - May 07, 2020 7:44:08 am PDT #20946 of 30019
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
I hope the fact that the shooters are getting hit with Premeditated Murder One has a chilling effect on that sort of thing.
-t - May 07, 2020 8:02:53 am PDT #20947 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Huh. Restaurants in my county can open for dine in next week. I don't know how to react to that.
sj - May 07, 2020 8:10:11 am PDT #20948 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm getting pretty good at making my own gin cocktails at home, and TCG will make them too now.
Toddson - May 07, 2020 8:21:41 am PDT #20949 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
As I'm the only one in the office, I kind of keep tabs on what's going on. I reported that the pest control people came in and left something under our kitchen sink. One person - who is TERRIFIED of mice - responded asking if I'd seen a mouse. I was able to assure her that I had not, that the men came in as a preventive measure. (Out of the goodness of my heart, I've never told her about the grasshopper mouse ... also known as the werewolf mouse.)
Theodosia - May 07, 2020 8:28:31 am PDT #20950 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
You know how there are stories about animals showing up in places where humans aren't? One of the other sides of that is that vermin are also, well, not getting bolder so much as more desperate, since all those dumpsters and office kitchen trash cans, et cetera et cetera are not getting filled up any more.
Stuff that most people haven't seen for example: crows and seagulls remembering that they're predatory birds.
So, honestly, the mouse traps may be a preventative measure, for sure.
Consuela - May 07, 2020 8:58:44 am PDT #20951 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Restaurants in my county can open for dine in next week. I don't know how to react to that.
My reaction would be to stay at home...
Toddson - May 07, 2020 9:02:47 am PDT #20952 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
With most of the restaurants closed, I've been seeing reports of rats, shall we say, expanding their territories. They're also eating hoses and such from car engines, since people aren't driving as much.
A side effect of people not driving as much is that there's been a drop in the number of accidents involving bicyclists and pedestrians. However, the drivers that are going out are driving faster and more aggressively, so there seems to have been an uptick in the number of car accidents.