I'm grateful for the availability of KN95 masks, unlike in 2020, because my biggest issue with surgical masks and virtually all cloth masks is how they get stuck to my mouth when I breathe. But the KN95s are more beak-like (without, alas, being a true Plague Doctor mask) and stay all pointy and therefore away from my mouth, and it's all good.

Timelies all!

It’s been interesting seeing various people singing with masks on. I will say that the clear masks program participants got from the con are a bit freaky looking.

My sore throat is gone: I think it was actually just from talking too much on Tuesday. Fingers crossed.

Yeah, I have often found myself with a sore throat the day after wearing a mask all day, and I had one this morning after using bad technique in choir rehearsal last night. But then I also had a headache and blew my nose, so I went ahead and did a rapid test. Negative, which is good, since my mother is having a bad-idea party tomorrow.

Also if Jorts had been buttered and not margarined he might not have had diarrhea but maybe not.

It is kind of driving me nuts that everyone is saying buttered when he was margarined! Margarined!! (and yes, I saw Alison from Ask A Manager saw it on twitter.)

I found myself eating in my car yesterday and just pulled the mask down for each bite and recovered my face while I chewed and felt super ridiculous because I was in my car alone but figured it was maybe good practice? Although if that even makes a difference to safety I have no idea.

That is what our head of student health has been trying to get people to do, so I'm going to say yes.

Good to know!

Every time I say buttered I am aware that it was margarine BUT when I was growing up we buttered our toast with margarine so I’m going to keep saying that! Dammit.

Mainly, though, the sea chantey is fantastic and includes the line “oh, when the butterin’s done” and that’s just so perfect

I'm only saying buttered because the whole "Pam buttered Jorts!" take on ..I forgot the Milette? or whatever. Which was really funny

BUT when I was growing up we buttered our toast with margarine

We did, too! My mom went back to actual butter at some point in my youth, but I do remember buttering with margarine.

We did, too! My mom went back to actual butter at some point in my youth, but I do remember buttering with margarine.

I knew two sisters at college whose family made them do a taste test at age ten to see if they could tell the difference between butter and margarine and could only get butter if they tasted the difference.

There were like five kids in the family and they all had to do The Test and it was a rite of passage deal.

So weird.

I do remember buttering with margarine.

Us, too. At this point, "to butter" is a verb for "spread butter or butterlike substance on a [thing*]." Although we only use butter now, since apparently margarine wants to kill everyone, which is really rude. How could you, Parkay?

*(Which can, apparently, be a cat.)

I forgot the Milette? or whatever.

Miette! Who was kicked like the football! Jail for mother for one thousand years! (I fucking love Miette.)

The infamous Miette tweet: [link]

My mother only bought margarine but insisted that we call it butter. I think it was some sort of reaction to classism? I don't know.

I took and passed a covid test this morning. But apparently I have to take another one in two days, so I have cancelled my engagements for the next few days.

I have no idea what to send my nephews for Christmas. Cool socks? Books? Games? They are 11 and 13, and they are suddenly really into water polo. Also fond of YA fantasy novels. Any ideas?