Some happy news for a change!

For anybody reading my blog that keeps track of these things, finally there’s a disease that is less threatening now than it was last year! Gonorrhea Rates Fall: “The nation’s gonorrhea rate fell to 113.5 cases per 100,000 people last year, the lowest level since the government started tracking cases in 1941, according to the […]

In my next life I want to be chicken little

After going around half of last week scooping up much needed “supplies” (read: moon pies and glow sticks) and subsequently the entire weekend walking outside not being able to buy things like bread or gasoline and looking at the sun and feeling not even any rain; I’ve decided this could be the Next Major Hurricane […]

When I was younger so much younger than today

I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night, and strange thoughts seem to stick in my head. So here’s the bit from last night. Over 20 years ago, my parents bought a VCR. It cost well over $1,000 (a Hitachi) and was probably as heavy as a microwave oven now. It picked up […]