My dystopian future
Saturday August 8 2020 This afternoon I was finally able to visit my mom. She called and needed help with a few things, so we made the drive out to Preble County. It’s been months and I can’t even tell you how many. Now I need to see my own kid.
Friday August 7 2020 As of about now, there are three types of COVID-19 testing procedures approved by the CDC. Two detect if you actively have the virus and the third is an antibody test to show if you’ve had it and recovered. Time Reverse Transcriptase (RT)-PCR Diagnostic Panel: A molecular test to detect genetic … Continue reading 76. Speaking of tests
Thursday August 6 2020 Our beloved and courageous leader of the United States of Ohio, Governor Mike DeWine, announced today that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. Trump was in Ohio today, I don’t know who invited him, but DeWine was unable to meet with him in person as planned. DeWine and his wife … Continue reading 75. Tough Test
Wednesday August 5 2020 The Atlantic published an article on cognitive dissonance a couple of weeks ago that was a look into the division of those who take the pandemic as a serious threat compared to the population that dismisses the global emergency talk as hype. Cognitive Dissonance was a concept studied by social psychologist … Continue reading 74. Attitude Adjustments
Tuesday August 4 2020 One year ago, a man unleashed a barrage of bullets on a bustling Dayton, Ohio, nightspot, killing nine people, including his sister Megan and forever changing the Oregon District. Seventeen other people were injured by gunfire that night, as well as more than two dozen who sustained injuries in the stampede … Continue reading 73. Dayton Strong
Sunday August 2 2020 In early April of this year, a photojournalist sent a drone over Hart Island, located near Long Island, NY. Footage revealed large trenches with people in hazmat-style personal protection gear stacking dozens of coffins. Recall early spring was the time when the quarantines had just started and as a nation we … Continue reading 72. Hart Island
Saturday August 1 2020 Imagine yourself back in August 2015 and someone asks you “Where do you see yourself in five years?” Betcha you didn’t see yourself navigating through this perfect poopstorm of a year, did you? Of course, nobody saw this coming. Even if we were somehow warned, we might have merely shrugged it … Continue reading 71. The five year question
Friday July 31 2020 Rain in the forecast for today.
Thursday July 30 2020 Notice that the median age in Ohio’s COVID chart (bottom of this post) is slowing dropping. On May 1 the median age was 51 and here we are, just about to begin August, and the number is at 42. If anyone is self-quarantining now, it’s not apparent. My daily commute is … Continue reading 69. Country Roads, Take Me Home
Tuesday July 28 2020 We’ve hit the 30-year anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, marking the date of July 26 1990 as when President George H. W. Bush penned his long-awaited signature. As far as social media goes, this year’s milestone celebration was but a whimper, tamped down by the other more inflammatory topics … Continue reading 68. These lives matter, too
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