Today’s effort at writing in the morning fell victim to caffeine deficiency. I’m back in the afternoon topped off with two cups of coffee. It’s a beautiful day and I will get out of the house; the plan is to buy potatoes after the Donut Walk™. I’m listening to the Mets as I write this. For the most part I’ve been listening to new music while doing things on the computer. That is what takes the most time with Gord’s Gold. Recording the show including writing it takes only about an hour, perhaps less. The parts I enjoy most is deciding what to play and programming the order. Technology makes this so much easier; I do most things via drag and drop. Next week’s show is set, and much of the week after that.
Yesterday I talked to my therapist for the first time in six weeks. I found out where she was and why she had to keep canceling sessions before then. I will not write about her personal life, but she has had a tough year. She never shows that in session. I could hear it in her voice as we started but she sounded better by the end. I told her I took credit for that. I like to think that I’m an entertaining patient. I felt much better after the session. I know she deserves the credit for that.
Has anyone else watched Star Wars: The Bad Batch? It was quite good and the animation incredible. I am not a big fan of the 3D computer animation; The Clone Wars and Rebels were good shows, but the animation bothered me. The characters moved like Supermarionation of Gerry Anderson shows like Thunderbirds. The Bad Batch looks great. It is what I saw the future of animation being 40 years ago. Computer animation has advanced and so how the artists use it. I suspect that’s the most important improvement. Computer animation and graphics have converged.
I am delighted how much progress we are making with COVID-19. My zip code has gone from an infection rate over almost 11% to only 1.97% and rapidly declining despite things opening up. The City’s rate has halved over the last two weeks. I’m totally fine with wearing a mask indoors as long as necessary but we can return to much closer to life as normal. Think what it takes to get infected now. If I’m in a store with 20 people the odds are that nobody is infected. Remember many if not most infected people know it and are staying home. If that person and I are both masked, and I’m vaccinated the odds of my getting infected are minimal. The infection rate R now has to be much less than 1. I have been careful all along, as I’ve followed expert advice all along. Now that the CDC says it’s OK to walk outside maskless, I walk outside maskless. It’s OK to have close contacted with small groups of vaccinated people so I am willing to do it. Am I ready to go to a Met game? As you have to be vaccinated or test negative to go, and it’s outdoors yes. Will I go into a small, crowded space? Not yet. What will I do in two weeks? I’m not making that call on my own. I’ll continue to listen to Fauci and the CDC. I don’t trust my judgment.
Wise Madness 