Watching the Coronapalloza unfold from my quarantined perch here in Beijing, the duality from the very real threat that the illness poses for many and the accompanying hysteria for those not nearly at risk, has my again reminding myself that Reason and science really need to balance itself out vs irrational fear. I have tried … Continue reading Hysteria and The Curse of Incompatibility
Month: March 2020
Trumping Hope…
As I’m sure you heard in the past few weeks: “50,000 people die from the flu every year and nobody gives a shit!” It bares repeating, It’s not that no one gives a shit it just that we have accepted it as normal. I know something that kills almost 50% more people than the flu … Continue reading Trumping Hope…
🇮🇪☘️St. Patricks Day☘️🇮🇪
St. Patrick was born and raised in Roman Occupied Britain (Wait What?!?) and was eventually captured by savage Irish Pirates before being smuggled into The Potato laden Green Rock and used as slave labor. It was during his enslavement in Ireland that he turned from his wayward ways as a rebellious youth towards the lord. … Continue reading 🇮🇪☘️St. Patricks Day☘️🇮🇪
Dum Spiro Spero…
In May of this year it will mark my 5th year on Planet 3 of being Fatherless. My father passed away, officially of congestive heart failure but recent events had me reassessing his last few years and weeks. My father was diabetic, for which he had a leg amputated, and had previously had a kidney … Continue reading Dum Spiro Spero…
OK, Boomer… The Group that gave us the Mercedes 80’s
Right after the ravages of the War to end all wars (WWI, which obviously didn’t end all wars) you had the birth of the so-called Greatest generation. Born from the ravages of war and a Global Flu pandemic they were weaned in the scarcity of a worldwide economic depression, they were shipping off to the second … Continue reading OK, Boomer… The Group that gave us the Mercedes 80’s
🦀 Crab Legs! 🦀
The quality of the food really goes up when you are dormed with the National athletes. The past few nights have been Beef and Chicken and lamb and shrimps and tonight we even had… 🦀 Crab legs! 🦀 When I saw the crab legs, in an all you can eat setting Inside of China’s itself … Continue reading 🦀 Crab Legs! 🦀
