Category: This and That

  • Covid-19 Follow Up, Part 3

    July 22, 2020 Today, I realize that 2 months passed since I wrote Big Bad Covid-19. Shortly after, the Governor issued an order for facilities of our kind to be tested for the virus. Interestingly enough, it took quite a while for the order to take effect. We waited for weeks. Most of us wanted to…

  • Big Bad Covid-19, Part 2 of 3

    May 20, 2020 When did the human race become so fearful of the flu? Throughout the times, we had plenty. More or less, one flu virus every year. Some strains were bad and killed millions. Some strains were mild and killed only in the tens of thousands. But year in and year out, people die…

  • COVID-19, Part 1 of 3

    April 4, 2020 So many stories I hear… Some say it is God’s will. Some say it is nature weeding overpopulation. Some say the Chinese government released that virus to help their economy and eliminate old people and chronically sick individuals. It does not matter much what some say. We are here, now, and a…

  • Count Your Friends on One Hand

    September 2, 2018 There is nothing social about social media. Yes, Facebook, I am talking about you. People brag about their vacations, their kids, their accomplishments or even their misfortunes. They post pictures of what they eat, what they drink, what they wear, what they buy. Their so called “friends” comment to the pictures and…

  • What Happened to Decency?

    May 31, 2019 My daughter called today. She read on an online forum a mother’s post on the lack of decency at public swimming pools. Teenage girls are wearing bikini bottoms no bigger than thongs, exposing their derrieres to all. What shocked my daughter was not this woman’s observation, but how viciously she got attacked…