It Just Got Easier To Stay Positive, Dammit

All good things must come to an end, so they say. And so it is with my pandemic long streak of not having COVID. Yup, I just tested positive. Last night and today have been a little rough, I won’t lie. I spent them feeling like I felt when I got my shots, actually. There …

My First In-Person Conference Since COVID: Thoughts And Observations

Like I said, I went to my first in-person conference, and the experience was pretty nice. It was awesome to enjoy things like food and mingling with other attendees. I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to do about masks, so I usually kept it on unless I absolutely had to take it off, like …

Another Reason To Just Wear Your Mask And Shut The Hell UP

If you don’t, you might just wind up having to serve the 25 years for murder that you’ve spent the last couple of decades successfully avoiding. Police in Poland have arrested a convicted murderer who had been on the run for 20 years because he was not wearing a face mask. Warsaw police said they …

“Can I Bring This In Here?” “Neigh Neigh.”

I’m so sick. Please, get me to a hospital right away. But first, bring me a stuffed toy, a knife and some ivermectin. A COVID-19 patient tried to sneak the anti-parasite drug ivermectin into Windsor Regional Hospital by hiding it inside a stuffed animal, according to an internal memo sent to staff at the Ontario …

Anti-mask Airplane Arrest, The One Minute Musical

This is one of the more enjoyable minutes I’ve spent with an anti-masker. And here’s the full 14 minutes of her rambling, crying and getting arrested. Probably an unpopular opinion in some circles, but this is making me miss binging episodes of COPS. Yes, I know it’s on a streaming service now. No, I am …

Some Good Advice For A Society Living With COVID. Doug Ford Also Chimes In

Here’s a good segment from the Morning Edition on CBC Kitchener Waterloo talking with Dr. Peter Lin about what the phrase “living with COVID” should mean in a world in which we hope to get things right. Spoiler: it doesn’t mean what the anti-vax, COVID minimizing and denying types or Doug Ford are telling us …

I May Never Tweet Again

It’s not like me to be proud of a tweet. Hell, I barely want to be on Twitter at all and have come close to deleting my account a few times since all this honk honk anti-vaccine overthrow the government truck shit started tormenting cities and blocking borders across Canada. But I’m pretty pleased with …