Dandy Cat

Now that most of the world is shut down, I find myself putting on clothes that couldn’t be labeled as “lounging” or “comfy” far less. This feels like something I should work on changing.

I learned how to play gin rummy with my special lady friend this last weekend. I really like this card game. She does too, especially after she kicked my butt at it.

I’ve loved podcasts since I first started listening to them over a decade ago. I never would have thought that one day I’d consider listening to my favorites like coming home to old friends. I do now and I’m glad my friends are here.

I just ventured out into the world—all squinty-eyed and wobbly—for a quick trip to the market. Let me say, if you’re the type of person to just cough or sneeze into the open air, COVID-19 or not, you’re gross. A straight up gross-face.

I appreciate both the message from my local police and fire chiefs and their willingness to film in the artisanal lumber section of our local Lowe’s.

It’s a weird time when I need to ration my freaking ramen at home because somehow one of the most plentiful foods in any store is now gone. Good thing no one wants to eat my vegan food and are leaving that at the stores.

Always great to hear your over 60 years old parents downplay the pandemic and laugh about being told to stay home for their own health and safety. It’s going to be sad to have to barricade them in their home for their own good.

I can’t wait to hear what nonsense the anti-vaccine people are going to cook up when a treatment for COVID-19 is developed and available. Probably something about it actually causing the disease or turning people into illegal aliens or something.

I decided to do something about all the panicked people hoarding toilet paper (or the truly awful people reselling the stuff) and got myself a sweet bidet. Butt problems solved!

Is there a more exquisite feeling than finally figuring out an annoyingly tough spreadsheet formula problem and having everything else start working properly?

I still think about the Library of Congress’s original decision to archive ALL of the tweets a lot. It’s a shame that it’s not happening anymore. What will future visiting extraterrestrials use to understand humanity’s finest achievement now?

I live in Corona, CA. I’ve been surprised that I haven’t noticed a mass exodus of ignorant or just plain dumb people out of this city.

But I guess there’s still time for that.

If I had a nickel for every time I took a break from working on my budgeting spreadsheets, then I’d have enough nickels to need a brand new spreadsheet to keep track of all these damn nickels raining down on me.

Two of my greatest accomplishments in life:

1. On more than one occasion, I’ve been known to finish an entire loaf of bread before it went bad.

2. I’m able to use up all the ink in a ballpoint pen.

I want to learn how to make iOS/Mac apps, but just so I can make useful utility apps that only serve a single purpose for me and won’t ever show up on an App Store. I can knock that out in a weekend, right?

I see that Contagion is on sale on the iTunes Store and I can’t decide if that’s funny or terribly upsetting.

Per the article’s title, cartographers have been hiding covert illustrations inside of Switzerland’s official maps for decades. I love the thought of cartographers taking the time to make these, probably while wearing a sly smile. 😏