I hope that those celebrating it had a nice Thanksgiving without too much excess in the food and/or drink department. We Zoomed with Son #2 and D-i-L Equivalent, but it wasn't the same as having them across the deck or room would have been. On the other hand, they did Act I (the call was split into two sessions) in Emma's room, Emma being their parrot. [As an interesting side comment, they have 11 animals so far--four rabbits, three snakes, two cats, one parrot, and one tortoise. One of the snakes is a Burmese python, the kind that is overrunning the Everglades because the people who did no realize how large they got have been letting them go there.] When it got to be Emma's bedtime, they moved to a different room to let her get her beauty sleep.
As for the menu, it was pretty much the usual except for no sweet potatoes. Of note is that I made the best gravy I have ever made, hands down. The challenge now will be to replicate it for Christmas dinner. Since Son #1 comes here every morning to run, I expect most of the leftovers will be gone by Sunday, with the exception of the cheesecake, which Son #1 would only be caught eating during or after an ultra-marathon.
On the political front, The Lame Duck finally said that he would vacate the White House should the Electoral College elect Uncle Joe. The election, though, would be invalid due to the massive voter fraud still being investigated. This makes me wonder if, after the inauguration, The Lame Duck (I will need a new name for him then) will still claim to be President and present Uncle Joe as being illegitimate. How this would fly when it comes to Congress might be worth considering. Assuming the Republicans win both Georgia seats--or even one--what might the Senate do? Refuse to confirm Uncle Joe's Cabinet and any advisors requiring confirmation? Refuse to even meet given the person acting as President is an imposter? We could have one hell of a constitutional crisis on our hands.
I wonder how people in other countries view the US, champion of covid, celebrating Thanksgiving. I'm not sure we should even be allowed to sit at a children's table. The Washington Post ran a photo taken at LAX (Los Angeles International Airport) showing a flight crew walking through what appeared to be the lobby with the entry counters at which a traveler might check a bag. Those counters are all empty. Members of the flight crew are wearing full PPE. No mention was made of this fact, so I can't say whether the crew would continue to wear the PPE while underway. How many science fiction or fantasy films have included such a scene? Seeing a scene like that associated with an Ebola outbreak in a jungle setting would seem perfectly normal. Seeing a scene like that in a modern public airport setting boggles my mind.
The Virginia case numbers and seven-day rolling average released this morning were down, which did not surprise me given the holiday. I expect they will be on the way back up in tomorrow morning's data dump. The picture is going to become unreliable, though, when the expected shortage of tests happens. As The Lame Duck says, we have more cases because we test more people. This does not mean that we will have fewer cases when we test fewer people. We just won't know any longer how far afield the virus has spread. I read one report that by mid-December we could be seeing, nationally, 3,000 deaths per day. Per day!?!? Remember when 2,977 people died on September 11, 2001? We're on the verge of a September 11 death toll every single day. This really should upset more people than it does.
As for today's being Black Friday, I, as usual, stayed home. I did, however, make two online purchases. One was a 2020 ornament with the arms of the snowflake being the word "fuck." The other was a set of masks featuring the Bangor, Maine Police Department's Duck of Justice. I figured I should have one "theme" mask to wear if I even venture into public beyond the confines of the subdivision.
Happy start of the Christmas season!
2 comments:
I bought a couple of 2020-themed ornaments myself as gifts, but not the one you described (which I *have* seen advertised). Colbert's show refers to the prez as the president bit anything printed (copies of tweets, for instance) use T****. Perhaps you could use that too? Or T45.
We are in no position to say anything about Thanksgiving get togethers seeing as we are in the run up to Christmas which is the season for big family gatherings. I do worry about the level of comprehension I'm seeing, there's a world of difference between ignoring rules and thinking you are complying because you have failed to understand the simple thing you were told. "What are you doing for Christmas?" Is now a question loaded with political overtones, major sibling drama and in-law rivalry.
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