The local health district says that The Professor and I will get vaccinated "hopefully sometime in the next two months." I can live with that. It's not as if I have places to go, things to do, and people to see. Yes, the list of appointments to make once I feel safe going out (which will be at least a month after my second vaccination) is growing, and the lag times will be long with many other people who have delayed visits to the same places I have. As before, I can live with that.
I watched clips of Dr. Fauci's press briefing yesterday. My god, but he looked relaxed at last. At least 10 years younger as well. He's too professional to dish on Xpot, but I'm sure there are stories he could tell. I especially liked his comment about now being able to admit you did not know something whereas before the encouragement was to make something up. And the health professionals may now follow the science not the science fiction. Dr. Fauci called it "a liberated feeling." We're in much better hands today than we were a week ago.
The Times of London reports that the Tokyo Olympics will soon be canceled. The games cannot again be postponed since 2022 is a Winter Olympics year. 2032 would be the next year Tokyo could get the summer games. Paris and Los Angeles are set for 2024 and 2028. The Japanese government is, as might be expected, denying the cancellation report. March 25 has been mentioned as the drop dead date for a final decision.
The House of Representatives has announced that it will deliver a single article of impeachment to the Senate on Monday, Senate rules say that once the article arrives, the Senate becomes a court of impeachment and must stop all other business until the case has been decided. As we all know, however, rules can be stretched, and the Senate may want to finish more of Mr. Biden's Cabinet appointments before hearing the case. Rudy Giuliani has withdrawn as attorney for Xpot given that he might well be a witness or unindicted co-conspirator. I of course want a verdict that ensures that Xpot cannot run again for any federal office. If only 17 Republican Senators feel the same way.
Mr. Biden may have to relinquish the Peloton bicycle he rides every morning because the interactive tablet could be hacked. Michelle Obama's Peloton was disconnected for the same reason. I would assume that they could connect a system of canned rides that offer the encouragement and competition without the live connection. No instructor to encourage the rider, but no prying eyes either.
Barron was nowhere to be seen when Xpot and the Missus got on Air Force One on Wednesday. He had apparently been taken there earlier in the morning and was waiting for them aboard the plane. Xpot's having made a cameo in Home Alone 2, Son #1 imagined that the parents had left Barron behind so that when Mr. and Dr. Biden entered the family quarters, Barron wandered out of a bedroom clad in boxer shorts and asking what was going on. Funny as that is to imagine, I am very glad it did not happen that way. Barron, 10 years old when the Xpot regime began, has endured enough.
On a non-pandemic, apolitical note, there's research showing that electric eels hunt in packs. Not too many fish do, so this is potentially a big thing. The eels herd groups of tetra fish into tightly packed balls and then synchronize their electric attacks before dining. There are three species of electric eels; the largest can grow to eight feet and produce an 860-volt shock. For comparison, electric chairs use in the neighborhood of 3,000 volts.
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It's good to know electric eel shocks (probably) aren't enough to kill you. Thanks! ;-)
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