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 I took my usual Sunday morning drive and thought I would not see any hurrying half-wits, no pod people behind the wheel, but no, there were quite a number, actually. On a Sunday morning?? What's to hurry for? What is there to hurry to?? Are the pod people incapable of relaxing? Do the pod people have no concept of leisure? It seems they do not. And I feel sorry for them. When I have a destination with a scheduled appointment time, I leave EARLY, and I find that I arrive in plenty of time, despite the fact that I've never exceeded a posted speed limit at any point, and have not run any lights. It could be that the pod people are chronically severely disorganized or distracted. I would recommend tossing the "smart" phone, but many feel they must have such a device and are in fact addicted to their devices. And I feel sorry for them. Of course, some people really do need such a device but I would reckon that they are smart enough to manage their time and do not have addictive personalities. I think most people are NOT smart enough to manage their time, prioritize, place things in perspective. And most people do seem to be easily addicted to this and that. How did that come about? I can't explain it. I can only deplore this state of affairs, and try my best to avoid the various traps people fall into.

Life has become very strange, because people seem to be getting strange. Stranger and stranger.

Social Media Addiction

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 The weather improves day by day. I took a little drive around town yesterday and noted again lots of speeders and rather frenzied driving on the part of what seemed to be 20 to 30 year old males. Don't people that age WORK anymore? They should have been on the job at that time of day, around 2 PM. It wasn't a holiday. Where the heck could they have been hurrying to? What were they even doing on the streets at that time? I sometimes have the feeling that I'm surrounded by pod people. Or perhaps it's a case of Attack of the Brain Eaters. You want to see a brain eater? Try Facebook. Or Twitter. Or maybe an iphone. The "i" is for idiot. Just my rather jaundiced and elitist opinion...

Math and science forever, man. Say, let's have a revolution! A SCIENTIFIC revolution!

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 Yes, yes, clear skies and plenty of sunshine on the way, with very little wind and temps will be back above freezing today. Time to thaw out a bit. Although it was 17 degrees F this morning, I was out before sunrise tending to the animals and it did not feel bad at all, unlike the last couple of days when wind chills were single digit. 

Over 860,000 Covid deaths in the US now. 

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 Well, it is another blast of winter today. It had to happen. How I hate winter. But today will be the worst of it and back above freezing tomorrow. 

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 Sunny this morning and well above freezing, with light winds. I hope the wintery forecast turns out to be a bust. 

As of this date, I've had no Covid symptoms at all, at any point, and had only a mild and brief cold over a year ago. Fully vaccinated with Moderna and I've had the Moderna booster. Also got a flu shot early on. Still wearing a mask when I'm among other people, when I don't have any way of knowing who is vaccinated and who is not, avoiding crowds (easy to do since I hate crowds anyway) and so on. Social distancing etc. So far so good, in other words.