Oh, it’s absolutely a balance thing.  You’re right about various visits being calculated risks- I’m thinking carefully about a consolidated list and the most efficient way to get supplies for my once a week grocery run.  I think today, I saw a “I know people don’t have toilet paper, so I went to the store to buy some…

Okay, Imma vent some grumpy old man unpopular opinions here...

It occurs to me that there are so many car ads from this era with hot air balloons in the background.  Was ballooning much more popular back then, or just a good way to convey the feeling of maneuvering cars of the era?

 Its how I used to. Now I spend it drinking whisky.

My usual setup is a folding table in the basement, a cheap heat mat, and a fluorescent shop light with grow bulbs. I’m just not great at it, then the squirrels eat the fruit off of most of the survivors.

I didn’t even start seeds in the basement this year, thinking I’d buy some tomato and pepper plants at the local plant sale.  Which has been cancelled... I’m itching to at least get some quick radishes started.

Remembers seeds in freezer- gets excited to have something to do over the weekend other than drinking whisky- looks outside- sees snow- remembers at least there’s whisky.

My wife and I genuinely love grocery shopping.  We would hit five grocery stores on a Saturday, spending hours browsing and comparing and looking for novel new products.  The once-every-two-weeks mad dash to Target for a loaf of bread and hopefully some eggs is wearing on me.

 It took me far too long to realize those cookies in the Easter scene were stigmata cookies. 

I’m getting thinner. Might be my steady diet of whisky and anxiety, but I'm on my way back to whatever. I have to wear belts around the house. 

Yeah, I kind of knew it would be bad, but they were doing it in the big theater. If you've got to see it once, see it on the big screen. I was wholly unprepared for it. And I watch messed up crap regularly.

There’s a delicious candy in Grave of the Fireflies (DON'T WATCH THAT FUCKING MOVIE IT IS THE SADDEST THING EVER IM FUCKING SERIOUS).

The angle can be weird. I have had one (I ordered before all this craziness). How I usually sit, it doesn’t work. But if I sit in the right position, it almost works too well.

My reply in The Takeout article referenced finding puddles of water at the bottom of the fridge.  The solution involved taking apart the interior of the fridge to get at the defrost heating element and the defrost drain tube.  I found helpful YouTube videos for my fridge model to show how to get at it, and found a…

My reply in The Takeout article referenced finding puddles of water at the bottom of the fridge.  The solution…

A couple of nights ago, I couldn’t sleep and it felt like someone was sitting on my chest.  This is all fine.  I should be so lucky as to have a life threatening virus as opposed to spring allergies.

My wife's off of carbohydrates. I used to maintain a sourdough (technically, it started as a poolish), but I got lazy and let it die. 

The most cynical use of it is over at The Takeout, where they are taking old articles and “updating” them with a little more content while converting them to these god awful slideshows.

I binged the first three episodes last night, because I’ve not been sleeping.  It didn’t calm my nerves.

I still don’t understand... is Tik Tok a twitter thing?  My wife texted me something and I don’t have the heart to tell her I don’t know how to open it.  If it’s for olds, I must be about done for.  That’s a comforting thought...

It really must be hit or miss.  I actually think they have fresher produce than Whole Foods.  Then again, the Twin Cities have had really crappy grocery stores for years, so it’s all relative.