The current pandemic is certainly not funny with its
life altering carpet bombing of the global society. At the same time there have
been some really comical memes and other injections of comedy into the new
situations we’re all faced with. The ability to laugh at ourselves even in
these darkest of times is part of what will pull us through it. That and social
distancing that is. While I have not been able to enjoy the full experience of
being restricted to home with young children I practice it vicariously daily
with calls to my son and daughter. I’m luckier than most being able to get out
each day to see the continued devolution of modern society.
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| BRS Watching Frozen 2 for the 803rd Time |
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| Practicing Hopscotch |
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| Helping Decorate the Dishwasher |
This must have been so much more difficult back in
1918 with the world wide flu pandemic with no internet, obviously. I think
people were tougher and more disciplined back then because life in general was
so much harder. Still I think we’re up to this challenge and the idiots who don’t
want to ascribe to the appropriate measures are facing the inevitabilities of
Darwin’s precepts.
I thought I’d share some of the memes I’ve seen from
friends of Facebook because we all need to laugh. We’ll look back on this in a
few years and remember that it is times like these and our response that define
us. It will also appropriately invigorate our respect for teachers and most especially
health care workers. We got this.
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RECURRING
CHARACTERS
BR3 – inbound granddaughter
#3, BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel -
second granddaughter; FBR - First Blog
Reader - first granddaughter, ABFA –
Amazing Best Family Athlete = my daughter in law; Wingman – my son in law; Keene
Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school from my home town of Keene,
NH; Soxfather - my brother in law; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Cantankerous Friend – friend since
grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as radical leftist to
attract women; Pittsburgh College
Roommate – high school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which
grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two
close friends of my wife – her US sisters, my wife is the 3rd musquetera
(musketeer); Riggins - also known as
the Grandpuppy, son's dog; PanaGals
– female relatives/friends of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife
accumulates wherever we have lived & their spouses; Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia
member, Favorite Panamanian - the
wife (of course); First Friday –
celebrations to mark the First Friday of the Week; Curbside Girls – close friends of my daughter acquired during her
single days in Brooklyn
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