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  • Signal to Noise Ratio Online

    This week was much quieter than previous weeks. It’s not that there isn’t as much going on. I suppose it’s just that I’m tuning it out more and focusing on my own issues. Caring about other people’s problems is a luxury and a burden, and sometimes that burden just gets tiring. What I mean is…

  • Things to be grateful for 4/19 – 4/25

    1. Our cats are still happy and healthy. 2. We did not get wrecked by a tornado on Tuesday. 3. We finally stopped getting the “Payment Status Not Available” error and were able to enter our direct deposit information with the IRS for the stimulus deposits. 4. I talked to our ISP and got an…

  • Things to be Grateful For 4/12 – 4/18

    Last week, I added a section to a blog post I made where I listed a few things I should be grateful for in the previous week. It seemed like a pretty good exercise, given the situation. I think it’s something I’m going to try to continue on a regular basis with once a week…

  • Payment Status Not Available – The drama continues

    I kept hearing about more and more people getting their Trump Bucks, but I haven’t seen a damn thing so far. I’ve been checking my account regularly. I’ve been scouring the internet for clues. I’ve been trawling through Twitter for hope. Then I thought I’d found my salvation. The IRS released their Get Payment web…

  • A coronavirus kind of weekend

    With all of the extra time I’ve been able to search around online for nice channels on YouTube, freebies, and stuff like that. The station above has some really smooth, low key jazz. It’s fantastic as background music in the afternoon while doing other things around the house. Work. Reading. Chores. Laying on the bed…

  • Coronavirus Journal: Day 34 – Disconnecting from the news, cheap lunches, and deerlingo

    So, I’ve reached the point now where I’m not checking the case and death figures as often because the numbers have gotten so high that it’s really hard to think about that in terms of trying to make it real. You know what I mean? You can picture a few hundred people, but when you…

  • Coronavirus Journal: Day 30 – UBI and Universal Health Care

    I was lying in bed earlier after working remote all day, just watching the sun go down while the room got dark. It’s kind of depressing being inside all the time, even with lots of stuff to do. Not so much because I’m inside, but because of the circumstances. It’s not as much fun when…

  • Coronavirus Journal: Day 28 – Cooking, Jazz, and Corona-chan

    So, I stayed up too late last night, I think, because I feel really tired and I have a headache. Coronavirus symptoms, I know, but this is pretty normal for me when I stay up past 2:30 AM. I spent most of the day cooking. Not that I’m complaining. This is a good time to…

  • Coronavirus Journal: Day 27 – Trying to reach the back of the cabinets

    Since we’ve been going to the grocery store less, we’re actually using up things in our cabinets that might have otherwise occupied space until they went bad. I’ve also been finding and discarding products that did, in fact, occupy space until they went bad. Silver lining? Social distancing and the fear of a deadly virus…

  • The toilet paper drought is finally hitting the Bronx

    Since this COVID-19 thing started in New York City, people have been panic buying. One dude buying 20 jars of spaghetti sauce, every shelf in the store is now empty, kind of panic buying. Or at least, that’s how it was down in Manhattan near my mom’s place. At the two grocery stores near our…