Yesterday was a productive day. We spent some time on yard work, raking up all the leaves trapped by the winter along side the house, and in the landscaping. Six bags of yard waste, along with carpeting we had ripped up, and some other large items went to the curb. I did have to go to Value to get a new rake, and clear plastic bags since the town is a bit persnickety about yard waste being in clear bags, but I managed to avoid all humans except the cashier.

I got the priming done on the dresser project I have working. Just the dresser itself, I still have to do the drawer fronts, but that will have to wait until Thursday, or Friday given the temperatures the next two days.

The Religious View

Found this gem on Social Media today, of course, posted by my favorite dim-witted conservative sheep, Randy.

So I should thank Jesus for not giving me fatal viruses? For not striking me down with a fatal accident? How about the people who have suffered? By this logic, shouldn't they be cursing god and/or Jesus for forcing them to suffer, and die? I mean, nothing happens outside of god's plan in your world, right?

But I should thank god that I haven't yet been infected with HIV, even thought I made personal choices like engaging in safe sex during my youth, not having indiscriminate sexual relationships, and choosing a path in life that hasn't involved drug use, or addiction? I suppose I could thank Jesus for making me awkward, and unappealing as a teenager so that I never really had a chance to have sex before I knew enough about what I was doing, but I'm not so sure that was a blessing in the larger picture.

I avoided Ebola? Not sure how wide spread Ebola was in this area, and I believe for transmission you pretty much needed to lick the liver of an infected person. Also, I don't live in West Africa, which greatly reduces my chances of coming across Ebola, and Boko Haram. However, there are plenty of right-wing extremists like Boko Harem here in the United States, they just kill en mass for their delusional christian ideals, instead of delusional islamic ideals.

I've been involved in MANY accidents in my life. I credit both my reflexes, and good engineering for the minimal injuries I've suffered. Yes, I realize an accident could take me out tomorrow. Someone around here most likely will perish in an accident soon - they happen almost every day. I'm sure plenty of people who die in accidents probably praise, and thank Jesus, right up until the moment Jesus sends the random drunk driver into their path. Again, all according to god's plan...

COVID-19 has just started to build here. It's been months, but exponential spread builds consistently. Now over 4,000 known cases across the United States. Probably three-times as many unknown cases, and even double that of people who are 99% sure they're infected but haven't been tested properly due to the lack of resources, which we wouldn't be struggling with so much if our government actually started working on this 2-months ago, instead of calling it a hoax, and refusing help from the World Health Organization when they offered. 

So yes, thank you Jesus for my personal choices, the geography where I live, and for being smart enough to recognize months ago this isn't a hoax, and limiting my social interaction before it was forced upon us.

Right on.

Dinner tonight was soup from a can. Completely underwhelming. Rationing might take a little getting used to.