I am annoyed at our local media again. It pisses me off that they focus on minutia in the past, instead of having a present or future orientation. There will be plenty of time when this pandemic is in the rear view mirror to review, reflect and opine about what could have been done better, right now we need to laser focus on beating COVID-19. We don't need legislative hearings about which column on the spreadsheet deaths should be entered in.

Despicable people: Rich Couple Accused of Taking Vaccine Doses from Indigenous Elders.

 

 Just now I noticed a post on Facebook from Mohawk Hudson Humane Society that said Major, who is one of the new first dogs at the White House, is a rescue, adopted from a humane society in Delaware. Wow!! That makes me so happy, raises my esteem!

There is a narrative that people have been drinking more during the pandemic. Is it true, I wonder? I have hardly been drinking at all. I thought about why, and I guess because I would have a glass or wine or two in restaurants while having dinner. It was totally social, and now I am ordering GrubHub and not doing any socializing. I ordered a bottle of wine with dinner on New Year's Eve and didn't even open it!

Interesting POV. I'm not sure I agree - the horror of this series comes more from how evil and mentally disturbed this guy was. He was extreme even for a serial killer. I didn't think the theatrics or photos (admittedly the one showing his teeth was nightmare worthy) were any worse than the other true crime shows we've seen or even the average Criminal Minds.
 

 I noticed this week that many of Trump's ardent supporters among my Facebook friends are women around my age. Why? The cult of celebrity? Sexual fantasy? Dreams of wealth?  It isn't that Biden was a great choice; he is senile and he has had so much plastic surgery he can't even move his eyes. Why don't we choose better candidates? Younger, visionary, ethical, smart - not the least common denominator, because it is their turn? But regardless, anyone would be better than the conman Trump, the carnival barker that the media enabled to win.

Today I cancelled my digital subscription to the Albany Times Union and un-followed them on Facebook (I haven't gotten the paper version in years). You have to do it on the phone, and the very nice customer service person asked why? So I told her that I have no choice, it's self preservation. I can't take it any more. I'm tired of all the articles grousing about restrictions, then today the final straw was when writer Chris Churchill called the governor out for allowing the Bills to have fans at their playoff game. I told her I've already stopped following CBS-6 WRGB for all their snark on pandemic issues. She laughed and thanked me for my honesty and said she found it refreshing, that she completely understood being offended by the hypocrisy. I also told her I hope the cancellation doesn't result in me getting nonstop hot room calls hawking subscriptions to the TU, as always happened in the past, and she laughed at that too. I forgot to add (but never fear, I'll have the opportunity when I get future sales pitches), that the comments on their Facebook posts are appalling and the toxic forum they encourage is a disincentive to following the newspaper.

PS Bob's birthday. He's 61. GrubHub & Amazon movie. Life during the virus!