Autumn has come to sunny Florida. The stifling heat is gone for the next six or seven months, and all is well with the world.
Gov. Ron DeSantis wants y’all to come to the NFL's Super Bowl LV — that stands for LoVe, too — next February. Assuming, of course, two teams remain able to play. Or stand, at least. Get your ticket order in early, though, because Gov. Ron expects a full house. Raymond James Stadium in Tampa holds 65,890 fans, but they’ll squeeze in more seats for the occasion. Gov. Ron wants to see it overflow.
There is a pirate ship in one end zone.
In other news, Florida passed 16,000 in its official COVID 19 death count yesterday, and Palm Beach County passed 1,500, reaching 1,5001.
That means I have 1,494 dead neighbors who would be alive if we lived in Taiwan.
Things are pretty much humming as usual. Some friends returned from Italy, where they had been since March, an weren’t even asked where they came from. Nor were they tested. Tourism über alles. We LoVe visitors. Same story for a friend who arrived in Orlando just before Trumpchum Jair Bolsonaro noticed his first 10,000 cases.
At church, all the mouth breathers in the county come for Communion because they know they can get it here. When they are finished, the priest washes his fingertips with water, just like at the Lavabo.
Me? I don’t get around much anymore.
Saturday, October 17, 2020
How High the Moonshine
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I assume by mouth breathers you mean tongue receivers. So far people here are pretty good at following the archdiocese directives for keeping Mass safe. I like it that my husband doesn't receive from the chalice after the priest and that each does their own purifying. There is sanitizer all over the place, and everybody seems to have a little tube in their pocket.
ReplyDeleteHowever, Thanksgiving is looming. It was always "our" holiday, that is, we got it, and the kids' in-laws got Christmas. We have seen our kids and families exactly once each since March. The older son and wife were here last Saturday when it was 70 degrees and we sat out on the deck. I know the younger ones with the granddaughters will want to do Thanksgiving somehow. They do the best they can with being careful, but son works in a school which is doing half in-person and half remote, and his wife does day care. None of which is remote. The girls' school is in-person.
Occasionally it has been 70 degrees on Thanksgiving here. More often there has been 8 inches of snow on the ground. We might have to rain-check Thanksgiving, though I hate to.
Katherine, we're trying to figure out the same thing regarding my parents. They always host Thanksgiving, too. But two of my kids have been away at college all semester, so they're bringing a fresh set of germs home. My brother and his family usually come, too, from out of state - so another set of germs added into the mix.
DeleteMy parents are in their 80s. My mother still loves to cook the big meal and seems pretty capable. They go to daily mass so they're not completely isolated. My family has been with them 2-3 times since the spring. So far, no issues. I don't believe they've seen any of their other six children in person since the pandemic started. And of course, most of their friends are every bit as old as they are, so most of them don't want to leave their homes if it's not necessary.
My parents are fortunate in that they're still independent. People in nursing homes have been locked down for months. It must be terrible for them.
But Tom, pirate ship in the end zone!
ReplyDeleteI'd say "what is wrong with Florida" but I live in Michigan.
Judging by what I've seen on TV, I don't believe fans are allowed aboard if they are not already full of grog. I don't know how they will handle the ship when, instead of the usual riff-raff, the whole crew will have come in their corporate/private jets.
DeleteAre there many Whitmer-hating militia members in your area?
DeleteHard to know how many militia members there are here. They are secretive. There is a group of individuals driving around in black golf carts wearing camo and probably packing heat with Trump flags affixed to the backs of their vehicles.
DeleteI expect they will be standing 100 feet from the polling place, milling around with their guts hanging out and brandishing their weaponry on voting day.
One of the Wolverine Watchmen was busted a few miles from here, but they just took his computer and phone. He has not been arrested because he quite the group when people started talking about kidnapping the governor.
There will be a rally (maybe it was today) of supporters for those arrested on charges of kidnapping and domestic terrorism. They say that these poor guys were just out to make a legal citizen's arrest of a public official who had overreached. Never mind all the texts and recordings that talked about "capping" her and trying her for treason in their kangaroo court.
Judging from the number of "My governor is an IDIOT" signs in this area, there is widespread hatred.
Republicans here are just nauseating.
Autumn has come to Northern California: increasingly higher fire danger. Strong winds to fan the flames. Higher than usual temperatures. No rain for months and non in sight for months.
ReplyDeleteHo, hum.
So Trump is going to send some aid for the fires, the day after he said he wouldn't?
DeleteSucking up to the VERY FEW Republicans in this state.
DeleteOur diocesan newspaper showed up in today's mail. It featured a good piece by the archbishop on "Fratelli Tutti". The rest of it was nonstop election stuff. All of the syndicated columnists and all of the local ones had something to say. You can pretty much guess the content. Yes, George Weigel, I get that abortion is bad.
ReplyDeleteWeigel's column must be free. It seems that every (arch)diocesan rag carries him. Good fodder to letters to the editor, though.
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