As near as I can tell/see, nothing happened today. I base that on a simple reality. Right now, my vision is in need of a reboot, and doing my usual (checking the headlines on the main news sites) gained nothing. If I can’t read it, did it really happen?
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In wartime, the news we broadcast to the general population is very important. It doesn’t have to be factual, but it seves to maintain good spirits. Enough said.
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This week, I’m starting a new chapter in my personal saga: me vs the eyeballs.
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On social media, someone was fretting about an impending eye exam, and feared receiving a bit of cold air on the eyeball. First of all, based upon my studies with the GMS (Google Medical School), the test is known as the “tonometric air puffer test”. And if that’s the most invasive thing you have faced then you are among the fortunate. I’ve had close to twenty years of professionals peeking and peering and sticking pointed devices into my ocular globes (needles in the vernacular). I’m a survivor! Just wait until the drops take over your life.
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Read a good book, they said. And so I did. Many, actually. But here we are in the ‘20s. An update is is order. Fifty years ago (yes, I AM that old), I had time to take a single book and discover it. Digest it. Now, my forward looking timeline says that I should gorge on tweets. And YT videos. Life (the remaining part) is too brief to get hung up on character development and plot lines. There. I’ve said it. Moving ahead.
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For the last fifteen years, I’ve had to deal with the persona hell of medical eye drops. Our eyes are sensitive to things like temperature, pH, a few others I can’t describe but can feel. And, over the last few years, I’ve learned that the pharmaceutical industry has a little secret.
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If your news is local, this matters: a local school is closed this week, due to infection. Tomorrow, four more will close as a precautionary measure. That doesn’t leave much wiggle room, in a small area like ours. We’ve been really fortunate (lucky?) until now, but this says that the runup to the holidays just took a turn for the worse.
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No love lost here over the random nature of the calendar. Well, one calendar. Vax rules are in flux. Earlier this year, we were assured that two shots and you were good to go. Now there’s a certain level of uncertainty, which can mutate into distrust. We learned that a booster might be needed, for the very old. And then we learned that, perhaps, it would be a good idea for seniors in general. Within a week, that moved to anyone over eighteen.
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At least it’s not lava! This could serve as a wonderful slogan for that epic sweatshirt. But, what about if you happen to live in a community with this as your new reality? According to the news, there are towns in Spain with exactly this as a reason to move away. Except, sometimes you can’t. I guess that life just got to be more interesting for the residents of a volcano called La Cumbra Vieja. My forecast of snow now seems rather benign.
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Ealt with ongoing flooding insult to the injury: BC version. Homeowners in areas of the province that have (nope, not over yet) heavy rainfall and floods have started to hear from their insurers. With enough water damage, the policy you paid for is nothing more than another wet piece of paper in your water-logged home.
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