bookmark_borderThe COVID-19 Diary: Sunday 11 October

We had a fun D&D session today. The plot continues to thicken and the players have an interesting choice to make based on an offer they received.

I started playing D&D in 1980 and have played table top role playing games (ttrpgs) off and on since then. Two of the players in our current group are people I met through the hobby and have known since 1990. One of them pointed out today that two of the other players in the group weren’t alive then. In other words, some of us are old.

I love this hobby because it’s a way for me to be creative, both in preparing for the games and running the games, and it’s a way to connect with people that have similar interests. It’s also a fun way to unplug from reality, which is especially important for me given our current situation.

I hope you have something like this that you can turn to for pleasure and satisfaction. We have to keep living our lives, regardless of the circumstances.

Stay healthy and safe.







Song of the Day

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bookmark_borderThe COVID-19 Diary: Wednesday 07 October

Not too much happening here. Life is quiet. Fall has arrived. I have my annual eye exam tomorrow. Tonight I may order some supplies to overseed the lawn and pick them up while I’m out.

Stay healthy and safe.


Rest in Peace

Johnny Nash, singer-songwriter of ‘I Can See Clearly Now,’ dies at 80 – The Washington Post






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bookmark_borderThe COVID-19 Diary: Sunday 04 October

Another weekend come and gone. I showered and put on clothes today. I may go for two days in a row tomorrow.

Stay healthy and safe.







Song of the Day

“Stagger Lee”, also known as “Stagolee” and other variants, is a popular American folk song about the murder of Billy Lyons by “Stag” Lee Shelton, in St. Louis, Missouri, at Christmas, 1895. The song was first published in 1911 and first recorded in 1923, by Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians. A version by Lloyd Price reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959. (Wikipedia)

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bookmark_borderThe COVID-19 Diary: Saturday 03 October

Equanimity (Latin: æquanimitas, having an even mind; aequus even; animus mind/soul) is a state of psychological stability and composure which is undisturbed by experience of or exposure to emotions, pain, or other phenomena that may cause others to lose the balance of their mind. The virtue and value of equanimity is extolled and advocated by a number of major religions and ancient philosophies. (Wikipedia)

Stay healthy and safe.


It’s a Super 70s Sports Saturday






Song of the Day

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bookmark_borderThe COVID-19 Diary: Friday 02 October

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

Hunter S. Thompson, “Fear and Loathing at the Super Bowl” (Rolling Stone #155, (28 February 1974); republished in Gonzo Papers, Vol. 1: The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time (1979), p. 49

Stay healthy and safe.


He wasn’t hurt.





Song of the Day

Recommended by my friend Phil.

The entire Song of the Day playlist is available on YouTube.