#Pocalypso | Keeping My Mind Occupied
2020-04-23 – Family member X (FMX) was tested for COVID yesterday. In my opinion FMX’s likelihood of testing positive is low. FMX has what I would consider seasonal allergy symptoms […]
Tag Archives: Life
#Pocalypso | Dying from the Virus Is Not a Gotcha
2020-04-22 – I’ve been seeing posts on Facebook gloating about the COVID deaths of people who were COVID deniers. Dying from the virus is not a gotcha. These people were […]
#Pocalypso | A Sore Wrist and General Aches and Pains
2020-04-21 – You wouldn’t think social distancing would be a problem for a bike. Especially not if the rider is happy to stick to the social distancing rules. And for […]
#Pocalypso | The Economy vs. “A Few Lives” is a False Choice
2020-04-20 – Is it immoral to balance risk to life against the economy of the nation? No. This is done all the time. The problem with the current efforts to […]
#Pocalypso | I Never Knew My Life Was So Terrible
2020-04-17 – Welcome to my life. Why welcome? Well, forget it. You’re not really welcome. That’s just a phrase people say. They don’t mean it. And, if they don’t mean […]
#Pocalypso | I’ve Had a Cough for Years
2020-04-16 – I have a chronic cough. No, I don’t have COVID-19. Even the hypochondriac in me doesn’t think I have COVID-19 (Hypochondriac in me: “Speak for yourself!”). I’ve always […]
#Pocalypso | Happy 99th Birthday
2020-04-14 – My Dad, Norman Froikin was born 99 years ago. He’s been gone for a while. Life goes on. I think of him, usually without warning. But we do […]
#Pocalypso | Prayers of the Atheists
2020-04-10 – I have a sticker on the wall above my desk. It says: “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” I don’t usually go in for […]
#Pocalypso | At Least I Made Matzah Ball Soup
2020-04-09 – So, for the first time in my life, I didn’t attend a Passover Seder. As we say every year in the Seder: L’shana Haba’ah – Next year. At […]
#Pocalypso | The Passover Seder and the Child Who Doesn’t Know to Ask
2020-04-08 – Tonight is the first night of Passover. Although I have become a fairly secular Jew over the years, I still host a seder. Over the years, I’ve compiled […]
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