Covid and Other Things

Things are still pretty much the same here.  Our covid numbers are spiking, and our government is trying to balance on the fine line between closing down everything again and losing most of the funding for the state (a majority of state funding comes from casinos and hospitality) and keeping things open and just hoping more and more people don't keep catching the virus.  Hubby and I stay home most of the time except for grocery shopping trips and hubby's once a week bowling league in which everyone stays pretty far away from each other. 

In other news...

• this blog has been spammed like crazy with comments even though anyone that posts needs to do a word verification process.  I guess the spammers have figured out a script for this?
• I'm kind of a science geek so I thought it was cool this guy runs his blog on solar power.
• This post '50 Ideas that Changed My Life' was a good read.
• I saw this story on the news about a little boy that saved his sister from a dog attack and the next time we go out to the desert, I'm going to collect some rocks and send them to him.  Hopefully I can find some cool rocks with fossils in them!
• Two more science geek things: this explanation of the periodic wall of elements and this covid risk chart.
• Finally, I came across this interesting (macabre?) video of the protocol for airlines after a plane crashes.  You can literally find everything on YouTube these days!