A summer day in the life of COVID-19
TEXAS AND FLORIDA BANNING THE BARS! PITTSBURGH JOINS IN! Corona rampages!
Month: June 2020
The Midsummer Night’s Dream
Sleep well! The fireflies are dancing their epic dance!
Despite so many incorrect predictions, one thing is for sure..
We indeed are 5 months from giving Thanks.. and 6 months from what may be the strangest shopping season in modern history.
The last longest day of the year. Or is it the longest LAST day of the year?
Today–the longest day of the year–is the summer solstice. These beautiful summer days were the sun’s gorgeous light long lasts into the night.. when fireflies erupt in a spirited dance of lights.. Yes, the days get shorted from here–slowly at first, and then they steamroll away in August. But this first partial day of summer, … Read moreThe last longest day of the year. Or is it the longest LAST day of the year?
The general of Juneteenth
The Civil War ended in April 1865 and two months later, on June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger of the Union Army issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, with Granger saying, “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.”
The Skook Bridge to No Where result in Centralia Part 2: The lost village of Gilberton
Did the 924 Bridge to Nowhere cause Gilberton to become Centralia number 2?
THE REAL 2020 PROPHET
Ten years ago when we were all worried about the coming Mayan calendar’s end, a Russian-American scientist who specialized in population biology and devises theories theorized that 2012 was “bullshit.” He said 2020 was the REAL year to worry about.
And now, in the middle of the most tumultuous year in generations, perhaps the call of bullshit a decade ago was more spot on than we knew.
Flu masks are not just a 2020 thing: Dr. Inches divided a conference in 1918, and a barber “very cheerfully” decided to wear a mask
Yes, people grew sick and tired of being sick and tired then as well.. And with the discomfort of a global pandemic, people still got sick of masks in 1919 too.
In the coal region area, 3,273 residents of Schuylkill County would be counted among the dead.. In just a 2 day period, it was reported that 41 residents of Minersville died.. Gilberton had 51 die in just one set of row homes.. Schools, theaters, and businesses closed then as well .. They slowly began to reopen after this initial shock..
And all the while, masks were being pushed as mandatory apparel to continue life in the then ‘new normal’ of the post Spanish Flu pandemic..
ASTEROIDS DURING A MIDSUMMER SATURDAY NIGHT’S DREAM
ASTEROIDS DURING A MIDSUMMER SATURDAY NIGHT’S DREAM.. An asteroid did NOT hit Earth Saturday night. But what if it would have?
BROTHERLY BOOMS: ATMs THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
The George Floyd protests continue throughout America.. But Philadelphia has experienced something seemingly unique to the city of brotherly love: Exploding ATM machines and rumors of more nefarious, stranger things.
#Phillyexplosions began trending in the region two days ago.. City residents tonight on Twitter seem too tired to even track the number of explosions sounding through the metro area..