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…comin’ to town

I disagree with the message, but this is still fun: Ever the jerk to be sure, but Merry Christmas nonetheless

The sleet and ice falling on us Saturday morning sure didn’t get us dreaming of a white Christmas, but it did that magical Michigan thing of helping us enjoy the great indoors all the more. With the fireplace roaring and the lights on our 11’ tree twinkling, the hygge was like a scented oil engulfingContinue reading “stew!”

burn on

Here’s a look at our beautiful fireplace in all its glory, centerpiece of our living room and greatest source of the hygge we seek in these winter months. Whenever either of us is home, it’s burning. Both of us have always loved a fireplace, and I think the only times we didn’t live in homesContinue reading “burn on”

from the UK

One of the joys of blogging is connecting with like minded folks. Some bloke from the U.K. caught one of my blogs on Omicron and offered up a bit of his work. He describes himself as a retired Chartered Building Surveyor with no medical background other than dealing with his own ailments. He blogs underContinue reading “from the UK”

Go Blue!

We diehard Michigan fans are stuck waiting the weeks till New Year’s Eve and the Orange Bowl. This is uncharted territory for us, who haven’t tasted a Rose Bowl since 2004 (back when it mattered). Now we wait and see if Aidan Hutchinson can win an improbable Heisman and cower in anticipation of our SECContinue reading “Go Blue!”

Merry Christmas

I’ve always enjoyed those newsletters some send for Christmas. This year, I decided to create my own. 2021 I’ve always enjoyed receiving these Christmas letters from those who bother to write them. So this year I’m trying my hand at it, seeing if I can bore you silly with recountings of some of the anticsContinue reading “Merry Christmas”

Christmas plug

Still shameless. I’ve just sent Jeff Bezos Musing through a Pandemic. On the Sidelines. Volume IV. Then play on. This grew out of a discovery that all the posts on sports I’d intended to include in Volume III. Indulgences didn’t make it in. I added the few more I’d written since June and presto, aContinue reading “Christmas plug”

flu

“Not the Bee” circulated a government document containing excellent advice about what to do in a viral pandemic. The document is from the Division of Sanitation of the Department of the Navy. It concerns what to do in the face of the Spanish Flu, which in 1918 infected 500 million people or one-third of theContinue reading “flu”

0-micron don’t worry, be happy

I’m usually not one to post extensive work from someone else. But this piece addresses concerns about the new variant (1). Bottom line, it isn’t even going to be very infectious. Prior vaccines aren’t going to help much. Boosters are nonsense and probably dangerous by instigation of antibody dependent enhancement (ADE) (2) Here’s the post:Continue reading “0-micron don’t worry, be happy”

12 days

For those of you who are not regular readers of Lucianne.com, behold: Let’s all have a Merry Christmas in spite of it all, and remember (and observe) the real 12 days ( 1). Reference Ike B. Dandy Dozen. Word Press December 25, 2020. https://theviewfromharbal.com/2020/12/25/dandy-dozen/