2020

As against the grain as it seems to write (or think) about anything other than coronavirus this week, the show must go on. Luckily, the whole world didn’t completely shut down until about Thursday, and Wednesday contained a bit of good news: https://www.goerie.com/news/20200311/study-lack-of-community-college-hindrance-to-employers The GoErie article nails the lede here, so I’ll just quote it […]

S*** the President Says – 3/9/2020

Ladies and gentlemen, behold, some s*** the president said during the previous week: “This would be a combination of a vaccine and also it will – to put it in a different way – make you better, quicker?” 3/2/2020 at the White House. No. That’s not what a vaccine does. Our president knows the difference […]

Moby Dick found in Presque Isle Bay – Something good happened in Erie, 3/6/2020

Without further ado, your Idiotville feel-good story of the week: https://www.goerie.com/sports/20200304/40-pound-endangered-fish-caught-in-presque-isle-bay Just look at it. That’s the biggest fish I’ve ever seen hauled out of the bay. I know it’s a type of sucker – a “bigmouth buffalo” – and that suckers are gross and not worth eating and blah blah blah. I don’t care. […]

S*** the President Says – 3/2/2020

“[Coronavirus is] going to disappear. One day it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.” 2/27/2020 at the White House. Pro tip: when a fast-spreading, deadly new virus is ripping around the world and you need to calm the public, tell everyone your plan is to rely on the magical, healing powers of a miracle. Hard […]