HIPPYVALLEY

I think people are bragging that they got their shots but I don’t think many are ostracizing anybody who doesn’t. your body your choice!

Greenfield gave 3 to the kids this year which was awesome!

And when you really want to get out of that WFH meeting: Zoom Escaper is a tool to help you escape Zoom meetings and other videoconferencing scenarios. It allows you to self-sabotage your audio stream, making your presence unbearable to others. https://zoomescaper.com

It’s also cutting down on the stress of commuting and the pollution that results from commuting.

Yeah, I feel bad for anybody who is a performer. Restaurants and breweries etc. around here, that are having live music again, are definitely letting performers get away with singing a few songs in their sets. Silly rule anyway.

I have friends who are involved in commercial real estate in Boston and San Francisco and they said it has been bad but not apocalyptic.

Schmoozing opens more doors than being a hard worker does in many fields.

I’ve been using alcohol to ward off illnesses for years. It seems to have worked.

Initial reports are now saying that the vaccines have reduced efficacy on Covid strains which have the E484K (EEK)protein spike mutation. Apparently that mutation has reduced antibody binding properties and a decreased neutralizing antibody response triggered by the current mRNA vaccines. It is present in the B.1.351 variant (South Africa) and the P.1variant (Brazil). We are probably moving towards Covid becoming endemic but human adaptability is pretty remarkable so I for one am not going to get too rattled about it. The new variants will eventually become dominant (Brazil is on fire with P.1) and I doubt Americans will tolerate another round of lock downs, regardless of reduced effectiveness of vaccines against emerging strains. America seems done with the pandemic even if it is not done with us.

Plenty of time for that to change into something more tolerable.

Perfect!

The wind never stops blowing anymore. You are up higher than the Pioneer Valley so obviously it was less of a bummer here but I still need to recover one of my tarps from the neighbors yard. Regardless, it is warm and wonderful in the sun here despite the stiff breeze.

Glad we WNE.

What a day it turned out to be, 62° and sunny.

Until the switch flips and summer becomes extinct at that latitude.

I approve.

I’ve had to have the woodstove going the first 4 days of April after having open windows the week before.

Had a low of 23F, the Eastern Bunny was wearing wool knickers.

More interesting than the Vax discussion.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/doomed-rocket-engine-makes-for-a-curious-display-over-the-pacific-northwest/

We get the big C-5 Cargo planes constatntly and occasional F-16's over Greenfield and no booms, just some normal jet noises.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/25/ufo-sightings-report-478104

See my post above.

About a week ago folks around here were talking about a big quaking blast or sonic boom but I never heard or felt it.