While the photos of dolphins in Venice were a (delightful) hoax, nature is creeping back into urban areas as people shelter-in-place. Seeing a herd of deer wandering city streets would be a pleasant distraction from not touching your face and washing your hands. But it doesn’t take a worldwide pandemic to cause friction between humans …
There’s a direct connection between burglary and illegal drug use. For habitual users, the daily cost to support a habit requires a constant influx of cash for people by-and-large unable to hold down a job. For instance, in Wichita, Kansas police noticed a 20 percent decline in property crimes when the cost of meth went …
In this strange and unpredictable time, any impulse might be the right one. Wear pajamas for a week straight. Who will know? Trade your toilet paper stockpile for N95 masks and duct tape? Seems reasonable. Become a cam-girl for grocery money? Sure, why not? Smug know-it-alls call the lotto a tax on idiots. And the …
Have you already worked your way through all of Netflix’s offerings during your quarantine? Maybe it’s time to turn your attention back to old reliable network television. There’s more than enough content, decades worth, actually. Some news shows, like Meet the Press, the longest running television show of all time, has been on the air …
Sinkholes are the drama queens of geological formations. They occur when groundwater dissolves the rock beneath topsoil over time. Particular kinds of soluble rock are more susceptible to dissolving. Places with limestone, gypsum, and salt beds are all more prone to sinkholes opening. The openings are spectacular to see. Rock dissolves over time, and one …
If you’re a fan, a real fan, of a literary work, hearing it’s optioned for a movie results in a mixed bag of emotions. On the one hand, who doesn’t want an even more immersive experience of a place you thought you’d only visit in your imagination? On the other hand, will the actors cast …
Anyone who pays close attention to the news these days will have noticed that celebrities and A-listers have an easier time getting tested for corona-virus. Access to a private physician helps. For many civilians, calling their GP leads to more confusion. Plus, some ER’s won’t even mention the pandemic, instead diagnosing pneumonia and the flu. …
If you haven’t found a quarantine buddy yet, it’s too late. You can’t make new friends without exposing yourself to the novel coronavirus. If you already have a quarantine buddy, you may be at the point where you’re wondering how it’s possible to spend so much time with a person without turning just a little …
In retrospect, the 90s feel like a bit of a fever-dream. The hair, the fashion, the over-plucked eyebrows. We didn’t know it then, but better things were coming. Just one aspect of the surreal dream of the 90s were the cartoons. Thanks to MTV, cartoons were no longer just for kids. Bevis and Butthead, Daria, …
Depending on where you live, you’re already experiencing the first trembles of cabin fever from self-quarantine, or you’re bulk-buying pasta and toilet paper to get ready for it. In the best of situations, quarantine is no picnic, but staying home to isolate from others is a lot better than the quarantines some people experienced throughout …