Duck COVID

 What Shakespeare play features an Asp? Anyone?  I've had a long week of keeping up my crossword streak, paying people with other people's money and keeping up, barely, with the housework. There was a moment where gross toilet overflow threatened, and I literally had to bail shitty water out of the toilet. It got ugly, but not as ugly as it could have got.  I was traumatized and couldn't cook for the rest of the week. Here, I hope, is a photo of me socializing.  Sorta. This is in a secret, undisclosed location. I finished a sweater this week, and showed it off to these knitting ladies. I appreciate them and their praise - I pretty much live for it. I have more unfinished projects to complete, and new ones to start. I bought a coffee and the lady at the counter called me sir. We had a laugh about her mistake. I'm glad I'm not the only one who does that. Some of the knitters are saying no to any in-person get-togethers. Some are willing to venture out. We had a Wednes...

 Today Oregon announces that our businesses cannot see customers and we should work from home. Sounding like we're back to the situation in March, 2020, except it is even more dire now, the hospitals are filling up and we are still not sure. Not at all. Did we have it? Should we 'Quarantine,' with new fervor for Thanksgiving? We didn't get a Pheasant or a Chuckar or a Turkey, so we cannot feast on "TurPhuckar, " delicious as it sounds.  Oh, and we're not to meet up with more than 1 other family in a group of more than 6. I'm going to have to consult our POD squad. The funniest thing in the internet is my kid and my dog. See them here:  Iris and Kodi She's been trying to finish Suzuki book one (There's a pizza party on offer if she passes) and make inroads into her career as a movie director. She's amazing. If I do say so myself. I'm on a 27-day crossword puzzle streak. The best thing about doing taxes for a living is the off-season. I...