Emerged

When the rain came

And you thought Ukraine was a problem

Warning, Super Bowl 2022 fans: Chicken wing prices are soaring

Guacamole, another sports gathering staple, will also cause shoppers problems this weekend. Avocados recently hit their highest prices on record…

Snack

The price was right but the prize was, well…

‘Wish It Was Tahiti’: Mass. Woman Wins Trip To New Hampshire On ‘The Price Is Right’

Drew goes ‘Oh that’s great. Congratulations, New Hampshire is beautiful!’ I go ‘Drew, I live in Boston!’”

Her scenic vacation will be about 20 miles from home. 

Sunset

What's left…

…of a weekend ice sculpture. (We've had a couple of melty days.)

Just wait

Some time before Election Day, would be my personal bet

Fauci unmasked? Doc says ‘full-blown’ COVID pandemic almost over in US

Though he didn’t give a specific timeline for lifting restrictions, Fauci said it was likely to be possible sometime in 2022.

The sadly amusing story of the Presidential heads

 Abandoned America

Holes had to be smashed into the top of each head to attach them to the cranes that lifted them onto flatbed trucks…

Coffee shop

Hearts and reflections.

I'm grateful for my Procrastinator's Club membership…

 …because I missed Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day at the Dull Men's Club.

The best definition I've seen so far of "metaverse"

"Broadly speaking, a kind of virtual reality world where you do most of the stuff you do in the real world, i.e., waste time, buy stuff, and get preyed on by a dizzying array of cybercriminals."

–New Republic 

Can't wait for the movie about this one!

First Ever Rogue Black Hole Spotted Zooming Through Space at 28 Miles per Second

Oh this is just ducky

Bird Flu Is Back in the US. No One Knows What Comes Next

There’s also evidence these new waves of bird flu have been leaking into humans. In the first week of January, UK health authorities revealed that a man in Devon who kept ducks as pets had the country’s first-ever human case of H5N1 bird flu.…

 And speaking of mysterious matters…

After years, now, of being berated about "the science," how is it that I am just now hearing about one Eric Lander?

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top science adviser Eric Lander resigned, hours after the White House confirmed that an internal investigation found credible evidence that he mistreated his staff…

Top science advisor? Does this mean all the other science advisors I've been hearing from are, well, not so top after all? 

Science is not only about medicine, I understand. But still.

More light each day

Not open

Perambulation…

 …has been hard to come by the last few days. We escaped, again last week, the howling blizzard (and yes I am knocking on wood here) and got rain instead. Lots of rain. Which means ice.

We were above freezing for a few hours this afternoon and it looks like we'll get well above it for at least part of every day for the rest of the week, so relief is at hand. And spring is on the way.

I don't mind snow and I don't mind cold at all but ice is like Kryptonite to me.