Saturday, September 26, 2020

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

 


Last night I went to bed at 10:30, fell asleep quickly, got up twice during the night, woke up at 3:15 with a calf cramp, finally waking/getting up at 7:15.

Last night I played 4 games on Chess.com, winning 1 and losing 3. My rating is now 1467.

Glenn texted me about a café at Transversal 32Sur #32-70. I checked Google Maps and it looks like its just east of Aymará.

I watched the first 20 minutes of the Today show then went for my walk. The dealership is filling the parking lot at the end of the street with cars. I walked through the La Buena Mesa back streets then over to Eduardo Madrid bakery. They still don’t have any indoor seating. I walked to Aymará and headed east. I found the café 2 blocks east of Aymará. The door was open and it’s just a garage café. A young man was putting out the first of 2 or 3 small tables. It also seemed like the tables might be in the sun.

I walked back to Aymará and continued my usual route down to Avenida Las Vegas and back to the apt. It turned out I was only out for about 45 minutes today.

We left the apt about 3pm and took a taxi to Clinica de Medellin where Teresa picked up some test results. We took another taxi to Pricesmart where we picked up 622mil worth of groceries. They no longer have packing boxes and I forgot to bring my reusable bags so we had to make do.

We shared some chicken wings in their deli then took a taxi back to the apt.

 

Journalist Bob Woodward on Tuesday said in all of his years reporting on nine different presidents, he has "never seen anything like" President Donald Trump's mishandling of the pandemic.

"Two hundred thousand Americans dying. I think in covering nine presidents, I've never seen anything like it," Woodward told Jeff Zucker, the chairman of WarnerMedia News and Sports, at the Citizen by CNN 2020 conference.

"The visitation of the medical nightmare on the American population is staggering, stunning. It's on his head, and he did not do enough. He just didn't," Woodward said.

 

If you are reading this in the United States, you are experiencing a disaster—maybe more than one. Hurricane Sally hammered Alabama and the Florida panhandle last week, submerging homes and leaving tens of thousands without power. The West Coast is still wreathed in smoke from its worst fire season ever by acres burned, during which entire towns have been incinerated. Coronavirus cases are spiking in Wisconsin, but major disasters are layered on top of the coronavirus pandemic everywhere. “For the first time in American history, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Seminole Tribe of Florida and five territories have been approved for major disaster declarations for the same event,” according to a FEMA spokesperson.

 

Cindy McCain formally endorsed Joe Biden for president on Tuesday, calling the former Vice President the only "candidate in this race who stands up for our values as a nation."

 

Since I have a blood test early tomorrow I had nothing to eat in the evening.

 

The US has 6,852,313 ð 6,917,928 ð 6,948,359 coronavirus cases with 199,600+ ð 200,700+ ð 201,500+ deaths.

Per Medellin Guru, as of this afternoon Colombia has a total of 770,435 ð 777,537 ð 784,268 cases with 24,746 deaths.  Medellin has 61,117 ð 61,634 ð 62,217 cases, an increase of 581 from September 22nd to 23rd. Envigado has a total of 3,500 cases, an increase of 73 from September 22nd to 23rd.

 

Joke of the day

A female researcher was writing her thesis about the effects of long army service and sexual function.

In one of her first meetings with war veterans, some still serving, some honorably discharged, she decides to pose a somewhat delicate question.

"Can you please tell me, and don't be shy, when was the last time you had intercourse?"

Most of them mumbled some embarrassed reply. Only one man, a general, stood tall and said "1956 ma'am."

The woman, taken back by this answer said "1956?! That long?!"

"Yes ma'am."

The woman felt terrible for the general, who was actually a good-looking gentleman and decided to break his long dry streak herself.

She invites him to her apartment for dinner after the meeting.

He agreed, and after a nice meal, the two made passionate love for an hour.

Afterward, exhausted, the woman cuddled up to the army general afterward and whispered: "Well, you sure haven't forgotten anything since 1956..."

The general looked at her confused and said: "Well I sure hope not. It's only 23:30 now!"

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