Post a sentinel at the border of what you attempt, what you ignore

[sovay]

Independent of the eye-stinging secondhand smoke, today has been hot garbage for me, both of my husbands, and the mother of my godchild, which is not how anyone should spend Alan Turing's yahrzeit. Have a ghost poem for him which I had not previously encountered: Linda Bierds, "Evolution." I am forty-one years old, not yet close enough to my birthday to have outlived him, unimaginably closer than when I was sixteen. When Christopher Morcom was my age, he had been dead for twenty-three years.

Comments

[gwynnega]

I am sorry about the crumminess for all concerned. I'm sure the smoky air does not help!

[sovay]

I am sorry about the crumminess for all concerned. I'm sure the smoky air does not help!

Thank you. The entire week just seems to be like this. Today started with a COVID scare!

[gwynnega]

Today started with a COVID scare!

Aww no!

[sovay]

Aww no!

We're good! It seems to have been an artifact of a stealthily expired test! But who needs this?

[gwynnega]

Whew. ::makes mental note to throw out expired Covid tests::

[sovay]

::makes mental note to throw out expired Covid tests::

It was past its sell-by date according to its packaging, but according to the government website its viability had been reappraised by four months, but in light of the day's fire drill the sell-by date seems to have been the accurate one, which I do not appreciate especially since it means we need to acquire new tests from somewhere now that the government is no longer providing them.

[selkie]

Cheapest around here are Flowflex at Costco for $6.40 per test; because they are at the pharmacy, you do not need a membership to go get them.

[sovay]

Cheapest around here are Flowflex at Costco for $6.40 per test; because they are at the pharmacy, you do not need a membership to go get them.

I have seen them in Star Market and will price-check the next time I'm in, thank you!

[ethelmay]

Our local library has a box of tests in the foyer - maybe there's something like that near you. Because so many were manufactured, a lot of folks are scrambling to give away tests before they expire. Asking around on Buy Nothing or something isn't a bad idea either.

[sovay]

Our local library has a box of tests in the foyer - maybe there's something like that near you.

That's neat. I'll take a look.