Journal, Day 1492
Friday, 19 April 2024
Ukraine War: Day 787
Hamas-Israel War: Day 195
Mass shootings in the USA in 2024: 120
Covid day 9
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I tested positive for The Virus again (still) today. Yesterday I had a persistent, monster migraine and neck pain, so I couldn’t focus my eyes to write.
Today one of the more “colorful” citizens of our country won today’s Darwin Award by setting himself on fire outside of the courthouse where the Trump criminal trial was underway. The man, identified as Max Azzarello, 37, of St. Augustine, FL (it’s always Florida…), doused himself with an accelerant at around 1:35 pm in Collect Pond Park in Manhattan, then threw leaflets espousing anti-government conspiracy rhetoric bullshit into the air before setting himself on fire.
He did not survive. Here’s hoping he removed his crazy from the gene pool before he had a chance to procreate. I feel bad for the many witnesses, though. That image will be with them for a long while.
Work today was difficult because I kept having trouble concentrating. I still have significant brain fog from the past nine days of fighting Covid, which is starting to seriously piss me off. I did not survive multiple rounds of cancer and cancer treatments to be taken out by a damned virus. I had to sit down on the floor in the laundry room because standing up at the dryer to sort SOCKS (for Chrissakes!) was exhausting. I mean, REALLY?
With that being said, I’m fading fast. Time for bed.
