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4 months ago @ Crasstalk - All Is Calm Crassmas O... · 1 reply · +23 points

Dear Crass friends, GI let me know that you donated toward a VBB Quarantine Christmas Fund, which she sent me in the form of an Amazon gift card.

THANK YOU! I was so surprised by this and completely blown away. It really brightened my Christmas.

I’ll add that today I quick tested negative, woo-hoo! I’ll “serial test” for a couple of days (per CDC quarantine guidelines) and if I stay negative, I’ll be in the clear. So, a very mild case of Covid!

Thanks again, you beautiful people, and Happy Holidays!

4 months ago @ Crasstalk - All Is Calm Crassmas O... · 0 replies · +2 points

Pardon the delay GI—I emailed you! And: I’m doing well!

4 months ago @ Crasstalk - All Is Calm Crassmas O... · 2 replies · +6 points

You don’t want to go to Fist City.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YgylOni0JSI

4 months ago @ Crasstalk - Winter Solstice & Fest... · 1 reply · +3 points

Thanks GI, I’m doing well. Completely asymptomatic at this point! So it was just a few days of actual illness. And I got an Amazon Fresh order with all the food I could possibly need.

I’ve been pretty stir crazy with the quarantining—but only for a few more days…

I hope you are still testing negative?

5 months ago @ Crasstalk - Winter Solstice & Fest... · 0 replies · +5 points

4 months ago @ Crasstalk - Winter Solstice & Fest... · 4 replies · +4 points

Thanks DMM, doing okay.

I got the Paxlovid scrip at CityMD, which is a big chain of urgent care clinics in NY and NJ. They are convenient for lots a things, but some of their doctors have given me bad advice, so I take that into account and fact-check.

The one who discouraged me from taking Paxlovid also didn’t know what a “bivalent” booster was. He figured it out, but he was initially confused by the term.

4 months ago @ Crasstalk - Winter Solstice & Fest... · 10 replies · +9 points

Ugh. Fingers crossed for a negative test.

So many people I know are sick with all manner of (non-Covid) contagious crud. Sore throats, coughs and oh, the mucus!

Meanwhile, I tested positive for Covid on Saturday and will be in quarantine thru 12/26. Most symptoms are mild—I had a sore throat & cough for a few days, which have already cleared up—but much fatigue and brain fog. And the being isolated thru Christmas is such a drag.

I asked to doc I saw at the clinic for Paxlovid. He said “You don’t really need it and I discourage your taking it. But if you insist, then I will have to prescribe it.” So I insisted. I’m on Day 5 (last day) of Paxlovid today.

4 months ago @ Crasstalk - Winter Solstice & Fest... · 1 reply · +8 points

Obligatory?

4 months ago @ Crasstalk - Winter Solstice & Fest... · 1 reply · +4 points

Distant Christmas Orbs—that reminds me of this Arthur C. Clarke story, which makes for a great Christmas read if you have room in your Christmas heart for bitter Christmas irony.

https://sites.uni.edu/morgans/astro/course/TheSta...

4 months ago @ Crasstalk - Jolly New Week Open Th... · 2 replies · +8 points

I remember this one playset that had these metal molds shaped like spiders or flowers or whatever, and you’d pour different colors of petroleum-based goo into the molds, and then plug the thing in, and the molds would get super hot and bake the goo into a solid rubbery substance. This made the room smell like a tire fire and I got bad headaches from it. But I didn’t let that discourage me.

So there’s something you missed out on.

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