Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Weirdness is Everywhere

We're watching Perry Mason, circa 1960, when TBG and I look at each other in horror.

The jurors - they're sitting so close to one another!
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My niece did a 45 minute Instagram Live tutorial on making face masks at home.  She showed me how to put a pattern piece on fabric, how to pin it in place, and how to cut it.  She told me that sewing machines really don't like to go over pins.  I learned more about sewing from her this afternoon than I have learned in the past 68 years.
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Did you know how to determine if a piece of fabric is cotton or polyester?

Crumple a corner up into a torch and light the very end.  If it burns orange, it's cotton. (You don't have to set fire to the entire piece of fabric; a small whoosh is enough.)

Yes.  I did watch all 45 minutes of her video.  It was a novel activity, and those have been in short supply recently.
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I'm beating TBG in our Quarantine Backgammon Game.  I never beat him in on-going games.  One day, maybe.  Two in a row, rarely.  But to be ahead after all this time?  Unheard of.  In 50 years of game playing, this is an extreme outlier.
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I'm tellin' ya, weirdness is everywhere.

4 comments:

  1. There is mass weirdness on the roads. We went to Walgreens to pick up prescriptions (drive-thru) and Trader Joe's. People are driving way worse than usual. Two pickup trucks very nearly collided in front of our house this morning - it's a 25 mph zone. Makes me nervous, a car accident now would really be inconvenient.

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    1. Every time the kids jump on the couch Little Cuter reminds them : NO HOSPITALS!!!
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  2. I made face masks today from a Youtube video. We will wear them when we grocery shop tomorrow morning. I hate the idea of it, but, yes, everything is weird.

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