Category Archives: COVID-19

Life in this pandemic: minutiae and postponements

Posted on December 12, 2020 by Naomi

On my kitchen counter stands a very clean spice jar labeled “Cumin.” It is not for cumin, though. I have other jars filled with cumin. This jar is for harissa. It is empty because I finished my harissa supply months … Continue reading →

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What Trump voters are thinking now

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Naomi

For a while now, I’ve been collecting comments made by Trump voters, not because I believe I need to understand them or to feel for them, but because I require a daily dose of WTF??? to keep my otherwise admirable … Continue reading →

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Maybe, just maybe you shouldn’t orgy during the pandemic

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: At least 41 attendees of the Naughty N’awlins swingers convention contracted COVID-19, and Belgian police raided an approximately 20-person, all-male “bareback” orgy in Brussels that was held in violation of lockdown rules, arresting, among others, József … Continue reading →

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