LOTR, FODA, FOMO, N-95 & More

There are fans, and then there’s this Scotsman, who built a Hobbit house in his backyard. Photo from foxnews.com:

Here are two new terms culled from an article by Alex Mitchell and Juliet Norman at nypost.com: FODA — a fear of dating again during pandemic times, and FOMO — fear of missing out. At this stage of my life, the first is irrelevant. The second has been with me throughout adulthood.

I guess the influx of illegals takes precedence over Covid caution, just as Obama’s birthday party does over the carbon emissions of the private jets of the celebrities who will attend, just as Governor Cuomo expects a free pass on sexual harassment and his fatal nursing home decision. Was Cuomo always a monster, or is this what a lifetime in politics has done to him? Cuomo rhymes with FOMO, which he may be feeling right now. I doubt he’ll resign.

Headline from foxnews.com: “Former Biden COVID adviser says cloth masks ineffective, suggests Americans start wearing N-95 masks.” What will it be tomorrow? Here’s an N-95. Note the warning:

Here are the numbers of seconds the mainstream media devoted to the latest report on the Wuhan lab leak: 0.

Cloud cover negated the heat today, making the floating a snap. My thanks to the gentleman who donated a couple of DVDs, and to Lynn, who delivered four novels, and to Alice, who gave me two as I was on my way to CVS; and to the man who bought a book in Russian; and to the young woman who overcompensated me for a Harry Potter in that language; and to the young woman who purchased Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes; and to the Coney Island Hospital employee who parked her bike and selected a Bread Machine Cook Book.

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