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No further news on the Discon/Worldcon situation, except that the Hugo Award nominations will be out on April 13. But I know of two other midsummer events that won't be held in 2021. A science-fiction convention in Pittsburgh, Confluence, has been canceled, and the Lithuanian folk dance festival that was originally supposed to be held in July 2020 and was moved to the first Sunday in August 2021 has been rescheduled to July 3, 2022. Hey, at least that would have been my parents' wedding anniversary.
The Pennsic mayor has stated that he will be announcing the fate of the next Pennsic at the end of May, but I am not holding my breath that it will happen in person. And even it does happen in person, I don't think it will attract the usual crowd.
Today I became eligible for a covid-19 vaccine here in Maryland. I have already pre-registered on the state's Web portal, but I probably should be signing up in more places. I have an annual checkup with my doctor on Thursday, so I'll ask him. I would hope he knows more about the vaccine situation than the average guy on the street. (I've been seeing this doctor for more than 20 years now. He bears a strange resemblance to that Dr. Romano character on ER, but he is considerably nicer.)
I have a friend here on DW whose spouse has been in the hospital with serious non-covid issues, and this weekend one of my high school classmates -- the one who lives in northern Delaware -- got into a horrific car accident. Totally NOT her fault. She was driving to work at her job in the county's 911 call center. Meanwhile, some woman jumps out of a Jeep where the male driver is smoking crack and screams that the guy is trying to kidnap her. Cops come, crack smoker drives off at a high rate of speed, police chase him, crash happens, crack smoker smashes an officer in the face before they cuff him. Meanwhile, my classmate is in the hospital with something like 15 broken bones. I can't even imagine the pain....
Over and out.
The Pennsic mayor has stated that he will be announcing the fate of the next Pennsic at the end of May, but I am not holding my breath that it will happen in person. And even it does happen in person, I don't think it will attract the usual crowd.
Today I became eligible for a covid-19 vaccine here in Maryland. I have already pre-registered on the state's Web portal, but I probably should be signing up in more places. I have an annual checkup with my doctor on Thursday, so I'll ask him. I would hope he knows more about the vaccine situation than the average guy on the street. (I've been seeing this doctor for more than 20 years now. He bears a strange resemblance to that Dr. Romano character on ER, but he is considerably nicer.)
I have a friend here on DW whose spouse has been in the hospital with serious non-covid issues, and this weekend one of my high school classmates -- the one who lives in northern Delaware -- got into a horrific car accident. Totally NOT her fault. She was driving to work at her job in the county's 911 call center. Meanwhile, some woman jumps out of a Jeep where the male driver is smoking crack and screams that the guy is trying to kidnap her. Cops come, crack smoker drives off at a high rate of speed, police chase him, crash happens, crack smoker smashes an officer in the face before they cuff him. Meanwhile, my classmate is in the hospital with something like 15 broken bones. I can't even imagine the pain....
Over and out.
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Date: 2021-03-26 02:58 am (UTC)From:Wow, I am so sorry that happened to your classmate. That sounds miserable. One idiot in a moment of stupidity can do so much damage to innocent bystanders. I hope she makes a full recovery!
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Date: 2021-03-26 03:39 am (UTC)From: