I started at the Institvte with the Freshman Picnic.

So I got my first shot on Friday (Pfizer).  Finally, my co-morbidities are paying off for me!  Shot itself hurt not at all.  I had soreness, like a muscle soreness, over the weekend around the injection site on my right deltoid (my left hand is my button-mousing hand, so I picked my right side for the shot).  I was quite tired when I came home and ( Read more... )

NYC schools, including my son's, are closing until at least April 20, and the Mayor is saying it's conceivable they won't reopen this school year at all.  My son is anxious about this (because that's who he is).  I told him that, yes, this is a big deal, and we're living in a time of uncertainty, and that, yes, this is going to be remembered for a ( Read more... )

So as I was gingerly going down the stairs yesterday morning, it occurred to me that The Veil is not really a nightmare figment of the Doctor's childhood imagination.  No, it's just a guy in his 50s whose feet and legs are sore, going as fast as he can.  Plus, he's not relentlessly chasing the Doctor to kill him; he's just constantly heading for ( Read more... )