Malvina Reynolds – God Bless the Grass

Seems like an appropriate song for 4/20.

God bless the grass that grows thru the crack.
They roll the concrete over it to try and keep it back.
The concrete gets tired of what it has to do,
It breaks and it buckles and the grass grows thru,
And God bless the grass.

Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR

U.S. Oil Drops Below $2 Per Barrel As Demand Disappears : Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR

A key American oil benchmark, West Texas Intermediate, fell by more than 80% on Monday as global oil markets continue to grapple with a pandemic-driven collapse in demand.

At the start of 2020, a barrel of WTI cost around $60.

Shortly after 1:40 p.m. ET on Monday, a barrel was trading for less than $2 — the lowest price the WTI futures market has ever seen.

April 20, 2020 Morning

Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. God bless the grass on this 4-20 day. 🌾 The concrete tires of what it has to do, it breaks and it buckles from what it has to do. Looking forward to the green grass almost as much as the cows do. 🐮 Plus trees are nice too, as I like shade and paper although I it all that junk I get in the mail ✉. Next Monday is Arbor Day🌲🌳🌱🌿

Nice morning! After breakfast 🍳 I’m feeling well rested and ready for a productive day at work. Partly cloudy and 39 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a north breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 3 am. ☃️

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 55 degrees at 5pm. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 9th. North wind 7 to 9 mph. Fresh air but chilly. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 71 degrees. The record high of 93 was set in 1941. 5.8 inches of snow fell back in 1947.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:55 pm with sun having an altitude of 59.1° from the due south horizon (-11.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.6 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:05 pm with the sun in the west (281°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (287°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:44 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 1 seconds with dusk around 8:13 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:49 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 49 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 38 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 42 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 31 degrees at 4am. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 31st. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Kind of chilly. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 52 degrees. The record low of 20 occurred back in 1875.

The first half of the weekend looks nice but cool but this may evolve. 💭 Saturday, a chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Sunday, a chance of showers. ⛅ Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Typical average high for the weekend is 63 degrees. 🌸

As previously noted, next Monday is Arbor Day 🌳 when the sun will be setting at 7:51 pm with dusk at 8:21 pm. On that day in 2019, we had rain showers, partly cloudy and temperatures between 50 and 40 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 63 degrees. We hit a record high of 91 back in 1962.

SUNY Administration Tower

DEC confirms that state-owned boat launches have been reopened – newyorkupstate.com

Coronavirus: DEC confirms that state-owned boat launches have been reopened – newyorkupstate.com

A online petition on change.org requesting that they be reopened was started by Sean Silvernail, of Schenectady, and gathered more than 21,000 signatures.

Friday and Saturday, the state did relax rules about golf courses and marinas — though they are not operating as they would in pre-coronavirus conditions.

Why I post less and less on social media

Why I post less and less on social media 👺

There are a few reasons why I don’t post much on social media any more:

  1. Social media encourages comments and discussions in which people post strong opinions about one and other
  2. Social media encourages political bullying not free thoughts
  3. Social media forces you to stick your posts between endless streams of political content, advertising and propaganda
  4. Social media is very limited in formatting, styling and positioning of content
  5. Social media makes it hard to be truly creative
  6. Social media is easy for corporations, advertisers and governments to track you and your emotions in an automated way