Day: August 17, 2020💾
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It’s Way Too Soon To Count Trump Out | FiveThirtyEight
Joe Biden currently has a robust lead in polls. If the election were held today, he might even win in a landslide, carrying not only traditional swing states such as Florida and Pennsylvania but potentially adding new states such as Georgia and Texas to the Democratic coalition.
But the election is not being held today. While the polls have been stable so far this year, it’s still only August. The debates and the conventions have yet to occur. Biden only named his running mate yesterday. And the campaign is being conducted amidst a pandemic the likes of which the United States has not seen in more than 100 years, which is also causing an unprecedented and volatile economy.
Rossman Pond Spur
As I noted, this is all the indication you get that there is anything down there by Rossman Pond, is the spur off the road. It's kind of a secret.
Saturday August 28, 2010 — Mallet Pond State Forest — Mallet Pond State Forest 🗺
Feral! 😸
Feral! 😸
The more weeks I’ve spent in the wilderness and doing remote work, the harder I think it’s going to be to return to the old routines of riding the bus and working in the big ol office building downtown.
I’ve gotten farther and farther away from shaving each day or even bothering with clean clothes as the Zoom Meetings have kind of petered out (as nobody likes staring into other faces on web cams), my skin darker and hair grayer and more shaggy after days out in the sun.
As they say, nobody cares if you are a dog over the internet. If the reports get written, the emails and phone calls promptly returned, you really don’t have to wear deodorant and change every day. You can allow a little peach fuzz to grow on your face.
Maybe in 2021 things will return to normal. I’ll go back to riding the bus downtown each day, wearing the suit and tie, seeing the same old people at bus stop. And this summer will be a crazy memory. But who knows!