First, I'll preface with this: Things are going to be just fine. The events of this week? No problem. Just a bump in the road. We'll get through this.

I know many folks are concerned with the Dow Jones Industrial Average this week. My lands, that rascal has gone down about three thousand points in less than a week. Seems like yesterday when we talked about 29,000 and that we're just a stone's throw from 30,000. Are things really that bad with this coronavirus...

I get such a kick out of seeing what goes behind the names of certain cities around the Southwest combining the names of neighboring states. If you've been down my way, then you may know a few of them.

Texarkana. Arkoma. Texhoma. Calexico.

Funny how I don't see other combinations in other parts of the country. Can you imagine people up north trying to make their way to Connectichusetts? How about stopping in Montoming? Or Hamperica?...

Yesterday my spouse and I had a conversation on the way to the store. He got a message on his phone and I said “Ok, give me the bad news.”

“Why must news always be bad?” he asked. Why, because there is no such thing as “good news” to me.

I hate news and I hate surprises. When I was young I thought differently, but now any news I consider as a threat to my wellbeing.

Really, what good news can there be for me?

“You have won...

The Pledge was in China...

...at the Turn, it's now in Europe and the Middle East.

At this writing, WHO has now suggested the "world must prepare for pandemic", per BBC. They're trying, with questionable success, to slow it down in Lombardy and Milegro (northern Italy), though it may be marching south. Italian government had no comment about this four days ago; now it's lock down? In the West?

Here you go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcxHL8LHI_A&t=36s...

for which size bedroom?