CORONAVIRUS

A deadly new virus from China, which causes respiratory illness and pneumonia, is spreading around the world. CDC calls it COVID-19. I live in Kirkland, WA, about two miles due south of the outbreak's original United States epicenter, with multiple cases and the first substantial (10+) deaths. Through today, King County has 26 deaths attributed to the virus.

(Caveat: one man, one IT worker, one opinion: I have no extra info over and above, one commentary...

Four years ago, I switched departments where I work, and it was the best thing to happen to me. In doing so, however, I had to end one very important Hump Day tradition in honor of Wednesday, that hump in the middle of the week.

Because I had gone from a department of fifteen (for the day shift) to one which had about forty (also in the daytime), I ended a tradition which saw me bringing chocolate chip cookies to work for the folks. It had been a Wednesday tradition...