Three random things

[kathleen_dailey]

1. This week I received my spring Covid booster (shot number 8 on my personal hit parade). I'm still masking everywhere I go, even though I sometimes have to lower the mask briefly when I'm outside so that (1) I can actually get some oxygen into my lungs and (2) I can smell the flowery spring air, even in the deepest depths of downtown, for a couple of minutes. But everywhere else, it's Mask Up all the time, every time. Unsurprisingly, I'm usually the only masked person within eyeshot (except for the spouse). Thank goodness my optometrist is another observant masker (though her colleagues are hit-and-miss); I felt reasonably comfortable with her getting all up in my face for the annual eye exam.

2. While waiting for the eye doc, I was reminded that "the pairing of like with a groan or moan or other interjection represents a complete defeat for language." Two young humans were communicating in the manner described in the article and, apparently, understanding each other perfectly.

3. The archives in this week's ST: Disco ep were actually interiors of the Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library at the University of Toronto:



While a few of the shots were digitally enhanced, the place really does look Warehouse 13ish--mystical, otherworldly.