A "three things" post

1. This comment from a woman on twitter, t.s. mendola:



So very true. I know that, because of living in the developing world as a kid, I have a slightly different view on some of this stuff than other people (Like: being in a room when a baby died of diphtheria. Having a kid in my class, granted a few years older because he'd missed so much school, with leg braces he got from polio.) Anyhow. I'm so looking forward to this vaccine.

2. This article by Josh Marshall: Will You Take the Pledge?.

I'm one of the people who does not think the Obama presidency was a success, I think he was a great man, and a good, kind, ethical human being, but a mediocre president. He refused to play hardball and we're all suffering for it now. So yeah, I hope Biden heeds what Marshall is saying here.

3. I pinged the company that does the yearbook stuff on social media (Instagram). I didn't expect any results, because I am a social media non-entity with, like, 5 followers, so my opinion is pretty much worthless, but to my surprise, they came through and sent me a copy of the yearbook page. The yearbook coordinator at Linnea's school had also said she would, so I was able to tell her that was off her plate as a January task! I really appreciate the help I got. I mean, I'm starting to feel like I don't want to push things off too much, because covid, because my mother and dementia, because. So I'll share this over the holidays.