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Hell, detail from The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch

Warning: Graphic and depressing.

The vice-president of the Mariah Carey Fan Club had spent the last 44 days, including most weekends, in what felt like a continuous, enervating video conference with his office, and on the day before his birthday he was consumed with thoughts of cake.

Of course time is not something their sovereign acknowledges, but he had already lost weight from Work From Home stress. Besides, his S&R membership came with a free birthday cake, and he was never one to pass up an incentive. He needed the comfort of carbohydrates, sugar, and empty calories. So after he had logged out, he got his shopping bag and started walking to the supermarket.
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In a break from Covid-related news, the Pentagon has officially released videos taken by US Navy pilots of unidentified flying objects. It’s good news if you want to believe that there’s intelligent life out there (Because whether there’s any in here is debatable), and bad news if you think extraterrestrials are going to enslave or eat the human race. Or try to become citizens of the United States—I smell an election talking point.
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You can still watch the movie and discussion online, and please donate what you can to the film workers—electricians, carpenters, PAs, utility men and others—who cannot work during quarantine.

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With so many people vying for the top prize in the Ultimate Douchebag Reality Show, how can we keep track of all the aspirants? Today I was reminded that in our current reality one need not be a politician, businessman, or famous person to be a purulent hemorrhoid: within your own small circle, you, too, can be a blight on humanity!
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Finally the dreaded laundry was done. It took just over a hour, including the soaking (babad). So many dreaded tasks would not be daunting at all if we did them immediately, instead of putting them off so they grow more and more intimidating with each day.
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“Enhanced Community Quarantine” has been extended until May 15. Not a surprise—the news has been on the grapevine so long, it’s raisins now. Mmm, don’t think about raisin M&Ms.

I hadn’t been sleeping well since Tuesday—could be the extreme heat, could be anxiety leaking through my defensive wall of schedules, chores, and writing. I would say it’s normal to be anxious, but that would mean acknowledging that there is such a thing as “normal”. If there is, would I want to be it?
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I have lived in the same apartment for half my life, and I’ve never really paid attention to its spaces. I’ve treated it like a hotel, three-star at best, to sleep and bathe in, and from which to launch myself into my daily life. At best I am a boarder; the real residents are my books, clothes, and cats. And I always assumed that I would live in another country or travel constantly, so I’ve never furnished it properly.
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