Bookworm Beat 4/2/20 — the coronavirus laughs never stop illustrated edition
I keep waiting for people’s ingenuity about coronavirus to run out, but it never happens. The jokes are as abundant as toilet paper once was.
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The Plague of Yesteryear & Small Pox At the Revolution. What of the Wuhan Flu Today?
Pandemic, deadly diseases have played a major role in shaping our history. The Plague changed the map of Europe and had much to do with England’s political development. It ended England’s practice of feudal slavery and set England on the path to becoming a liberal democracy. The Plague came to
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China’s place in the post-COVID-19 new world order
China probably didn’t hatch COVID-19 malevolently. Instead, it’s just China’s habitual carelessness, which the world encouraged to get cheap products. When I was a little girl in the 1960s, the cheap gewgaws and trinkets came from Japan. They weren’t making anything fancy back in the day, no stereo systems or
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Bookworm Beat 3/31/20 — the endless supply of coronavirus memes illustrated edition
One of the things that’s necessary to fight a war, even against a coronavirus, is a sense of humor. We’ve got plenty of ammunition to win that fight. To those of you kind enough to tune in for my words, not just my meme collections, I’ll have something to say
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Almost the Best Rx Ever
This is not about Lung Pao Sicken. This is about “heart disease,” that will end up killing far more of us than the Wuhan Flu ever will. I do not normally overshare personal details, but this is one where the dark cloud has a titanium lining. A decade ago, after
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Bookworm Beat 3/30/20 — the great coronavirus hunkering illustrated edition
The memes are slowing as people adjust to their new lives in hiding, but there’s still some funny stuff out there so I’m diligently gathering the best ones.
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