It sure seems like failing to wear a mask, hosting keg parties, and even sending a student to school who has COVID symptoms could qualify as criminal negligence during a pandemic.
Athena’s tombstone, part 2 – Halloween 2020
Athena's headstone, engraving complete.
COVID-19 in Colorado – July 30, 2020 update
New cases and positive tests are up. So are new hospitalizations and, unfortunately, new deaths are now clearly up above the previous lows. Plus a detailed look at positivity percentage and deaths by date of death vs. date of illness onset.
Athena’s tombstone, part one – Halloween 2020
Part one of Athena's tombstone - parts and letters that will be glued together later.
Sweden, so-called “herd immunity,” and intellectual honesty
We are allowed our own opinions, but not our own facts. I'll admit - publicly - if I got my facts wrong. The "Sweden will have so-called herd immunity" crowd must do the same.
Halloween 2020 design has begun in earnest
Let Halloween 2020 begin!
On witchcraft
Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft are written by men. - Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Masks, molecules, COVID-19, and their relative size
If a mask blocks carbon dioxide, it will be fantastic against COVID-19. And a mask doesn't have to be able to block individual viruses to reduce transmission.
COVID-19 in Colorado – July 23, 2020 update
If people had followed public health guidelines we'd be able to reopen schools. But they didn't, and now we can't. The data shows why.
Beer Review: Hazyish IPA, by Avery Brewing
I'd drink it again, but it's a bit too light on the hops and not dark enough for my tastes.