Men are Angry. Women are Tired.

Men are angry. Women are tired. That's what happens when you are new to the fight. The rookies are all peppy and gearing to get into battle. The veterans are giving everyone a side-eye while debating the pros and cons of getting out of bed. Men are upset that they are now asked to change their lives a little for the first time, women are just adding it to the list.

Coronavirus: Washing Hands and Not Touching Faces

Well, fuck. Various experts are predicting shit is going to hit the fan in select areas of the United States in the next 10 days. The rest is soon to follow. 40-70% of the world's population is expected to catch the fuck out of this virus. A lot of people are going to die. But also a lot of survivors are going to end up with permanent lung damage and other health problems. If you're reading this far, I'm hoping you're not one of the gleefully ignorant bastards proclaiming that anyone who worries about this virus is an idiot. Not just because I hope there aren't that many stupid people out there, but because I'm not donating my time for those jackasses. They need an entirely different kind of help- and that help is paid.

Coronavirus: Here Goes Slightly More Than Nothing

A few weeks ago, I considered writing a few posts about the Coronavirus, or COVID-19. I have specific skills in this area, and have unique insights that I've not seen elsewhere. I didn't for a few reasons:

• I'm still recovering from my brain and eye damage, so typing anything is difficult. Moreso anything scientific. 
• The above fact is severely depressing, due to my former life as a highly-technical science beast.
• Who would listen to me anyway? Only a few of my friends and former coworkers know of my qualifications (e.g. Master of Science; 20+ years of experience, training and experience in many relevant areas in security including but not exclusive to: risk treatment and pandemics; and I even used to clean hospices in order to protect AIDS patients from other illnesses) and even they are not immune to the "my opinion is more important than fact" disease.
• I'm not willing to identify myself by name on this page. After all, I am a woman on the internet and this is not my first rodeo. However I shut down my professional security blog last year because my recovering brain could not handle the upkeep. This is my art and hobby page, for fuck's sake!

Do you want Coronavirus? This is how you get Coronavirus.

I've been knocked flat by Influenza for the last few weeks. Yes, I got a flu shot- I get one every year. However the flu shot only contains the educated guess of what flu strains will hit in a season. Unfortunately, they either guessed wrong or the flu mutated, because a lot of people in my area seemed to have gotten the flu. Not just a lot of my friends, but when I was at Urgent Care the doctor said the flu shot wasn't as effective this year. A lot of people who had gotten the shot were coming in with the flu. I'm going to believe the experts. (Just in case you're wondering if they are actually Coronavirus patients because the US has been slow in getting people tested for it, smack yourself in the back of the head. The flu has an easy - and especially painful if you are sick - nasal swab test. They know it isn't Coronavirus because they know it's the flu).