Dear Diary,
TV has became a necessity.
Millions of Americans are stuck at home and have turned to the boob tube like nursing babies. Beating boredom is no easy task. And now, a continuation of national stay-at-home orders for another 30 days.
It's strange seeing the effects COVID-19 has had on late night comedy shows and TV anchors - both local and national.
To be honest, the new format of filming out of home basements, etc., doesn't cut it for the comedy shows. The news is a little different.. I can hang with that format.
I love Colbert (The Late Show). But, watching him without an audience is like listening to two instruments trying to imitate a full orchestra. He falls flat. Maybe it's the absence of applause every time he tells a joke that sets me off.
Mind you, I've seen these two together (with a live audience) and they were dynamite!
What I witnessed though was sad. It was like watching a magician suddenly fail to pull a rabbit (or anything) out of his top hat. A truly embarrassing moment for performer and audience.
I've watched Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, John Oliver, Conan, etc., al. They all suffer the same fate as Colbert with the new format... they suck!
I'm distracted today
My aging brain can't seem to wrap around the idea that in the months to come anywhere from 100,000 to 240,000 Americans will die.
That's more causalities than the Korean War and the Vietnam War combined!
A thief has come in the night and is stealing lives from coast-to-coast. This invisible killer knows no boundaries. It invites itself to every large gathering of humans. Age. Gender. Ethnicity. All are equally in danger.
**Encouraging news. An Oregon WW II veteran who turned 104 years-old yesterday could be one of the oldest people in the world to survive the new coronavirus!
Here's the story in short: William Lapschies was among the first Oregonians known to have the infection.
His happy daughter Carolee Brown (picture above - photo by Beth Nakamura) told reporters he was declared free of the virus.
Meanwhile...
**I'm concerned for a relative who is a correctional guard at the state penitentiary in Salem, Oregon. The prison has reported at least one case (an employee) who tested positive for the coronavirus.
**Oregon authorities have only given limited coronavirus statistics to the press thus far. I did read that Providence (the biggest hospital system in the state) had double the amount of COVID-19 cases in the last six days.
**I'm not updating the death count today. There's enough bad news going around.
***
"Just when the butterfly thought the world was over - it became a butterfly." Anonymous
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