Do you remember where you were 1,462 days ago?
1,462 days ago, there was a clear and present danger of killing someone if you sneezed.
1,462 days ago, people drove around by themselves wearing masks and rubber gloves.
1,462 days ago, a typical 2-hour commute was a 40-minute joy ride.
1,462 days ago, gas was $1.99 a gallon.
1,462 days ago, the stock market crashed.
1,462 days ago, the birthrate doubled.
1,462 days ago, alcohol sales tripled.
1,462 days ago, we celebrated holidays on “Zoom”.
1,462 days ago, interest rates went down, and house prices went up.
1,462 days ago, CNN gave us the New York body count every day.
1,462 days ago, Wuhan, Fauci, Trump, Brexit, and George Floyd were everyday chatter.
1,462 days ago, Stan Laurel (of Laurel and Hardie) turned 134, and Tupak Shakur turned 53.
1,462 days ago, Russia sat in the corner waiting for its turn to blow up the world next.
1,462 days is 4 years to the day.
Somehow we made it.
At least most of us.
We should remember that.
Because in the next 1,462 days, something weird will happen because it always does, and then we’ll start all over again.
That’s just life.
Good luck and have a good week.
Joe Still
2024.06.16
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“Getting a TV in my bedroom was something that I decided to do five months into the pandemic because I was finally, like, You know what? I might as well make my apartment feel like a hotel room.”
– Bowen Yang