Email from the local school:
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
As we approach the December break, it is a time of year where many families and school staff like to give homemade baked goods and crafts as gifts of appreciation. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic we are going to respectfully ask to put a hold on this practice as a part of our ongoing efforts to keep everyone safe.
We have all worked hard to keep each other safe and to keep our schools open. We appreciate your willingness to find alternative ways to express your gratitude this year. A letter to the teacher with a specific thanks would be greatly appreciated!
The journal paper practically writes itself: “The role of Toll House cookies in the spread of a respiratory virus.”
Instead, gift them with some Black Rifle Coffee, gear and/or apparel and have it shipped directly.
It really is good coffee, I received some from a friend a few weeks ago.
https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/collections/dark-roast
Alternately, you could gift them a game subscription – Steam, Ubisoft, EA, Microsoft, 2K, etc.
Back in April, the Washington Post picked its “35 Essential Games to Play While Stuck at Home”:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/04/03/best-video-games-modern-nintendo-playstation-xbox-pc/
Only 5 days ago, the New York Times published: “The Video Games that Got Us Through 2020” – note: they didn’t say “Got Us Through the Pandemic.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/arts/video-games-pandemic.html
Since most of these games are downloaded and/or played online, someone in the universe should have a good zip code map of which games have been popular in different regions of the country. I can’t find that analysis but I’d love to see it. Do “brainy” egghead towns like Lincoln tend to play smarter, more challenging games like Civilization? Or do they love the horror genres and first-person shooters? The games companies must know, including Microsoft. They should put their data together and give us a map of who has been playing what, where during the pandemic.
For example, based on this post, the ongoing pandemic, and the Washington Post’s article back in April, I would recommend “Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night”
“It’s not just a shallow tribute game, however, as it features a robust crafting and cooking system and gives you so many weapons and abilities that you’ll never see them all in one playthrough.”
> BLOODSTAINED: RITUAL OF THE NIGHT IS A GOTHIC HORROR ACTION SIDE-SCROLLING RPG SET IN 18TH CENTURY ENGLAND. A PARANORMAL FORCE HAS SUMMONED A DEMON-INFESTED CASTLE, REVEALING CRYSTAL SHARDS INFUSED WITH TREMENDOUS MAGICAL POWER.
PLAY AS MIRIAM, AN ORPHAN SCARRED BY AN ALCHEMIST’S CURSE WHICH SLOWLY CRYSTALLIZES HER BODY. TO SAVE HUMANITY, AND HERSELF IN THE PROCESS, MIRIAM MUST FIGHT THROUGH THE CASTLE AND DEFEAT THE SUMMONER, GEBEL.
EXPERIENCE KOJI IGARASHI’S REVIVAL OF THE IGAVANIA GENRE AS YOU COLLECT, CRAFT, AND UNLOCK A VAST ARRAY OF WEAPONS, EQUIPMENT AND LOOT TO DEFEAT THE COUNTLESS MINIONS AND BOSSES OF HELL THAT AWAIT!
https://playbloodstained.com/
Give them nothing. If they don’t want to act human don’t bother treating them like humans.
> A letter to the teacher with a specific thanks would be greatly appreciated!
Will those letters be quarantine and disinfected before they are handed over to the teachers?
Will those letters include a signed letter from the parents that the household members from which the letter is from has been tested negative for COVID-19?
> and to keep our schools open
Ooo, nice trolling! 🙂
I, for one, enjoy sea and sun with family at Playa del Carmen all-inclusive. It especially important this year given gloomy conditions at Seattle both physically and emotionally.
And, this is the cheapest vacation in Mexico we had so far – 90% of service for 50% of price!
What’s the difference between “parent” and “caregiver”? Does it have something to do with real-world divorce?
Don’t feed the government overlords your disease ridden private sector garbage.
According the FDA, covid cannot be contracted by ingestion. Unless people plan on snorting the cookies, consuming them is likely “safer” than receiving a card– unless the card is emailed.