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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">At the beginning of the year, I decided I needed to get RealId. My previous trip to DMV was before RealId was offered. So in January, I made an appointment for 3/13. I was so happy to get an appointment, that I didn't realize the irony of the date. <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">A few days before, I carefully followed the DMV website's instructions and gathered the required documents. Friday AM, I was a little nervous because of the growing COV19 situation. I went to DMV and was very careful to not touch anything I didn't have to touch. Where was an attendant wiping down the computer keyboard after each user. There were two people ahead of me in the line for "appointments". Quite few people in the other line, but not out the door.<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Anyway, I was in and out in less than half an hour. No time to catch up on reading.<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Next stop I washed my hands thoroughly.<br></div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, March 16, 2020, 6:46:32 PM PDT, Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> wrote:
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<div>Quoting Ruben Safir (<a href="mailto:ruben@mrbrklyn.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ruben@mrbrklyn.com</a>):<br><br>> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTMt4m96_hY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTMt4m96_hY</a><br><br>Deservedly mocked by MST3K, I see. Man, what a dog. (And I don't mean<br>the mutt the evil aliens murdered solely to demonstrate how evil they are.)<br><br>I made it to the 2:48 mark, out of a total 1:25:29 runtime, before<br>deciding the Eight Deadly Words ('I don't care what happens to these<br>people') apply in spades. And I think that feat of stamina deserves at<br>least a tin cereal-box medal.<br><br>Pro bono publico, I hereby reproduce my comment to local Palo Alto<br>columnist Diana Diamond, at<br><a href="https://www.paloaltoonline.com/blogs/p/2020/03/15/a-new-challenge-what-to-do-when-everything-is-closed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paloaltoonline.com/blogs/p/2020/03/15/a-new-challenge-what-to-do-when-everything-is-closed</a><br>:<br><br><br><br>Oh, let's see: <br><br>1. All of that deferred yard cleanup in preparation for spring planting<br>in my vegetable garden and elsewhere.<br>2. Vast amounts of reading I've been trying to get to. (As I say every<br>time I have to go to DMV, a man with an e-book reader is never, ever<br>bored.)<br>3. Ooh, and stuff to view: Time to catch up on season 5 of Better Call<br>Saul (AMC), season 3 of Babylon Berlin (Netflix), all of American Gods<br>(Starz), the parts of Westworld I haven't yet seen plus the new season<br>that started tonight (HBO), and all of Fargo (FX Network). And if I want<br>to see sure-fire utter brilliance a second time, I could re-watch<br>Russian Doll season 1 (Netflix), Good Omens (Amazon/BBC), and Watchmen<br>(HBO). Oh, and season 3 of Barry (the black comedy with Bill Hader) is<br>due in April. <br>4. I'm a good cook, and now I have the opportunity to prove that every<br>day to my family.<br>5. When it's not raining, and sometimes even when it is, hikes are nice.<br><br>-- Rick Moen<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>conspire mailing list<br><a href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br><a href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br></div>
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