Mainstream social media

A difficulty of moving to a new place during this pandemic is that of getting to know my neighbors. To this end, I have reluctantly been dipping my toes into popular social media, currently Facebook and Nextdoor, not yet Twitter. So far it has been manageable, not yet much overhead and it remains reversible, I shall see how it goes. My current inclination is to keep it small in various regards. At worst I come away having found out a little more about what these well-known things actually are.

Coming to terms with the holidays

On the way back to Knoxville tonight, I switched the radio over from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and listened to Pink Floyd instead, and the pandemic and local infection rate warrants my keeping to myself. Being alone for the holidays has had me positively avoiding them in some ways but I now notice myself better tolerating the reminders. I do not have much of an idea of how to spend the little time off work that I will take but perhaps there could be something seasonal nonetheless.