Author: Mark Alexander

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Are People Really This Stupid?

Yes, Virginia. Yes they are.

From scenes at packed airports to the much more intimate specter of Ben’s father hosting his his business-as-usual Thanksgiving family brunch, I cannot comprehend why people are insisting on gathering today as if everything is normal. As if the number of cases of COVID aren’t already going through the roof, I fully expect a HUGE spike in January.

I mean seriously, what are they thinking? Are they so selfish and concerned with tradition and their supposed “rights,” they’re willing to put Aunt Zelda on a ventilator in 8 weeks? Will this truly be the threat my mother used to hang over my head when I was living out-of-state, “This may be the last Thanksgiving you see your grandparents alive, so you better damn well be here.”

BTW, Ben and I both politely refused his dad’s (last-minute, but that’s another story altogether) invitation.

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WEAR A FUCKING MASK

I’m all for a national mask mandate. Look, I hate wearing the things as much as anyone, but wearing them (along with a proven vaccine that reaches 90% of the population) is the only way we’re going to make it through this.

So do your part. And remember…masks can be very sexy.















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Flashback Friday





El Torero Restaurant, Tucson AZ, June 2007

I’ve been going here since I was in college, and even though I haven’t lived in Tucson since 1985, it’s always a must-stop location for dining whenever I’m in town.

Now I want some patty tacos.