Monday, March 23, 2020

Kentucky is "Healthy at Home, not "sheltering in place," and shortly Indiana will be joining through distance.

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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear took the next step on Sunday evening, issuing an executive order for non-essential retail businesses to go...
Sunday, March 22, 2020

Elected officials everywhere say, "You hold a blow dryer up to your face and you inhale through your nose and it kills all the viruses in your nose."

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When I saw this newspaper story mentioned on social media, there seemed little reason to investigate. Was it The Onion or Babylon Bee ?...

Kurt Eichenwald explains "Why Americans will cause one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks."

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(The woman who retweeted the comment above prefaced it with these words: "They've pivoted from 'it's a hoax' to ...
Saturday, March 21, 2020

DNA, UEA and City Hall create New Albany Service Industry Relief Program.

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Read about it at DNA's Fb page. "It’s our responsibility to help others during this time," stated Mayor Jeff Gahan. Re...

Jürgen Klopp: "If it’s a choice between football and the good of the wider society, it’s no contest. Really, it isn’t."

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This is not to be construed as support for Liverpool FC. I'm loyal to the hometown of the mother-in-law I never had the pleasure of me...
Friday, March 20, 2020

GREEN MOUSE presents Nawbany Week in Review ... and the siege begins.

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Fuzzy Wuzzy was the week that was, and the week that was ... now bereft of our customary amusements ... wuz filled instead with uncerta...

Indiana is following suit as Kentucky temporarily allows alcoholic beverage carryout and delivery by licensed restaurants.

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Governor Beshear temporarily loosens restrictions on alcoholic beverage carryout and delivery by licensed restaurants ( Food & Dinin...
Thursday, March 19, 2020

BEER WITH A SOCIALIST: COVID-19 may be driving me to drink, and that's fine because I'm walking, not driving.

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"If you live in the Bay Area, you’re most likely under mandatory shelter-in-place orders right now." For all we know, this co...

ON THE AVENUES: If it's a war, then the food service biz needs to be issued a few weapons. We need improvisation and flexibility to survive the shutdown.

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Noon Friday Update (March 20): As of yesterday evening, Indiana is implementing certain temporary carryout privileges for restaurants, as...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

SHANE'S EXCELLENT NEW WORDS: Normalcy or normality? I've made up my mind.

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There's damage out there some place You got to step aside Where are you going that decision is made That's how it started Too...

City Hall, BOW take note and help as "New Albany Restaurants Transition to Curbside Pickup/Delivery Options."

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On Monday evening this idea was passed along to 3rd district councilman Greg Phipps; twelve hours later it had been vetted and approved b...

Did you do this, doofus? Surrender your commercial driving license immediately.

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Prior to Monday, I'd have found it hard to believe that a truck could come this close to felling the huge concrete building guard in ...
Tuesday, March 17, 2020

BEER WITH A SOCIALIST: Pubs in Ireland with plenty of beer in August, 1987.

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Hitchhiking to Lanesville from Ireland, 1987. During the late spring and early summer of 2017, I finally got around to digitizing some ...

New Albany Mayor Jeff Gahan and the Floyd County Democratic Party show support for small independent businesses, and this is to be commended.

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You probably don't need reminding, but I've been harshly critical of the Floyd County Democratic Party ... for a very long time. ...

LIVE TO EAT: These downtown New Albany restaurants are offering carry-out and curbside meals.

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New Albany Social took some time off during the past year, but Kelly Ott Winslow posted this list on Monday evening, and it has been sha...
Monday, March 16, 2020

The end times are far too topical, so my diary comes to ... a conclusion.

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At the start of the year I was looking for ways to shake up this blog, partly because I'd vowed to embark upon a sabbatical of sorts ...

This just in: Gov. Holcomb's "Steps to Slow the Spread of COVID-19" include a shutdown of Indiana restaurants and bars (except for carry-out and delivery).

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Joining Kentucky, Ohio and Illinois. It's easier to cut and paste at this point. Gov. Holcomb Announces More Steps to Slow th...