if your memory serves you well

We were goin' to meet again and wait,
So I'm goin' to unpack all my things
And sit before it gets too late.
No man alive will come to you
With another tale to tell,
But you know that we shall meet again
If your mem'ry serves you well.  (Dylan/Danko)


well today is a strange day.....let the record show for all eternity that society has collapsed on Thursday March 12th 2020.....as the Sant Johns Redmen were battling Creighton in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament...a noon tipoff before family and friends only.....the markets were in freefall over the Corona , My sharona, virus.....the markets dropped 2,000 points on the heels of a 1,400 pt drop the prior day......the Big Ten cancelled their tournament.....followed by the ACC......preceeded by the NBA....and the NHL was preparing to play in empty stadiums.....and the Johnnies played on, leading by as many as 8 points..……..Governor Cuomo banned events for more tha 500 people.....and Murphy said hold my beer.....and quickly banned events tallying 250 or more..... Lake Como NJ announced that they would be changing their name Back to South Belmar because they didn't want to be associated with Italy, and Corona beer said they would temporarily change the name of their signature beer to Limey Lagers......the markets halted....reopened.....and dropped again...…...the NHL then suspended the remainder of their season and the Johnnies went to Halftime with a 3 point lead...…..and then they Cxld the 2nd half.....and on and on it goes...…..major league baseball pushes opening day back 2 weeks at least......and still the dow tumbled...….not sure I can remember anything quite like this......had a similar feeling in the week or so after 9/11 with the constant rolling of sad news and losses....and a little like the credit crisis of 2008 with stocks falling and falling and falling......just weird and shocking...…..still less than 1,500 cases in a country of 300 million...….I still feel it will be the overreaction that is remembered and NOT the impact of the virus itself......what would be so terrible if the entire country had the flu for a week....we'd get over it , right ?....and so as I watch the post-market shows over a glass of delicious beer in club Gato, I feel a slight fever developing, but alas it might just be that I am too close to the Wheel.

This wheel's on fire,
Rolling down the road,
Best notify my next of kin,
This wheel shall explode!