Here we go with a look back at what was happening on the blog a year ago when the pandemic was still somewhat new. These posts prove that hindsight is indeed 2020!
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Sunday May 3, 2020: Sunday Links: Spinal Tap - Plus MBIP Coming Attractions!
There’s a half dozen links to online articles about Spinal Tap and one link to a video of Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer and Rob Reiner discussing the mockumentary 35 years after its release. This post goes to 11!
Covid 19 Stats: Sunday May 3rd, 2020: Coronavirus has now killed roughy 67,000 people in the US and infected more than 1,100,000.
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Monday May 4, 2020: Saturday Night Frozen Pizza - This Week: Butch’s Three Meat Frozen Pizza
I still wasn’t comfortable going out to get take-out, so I cooked up a Butch’s Three Meat Special pizza. And it was delicious!
Covid 19 Stats: Monday May 4th, 2020: Lockdowns ease: Many parts of India are now under less severe measures.
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Tuesday May 5, 2020: In Praise Of…Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner & Jane Curtin
One night I noticed that Larraine Newman was on Cameo. So I had her make me a video and then wrote this tribute to the original women of Saturday Night Live.
Covid 19 Stats: Tuesday May 5th, 2020: In the US: An influential model now forecasts that 134,000 people will die of the virus in the country.
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Wednesday May 6, 2020: Sharin’ Of The Green - Tributes To Peoria’s Irish Bars - This Week: W.E. Sullivan’s
I was paying tribute to the Irish bars around town and this week I had photos and links to W.E. Sullivan’s.
Covid 19 Stats: Wednesday May 6th, 2020: At least 10,503 new cases of coronavirus and 615 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in Brazil, according to the country's health minister.
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Thursday May 7, 2020: Thursday Minute Marty Meals - This Week: Pork Roast-A-Roni
This was a tasty and satisfying Marty Meal!
Covid 19 Stats: Thursday May 7th, 2020: Al Gore said he believes Trump both missed the warnings and "failed to mobilize the resources of the federal government to straighten out this testing catastrophe, to get swabs, and the so-called re-agents they need to do the tests, and the gowns, and masks, and all of the other stuff."
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Friday May 8, 2020: The Marty Monologues - This Week: The Kent State Shootings
A Marty Monologue about the horrific Kent State shootings and how it affected me.
Covid 19 Stats: Friday May 8th, 2020: Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization health emergencies program, said the lives of people across the world could face “significant alteration” until a coronavirus vaccine is developed.
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Saturday May 9, 2020: Sandwiches Of Peoria - This Week: A Bacon Cheeseburger From Lou’s Drive-In
Lou’s just opened up this week and it was featured on yesterday’s post. Here’s a look back at a night I got a Bacon Cheeseburger from the legendary Peoria drive-in.
Covid 19 Stats: Saturday May 9th, 2020: More than 4 million cases of novel coronavirus have been recorded worldwide, including at least 279,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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Jimmy Kimmel March 11, 2020 Monologue
Jimmy Kimmel devoted his entire monologue to Covid 19 on March 11, that’s the date that I think it started to get real for all of us.
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Related Posts: 2020 Rear-View Mirror - Weeks: April 19, April 5th, March 29th, March 22, March 15th, March 8th, March 1st and February 23rd, 2020.