Taking Stock

 So, yesterday was food pantry paperwork day, which explains my blogging absence from yesterday.  Basically, I had to determine our total contribution to social justice -- donations, volunteer hours, that sort of thing.  Some of the stuff, I can easily get, like quantity and cost of food purchased from Food Bank; others are more rough estimates. Volunteer hours, for instance; I have a rough idea of how many people are around on Saturdays, and how many come in on Thursday to unpack and clean, but the rest -- stuff people do at the parishes, administrative tasks -- are guestimates.  Outside donations of food and clothing are also nebulous; I tend to go on the low side, as people didn't want the stuff for one reason or another; others, of course, aim high.  This year volunteer hours were down (no clothing room) but donations of food seemed to pick up (excess restaurant and grocery stuff).  Plus, downtown sent over the year's transactions, so I went over them to see that nothing was missed... phew.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/11/marcia-fudge-agriculture-biden-cabinet-436066

I don;t know; given her role in the domestic violence case a while back, don't you think the women in the Handmaid's Tale suits should be out there to protest?  We wouldn't want to think they were just sanctimonious hypocrites out there, would we now?

https://defector.com/the-ncaa-has-a-plan-for-march-madness-and-they-dont-care-that-its-not-a-very-good-one/

You know... I don't necessarily think this is a bad plan, just 1) the NCAA needs March Madness for its own revenue streams, so  this is going to happen like it or not, and 2) I don't really think bubbles work that well, especially for large groups (think of the LA Dodgers this year)... so if they can accept the possibility that there will be a bunch of infections, they might be able to have it.  It's just, of course, that no one else will even consider the possibility...