The raccoon is the perfect token animal for 2020. It washes its hands obsessively; always wears a mask; and its name is an anagram of “corona”! (If you don’t mind one leftover “c.”) Remember the MPR Raccoon from almost exactly … Continue reading →
Stop the presses. Vox has produced the definitive (so far) meta-, meta-analysis of memes in the time of coronavirus: Choose your quarantine meme house: A taxonomy of the pandemic’s greatest meme hits. It’s a tour-de-force of analyzing and cataloging what … Continue reading →
These memes are sprouting like weeds all across the social media where I hang out. Here are my favorites so far. It would be futile to try to keep up as more appear. As early as 7 weeks ago there … Continue reading →
Perhaps you’ve seen some of these: people recreating works of art using whatever props come to hand while isolating at home. Toilet paper. Lots of toilet paper. The NY Times ran a feature on the phenomenon two weeks back, and … Continue reading →
