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This blog sets the bar very high when it comes to writing tips. I hope everyone gets motivated.

Unlike a gypsy, I can't predict my future (as a fiction writer) but for now I seem to be a Woo-woo "reader. "

My joke about neck and necklace could have been inspired by the chapter of Greener Pastures I read 3 months after it was posted.

The "to be and not to be" quote could have originated in Damned (which I read after my retort to the Toby the dog post). I could give countless examples.

Now I'm living my Lullaby chapter.

My computer dings and I'm asked Are you the Karen who wrote "paradoxes in agriculture research". The next day I'm mistaken for the Karen who is asked to claim "Multiple behavioral intervention for weight loss." And so it goes. So many career roads not taken. So many hypothetical missed opportunities.

Now I'm sitting here waiting for side effects, or not. It's 4th vaccine day, and I'm still one shot behind where everyone else was last year (Thank you, AstraZeneca!). I certainly hope that woo-woo won't happen.

And time isn't linear anyway, right? ;)

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You got the fourth? Hats off.

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Thanks!! But if you do the "conversion" 2 Astra Zenecas = dubious protection (hence their not being doled out in the US) so they let us try again. Now i got my second piece of the Pfi (zer)...and I'm 0 for 4 when it comes to side effects!

Meanwhile I'm making all my elders jealous because in my province you have to be over 80 to get this honor (or be immunosuppressive etc.)

I might be able to travel again!!

First stop: Portland mystery bar!😁

(Just kidding...the rain forest comes first!)

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Have you guys in the US and Canada had 4 or 5 vaccines then? We've only had the original 2 and a booster shot (2 out of 3 gave me side effects). Here in the UK the government are (for the most part) back to pretending there's nothing wrong. 😑

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In Canada it varies by province. I'm in Quebec (2nd highest population). They're rolling back all the restrictions here but we still have over 1K cases a day (and they've mostly stopped testing and counting, never mind contact tracing).

I qualified for my 4th because my first 2 were "placebos" (AstraZeneca) that provide paltry protection from omicron. 4th for the rest of the population under 80 is being considered.

Sorry about your side effects. My worst was a slightly sore arm.

I look to Israel when I want a glimpse into the future. They have given large swaths of the general population 4 vaccines but they're still at a few thousand cases a day (same population as Quebec so it's a good comparison point).

We'll emerge from this some day soon :) Have a great rest of the day and keep well.

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