😷 never went away

 😷  and is coming around again ...... ala Carly Simon

Covid 19 continues to be the major cause of hospital visits. The latest variants have yet to accomplish what the initial strains had, in terms of severity and spread.
In fact, experts are expecting a fall run w/ the latest mutant version.   It s name is a bunch of letters / numbers.
AND a further vaccine shot will be recommended. The newest vaccine is expected to at least offer partial reduction in symptom severity.

As well, we have decided NOT to sell our house

 to purchase tix to ' Taylor Swift, the ERAS Tour '. 

The singer, named after James Taylor, is due in T.O. 2024.

 TicketBastard is selling admissions for about the same cost as Virgin Galactic Trips to outer space.
[please note there appears to be exaggeration in this paragraph ]

As at now, I'm listening to Sinead O'Connor. NOT the U2 song but ....
" Sacrifice " by Elton John. The girl could sing. The song is on my  ' audio files ' on my Pixel 6a. 
Amazon s offering hundreds of thousands tunes on some service. Well, there 30 songs on the ' files ' list. Plenty, really.

As regular reader [ s ] know, the Dell Studio 17 inch laptop has outlived its usefulness in this house. We are a Chromebook outfit. And, I thought it was about time to re -jig, our computer set up.

Right now, I'm typing on the Dell 5190 Student model. The laptop is on a typing platform of a computer table. The dongle connects the Dell to a TV screen sitting on the upper level of the table. The TV is a 19 inch LG. This smaller TV was originally intended to be my exercise TV [ connected via WiFi ] to alleviate boredom or such.

Since, though a 40 inch TV is in the exercise room.

Thus, the hope is that the new set up will be more convenient and utilize the capabilities of the Chromebook. There is a wired mouse     [ the gaming mouse from Florida ]. Recall, the beauty of Chromebooks is the power of connectibility.     Plug in, a bunch of USB s, monitors or TV s and run multiple devices.

BTW, M .. has yet to see this re - jig. I think she has feared this day. It means learning new things re: the Chromebook.

However, so far, the set up is better than I thought. I was  pre - worrying how to place the components for convenience. The TV is on top of a dictionary [ for height ]. And natch, wires are all around the computer table. The HDMI cable, electrical plug for the TV, the plug for the Chromebook, mouse wire and the dongle to join them all.

We shall said the Zen Master !!!!

Beer wise. My latest trend is IPA s or India Pale Ales. These ales tend to be hazy [ not make you hazy, although that seems to happen, as well ]. Slightly bitter, fruit notes and strong. These ales run around 6 %.

Yesterday was RANSACK the UNIVERSE by Collective Arts
Today is ABSENT LANDLORD by Cowbell

By far, Landlord is the most likeable. What do you mean ? Likeable ?
Well, I'm testing. Win some and lose many
Landlord is a Kolsch ale w/ fruity notes. Still 6 %

Kolsch ?  info from the site : Buffalocal

Kolsch is a style of beer that was first brewed in Germany, and while technically it is an Ale, it also has some brewing traits typical of Lagers. That's because warm-fermenting ale yeast is used during the brewing of Kolsch, but then it is conditioned at a cold temperature like a lager.

means not much to me, You ?

I lied. I'm drinking Kolsch beers, it seems. 

The history of Indian Pale Ale dates to the height of the British Empire. Most beers could not w/stand the 3 month voyage to the Raj   [ the Br. name for India as ruled by Great Britain ].  IPA s aged in cask on the voyage. Now, it seems people like me drink it way sooner.

Ah, a summery warm day but things hot up over the next few days