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Silver Lining Sought Amidst Coronavirus Covid 19 Onslaught

Silver lining sought amidst coronavirus COVID-19 onslaught Two hundred and forty six plus months into twenty first century celeb and anonymous folks alike gripped courtesy pestilence re: deb buckle fishtailed, looped, roughed up... wreaks/wrought havoc across world wide web. As a secular humanist, I ponder what (if any) benefit accrued above any commentary, yours truly applauds every first responder as dazed and befuddled stricken wonder... Explanation, whereby those espousing religious bent might attribute global pandemic moost definitely Earth shaking event particularly raining down upon *****sapiens with merciless intent indiscriminately mowing down, perhaps... (albeit figuratively) meant as object lesson... benignly to rent asunder excessiveness smugness that doth xcent... Persons who don egotism also dare trumpet absolutism, despotism, elitism, nepotism, sycophantism, vigilantism... green lighting (within red light district) strumpet paying top dollar to secure former in league with costliest, sweetist, and tastiest crumpet. Virtue and/or admirable human behavior discerned amidst helter skelter as moost every sequestered behind closed door ooh, how challenging for parent(s) to occupy child less than four impossible mission to explain hoar roar to the smartest kid, who most often focuses on self de jure nevertheless prime opportunity hashing-tagging, learning, sharing... genealogical folk-lore more (most) challenging busying young adults thank dog me two daughters grown more independent (at ages 21 and 23 respectively), versus yours truly when he still lived at home with his papa and mama yearning to live alone on island paradise way offshore. I spent interminable and unaccountable time hermetically sealed within bedroom imagination roaming courtesy reading material delving, futilely escaping doom, nonetheless luxuriating, plunging... foredoom think wrath of livid mama and papa, their embarrassing genetic heirloom sole son with more'n faulty jibboom upon me ship of state, where dark shadows still loom. Though booth progeny of mine spared similar fate, and youngest (behaviorally challenged, perhaps influenced courtesy Aquarius sign regarding developmental delay) while she on furlough (considered valuable employee walks along straight dedicated line at World Market - Bend, Oregon) these days... motivates herself walking off calories after self prepared hearty repast, she doth dine.

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