Hope Monday has treated you well. Give yourself a "high five" for making it through another day of "Shelter in Place".
Continue to keep healthcare workers on the front line, which will include a runner from Montgomery County who is a clinician that will be going to New York City for three weeks to help and try to contain things, in your prayers as well as those who are being negatively impacted economically from this crisis.
One of the reasons why I tend to keep from engaging too much on social media even more during this crisis is because when I see people make statements such as "it will this, it will that", my reaction is: "You actually really don't know. So please just take care of your family and deal with this all day by day."
If you need help, please reach out to me or somebody.
I'm sure there are plenty of folks who will do what they can to help people, like the runner I mentioned above.
I share the things I do to provide you items that I find interesting while I go through the day and night coping with what we're facing without putting it upon you in a Facebook or Twitter feed.
If you're interested in it, there'll be links below to access the material on your own.
I got in a two-mile walk in my subdivision at about 3 p.m. and then three hours later, my daughter and I ran another 3.92 miles in Springwoods Village.
So from March 25 (my 30-day starting period) to today, I'm at 11.99 miles running and 21.44 miles walking (that is, with an effort enough to break a sweat).
As most of you know, I'm a big lover of sports.
One of my good friends, David Fuller with the Lone Star Christian Sports Network (LSCSN), sent a text about Tarleton State hiring Billy Gillispie to be its next men's head basketball coach.
I think this is a great hire. I had a chance to see his Ranger College team, which was ranked number two in the country, I believe, at that point, beat Panola College on the road in Carthage in late December.
Here's the story - from the Bryan-College Station Eagle - about Gillispie interviewing with Tarleton State.
Here's the report - from KBTX in College Station - confirming the hire.
For my running friends, a light-hearted, in the same boat kind of podcast to listen to this week comes from Trail Runner Magazine.
The podcast host, Zoe Rom, gathered trail and ultrarunners' top DNFs in their lives as a way to laugh through the cascading announcements on cancellations that we as runners and triathletes have been facing with the coronavirus crisis.
You can listen to it here.
Before going to bed last night, I stumbled on a podcast from a site called "Revisionist History".
It states that it "will go back and reinterpret something from the past: an event, a person, an idea. Something overlooked. Something misunderstood."
The title, given the state of affairs that we're in, caught my attention. It was called "The Obscure Virus Club".
The episode has the following introduction: "Throughout the 1970s, a biologist named Howard Temin became convinced that something wasn’t right in science’s understanding of viruses. His colleagues dismissed him as a heretic. He turned out to be right — and you’re alive today as a result."
It was a fascinating discussion about David Baltimore, Howard Temin and Robert Gallo and retroviruses. Gallo was the co-discoverer of HIV and he became interested in the study of retroviruses, and made their study the primary activity of his lab after listening to a talk by biologist David Baltimore and further stimulation from his virologist colleague, Robert Ting, concerning the work of the late Howard Temin, Gallo (Wikipedia)
Listen to it here.
By the way, there's a pathway named after Howard Temin up north … it is used for one of America's 40-plus parkrun 5Ks.
A video was shared yesterday by an incredible athlete friend of mine that lives in Colorado who used to live here in the greater Houston area.
It was recorded on March 22 by Dr. Dave Price of Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City shares CRUCIAL information on how we can stop the spread and get back to normal, well, kinda normal. His experience with the virus and people infected for the last three months has given him great confidence on how not to get infected. Rules to protect yourself and family. It's a must watch!
You can watch it on YouTube here.
These were a few other podcasts that I had a chance to listen to since last evening:
Texas officials preparing for a scenario similar to New York and New Orleans, as the search for hospital beds kicks into high gear, we'll have the latest. [03/30/20; 50 mins., Texas Standard]
What’s an "essential" business? Texas counties differ on who should work during shelter in place [03/30/20; 3 mins., Texas Tribune]
Very interesting discussion that included a Lutheran pastor, a Jewish rabbi and a Muslim Imam
Coronavirus Across America: Worship In A Time Of Pestilence [03/29/20; 30 mins., 1A, WAMU, American University Radio]
Deep Background with Noah Feldman: Laurie Santos, a Professor of Psychology at Yale, shares tips for dealing with coronavirus-induced anxiety [30 mins.]
What am I reading? See the list below.
Fascinating.
U.S. Hospitals Have a Ventilator Shortage. A Team of Rice Engineers Say They Have a Solution. [03/30/20; Texas Monthly]
What You Should Know About the Coronavirus in Texas [03/30/20; Texas Monthly]
“We Can’t Stop the Birth”: Texas Doctors and Pregnant Women Prepare for Delivery During COVID-19 [03/30/20; Texas Monthly]
This will be interesting to watch.
Hotze, pastors ask Texas Supreme Court to rule Harris County stay-at-home order unconstitutional [03/30/20; Houston Chronicle]
This pastor was actually referenced in the "Worship In A Time of Pestilence" podcast and was a subject of one of the guest's books, "Red State Christians."
Rodney Howard-Browne, Megachurch Pastor Who Flouted Virus Rules, Arrested [03/30/20; The Daily Beast]
Washington choir rehearsal turns deadly after coronavirus kills 2 [03/30/20; New York Post]
Church of the Holy Sepulchre closed indefinitely [03/30/20; Catholic News Agency]
UK furious over China’s coronavirus disinformation campaign against US [03/30/20; New York Post]
Italy to extend coronavirus lockdown until Easter as new cases fall [03/30/20; Reuters]
Jerry Falwell Jr. denies a dozen Liberty University students are suspected of having coronavirus [03/30/20; Washington Examiner]
'Who saw that coming?' Fury at evangelical Liberty University president after his controversial decision to reopen the school in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic leads to eleven students displaying symptoms [03/30/20; Daily Mail]
What are my thoughts on Liberty and Falwell, Jr. and what would have I done if my daughter were still there?
She would probably have wanted to be in Texas and I would have moved the earth to do so.
US crude oil price falls below $20: Fall in demand due to virus creates surplus that risks overwhelming storage capacity [Financial Times]
FDA issues emergency-use authorization for anti-malaria drugs amid coronavirus outbreak [03/20/20; The Hill]
God bless you.
Have a great Tuesday.
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