I ran out of my routine "stock" of beer March 17th deliberately so to have green beer and dance a jig annualy ..... gawdamn virus closed every bar in Iowa.....thirsty for 3 weeks I bought 15 cans yesterday and sipped up one put me to sleep yesterday.....when I had my house in Charleston wine whiskey and the beer snob stock lasted months ....washes down the dust & salty sweat from mowing the grass triming azaleas and live oak branches rubbing my roof.... THOSE WERE THE DAYS MY FRIEND I THOUGHT THEY'D NEVER END

I hope the data will show that the lockdowns around the world have done some good to people and the world.

I am thinking that we will see a lot of data crunching in the days and months ahead. Data science is going to get into high gear. They will tell us about:

1. How the quarantines and lockdowns have improved the environment quality
2. How people's obesity has increased due to sedentary lifestyles, hoarding and overeating of food
3. How families have come together
4. How employers have found news ways to save costs with remote working, contractor workforce etc.
5. The focus on health care, its shortcomings, negligence of the poor and less resourceful have made the society realize the need for central federal health care. It is possible that Bernie's fortunes will go up after America opens again.

I am curious to see all those data points. I am sure new trends will come out of this unique experience, new inventions will come out, new businesses and millionaires will be born.

A friend is picking up some wine for me right now and he says the stocks are very low. So it's just not South Africa that's trying to boost their way through the crisis.