Steve Cameron blog: Sunday, April 12, 2020: Lunch To Go?
Still here, but ...
Assignments are being shifted, so I’m going to move around a bit.
I know, I know.
You’re all tittering, chuckling quietly, and saying something about simply rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, because after all ...
Where would I go?
Hawai’i?
They wouldn’t let me in without a 14-day quarantine, and even then, the locals aren’t exactly greeting visitors by placing leis around their necks.
It could be more like knotted rope.
I’m certainly not going on any cruise, either, since every one of those giant floating parties has been banned from U.S. waters and ports until they clean up their acts.
Literally.
The ships are perfect for spreading disease, what with everyone crammed together, communal dining and all.
So during the height of a pandemic, well ...
No chance.
Sure, there might be nice, cushy jobs on an Albanian freighter, but I’m not particularly game to discover that those unpleasant-looking crewmates intend to use me as a dartboard – and bet packs of foul Russian cigarettes on who can hit each of my eyes on consecutive throws.
No, no, no.
I’m not off on any extravagant travel.
In fact, I’m not even leaving this chair.
However ...
My writing assignments WILL change, beginning this week.
It seems that local sports fans are hungry for information, discussion and perhaps real arguments — even though no actual sports are being played.
I need to get back, it seems, and toss around some talking points on major issues of the day, things like whom the Seahawks might take in the NFL draft, whether grad transfer Aaron Cook Jr. can establish himself as Gonzaga’s next great point guard, the possibility that Major League Baseball perhaps may play a half-season without fans, and so forth.
Oh, but I wouldn’t just leave you.
Just throw everything in a suitcase and head to the bus station.
Nope, this relentless blog will continue for as long as most of America remains in lockdown to frustrate COVID-19.
The only difference: I’ll be here (yes, with Sammie the World’s Greatest Cat) on Tuesday and Thursday for digital readers.
I think that means I’ll pop up the following day in The Press print editions, but as always, I’ll have to check with the boss.
My sports assignments — back to the Cheap Seats opinion columns — appear to be Wednesday and Friday (again, subject to blessings from above).
And finally, I still have the pleasure of burdening everyone with some memories and assorted nonsense from my (way too many) years as a sports journalist, and that will once again run on Sunday.
This has foiled many in the past, but you could say I’ll be attempting to be all things to all people — available somewhere with just a click on your keyboard or a pat on your phone.
Please stick around with me, won’t you?
There will plenty to discuss as the lockdown grinds along, as the president itches to “open the country” and as various medical folk give us opinions on when it might be safe to gather with neighbors for a barbecue.
In the meantime, though, please wear your masks and gloves if you’re out on legitimate errands, keep those hands washed and try not to touch your face.
Needless to say, social distancing still means staying six feet from each other.
That’s exactly my height, by the way, so if you’re REALLY confused about distances in the queue at Walmart ...
Just ring.
I’ll come and lie on the floor as a measurement tool.
At the moment, though, I’m off to rip my internet cable out of the wall.
There’s yet ANOTHER episode of the morally bankrupt “Tiger King” on Netflix tonight, and I don’t want to take a chance I’d find it by accident.
None whatsoever.
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