*Marks self safe from the shopping apocalypse*

Clivia miniata 'Sir John Thouron', gratuitous Flower Show photo

I'm hearing about all kinds of carnage as people panic-buy hand sanitizer. That's just dumb. Once you're in your house you're far better off with plain old Ivory soap.

My Good Samaritan neighbor wasn't able to get within 100 yards of the Trader Joe parking lot, but that's okay. I can get anything else I want/need from the Acme and the only thing we're actually low on is milk. I figure I'll wait a day or so until the worst of the frenzy has died down and the supermarkets have had a moment to re-stock, and then I'll strike. I'm not happy about having less than 10 lb of flour, but I really don't need any for at least two weeks, and maybe longer.

I have a sneaking suspicion that I could probably make yogurt by mixing up some reconstituted powdered milk and some yogurt and then putting it in my pilot-light-oven. I may try it just for the sake of experiment.

They are closing the liquor stores in surrounding counties on Tuesday. I hope they do it in Philadelphia soon. It might make people a little saner. It would be great if they closed all the bars, too, until the week after St. Patrick's Day. We have a lot of yobs who don't think they have any responsibility to the herd.

Facebook is a sewer right now. Everyone is social distancing and oversharing. I think I have posted my last public health related FB post for awhile. People need more Flower Show pictures, dammit!