The new oil crisis

The crisis now is that oil prices are low and storage tanks are filled. Apparently that can lead to the price of oil being below zero. Right now in New Jersey you can get gas for about $1.80 or so a gallon. It will be interesting to see if the price of gasoline could go below zero.

You drive to the gas station. He fills up your tank. Then you give him your credit card. He deposits ten dollars to your account. You leave with a full tank of gas and an additional ten dollars on your credit card. I need to wash my mask.

Baseball in the time of cholera

The latest theory going around is that baseball will be played this year in indoor stadiums in Arizona and Florida starting in July.  No fans in the stadiums.  The players will stay in hotels and get bussed to the games. This might be interesting.

The biggest problem that I see is that able bodied male athletes should not be asked to be chaste for an entire baseball season. I can see players getting a little rough and fights breaking out. Perhaps a cotillion of ladies of the evening can be given special dispensation to hang out in the hotels to keep the boys of summer amused.

Better things and Breeders

It's time for my second blog on Better Things. Now that I'm home all day, I have not missed an episode and proudly can tell anyone that I am a feminist, and can prove it by never missing this show.

Although I still like the show and like that the kids are "growing up" and becoming a tiny bit less obnoxious, I now notice a dream like, disjuncted feel to this season. There is no real plotline to the shows, they are almost like  Robert Altman movies, and it is a little jarring. I'm used to a sitcom where there are lots of one-liners, and a plot that is introduced in the beginning of the show and resolves at the end.  And I'm used to a laugh track that tells me when something is funny.

 I liked the scene where the kid, Mom, and Grand mom were cooking in the kitchen. It felt like a real family moment, but it really didn't introduce a problem that was supposed to be resolved by the end of the show. The New Orleans show was also nice, but again where was the plot?

The show that precedes Better Things on Monday nights is Breeders and I have also been watching that while waiting for Better Things. It's not bad, it's a somewhat dry family oriented comedy, of British extraction. Like Better Things, it features children. The twist is that they are raised by a couple that are not married. The show also features parents, with her father being featured, now dying, and his father suddenly turns up in an episode. This one is not a must see for me but as a captive audience, I will probably become a regular viewer.