{"id":573893070,"date":"2021-03-10T23:42:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T04:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573893070"},"modified":"2021-03-22T16:09:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T20:09:49","slug":"still-no-super-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2021\/03\/10\/still-no-super-powers\/","title":{"rendered":"Still no super powers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So this is day two, and I feel fine. My arm is better and I haven&#8217;t developed any supernatural abilities beyond the ones I already had. I have two. One is of very limited use and not worth talking about. The other is spectacularly  useful, and would be a big hit on the old Whose Line game &#8230; <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NAe7KMEvaPQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>My super power involves always being able to pick the correct size container in which to store leftovers. Very useful. Never going to save the planet from marauding invaders.<\/p>\n<p>This is the one I already had, and I am still waiting for my new vaccine-inspired powers to kick in. And, also, the second dose. I&#8217;m also waiting for the two weeks after that, when the magic has really happened. So five weeks. A lot of things happen in five weeks. Some of you have been in relationships that lasted less than that. I&#8217;ve watched TV shows with a shorter run. That&#8217;s half of a Kardashian wedding! Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine were married for a shorter time, too! Five weeks is less than four Scaramuccis! And I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;ll rush right by so that I can continue to be cautious, but with a bit more peace of mind. <\/p>\n<p>And also some carefully controlled family visits. Looking forward to that, as most everyone is. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/blog\/banners\/bannercapers.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a former student notes Utah is about to join Alaska in opening up vaccinations. <\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exciting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Covid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Covid<\/a> development out west from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IUSTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iustv<\/a> alumnus <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jordan_burrows?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jordan_burrows<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cvZlgifEny\">https:\/\/t.co\/cvZlgifEny<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1369533312176422912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And this bit of news which will be profoundly encouraging, I&#8217;m sure. <\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This will mean so much to so many.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Nursing home residents vaccinated against COVID-19 can get hugs again from their loved ones, and all residents may enjoy more indoor visits, the government said Wednesday in a step toward pre-pandemic normalcy.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/459iELGKap\">https:\/\/t.co\/459iELGKap<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1369818120337166337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Something else I know you&#8217;re looking forward to, the television shows. This is last night&#8217;s news show.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tIXYrfiFgWQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And the students also produced this really cool show, too.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EgZxfSRRR7M\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/blog\/banners\/bannercapers.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>One last normal thing &#8230; we had the opportunity to watch some racing last year in the middle of the pandemic, which is going to seem a really brazen thing, one day. But this, here, now, feels different. I said it because I felt it. <\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#39;ve been watching the first three stages of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ParisNice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ParisNice<\/a> tonight. It just seems so delightfully normal. <\/p>\n<p>Have you found a lot of those things yet? Stuff that just feels regular, somehow? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QvheeEwZYO\">pic.twitter.com\/QvheeEwZYO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1369851376013021185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And the more and more I think about it, I wonder why. What&#8217;s the normal part and why? And why is it normal? Have we finally just begun to internalize things? That seems an inherently risky thing, doesn&#8217;t it? We could be so close to turning the tide on this thing, and all of our own choices have helped with that in some regard. We shouldn&#8217;t toss that aside just yet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So this is day two, and I feel fine. My arm is better and I haven&#8217;t developed any supernatural abilities beyond the ones I already had. I have two. One is of very limited use and not worth talking about. 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