Headlong Into The Petri Dish A Tour In The Covid-19 World

By Mike Jamison

#949 - posted Sunday September 27, 2020 by Neil Gunton There is a classic Seinfeld episode where George Costanza gets laid off from his job with the NY Yankees. He and Jerry are at a sidewalk cafe when George opens a letter from his former employer. It shares the happy news he's entitled to three full months of severance pay. When he learns of this, George launches into a manic description of the shape his life could take with full income and no duties.



"Full pay for doing nothing Jerry! I'm really gonna do something with these three months! I'm gonna read a book ... from beginning to end ... in that order! I'm gonna play Frolf ... Frisbee Golf Jerry! Golf with a Frisbee! This is gonna be my time to taste the fruits and let the juices drip down my chin! I proclaim this, THE SUMMER OF GEORGE!!!" - read this journal