Diary of a Dissenter: A Week From My Window

'fascismissit' n. the feeling you have when something comes to an end that you hated but which caused you to experience an occasional sliver of inexpressible joy which may not recur.

The Needle and the Damage Done

SATURDAY

I’ve started coming across what to me is an entirely new phenomenon, probably inspired by Covid, which at first sight appears just as less-than-useless as everything (and everyone) else in the Covid zone: Wrapped stirring sticks.  

That’s right: stirring sticks wrapped in individual little envelopes of paper. Every o…