{"id":17590,"date":"2020-12-11T07:11:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T14:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=17590"},"modified":"2020-12-11T07:12:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T14:12:21","slug":"overnight-news-face-masks-are-a-joke-but-staying-away-from-sick-people-works-great-working-apart-from-each-other-makes-huge-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17590\/overnight-news-face-masks-are-a-joke-but-staying-away-from-sick-people-works-great-working-apart-from-each-other-makes-huge-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight News: Face masks are a joke, but staying away from sick people works great. Working apart from each other makes huge\u00a0sense."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_16586\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16586\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16586\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ya think it's easy?\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cIf you don\u2019t care for dog farts, just wear a face\u00a0mask!\u201d<\/p><\/div>Two confessions:<\/p>\n<p>First, I&#8217;ve always been the guy who works sick. I get respiratory syndromes that last for weeks, and I promise I have shed them to others.<\/p>\n<p>Second, I have become the guy who is expert at not getting respiratory syndromes that last for weeks \u2013 this as a years&#8217;-long project.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot I could talk about, but the big secret is this: Stay away from sick people.<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of good reasons for killing the beehive office complex, but the fact that you can&#8217;t kill me with your cooties if we only interact electronically seems hugely persuasive to me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Housing Wire:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/articles\/yun-fewer-people-will-work-from-home-after-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yun: fewer people will work from home after pandemic.<\/a> My take: Hide and watch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redfin:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/housing-market-pending-sales-up-31-pct\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Housing Market Update: Home Prices Up 15%, Pending Sales Rose 31%.<\/a> CTRL-F &#8216;riot&#8217;; not found.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Housing Wire:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/articles\/mortgage-interest-rates-hold-steady-at-record-lows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mortgage interest rates hold steady at record lows.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Federalist:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/12\/11\/congress-is-on-a-chaotic-december-spend-a-thon-with-the-nations-next-50-years-of-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Congress Is On A Chaotic December Spend-A-Thon With The Nation\u2019s Next 50 Years Of Money.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>City Journal:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/national-effects-of-georgia-state-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State Election, National Effects: The Georgia Senate runoffs will have implications from coast to coast.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>David Harsanyi:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/12\/10\/how-media-covered-up-the-hunter-biden-story-until-after-the-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How the media covered up the Hunter Biden story \u2014 until after the election.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The American Spectator:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/spectator.org\/texas-election-challenge-ken-paxton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Texas Election Challenge and Its Discontents.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Margot Cleveland:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/12\/09\/6-things-to-know-about-texass-supreme-court-petition-over-2020s-messed-up-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6 Things To Know About Texas\u2019s Supreme Court Petition Over 2020\u2019s Messed-Up Election.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watts Up With That?:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2020\/12\/10\/essential-facts-about-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Essential Facts About Covid-19.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The American Spectator:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/spectator.org\/fox-news-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News\u2019 Media Suicide.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t care for dog farts, just wear a face\u00a0mask!\u201dTwo confessions: First, I&#8217;ve always been the guy who works sick. I get respiratory syndromes that last for weeks, and I promise I have shed them to others. Second, I have become the guy who is expert at not getting respiratory syndromes that last for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,26,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-group-therapy","7":"category-lending","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-real-estate","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14685,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14685\/caption-obama-before-his-face-freezes-like-that\/","url_meta":{"origin":17590,"position":0},"title":"Caption Obama &#8212; before his face freezes like that.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"June 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"My vote: \"I don't get it. This stunt always used to work with my Gammy.\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Big Mother&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Big Mother","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/big-mother\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":830,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/830\/real-estate-resolutions-cough-less-earn-more\/","url_meta":{"origin":17590,"position":1},"title":"Real estate resolutions: Cough less, earn more . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"January 1, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"When I get sick, I get really sick. I've had full-blown pneumonia twice in recent years. I have always been able to blast through illness, but, sometime after my arms got too short to read without glasses, that privilege was revoked. In consequence, when I get a respiratory infection now,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4799,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/4799\/the-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":17590,"position":2},"title":"The Life","author":"Geno Petro","date":"October 4, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I know a guy who makes stupid money. He doesn't even call it money. He calls it trump. \"I make sick trump,\" he once told me. (Stupid money.) \"I have a Hot Mess at home,\" he continued. \"And she's sick, too.\" (An attractive girlfriend with a drinking problem.) \"It's ill.\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Disintermediation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Disintermediation","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/disintermediation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3282,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3282\/casual-friday-caption-this-photo\/","url_meta":{"origin":17590,"position":3},"title":"Casual Friday: Caption this photo","author":"Greg Swann","date":"June 27, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"My entry: \"Because I happen to like Argyle socks, that's why!\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Casual Friday&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Casual Friday","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/casual-friday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3822,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3822\/caption-this-photo-president-bush-at-the-olympics\/","url_meta":{"origin":17590,"position":4},"title":"Caption this photo: President Bush at the Olympics","author":"Greg Swann","date":"August 9, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"My entry: \"A gentleman always makes eye-contact.\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Casual Friday&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Casual Friday","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/casual-friday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8385,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8385\/caption-me-this-magnum\/","url_meta":{"origin":17590,"position":5},"title":"Caption Me This Magnum","author":"Brian Brady","date":"May 13, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"My vote?\u00a0 \"Who let Higgins in to your closet, Thomas? \" Sometimes, you just gotta have a sense of humor.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Casual Friday&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Casual Friday","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/casual-friday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17590"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17592,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17590\/revisions\/17592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}