{"id":4578,"date":"2021-01-29T19:28:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T19:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/?p=4578"},"modified":"2021-01-29T19:36:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T19:36:31","slug":"plans-prescriptions-an-exoplanet-and-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/plans-prescriptions-an-exoplanet-and-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans, Prescriptions, an Exoplanet and Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I only wrote 18 words for my current “Dr Faustus” post yesterday. Partly because the screen went black around mid-afternoon. On the bright side, my computer did reboot. Eventually.<\/p>\n

My plan for today is to get this journal entry finished, do more writing and maybe pick up prescriptions at the local Walmart. Not necessarily in that order.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Prescriptions During a Pandemic: Mostly Routine<\/h4>\n

\"CentraCare,<\/a>The last few times I’ve called prescription requests in, the pharmacy’s recorded introduction told me that COVID-19 vaccines are not yet available in my state.<\/p>\n

Probably because that’s the most common question. Or among the most common. Understandably, I suppose.<\/p>\n

My reaction to the Walmart pharmacy’s unsolicited announcement is \u2014 a trifle complicated.<\/p>\n

I’m not elated to have an extra few seconds added to the time I wait before entering my prescription requests. But letting what’s at worst a minor delay inspire annoyance strikes me as a waste of effort.<\/p>\n

Besides, I’m curious about when COVID-19 vaccinations will come to folks like me. I’ve talked about that before. Along with a mess of other topics.<\/p>\n

Getting prescriptions during the COVID-19 pandemic as been uneventful. Which I don’t mind a bit. Particularly since production and shipment of the meds could have been, and probably was, affected by pandemic precautions. And that’s another topic. Almost.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Kepler-22b: NASA’s Exoplanet Image of the Day for Tuesday<\/h4>\n

\"NASA\/Ames\/JPL-Caltech's<\/a>I noticed Kepler-22b in this week’s ‘science news,’ which seemed odd: since the ‘news’ was that Kepler-22b was around 2.4 times Earth’s diameter, orbiting a sun-like star and in the star’s habitable zone.<\/p>\n

It’s true, and historically significant, but hasn’t been news for years.<\/p>\n

Then I saw that it was NASA’s exoplanet ‘image of the day.’<\/p>\n