What time is it? What day is it? I have no idea.

It is exactly some- thing o'clock. Yes, I'm sure!

Of all the changes in our lives these past months-- self isolation, working and/or schooling at home, virtual this and virtual that, wearing a mask (You are, aren't you?), changing world--I really don't always know what day it is by date or name and often lose concept of time.

Those skills are leaving us because time itself is lost. We do seek comfort recalling what used to be and being reminded of what we still have.

For comfort, we look to the Arts. The arts are timeless and offer keys to our salvation. Paintings, like 'Melting Watch' by Salvador Dali, shows the vagueness of time itself.

We only have to look at Norman
Rockwell's "Happy Birthday Miss Jones" to reminisce and wonder when, if ever, something like this will happen again.

(God bless our teachers!)

We know that the world is a very strange and different place now, we see it and feel it in Hieronymus Bosh's work, 'The Garden of Earthly Delights." (showing one of three panels which is enough to show 'very strange and different.' in this expansive and graphic work made small on purpose.

Seeing Rock- well's vaccin- ating doctor, we take comfort in the realization that we too may soon have a 'get out of jail' card up our sleeve... but not real, real soon. (A shot in the arm though, right?) When we have that, it is anyone's guess as to how long it will take for all those who desire, to be vaccinated, ("a-one and a-two and a doodly doodly do...) and will that be enough?

Meanwhile, much is also happening on medical treatments that could lessen the effects and provide a covid-19 recipe for recovery. The catch is, you have to get it in the first place.

Will you be in line to aggressively fight this monster?


As reality sets in, we must take comfort where we find it. For many, that is a warm cup of soup on a cold day... or a cold cup of soup on a warm day, though that does sound less appealing, but bear with me so I can use Andy Warhol's "Campbell's Tomato Soup" art which is valued at $11.7 million... no cheapskate me.

Finally, we seek comfort that our President is "cognitively there" when we need him... and he assured us that he is. Repeating for us what he just said is Sarah Cooper.

We have nothing to fear but fear itself. God help us!

Death is God's way of telling you to slow down...

But a new technical break- 
through has given you a way to beat the odds, sort of. Holograms rock... and so do the dead.

Michael Jackson has made more money being dead than most of us will ever see in our lifetimes... unless you are Donald Trump. And that number will grow dramatically thanks to the sold-out dead concerts soon, several lawsuits notwithstanding.

Since Michael died on June 25, 2009, he has made more than $2 Billion... and those who know estimate that before he is extra-dead, he could top out at $60 Billion or more, including MICHAEL JACKSON LIVE DEAD in concert! Bill Gates eat your heart out.

Side Note: Oh, sorry Bill, you are THE great example-- still alive and you keep on giving back. According to Melinda Gates who manages the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, $33.5 billion has already been spent  and has saved millions of lives. Even better, most of the remaining Gates' billions will be added at their deaths to save many millions more. Imagine leaving a charitable bequest that could top $100 billion. Thank you so much for all you do with your fortune.)

So how would you like to see Liberace in concert this next weekend? (Don't answer.) Well, you can, sort of. You could also see Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Whitney Houston, Marilyn Monroe and others who are just semi-dead... a mere technicality.

Dead celebrities have been revived in commercials for years, usually using archived footing. Fred Astaire danced with a Dirt Devil in 1997. Remember Michael Jackson at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards? (Truly amazing.) New technology now can bring them back even more unbelievably in three dimensions for new performances before live audiences.

One trick is fusing a computer-generated animation of the dead celebrity's head onto a body double. Are you listening Ted Williams? Those most usable deceased would be those who left lots of archived footage. Bing Crosby is the poster boy here... he pitched everything from Chesterfield cigarettes to Kraft cheese. Here's to your health, Bing. Oh, never mind.

There is even talk of a second life for Andy Warhol who died in 1987 and maybe even Lassie (though there were five Lassies... and all of them female impersonators and they all looked exactly alike.) The important thing though, is Timmy was rescued from the well.

Do I see Sara Palin and fam?. Not so fast, Sara,

One of the most impressive "live" performances can be seen at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois. Having been to 10 presidential libraries, this is a 'must see' for a lot of reasons. Just be wary, what you see may not be what you think you see.