Trivia, Humor & Satire

Although the stock market has rallied in the past week, the companies whose initial public offerings have been doing well may not portend a rosy future.  These successful startups and their advertising campaigns demonstrate that investors are banking on bad news. [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]

The coronavirus has introduced new phrases into the American lexicon.  At first I didn’t understand what they meant because I had heard (or misheard) these terms in a different context.  Below you will see why I was confused: [Laurie Baron, PhD]

It had been the healthiest of times, but then it became the sickest of times.  One day the rabies vaccine stopped working.  There was a new virulent strain of distemper transmitted by wolves to their domesticated relatives.  Dogs frothed at the mouth and bit humans and other dogs.  Those who became infected suffered terribly and some died.     [Satire by Elona Baron as told to Laurie Baron]

When you yearn for the facts                                                                                                                            
To know how to react,                                                                                                                               
Call on Fauci! [Satire column by Laurie Baron]

Imagine there’s no virus
To keep us all inside.
No news of it spreading   
Or numbers who have died.   
(Parody by Laurie Baron, Ph.D.)

As was evident in my last column, I know all about the coronavirus.  Ever since my owners have sequestered themselves in the house, I have observed them exhibiting odd behaviors which I fear are symptoms of the illness.  Their eyes have become glazed from watching too much television.  They even listen for extended periods to what the Golden Retriever is spouting on screen, a clinically proven cause of anxiety and high blood pressure.   They previously turned the television off or switched channels whenever he appeared and spoke.  [Humor by Elona Baron as told to Lawrence Baron]