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Space is a cosmic wasteland that invites strange instances that we may not be equipped with enough senses to understand. But despite that fact, humans are a species gifted with cognition and the motivation to explore. Whether it’s to the depths of the oceans or to the far reaches of interstellar travel. When NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley lifted off in late May and jettisoned to the heavens, many onlookers saw that as a wise choice in a time like this. But I’m not ready to buy a condo on Mars just yet.
Everyone anticipated this year to be the start of something great to usher in the new decade. It was just a change that nobody saw coming. 2019 seemed to be overall a pretty good year and then the start of 2020 was like drinking orange juice right after brushing your teeth. Within the first month, it felt like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse had arrived having taken the form of threats of World War III, Australian wildfires, Kobe Bryant’s passing, and a virus that has tainted my appetite for a certain pale lager. Since then each month has been a Christian Bale body transformation different from the last one. We have tripped into a timeline so strange I wouldn’t be surprised if they started airing The Twilight Zone on the History Channel.
The virus surge destroyed so many lives by its ability to spread under the radar which caused a ripple effect…
