You Will Waste Time, and You Will Like it! - 15 February 2022 - Plague Journal Day 705

Micah 6:8
Psalm 90:12
Yes, your life matters.

Some of you are still sheltering in place, but fear not: I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?

Can you believe it? Seventeen years ago, on 15 February 2005, YouTube was launched in the US. Who knew back then that a single url could hold more video than everyone could watch for the rest of time? Certainly I didn't.

Forty years earlier, on 15 February 1965, Canada adopted its current national flag showing a maple leaf. Given their recent transformation into a seeming dictatorship, one can only wonder if a new flag won't be in the offing. At least it's already red. (I grew up in the era of Better Dead than Red, so I saw this coming long ago.)

Today's freewrite prompt word is Flounder

Apart from Stephen Furst's fabulous performance in the role of Brother Flounder, my main non-culinary association with flounders would be from Rocky and Bullwinkle. "Fan mail from some flounder?" was Bullwinkle's suggestion. It was a meme in the days before memes! (a proto-meme?) What a wonderful show that was. There were plenty of jokes and allusions for the adults forced to watch along with the kids, but not in a way that took away from the enjoyment of those kids. Brilliant writing.
It would be nice to come across something - anything - nearly that good today. Suggestions?

Thanks.

Keep Calm and Don't Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.
The mental health issues related to our insane lockdown and the pandemic are especially hard for people with depression. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has a 24 hour helpline: 800-950-6264.