Alan C. Baird's Blog: The Snoozeletter @ snzltr.blogspot.com, page 13

2022: time to get a digital driver license?

 

1) Will I get it directly from Arizona?

https://azdot.gov/motor-vehicles/driver-services/mobile-id

"there is no cost to use mID for at least the first year." Oh well, maybe I'll use it for 364 days.

2) Will I put it into my Apple Wallet?

https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-15

"Coming early 2022." Oh well, maybe I can wait.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/09/apple-announces-first-states-to-adopt-drivers-licenses-and-state-ids-in-wallet

(I got one from the #1 link. The head has been animated from a still picture, and it swivels slightly from side to side. Creepy.)

An Open Letter To The Vaccination Credential Initiative.

 

TO: VCI™ Steering Group -- Mayo Clinic, MITRE Corporation, Microsoft, The Commons Project Foundation, Evernorth, CARIN Alliance, UC San Diego Health, Apple

Dear Sirs/Madams:

You have made an inappropriate and ill-considered decision:

https://vci.org/updates/october-25th-2021

to remove MyIR:

https://myirmobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Myir_Mobile_QR_UPdate.pdf

from your list of valid/verified SMART Health Card issuers:

11Oct2021: https://web.archive.org/web/20211011162300/https://www.commontrustnetwork.org/verifier-list

Today: https://www.commontrustnetwork.org/verifier-list

As you know, MyIR has become the official recordkeeper for the immunization records maintained by eight government organizations (Arizona, DC, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Dakota, Washington, West Virginia), representing over 31 million people. So you are, in effect, denying millions of folks the opportunity to obtain the SMART Health Cards that would enable them to safely return to work, school and travel.

Please reconsider.

Sincerely,
Alan C. Baird
http://amazon.com/author/acb
https://sites.google.com/view/CovidVaxHelpLW

An Open Letter To The Vaccination Credential Initiative.

 

TO: The VCI™ Steering Group -- Mayo Clinic, MITRE Corporation, Microsoft, The Commons Project Foundation, Evernorth, CARIN Alliance, UC San Diego Health, Apple

Dear Sirs/Madams:

You have made an inappropriate and ill-considered decision to remove MyIR:

https://myirmobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Myir_Mobile_QR_UPdate.pdf

from your list of valid SMART Health Card issuers:

https://vci.org/updates/october-25th-2021

As you know, MyIR has become the official recordkeeper for the immunization records stored by eight governmental organizations (Arizona, DC, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Dakota, Washington, West Virginia), representing over 31 million people. So you are, in effect, denying those people the opportunity to obtain the SMART Health Cards that would enable them to safely return to work, school and travel.

Please reconsider.

Sincerely,
Alan C. Baird

Westfield High School (MA) outdoor track records, 1969.

 

100 Yard Dash - 10.1 - David Canterbury 1966 (1948-2007); Coaches Robert T. Andersen (1923-2017) & Reign G. Rix.
120 Yard High Hurdles - 15.4 - Pat Kamins 1968
180 Yard Low Hurdles - 21.5 - Gregory Grimm 1965 (1947-1994), Pat Kamins 1968
220 Yard Dash - 22.9 - Al Laude 1969 (1951-2018)
440 Yard Dash - 52.9 - Ronald Smith 1965
1/2 Mile Relay - 1:37.2 - Ralph Tarnauskas, Larry Andersen, Kerry Granfield, Al Laude 1969
1/2 Mile Run - 2:07.0 - Alan C. Baird 1969
1 Mile Run - 4:42.7 - Alan C. Baird 1969
2 Mile Run - 10:29.2 - Alan C. Baird 1969
Long Jump - 21'9½" - David Canterbury 1966
High Jump - 6'4¼" - Bert Cashman 1969
Pole Vault - 9'6" - Bruce Webber 1961, Jim Gusek & Gerry McGilpin 1969
Shot Put - 44'3" - Robert Tufts 1967
Discus - 132'5" - Robert Tufts 1967
Javelin - 168'3" - Robert LaPointe 1967

(+ Stephen FitzGerald, Robert Grace, Michael Kay, Bruce LaPointe. Michael Rood, William Walthall) and Cross Country.
at WHS Athletics + unofficial--and incorrect--records website + official records board:

Hoosier Daddy.

 

is the website for an art exhibition which "blankets the National Mall with over 660,000 white flags, showing the magnitude of our loss as a nation, while honoring each person who has died from COVID-19." This installation covers 20 acres beneath the Washington Monument. Search their for "Kevin Allen Densmore" to see the location of Kevin's flag. You can also search their for "Indianapolis, IN, USA" and scroll down to see the photo of Kevin that's also embedded here.

If you've lost someone to COVID-19...

 

...you can dedicate a flag to them on the National Mall, until September 30:

The Day The Planes Stopped Flying (20 years ago).

 

I wrote the following story on the afternoon of 9/11/2001. It was published the next day by an online ezine, and in a print anthology six weeks later: https://snzltr.blogspot.com/2008/09/#9

Read the 2021 Emmy-Nominated Scripts!

 

My latest aggregation article at Stage 32: https://Stage32.com/blog/2734



The Social Dilemma is screening for free until September 30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mqR_e2seeM

"Asking For A Friend."

 

It's my new essay, just published in this Australian anthology. Enjoy!

25 Miles From Here, Pure Slush Vol. 21

95 writers imagine what it's like to want to be anywhere but where they are right now... featuring stories, essays and poetry.

Screwed By Amazon's Dick Rocket Again.

 

AMAZON: Effective on or around September 18, Amazon is terminating your Amazon Associates account. Under your state’s unclaimed property laws, we are required to report and turn over to your state of residence the funds in your account as we had no record of contact with you within a period of time as prescribed by law.

ME: Um, here I am. And there's eight bucks in that account.

AMAZON: We are required to report and turn over to your state of residence the funds in your account.

ME: But now you've had contact with me. So send me the eight bucks, dammit.

AMAZON: Our rules say we can't disburse anything under ten dollars to you.

ME: But you CAN disburse it to the state?

AMAZON: Those are the rules.

ME: If you can transfer eight bucks to the state, you can certainly transfer the Unpaid Balance to the person who actually OWNS the money.

AMAZON: Sorry.

ME: F*ck you, Jeff Bezos, and the dick rocket you rode in on.