I picked up a new bottle of NyQuil today. It's a special edition. That's right, a special edition cold medicine. The Pharmacologist's Reserve, if you will. It's cherry vanilla. It tastes like a shot. I imagine it being served in a test tube.

I'm calling it the Red Russian.

Right now, a sick day means in between coughing fits and blowing my nose, I can have toast made from black cherry chocolate bread, Salvadorean coffee (Christmas gift from a family friend), and sit with my latest entry on the reading list: John le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Maybe a sinus infection isn't so bad after all. Praise the Lord ( Read more... )

Before I say anything else about the Olympics, a moment of silence for Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritašvili, killed during a practice run at the Whistler track. Reports say he vaulted over a wall during a practice run and struck a support structure at close to 90 mph.

Who the hell comes down with a cold at 3:00 on a Friday? [eyeroll]

A belated Merry Christmas and an on-time Happy 2010 to everyone! I just returned from a trip to visit The Matriarch in New Jersey. I may write more about this later. Right now, I am feeling intensely the effects both of bronchitis and a week of very little sleep (I swear, my grandmother's guest beds are made of concrete).

January: On Addictions ( Read more... )

Re: Yesterday: Matthew Baldwin, you have no idea just how right you are.

By the way, I feel a lot better this morning.

When I was a freshman in college, a friend of mine said, "Never drink to forget about a girl. It makes her fucking omnipresent." He was right. It turns out, though, that the truth of this maxim is not limited strictly to relationships; it is also true for problems. Mind you, I'm not drinking to forget anything; I'm drinking because I bought a ( Read more... )

In discussions of human evolution, it is usually argued that humans from certain parts of the world, (and in particular, the Mediterranean, where my forbears are from) developed large amounts of body hair on their legs and forearms as defenses against mosquitoes, which often bore horrible diseases, and thus, were a great threat ( Read more... )

Sharing links with Ian right now. (Ow ow ow brain hurts)

IAN: "Did you see the security camera video of this guy in some office pissing in the coffee pot?"
SFIDA: "No. But something like that would explain the taste of the coffee in my office."

Re: Pontus

It was a hot topic of discussion in our office this week that America's one swine flu-related death occurred in Houston, and that the toddler in question was at the "swanky" Galleria the day before he started showing any symptoms, which is, I believe, the point at which most diseases are most communicable. The Galleria is only a couple ( Read more... )