Just sick. But much better now (I think).
Yesterday, I woke up with the first truly terrible cold I have had in years. A while ago Ann Althouse was boasting about how long she had blogged without ever failing to get at least one post up, but the possibility of a similar achievement for me was blown to smithereens last July, you may recall, when I ended up in the hospital for a week with a monster hematoma in my leg. So I didn’t even visit my office or a computer on Monday, and decided to try to sleep all day, at least as much as possible between all the hacking and sneezing (and the day began at 7 AM with an MRI).
I did worry about Ethics Alarms, wondering how many comment bombs “A Friend” would leave without me being able to spam them, and also about kawaii65c843be72, who has taken over for mermaidmary (where has she gone?) as WordPress’s random punching bag with every attempted comment ending up in the moderation queue for no discernible reason. The lately AWOL Alizia’s comments also tend to land in spam or moderation, but that’s only because her opuses usually are approximately as long as “Don Quixote.”
Last July one of you actually sent the Alexandria police to my home on a status check, so this is official notice that such concern isn’t necessary. Come on—would I shuffle off these mortal coils while the Boston Red Sox are in the midst of an 18-2 run?
Post Script: A real friend immediately started bugging me to get a “COVID test.” You mean a Wuhan virus test? I know what my colds feel like, thanks, but she was one of millions so terrified and brain-washed by The Great Stupid’s most destructive trick, the pandemic panic, that she will literally never be the same. My first substantive post today will deal with the recent revelations proving that Dr. Fauci, that asshole, was even more of an Ethics Villain than I thought.
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rest and fluids, tylenol for fever and aches.
Thanks. My main objective is to avoid bronchitis, which used to cripple me every year for months at a time. Rest and fluids it is. (It got so bad one year that I few to the Bahamas. That worked too…)
Glad to know you’re still among us. Very sorry about your illness, though. Summer colds are awful. While it’s uncharacteristic of you to stop posting in the afternoon, there’s always the chance that life has required something unexpected of you so I tend not to be overly concerned unless it’s been over 24 daylight hours with no sign of you.
Yes, please on the Fauci post, assuming you are hydrated and rarin’ to go. The Democrats and their allies in the news media and the entertainment industry will play it off as “It isn’t what it is” but we’ve known for years that it was what it was.
Right after a nap….
This should be your Fauci graphic. https://x.com/i/status/2081847595442262020
I sympathize. This summer has been horrible here with daughter 2 having pneumonia. Whatever it was, I got it too and ot turned to pneumonia. Daughters 3 and 4 got a bad cold with a 103+ degree fever that cleared up after 4-5 days. Daughter 1 got pneumonia and turns out to have a rather exciting allergy to the Z-pack. And daughter 5 got a bad enough cold and is young enough (<1) that they treated for incipient ear infections and possible pneumonia with antibiotics. That started the second week of June and we still have several days of second antibiotics on daughter 1.
Don’t be us. Get better before you need antibiotics.
Not to be macabre or morbid – but I’m hoping there’s a succession plan for a new host and moderator with great insights and instincts. It would be a shame to just one day visit and … “That’s all folks!”
We’ll need a ten step program.
“I’m hoping there’s a succession plan for a new host and moderator with great insights and instincts.”
We could set up an ILIT; I’m not licensed in VA, but could do a non-resident deal.
Now…if we could just find a lawyer to set it up….
PWS
The cold virus’ I’ve caught from my grandchildren last them about a day and wipe me out for a friggin week. I’ve had to sleep sitting up so I can breathe. It really sucks.
Glad you’re on the mend.
About a month before the “two weeks to flatten the curve” mask mandates lifted, I was on day ten of feeling fatigued and saw a pile of Wuhan test kits on clearance at the grocery store.
The vaccine side effects were worse than the real thing, but at least they only lasted two days.
Maybe the vaccine took the edge off? Maybe it didn’t. Maybe if we didn’t have modern DNA sequencing and surveillance the whole mess would have just been thought to be a bad flu year. Maybe we ought not to outsource our biological weapon research to communist countries who only tolerate us because we buy their rope.
Hope you’re better soon!
can’t let this post go without paying home.
attention must be paid:
clang] Bring out…
[rewr!] …your dead!
[rewr!]
[clang]
Bring out your dead!
CUSTOMER: Here’s one.
CART MASTER: Nine pence.
DEAD PERSON: I’m not dead!
CART MASTER: What?
CUSTOMER: Nothing. Here’s your nine pence.
DEAD PERSON: I’m not dead!
CART MASTER: ‘Ere. He says he’s not dead!
CUSTOMER: Yes, he is.
DEAD PERSON: I’m not!
CART MASTER: He isn’t?
CUSTOMER: Well, he will be soon. He’s very ill.
DEAD PERSON: I’m getting better!
CUSTOMER: No, you’re not. You’ll be stone dead in a moment.
CART MASTER: Oh, I can’t take him like that. It’s against regulations.
DEAD PERSON: I don’t want to go on the cart!
CUSTOMER: Oh, don’t be such a baby.
CART MASTER: I can’t take him.
DEAD PERSON: I feel fine!
CUSTOMER: Well, do us a favor.
CART MASTER: I can’t.
CUSTOMER: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won’t be long.
CART MASTER: No, I’ve got to go to the Robinsons’. They’ve lost nine today.
CUSTOMER: Well, when’s your next round?
CART MASTER: Thursday.
DEAD PERSON: I think I’ll go for a walk.
CUSTOMER: You’re not fooling anyone, you know. Look. Isn’t there something you can do?
DEAD PERSON: [singing] I feel happy. I feel happy.
[whop]
CUSTOMER: Ah, thanks very much.
CART MASTER: Not at all. See you on Thursday.
CUSTOMER: Right. All right.
Yeah, we’re all so spoiled by all the content that when it drops for 24 hours, alarms start going off. I hope you keep improving and return to 100% health soon!
Please get well soon,Jack!