Denial Ain’t Just a River

Everyone is different, but from what I’ve heard, the flu that’s going around locally seems to last about a week. I’m in my sixth day, so that seems about right. My fever receded a day or so ago, which is a good sign, but I still feel terrible, and given the (so far) slow rate of recovery, am not really confident I’ll be that much better tomorrow. I have no energy, am irritable and depressed, and just wish this thing would be over!

And the fun continues this week, as Sheryl seems to be coming down with something now.

And … it’s all my fault. Here’s a tip. You’re smart enough not to mention to a family member or friend, “Say, it’s quite late in the season and I haven’t been sick!” Of course you know that. It’s called tempting fate or something.

What you may not have realized is that the mere act of having the thought, of thinking to yourself, “whew, looks like maybe I made it through this season without a major illness” is enough to trigger the aforementioned illness. I remember exactly where I was, 10 days or so ago, when I had that very exact conversation with myself. And here we are.

This health update and public service brought to you in the spirit of nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile.

No association with Marshamellow, but I wanted to link back as a thanks for borrowing the image she created.

I’ve spent time visiting our local nursing home since I was a young cub scout performing Christmas carols, and I’m pretty sure the residents of Bethany Home would enjoy a visit from the balloon hat man. His creations are so whimsical and colorful that it makes me interested in learning more about how they’re done!

Until then, there’s this video:

Thanks to Boing Boing for the link!

Artist: Richard Powers
Album: More Important Than Facts

This was a fun little diversion! From Texas Trifles, via a long path back to Eric.

To make things easier to play along, I’ve copied the rules from Eric’s site:

Here are the steps:

* Visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first article title on the page is the name of your band.

* Visit http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the last quote on the page is the title of your album.

* Visit http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
The third picture on the page is your album cover.

I modified rule 2 by dropping an article (”the”) from the quote I used.

I hope the very talented photographer who provided the image enjoys this if he sees it.

Yes, that’s a crab, and yes, that’s a trash can. No, it’s not a still from a horror movie. Click the image to find out more about this coconut cracking, seemingly larger-than-life, hermit crab.

Thanks to apostropher for the link.