Sametime is the instant messaging client we use at work. It allows users to edit a status message to indicate "I am active" or "Working from home" or "I am at a meeting." Long ago, I got bored with simple messages like that and started coming up with something creative every day instead. These are my daily status messages.
Maybe reading two consecutive books about pandemics wasn't the best idea I've ever had.
Explanation: I just finished Chuck Pahlaniuk's Rant: The Oral Biography of Buster Casey which, among other things, involves a rabies epidemic. By the end of the book, I was completely aware of every possible way I could contract rabies in my day-to-day life. When I finished the book, I decided to pick up Stephen King's The Stand. While I knew that The Stand involved most of humanity dying out, I had forgotten that it was due to a government-created flu. Every time a person in the book has the sniffles, they and everyone they've come into contact with are dead within a couple of days. As a result, I am now hyper-sensitive to sniffles, coughs, sneezes, wheezes, and everything else you might see in a NyQuil commercial.
If you sneeze and I pause for a moment, I apologize. I'm just envisioning the end of civilization as we know it.
Special Blog Bonus: This has nothing to do with anything, but a friend emailed me this video of a couple's first dance at their wedding. I wish I could say I was this creative.
Maybe this is one of the best things you could have done. If you're now ultra-sensitive to these symptoms, you'll be extra vigilant against the looming threat of Bird Flu. I suggest all of your loyal readers should follow your lead and read these books ASAP.
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Maybe this is one of the best things you could have done. If you're now ultra-sensitive to these symptoms, you'll be extra vigilant against the looming threat of Bird Flu. I suggest all of your loyal readers should follow your lead and read these books ASAP.
Somehow, I knew this post would bring on a mention of Bird Flu...
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