Flu | Flu
Jun.17.2013
Well, not exactly, but saying you caught the flu from someone on the bus seemed like a pretty boring title, so I went with that.
I love mass transit, don't get me wrong! Dueto damage in my right ete from an accident, my depth percetion vanishes about 10ft from me, so it's eitiher bus, or cab...
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Mar.27.2013
March 15th I drove home on a sunny afternoon from teaching my math and literature classes at Torat. I went home for a brief period to change, then got in my car to drive to my tutoring job for a few hours. On the way my nose kept running and I kept sneezing. Once at the center I still kept on...
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Mar.14.2013
I've descended into the shelter to wait for the shit storm to pass. The very thing that is supposed to be saving my life feels like it's killing me.
Except for those sneaky blood clots, I had tolerated treatment fairly well until this week. I now fully appreciate just how powerfully awful this...
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Feb.05.2013
It’s hard to believe, but the same folks who’ve instigated fashion induced bunions, sprained ankles, deep vein thrombosis, acid reflux, yeast infections and constipation, have concocted ways to avert colds and flu during NY Fashion Week crunch time.
The fashion industry might've been in...
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Jan.23.2013
Flu.
Too.
(Boo-hoo.)
-- Earl Merkel
(POSTSCRIPT, POETIC: "Loo" has a place here, too. Screw! -- EM)
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This plaintive lament drew an outpouring of ...uh... sympathy from Faithful Readers, via Facebook:
FAITHFUL READER RICH: "Flu?, Oh, poo--not you."
EM Response: Alas...
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Jan.11.2013
Oh yeah.
I was determined to keep writing...at my desk...as usual....
Ha.
Turned on computer.
Opened current project. Ran spell-check. Saved file.
Coughed. Moaned.
Stared at screen.
Tried to find synonym for "Thing."
Watched words melt into each other.
Decided "Thing" should stay "thing...
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Jan.11.2013
For the duration of the current flu outbreak, I have a new uniform-of-the-day-(&-night). My Redroom profile photo has now been updated to reflect this heightened sense of caution.
Really, Faithful Readers-- g'wan. Tell me you aren't thinking the same flippin' thing.
-- Earl Merkel...
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Oct.30.2012
I meet two female friends for an after work drink at the Windsor Castle Pub. I give one (Lady A) the socially compulsory kiss on the cheek. I turn to the other (Lady B) but she takes a step back. "I have a cold," she says.
Lady A promptly sidesteps away from her. Lady...
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Jan.04.2012
DO NOT CATCH THIS FLU. The Flu first emerges as a deceptively mild cold that lasts for 3 days or so. You may even feel the cold disappearing and your energy flaring anew, but DO NOT BE FOOLED. For verily, on the 4th day, the Flu shall blossom and soak and rage through your helpless flesh, and...
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Oct.07.2011
Hello, here are a few reminders: Don't forget your flu shot. Talk with your health care provicer about the pnuemonia shot and the shot for shingles. These are all things that are doubly dangerous for the diabetic. Don't forget to have easily opened food for power outages and a cooler...
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