Liquid state of emergency

The stomach ailment that my wife was coping with has hit me. Stayed home from work today and got little done, except some elements of my weekly work schedule (which I brought home the day before, not knowing I would be so ill) and a couple dungeons in the re-mixed "Ocarina of Time Master Quest" on Gamecube. Add in some Massive Attack and comfy clothes and I'm feeling just a wee bit guilty. Could have I actually made it into work today?

Then again, it's hard to get anything done when your lower intestine becomes a water balloon, urgently requesting emptying at sudden and alarming random intervals (like when you are going to the grocery store to pick up some nice, bland food).

My darling wife camped out on the couch, reading and watching "Unsolved Mysteries" while I marched on, the brave little solider that I am, trying to make sure I don't get behind at work. Found out the home office is dropping one of our group, and his work is getting piled on to another co-worker. Plus, we don't have a reliable replacement if me or my co-worker is home sick for a prolonged period, so...I upset my boss by taking work home with me (I'm not supposed to, union rules and all), but just what am I going to do?

Enough bitching. At least I don't have SARS. Speaking of SARS, Dr. Big Brother is watching you in Singapore if you happen to catch this year's media darling (Iraq was good for a few photo-ops, darling, but disease and panic is so...Biblical. Think of the audience! Think of the ratings!).

Speaking of feeling not-so-right

I'm not going to comment about Sen. Santorum's remarks about gays, bestiality, incest and so on. You can read about it anywhere these days (here's a link to get you started).

But this little moment of Zen in the transcript of the senator's remarks did catch my eye.

AP: I'm sorry, I didn't think I was going to talk about "man on dog" with a United States senator, it's sort of freaking me out.

Being a former newspaper reporter and editor, I've never ever known The Associated Press to get freaked out over anything. This is news itself! Talk about burying the lead.

Psychosomatic thought for the day

Can evil be transmitted like a virus?