The Last Time I Got a Cold …

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. . . it turned into pneumonia, and therefore I took alarm when I got a runny nose today. So I went to bed, figuring that the strain of coping with Post-CPAC Bloggers Gone Crazy Week (as I’ve begun to describe it) might be undermining my physical well-being.

However, my wife surprised me this afternoon by bringing home a chocolate milkshake for her ailing hubby. Getting up out of bed long enough to drink that, I felt obliged to do a quick post to explain why I might be mostly offline for a while. Some notes before I go back to bed:

So that’s just a wee bit of links to tide you over until Smitty can get online and begin blogging. If this little sniffly cold turns into something more serious — which I pray it won’t — so that this turns out to be my last post before departing for that Big Blog in the Sky, let my last bequest be the Five Most Important Words in the English Language:

Hit the Freaking Tip Jar!




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  2. Take Airborne every four hours.  It will help you get over whatever it is you have faster.  Really!

    Tell Mrs. Other to get the Wallgreens brand – it’s much cheaper. 

  5. Bloody good thing you were dressed in manly pants, and not a slutty short skirt, or it *would* be pneumonia, and the dried up harpies would blame YOU for the illness!

  9. Get better!  The bloggysphere can’t function without you!

    In other news, give me a call when you’re feeling better (the number hasn’t changed).  We have less than stellar news in L.S.

  10.  I hope you feel better soon, Stacy! Steve stole my idea, I was going to tell you to have a hot toddy, but if you want to give it a tropical feel (in honor of your upcoming trip to Vanuatu), then instead of OJ & whiskey, you can do warm pineapple juice, honey & rum, maybe with a little umbrella in it too!

  12. Feel better. And get a pneumonia shot! I got sick of landing in the hospital with my friends and family looking scared to death for a week so I got one.

    So far, one emergency room visit for my blasted asthma, and nothing else. The shot makes a huge difference.

  13. The famous theraflu toddy (as developed by my household): One shot of whiskey; 1 tablespoon honey; the juice of one half of one lemon from the tree outside the door; one packet of theraflu night-time; boiling water.

    Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Cut a translucent slice from the other half of the lemon and float it on top. Allow to cool for approximately five minutes (while the patient is being put to bed), then serve.

    Be sure to catch the cup as the patient drops off to sleep.

  14. Feel better RS!  Get some Jewish Chicken soup! Cures everything known to man.

    Also, if I cannot raise $1,500 by Wed, I cannot go up to the CAGOP Convo (where they will vote on the platform).

    Thanks for your help.  

  15. Well, best wishes on your recovery.  It won’t be quite the same with out America’s Top Gonzo Reporter on the job.

  16. Mildly disturbing side note: the original Gonzo reporter, Hunter S. Thompson, died seven years ago today.
     

  19. Saline solution in both nostrils often, 24/7, get it way up in the sinus cavity and let is drip from inside down into the throat (with head back, e.g. while lying down). Generic brands are just as good as elites. And don’t pick nose. If nose sore inside (from picking), q-tip Neosporin to the spot between saline solution nasal duches. Bronchial infections usually start inside the nose/sinus cavity. Ergo keep those clean, unharmed, per above. Also good to rest, as you’re doing, especially in consideration of dietary and nervous stresses placed on your body. Be strong, be happy.

  21. The  Virginia Breakfast was designed for the morning before University of Virginia home football games, but has been know to cure almost everything.  You will need:

    One (1) 16-ounce steak
    One (1) fifth of good bourbon
    One (1) mature hound dog

    Oh, the dog?  He eats the steak, of course . . .

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