"Which is worse, to be too often protected, and thereby forget the suffering of others, or to suffer them oneself?
There is, perhaps, a middle course: to be out in the world enough to be toughened,
but to have a shelter sufficient to stave off callousness and wretchedness."
- William T. Vollmann
There is, perhaps, a middle course: to be out in the world enough to be toughened,
but to have a shelter sufficient to stave off callousness and wretchedness."
- William T. Vollmann
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Struck Down by the Dreaded Lurgy
My dissolute youth has, once again, come back to haunt me by way of a weakened immune system. Mononucleosis and all that, y'know.
First Milla got 'flu and then she kindly passed it on to me. It was a particularly nasty strain (for me) and I'm only now beginning to surface after a week in bed, coughing and wheezing. Thank dog for asthma pumps and calendula balm facial tissues!
Oh, and some boffin disconnected my cell phone a month too soon, so no one can contact me. It should be back up and running by the end of today. Here's hoping....
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