So much news, so little time...

Funny, my last post was about the Swine Flu. Mike, Jeffrey and I all had it. I was off work for 12 days. Having had influenza before, I can say it wasn't as bad as last time. My fever never got above 101 and though I was miserable I didn't want someone to put me out of my misery. The best part was when Mike coughed his teeth out.

I was able to finish my final project while home sick. I now officially have a masters in health administration. If I ever say I want to go back to school again, I hope someone whack me over the head.

"Swine" flu

I cannot believe, well no I can believe, how many idiots are actually running countries in this world. I understand uneducated people avoid pork because of the title swine flu, but for a country like Egypt to start slaughtering pigs? Do they have a moron running their health system with no scientific background? There is just no excuse in today's world to allow oneself to be uneducated. There is so much information on the internet, both accurate and inaccurate. For God's sake do some research before you act like an 18th century person who still believed germs were "evil humours".

No more nude hiking in Switzerland

Bummer. I just saw an article in which nude hiking has been banned in Switzerland. There goes my chance to get road rash on my ass sliding down the alps.

Tea Parties

I've been meaning to write about the Tea Parties from Wednesday, April 15th; an apropos date to protest taxes. I would have loved to go but I was busy earning money to pay my taxes as well as other things such as mortgage, car payments and food. The absolute partisanship of both sides of the supposed press makes me nuts. I really do believe Fox went over the line from reporting on the tea parties to promoting them; but to give them credit, I think they were doing that to get ratings and it worked. The other major news outlets barely covered them or outright lied about the events, claiming hardly anyone showed up or that the tea parties were the brain child of the Repubclican Party and Fox News. The tea parties were about more than just taxes but rather what our government does with those taxes whether we agree or not. I don't believe we should bail out one company just because they are large but let every other smaller business fail. There should be no favoritism. And quite frankly, if I fail it is on me; why are others not allowed to fail?

Confickered

I work for an academic medical center. As might be expected university affiliated organization have a big target on their foreheads concerning worms and viruses. Of course, we also have a large workforce on the internet who can bring the damn thing in. Well, we got confickered. I don't think the worm itself is causing all the havoc but rather all the steps we have to take to avoid any damage. Access to the internet was shut off for a while, email was disrupted. It was a royal pain in the ass. When I left, my computer was doing a scan for the worm. I figure I can finish all the steps to protect my stuff on Monday.

Political Post

I had vowed never to write about politics because I hate it when people spout their political beliefs as if everyone who doesn't agree with them are idiots, racist, homophobic, bigoted, hate-mongers. However, I have become so afraid of what our government has been doing to us and is threatening to do to us in the future that I must warn you now. Politics may creep into this blog now and then. I cannot fathom why there are so many people who do not see Obama's power grabs for what they are. He scares me shitless. I've always paid attention to who was running the country but never before have I feared what our so-called leaders could do to effect my life personally. This new leadership could literally change my life and not for the better!

I must admit now that I am playing with my blog as a way to avoid writing my paper for school. But, I'm sure I will return to this vein of conversation later.

Chastised by my son

The following is a text conversation between Jeffrey and I:
Mom: R U home tonite?

Jeffrey: Yes

Mom: Can you put lasagna in the oven? I think it takes 2 hours to cook.

Jeffrey: Uh...fine.

Mom: Gee don't sound so exited.

Jeffrey: You realize you don't speak english when you text?

Mom: How is that not english?

Jeffrey: You use letters not words

Mom: What if I don't know the right letters? Rewrite my sentence (Here I thought I was supposed to maybe shorten more words, what do I know)

Jeffrey: You say R U all the time! Instead of are you. You even have a keypad!

Mom: Oh. You're saying not to abbreviate. I thought you were supposed to. Hey, you say K all the time.

Jeffrey: K is something I say in my vocabulary (now he's using big words at me). Sometimes I say ok but I say k a lot.

Mom: There was another one you said this week, I just don't remember. So you're telling my I'm uncool?

Jeffrey: Bad grammar doesn't mean you're cool (ouch! That hurt!)

Mom: Don't forget the lasagna. Grumpy.

Jeffrey: I just preheated the oven. Mistress

Texting with Jeffrey is a blast.