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With any real luck, I"ve had my fall bug. Last wednesday, at work, I felt a tickle in the throat, by shift end, I was sneezing like I'd just emptied a vacuum cleaner bag. By midnight, I was full blown sick. The next 5 days was typical "not the flu but feels just like it". What amazed me was how quickly it came on, usually I feel out of it for a day or two, then it comes on steadily. This one surprised both Irma and I. She said I went from looking normal, to looking really bad, in merely a couple of hours.

It has been going around work, my supervisor actually thanked me for not coming in thursday, too many of us feel the need to grind through it and work sick, especially with our standard short staffing, but that just spreads it around faster. Or maybe it just gets us all over it so we can face the rest of the season ready... Hah.....

I"m sure most of you know that I dislike the ugliness of politics. It's a necessary evil, I guess, I just wish we could do it without the venomous hatred that's coming out every 2 years now. Humor, on the other hand, even satirical, is less painful. A while back, I ran across a funny, well made, poke fun at everyone web cartoon/song. Give it a listen at... http://www.jibjab.com/originals/time_for_some_campaignin

Getting away from politics, work, and without even thinking about the economy (yeesh, I feel like someone just lifted a black cloud from about my head), I'm mapping out my next phase of writing. I'm going to finish the first draft of Imperfect Hope, and I'll poke through some other writing ideas that have cropped up lately. I keep saying there'll be more later. Really.

TTFN,
Jim