Sternutation

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First picture is what I am afflicted with at the moment. Have had it since at least Saturday, probably has been present longer. I only became symptomatic on Saturday. It's been noted that the common rhinovirus under a microscope kinda looks like one of these -

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(Compare and contrast for extra credit...)

When it really hits you though, it feels like you've been trampled by one of these -

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Needless to say, I ain't feeling, shall we say, "up to snuff" at the moment.

Look on the bright side, Your Humble Scribe (and you, Dear Readers) got to learn a new word today -

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Now if you will excuse me, I must go search for my derrière. It seems I may have "sternutated" that bad boy right off.

Now if you simply must have more content than mine own feeble offerings on this day, go read this, which was linked by Blogger-in-Arms XBradTC, and to which I offer his link. Captain Sobel deserves to be better remembered than he is currently.

Yes, you'll have to chase another link for the Paul Harvey* on that but I wanted to give XBradTC props for pointing me to that link. What with him nursing a new location as WordPress apparently banned/suspended he and his merry band of ne'er-do-wells for some imagined transgression, I felt the need to steer traffic (paltry though it be) in his direction.

It's what we do here in the blogoverse, we share, we link, we desperately try to come up with content on a daily basis and yes, sometimes we whine about it.

Well, I do. Not proud of the fact but there it is.

Now if you'll excuse me (again) I must replace the splash guard on my keyboard.




*Paul Harvey of course, being famous for his radio programs in which he provided us with "the rest of the story." For those of us old enough to remember him.