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The Plague
I've spent the last three days bowled over with the Bubonic Plague. Well I haven't seen a doctor yet, so the autopsy might determine that it's really the Black Death, Yellow Fever or garden-variety Ebola. This is the second (day the world calls) Christmas in a row that I've spent in bed with high fevers and I'm beginning to suspect the office Christmas party. Well, if I'm blogging maybe I'm coming out of it. My temperature is under 100°'s, whoo-whee. Fortunately, I'm the only sick family member: Theo's just had a runny nose and Julie's just had the exhaustion of being a de-facto single parent (which might just be worse than three days of nearly 103%#176; fevers and chills).
Back on the computer, I see the headlines of the massive tidal wave that's hit southeast Asia. As a parent, the most chilling line in the Times' lead article has to be the one about "children being torn from their parents' arms and washed out to sea." My prayers go out to all the millions who's lives are forever changed by this. I also have to give a very selfish prayer of thanks that my friends Jason and Kristy's trip to the area was to start next week.
Other readings:
- I posted relief effort info on my main Nonviolence.org blog;
- Joe Guada has this interesting post wondering why the Quakers he knows barely seem to mention the disaster in their New Years greetings. Camassia posted an insightful comment that wonders if Friends have a way to understand such natural evil.
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Martin, thee must have caught it off my blog, I've been down with what we're calling the Mutant Martian Monkey Flu.
Glad to hear the squirt hasn't caught it and hope Julie gets a chance to rest a bit soon.
Amanda
I am tormented!
I was sick, the Ron Olesko - don't get sick during a radio gig flu - which I expect, mutated into Monkey Flu when I looked up at Amanda during meeting... and became the bubonic plague when thee caught it from her blog! I have much to ask forgiveness for this day. I should never have taken that gig, no matter HOW nice a fellow Ron Olesko is!
Thyne in the light and get better!
Lorcan
Hi Martin,
If you've never read it, use this period of prolonged prostration to read Camus' The Plague. It's a great book! ....and remember: you heard it from compulsivereader!
Hope you're feeling better soon.
Dear Martin--
Now I know whence this mysterious ailment arose which has consumed my (all too brief) vacation: it's an aetheric flu, transmitted by blog. You and Amanda have a lot to answer for!
Seriously, from my sickbed . . .well, sickkeyboard, I wish you a quick and complete recovery, good health and a happy New Year.
Melynda
Hi all, thanks for your well wishes. I'm fine now & Julie and Theo only have minor colds. Today is the rescheduled Christmas day with my family. This is the second New Year's Day in a row that will function as my family Christmas get-together ("pictures from that one here":http://www.nonviolence.org/martink/archives/000277.php).
I'm fascinated by this new type of computer-borne virus and truly hope this isn't the transmission vector: I'd hate to worry about catching a cold everytime I checked out a blog! Happy 2005 to everyone, Martin.