OK, I skipped (as usual lately, sigh), but the last couple of posts made me curious enough to go and threadsuck.

(ita? Isn't it very early at your timezone of the world?)

[Edit: the post # is nearly the internal-university phone number in the room I'm sitting in right now, and just a few minutes ago I wrote it down for somebody. Worlds coliding in my silly brain, and I'll go threadsuck that thread now]

"The reality is that people need a vice ... and you can't exactly take a heroin break at work."

Beg to differ.

Isn't it very early at your timezone of the world?

Just a little early.

How are you?

Anti-Caffeine Crusade

Heh. Beware the Ides of March.

The thing about a heroin break is that it's much less helpful, in terms of worker productivity, than a coffee or cigarette break. Nicotine and caffeine being uppers and all.

How are you?

Having a bad cold for several days now. It just moved from the right side of my face to the left side. The most important thing I learned this week is how to brush my teeth when I still need to breath through my mouth at the same time. You?

Also, in a text I'm reading for my "History and philosophy of science" class, the word "proliferation" appears a lot. I thought of you.

Oh yuck, Nilly. Colds suck. And even with a bad cold, it's hard to tell what's bad enough to take sick time. I hate that.

In Jesse Watches Morning TV news, is it wrong that I really like the Kelly Clarkson song? Although I don't like her blonde hair.

And even with a bad cold, it's hard to tell what's bad enough to take sick time.

Yeah, Jesse, my sister said that I looked more miserable than she could ever remember me, and one of the girls in a class I take (not TA, thankfully) came up after the lesson to ask me if I'm OK, because I looked so bad during the class. And I'm relatively OK, just, well, 4 packages of tissues since Friday.

It almost feels like (whitefonted for gross-factor) I wiped my nose so much that I wiped my entire brain out of my head, just like the ancient Egyptians used to to when mummyfy-ing their dead, taking their brains out through their noses. And now my sieve has to start building itself anew .

Nilly, last time I was sick, I was horrified and amazed at the amount of snot the human body can produce so quickly. It was disgusting. Hope you feel better soon.

I don't want to work.

The thing about a heroin break is that it's much less helpful, in terms of worker productivity,

But much more helpful, in terms of worker satisfaction.

In the short term, anyway.