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Nutty - Nov 02, 2005 3:41:44 pm PST #899 of 10006
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

I have had the flu once in the past 10 years, and while that edition of the flu knocked me silly and kept me coughing for weeks afterwards (my doctor suspects I have mild asthma, which slows down recovery a lot), it is the only time I have had the flu in 10 years. I don't think I've ever had a flu shot.

I do it just to make JZ worry.

I am pretty sure what killed Jim Henson was bacterial pneumonia, so, in disease terms, kind of a "piano dropped on your head" kind of illness. In the sense that it is unlikely to happen, but when it does, hello to the dirt nap.

Kat - Nov 02, 2005 3:42:04 pm PST #900 of 10006
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Crap that didn't work.

Okay. I'm having brain issues today.

§ ita § - Nov 02, 2005 3:49:03 pm PST #901 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Jim Henson diagnosed himself with the flu. He was wrong. He is dead.

Q.E.D.

Nutty - Nov 02, 2005 3:53:42 pm PST #902 of 10006
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Jim Henson is fatal!!

(Soylent Green is people.)

libkitty - Nov 02, 2005 3:53:42 pm PST #903 of 10006
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

AFAIK the flu shot only innoculates you against one or two strains, and since we don't have a vaccine for the scary bird flu, that won't be one of them.

This is true. However, there still may be a small amount of protection from regular flu shots. That said, from everything I've read, the best protection is washing your hands frequently, for about 30 seconds per wash, with warm water and soap.

I was going to be off to a reception and Twelfth Night, but my friend got sick and cancelled. Now, I just have a meeting. But I may have time to work on LJ this evening, so I'm not sad.

DavidS - Nov 02, 2005 3:53:42 pm PST #904 of 10006
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Jim Henson diagnosed himself with the flu. He was wrong. He is dead.

Being sick all this time is really darkening up your dark side.

Which wasn't so filled with silver lining to start with.

brenda m - Nov 02, 2005 3:56:02 pm PST #905 of 10006
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Apparently the effectiveness of flu shots declines dramatically with age. They're more than 80% effective in children, dropping down as far as the twenties for people in their 70s. Kind of interesting really.

sarameg - Nov 02, 2005 4:04:40 pm PST #906 of 10006

Jim Henson is fatal!!

FEAR THE KERMIT!

How do people feel about cranberry relish? I always make it by grinding cranberries coarsely with oranges, peels and all and just enough sugar to take the edge off.

Cass - Nov 02, 2005 4:05:15 pm PST #907 of 10006
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Jim Henson diagnosed himself with the flu. He was wrong. He is dead.
self-diagnosis is faaaaaaaatal.

P.M. Marc - Nov 02, 2005 4:06:28 pm PST #908 of 10006
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

How do people feel about cranberry relish? I always make it by grinding cranberries coarsely with oranges, peels and all and just enough sugar to take the edge off.

I like it at around 1:47 a.m., by the light of the fridge, with a furtive spoon.

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