My rule of thumb is stay home if there's fever, nausea, or exhaustion (with colds I may feel crappy due to nasal symptoms, but I'm usually clear-headed and have enough energy to work). I see a doctor if I have a fever that lasts more than a couple of days, goes above 102°, or if I experience unusual pain.

I don't think I'd wait a week with a fever over 102, but I haven't had a fever in decades.

I don't think I'd wait a week with a fever over 102, but I haven't had a fever in decades.

I wouldn't wait for half that time.

I just realized I have no idea what I'm going to cook for dinner tonight and I can't think of anything we have to cook. It might be a pull-out-the-emergency-tuna-helper night.

This is just sad:

The Irony of Satire

This study investigated biased message processing of political satire in The Colbert Report and the influence of political ideology on perceptions of Stephen Colbert. Results indicate that political ideology influences biased processing of ambiguous political messages and source in late-night comedy. Using data from an experiment (N = 332), we found that individual-level political ideology significantly predicted perceptions of Colbert's political ideology. Additionally, there was no significant difference between the groups in thinking Colbert was funny, but conservatives were more likely to report that Colbert only pretends to be joking and genuinely meant what he said while liberals were more likely to report that Colbert used satire and was not serious when offering political statements. Conservatism also significantly predicted perceptions that Colbert disliked liberalism. Finally, a post hoc analysis revealed that perceptions of Colbert's political opinions fully mediated the relationship between political ideology and individual-level opinion.

Unfortunately, only this abstract is available for free, so we don't know, say, what percentage of conservatives don't realize Colbert is satire....

I have, it broke the day I went to the doctor. and my doctor said it was fine, because there wasn't much else going on. She said fevers last longer in adults, and since 101 is where an adult is considered having a fever, 102 isn't high. But -- just because I did something, it doesn't mean it is what everyone should do . Just means I knew how sick I was. I've been much sicker than that with no fever. Hello bronchitis

Jim Beaver posted on his fb that he heard that HI is moving to Saturdays.

I read a bunch of the comments in the newspaper about the new flu. Now , I expected the crazy m racist, political , and stupid. It does make me wonder how bad you have to be for the people at sfgate to take your comment off.

Did everybody notice that the Google front page is in Morse Code?

I have complimentary dialup. It's a bitch to get the right number to call (I had to call 4 different ones) but at least I have some semblance of internets.

"Complimentary dialup" almost sounds like a contradiction in terms.