Suzi, get thee to a peroxide soaked qtip! Swab your ears a couple of times a day. And, if you have one, use a neti pot/bottle to clear out your sinuses.

The germs incubate in your mucous membranes. Swab them out and you have a less likely chance of coming down with the virus and a greater chance of suffering less if you do get it.

ita just had to go there.

I am on a Groupon hiatus too, and yet I bought both the Chicago and the Milwaukee ones today. I am not very good at hiatusing.

...and now I have Priceline remorse. I should have gone cheaper! And the place I got is on the wrong end of the neighborhood. Eh. No big whoop, really.

So they've implemented electric load reduction here at work. Whee?

They have a brownout at our other Chicago office, two weeks after they had to turn off the water for a few hours. I'm glad we're not having the same issues here, but feel bad for my coworkers who are working out of that office today. Oh, well, they can both work from home if they have to.

- Has anyone ever brought a Samsonite suitcase back for repair? I have no idea if it's under warranty, but the store is convenient, so it seems worth a shot

I have. I had to pay $15 or so for shipping, but it came back good as new.

OK, that sounds well worth it to me, given that the Samsonite store is more convenient than the luggage repair places I googled up.

I have been keeping all of our lights off due to brownout/blackout fears. I will not turn off the A/C though.

So they've implemented electric load reduction here at work. Whee?

Work remotely tomorrow. From Bob's awesome hospital room! Free consistent AC AND free wireless! And a nice view.

OK, that sounds well worth it to me, given that the Samsonite store is more convenient than the luggage repair places I googled up.

A Samsonite store might be even cheaper, I went back to the luggage store that I had purchased it from.