Acey83's blog post - The bloody flu.

I was just thinking as I sat here with my sinuses all clogged up... If ever there was a proof against the existence of God, it's the flu. Like the one in my head right now. I mean, seriously, what's it for? All they really do is prevent people from being able to think in a straight line, and consequently to get things done. This results in an enormous drain on the economy, when one considers how many people are laid up in bed with a similar condition. So when God invented the flu, he obviously wasn't thinking about the economy.

Now, if we take this a step further, the fact that a person is laid up with the flu and therefore extremely unlikely to make that imminent deadline will often cause the aforementioned afflicted person to: A) attempt to work through the flu, slowly getting things done but overheating their brain in the process, B) lament and groan in the combined agony of having a flu and the knowledge that they will be severely reprimanded by The Man for not finishing their work on time, or C) both of the above. Any or all of these selections may result in temporary insanity in the afflicted person. Therefore, when God invented the flu, he was not only not thinking of the economy, but also not thinking of the mental well-being of his own creation, the one he apparently takes the greatest pride in.

Anyway, this is the situation I find myself in presently; I have a veritable mountain of musicology to climb and a big fat flu - bigger and fatter than a hippo on a diet of chocolate and cheesecake. I *have* to do this work, but my electric blanket is calling me rather seductively now. I'm trying to do neither by venting my frustration here on NN.

Ach, nicht mehr. Schlafen - schlafen... Ich muss.