I happened to run into a meeting with the flu, last Monday, and I’m gradually recovering. I’ve not been sick since I’ve lived here: a feat I thought was so unique that it could have earned me a place in the Guinness World Record book.
That said, I’m almost certain that the cold spell (-10 to -16 degrees temperatures) had something to do with it too. So, tomorrow it finally looks like we’re back to subzero degrees, with the additional touch of rain. Gone will be the couple of centimeters, to reveal that bunch of left-over leafs from last Fall.
Tomorrow, or rather Sunday morning, we’ll be moving into Daylight Savings Time, thanks to the brilliant decision made by US senators. I’d like to see statistics or data on the purported energy savings for those extra 4 or 6 weeks.
1. During my illness, I actually enjoyed watching videos like this (excellent) episode of the Dutch science show ‘Noorderlicht’ (featuring Lee Smolin), and ‘The Man Who Wouldn’t Paint Hitler’
2. Update 03/12/07: Slashdot discussion about the not-so-many-savings of Day Light Savings.
it’s good for your resistance…
Yeah, but being sick like this is too tiresome…
I hear taking cod liver oil in winter helps prevent colds. Not too much, of course, because it contains vitamin A and D.
I hear taking cod liver oil in winter helps prevent colds.
As younger kids our parents forced us to take ‘levertraan’ (an oil extract made from liver of shark and other fish). It’s probably the same idea and it was awful1.
1 And I mean, awful as in ‘how could they do this to us-awful’.
Yep liver oil is good!Maybe it’s better to eat a whole whale!