Sickness
I've been fighting with some kind of cold/flu-ish thing. It's gotten better since a couple of days ago, when I wrapped myself up in a blanket for two hours due to the chills coursing through my body. Of course, neurotic as I am, a checklist of possible ailments is running through my head: Bacterial meningitis? Probably not, since I'm still around. Bronchitis? Maybe. Had that in 2nd grade and freshman year of college. Strep throat? Maybe. Once I took a writing course where a girl mentioned in her piece, "She was a hypochondriac who hated going to the doctor...what an unfortunate combination of neuroses." That's me. In more cheerful news: My sweater yarn is coming from the Canadians next week. You may have been wondering, "What is the derivation of 'The Bronx'? The other boroughs don't get a definite article." Well, I can tell you. Apparently, when the Dutch settled in New York, there was a family called the Broncks. They had an active soc...