My otherwise strong immune system suffered a setback this week, laid low by your typical Upper Respiratory Infection (common cold). I managed to get both of my co-workers ill, although they seem to be taking better care of themselves than I did. The bug is going around and around, so hopefully it will have run its course before too much longer. I am feeling a little bit better thanks to a strong symptomatic treatment of Atuss ($50, over-hyped Robitussin) and cough drops ($2; strawberry). I think the cough drops are more effective.
Hockey season is well underway, with the Nashville Predators sitting at 3-4 on the season. I watched their sixth game the night of BarCamp and their seventh on television. I am still trying to wrap my head around the notion of four unanswered goals and an empty netter after leading the Calgary Flames 3-0, but I guess that is just the way it goes some times. Hopefully those two points will not be too important later on next spring.
We are just about into single digit days until the November 4 Election Day, and I can say with some certainty that most Americans are ready for this process to draw to its conclusion. We have been hearing about town halls, Iowa corn fields, gaffes, discredited "advisers", lipstick and other overall silliness since February of 2007. The usual caustic tone seems to have quieted in the last few days, for what reason I cannot be sure. Over 800,000 Tennesseans have already voted, and most analyst think that our state is not really in play this time around. We have already voted.
Now to figure out what to do this bright Saturday morning.