You guys rule. Thanks for the comments and updates. I’m still sick. Here’s some replies to the kind souls who wrote yesterday… Carisse: Hook ‘em horns! From what I hear, the philosophy department had one heck of a softball team. Catrina: I totally agree. I’ve beendrinking pints of DeTox and…

How did you spend your holiday vacation? For the last two weeks I’ve had the flu! I got better for awhile, then right before my future in-laws came for a visit, I reverted to what has become my default state: slumped on the couch, cat snoring on my shoulder. I…

Today’s theme was “relapse!” (imagine a glittery song-and-dance number) with special guests Seal Cough, Bleary Confusion, and starring Blissful Unconsciousness. I didn’t travel this year, so my tragic demise will only be witnessed by the Cats (who couldn’t care less and will cheerfully sleep on my head, living or not)….

Amid the body pain, sore throat, fever, and seal coughs, I’ve managed to keep myself entertained. Here’s how to beat a week-long flu using only a laptop, broadband, and some good over-the-counter drugs. Web South Park character maker Version Two. Yes, I said version two. With even more hairstyles, weird…

Seven days of travel have reached their natural conclusion. My traveling companions and I are quite sick. We all have a vile sore throat-and-fever combination. It’s probably a French childhood disease that we would have been immune to had we grown up there. Hopefully, it’s not The French Disease (or…

If you have six or seven hours to dedicate to dinner and post-dinner drinks, you will discover the delightful absence of hangover or hunger the next morning. No wonder Parisians take so many vacation days. They are needed to eat properly. Gentlemen take note: Gui brought roses to all the…

I won’t detail the series of bureaucratic ineptitudes that led to Chris missing his Air India flight, and the rest of us being transferred to a different airline without permission or warning that our flight would leave TWO HOURS early, but we did spend the flight singing the famous South…

Man with a gun wrapped in a newspaper Diner called “The Usual” Brooklyn brownstones waiting to be demolished and replaced by a mall City dogs, patient and tolerant Fashion victims, many and hideous Deli salad bars with better food than most Ithaca restaurants Rat-like dog Dog-like rat Four drunken librarians…