SwineFest Hasn't Bested Me!

I'm feeling better, life is great.

The Bay Area is in the middle of SwineFest, but I've just recovered from it and life is good.

Msnbc.com just posted an article about how people are using the Swine Flu as an excuse to get out of work. If only!

I'm finding a lack of emails and job postings...so I'm thinking that I might dust off that old rough draft and start writing.

There was a lovely article in our local paper about self publishing and how anyone can do it. A new startup called FastPencil allows writers to publish at a low cost (a single copy of 100pgs costs $10, and large commercial runs cost less). I"m thinking this might be something I could do!

H1N1 Part II

I scared.

On the heels of getting better (albeit slightly better, still hacking, coughing and totally exhausted), I just read about the damage that the Swine Flu can do to your lungs.

Yahoo! posted on article about it here.

So, from what I read, the only way lung damage can be detected is through a CT scan. Some of these scans, from what I've read, were done post-mortem!

In addition to having no medical insurance, which is stressing me out along with this prolonged unemployment, I now get to worry that untold damage is being done to my lungs...and, in the event that I survive this flu -it's week five, folks!- I get to worry about possibly fronting cash for medical care.

It's enough to make me sick. Or at least to make me take another hour long nap, which how I seem to be spending my days when not searching the Internet for more to worry about.

Eeeks.