tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260529726656118434.post3015646023596983599..comments2023-10-06T00:52:04.371-07:00Comments on news from the zona: Judas, De Quincey and Lenin: on the worse, the betterRoger Gathmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260529726656118434.post-58959758714241262552009-11-20T09:34:52.426-08:002009-11-20T09:34:52.426-08:00North, it is funny that you should bring up consta...North, it is funny that you should bring up constant peeing.<br /><br />Years ago, I saw a horrific tv add, where this middle aged guy and his family are going on vacation or something, and they are towing a portopotty. The upshot of the ad was that middle age would be the age of pissing. This is something I've been dreading, but, having been middle aged for years now, it hasn't happened. In fact, maybe it never does happen. Like all good drug ads on tv, it sets up an improbability as an imminent menace and accordingly rakes in the profits from the mooks. We live in an interesting society in which we allow people to start lying rumors and profit royally on them, then get all scandalized at, I don't know, some stray comment by a politico or a DJ.Roger Gathmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260529726656118434.post-28693924597175745542009-11-19T20:17:41.108-08:002009-11-19T20:17:41.108-08:00the hibernation trick is better! glad it worked ou...the hibernation trick is better! glad it worked out. constant peeing is, um, a pain in the ass. well, not for a guy i guess.northangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124226438327229521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260529726656118434.post-66003576044917643652009-11-19T06:38:19.450-08:002009-11-19T06:38:19.450-08:00Ah, North, you should be a doctor! Actually, by si...Ah, North, you should be a doctor! Actually, by simply wrapping myself in a blanket and dozing for 12 hours straight, I seemed to stop this cold in its tracks. It wasn't expecting me to use the old "hibernation" tactic. So now the cold is in its prissy final stages, but the game is up. Score: Roger 1, cold 0.Roger Gathmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260529726656118434.post-28818831007951660672009-11-18T21:29:00.428-08:002009-11-18T21:29:00.428-08:00drink lots of water. feel better soonest.drink lots of water. feel better soonest.northangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124226438327229521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260529726656118434.post-63672118338699358032009-11-18T10:24:01.589-08:002009-11-18T10:24:01.589-08:00I'm ill! which is my excuse for that last para...I'm ill! which is my excuse for that last paragraph. I don't think I quite put my finger on the increase in apocalyptic dread of the middle - how the worse the better seemed an inevitable movement that would evict them from the world as they knew it.Roger Gathmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.com