It may be a cold, it may be that my sinuses are full of zeppelins.
One way or the nother the headaches are giving me some fits, and only large doses of guaifenesin are keeping me from drilling holes in my head to let the pressure out.
it has made for some pretty strange sleep/dream cycles, in any event.
Last night, in the middle of a bathroom excursion, I found myself leaning against the wall and a sentence rushed into my head.
It was one of those sentences, the ones you dream that your muse will bestow on you, a sentence that has the depth of hemingway, the cleverness of Steinbeck. It was such a good sentence that I had to say it out loud, and feel it on my tongue, and it felt like drinking 1928 Chateau d’Yquem. Then I realized what subtle snark it contained, of a level on a par with the very best, in language old enough that Twain would have understood, and laughed immediately, but PJ O’Rourke would have found it current and fresh. it lit up my whole brain, and I thought, I can write a whole book around this one sentence, and it will be a bestseller. I was still giggling when I drifted off to sleep.
And now it’s gone. it’s like losing a pet. I feel like crapola. Damn.
ouch. btdt. I have a notebook and pen by the side of my bed. Sometimes I’ve used it and it was still not making as much sense the next day as it did that moment. Now you and I know how Dr. McCoy felt after restoring Spock’s brain.
Oh, I thought you were referring to the title of your post.
Vitamin D, dude, Vitamin D. Most people don’t get anywhere near enough, and I find that dosing up helps shorten a cold significantly. 10,000 i.u. a day is my usual dosage until I feel better, take at your own risk, your mileage may vary, not valid in all locations, etc.
But seriously. Vitamin D.