My Apologies, Dear Readers

I've been stupid sick; brain-numbingly predisposed to sloth. It starts with a tickle in the throat, moves to the sinuses, and then camps out in the chest for a good week or so...My conclusion is that five countries in ten years is not good for the immune system. My bloodstream is a bacteriological United Nations. Last night, when I undressed before bed, I peeled a barnale and two lampreys off my chest. Yeesh.