Something S-Whine About

Disclaimer:  I have done absolutely no research to back up the following post.  For the most part I have read nothing and had zero intelligent conversations on the subject matter.  What I write is based on my own perception.  Reader beware.

I'm simply not understanding this whole swine flu thing.  I just don't see how it is that big of a deal in the United States.  I'm not talking about Mexico, I'm talking about here.  I don't understand why schools are closing and proms are being cancelled.  I'm still going to work everyday and riding the subway- are high school kids more important than I am?  Why is there such a discrepancy in how this is being treated between high school kids and adults?  I am confused.  How can these kids have weeks of school off, while everyone in the workforce is going about their business like nothing out of the ordinary is happening?  Trust me, at work they have packed 15 of us, all between the ages of 22-28 onto a 30 foot long bench.  This is just as contagious of an area as a high school gym.

I just don't see how this is different than the regular flu.  The flu is contagious, it sucks, and every year elderly/sickly/young people probably die from it.  I'm not saying its not a big deal, but I just don't understand why this is so different from the usual annual flu.  We don't close schools for that, do we?

The worst of this whole thing are the people with the SARS surgical masks on their face on the subway.  There are 200 people on a rush hour subway car- are you really that more important than everyone else that you need to wear this thing?  No one else is wearing it.  It just makes things seem so much worse than they really are.  How am I supposed to feel that you are protecting yourself, and I'm just hanging out there breathing in the swine?  We need a uniform approach on this whole thing.  Either we all wear it, or none of us wear it.  Otherwise, we are just going to have mass hysteria at some point.  I'm already starting to freak out.

1000

I had my 1000th hit at some point in the past 24 hours and I am psyched.  Thanks for reading, there is a lot more good stuff still to come!

Welcome Scott's Fans

I would like to welcome fans of Scott Korf's rival blog to my blog. Yes, it is true that critics have been praising my blog while shunning Scott's. However, I disagree with these critics. Scott's is great as well. I will let you decide for yourself: http://coolguy100.blogspot.com/

2009

The following is a list of things I am looking foward to in 2009, in no particular order. Since I don't know of too many things occuring in 2009 yet, do not feel bad if I left something off that involves you. Listed below are only things that I am 100% certain are happening this year so far:

The new U2 CD, the Bruno movie, Scott's bachelor party in Vegas, Friday Night Lights returning to regular TV, dinner at Gramercy Tavern, the return of 24, the opening of Citifield and attending opening day, my fantasy baseball draft weekend, Lauren Fisher's birthday party, the new John Grisham book, the movie "I love you, man" (just read the description on IMDB), laughing at A.J. Burnett's first few starts as a Yankee, eating Anna's Taqueria at some point, the super bowl, Diana's cousin's bar-mitzvah, the first day of summer.

Sick

I currently have a cold. Too much fun on vacation and celebrating my fantasy football win. I want to give everyone some advice about buying medicine. It seems obviously, but I'm not sure if this is something that everyone knows:

When you buy medicine, the only thing that matters is the contents of the actual medicine. There are so many difference choices: daytime, nightime, fast acting, long lasting, extra strength, maximum strength, severe relief, sinus, cold, etc. It's pretty insane. So just ignore everything on the front of the box (except day/night, that is important). All that matters is the contents of the medicine. Look at how many milligrams of each drug are in it.

I went a long time looking at the fancy lingo and it is only confusing. Trust me, just look at the contents and you will get the medicine that is right for you.