Ugh

The symptoms of 2009 H1N1 flu virus in people include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Some people may have vomiting and diarrhea. People may be infected with the flu, including 2009 H1N1 and have respiratory symptoms without a fever. Severe illnesses and death has occurred as a result of illness associated with this virus.

http://www.cdc.gov/H1N1flu/qa.htm

American Kitsch

I love this place.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Palace

This picture is from June 1997.

Love is worth fighting for

Dan Choi, a gay Iraq vet (who speaks Arabic) speaks out about falling
in love (and DADT) on this week's podcast from The Moth.

It deals with love, honor, and protecting all freedoms...and Korean
Baptist parents.

It is worth the download and the listen.

http://www.themoth.org/podcast

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Choi

Lt. Dan Choi on Rachel Maddow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthMCIqc72A&feature=youtube_gdata

For those who did not see it...

Via someecards.com


David Letterman's apology and explanation.

From the NY Times.

Also see Letterman's Confession: Calculation vs. Compulsion

Mr. Letterman's on-air confession, delivered on the set of his late night talk show on Thursday without advance warning or fanfare, would have been shocking, except that it was confusing: Mr. Letterman's delivery about his "creepy" backstage behavior was so glib and deadpan that the audience couldn't be blamed for assuming that the stand-up comedian was still joking at his desk. Mr. Letterman noted that it would indeed be embarrassing for his affairs to be publicly known, then paused a beat. "Especially for the women."

At least I am out of the house

After a monumental screw up (think land war in Central Asia), I needed to get out of the house...

Thankfully, the Albany Public Library is open...