That would explain it, all right.

According to Newsweek, sniffling, sneezing, and sore throat are generally symptoms of a cold. Add in a bad cough, fever, aches and pains, and fatigue, and you get--flu.

Dammit! I never get flu! Um...

I'd been thinking I should have taken better care of this thing from the outset, but now I realize zinc, et al, might not have made so much difference anyway. (Hush--leave me my illusions.)

My flu-ridden self is going to go lie down for a while now and see if extra rest might help after all.

This can't be a good sign.

We have attbi broadband internet. I've been waiting for the comcast takeover to start causing us problems (say, like those it caused oracle2c). Today our attbi.com home page is gone. We still have internet access (obviously) so that's not the problem. Uh oh, here we go.

Hold on tight, folks, this may be a bumpy ride.