tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post281842558681091904..comments2024-03-28T18:40:05.789-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: A View from the Couch: Surviving the FluJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-64827157156964428642017-02-27T12:18:42.840-05:002017-02-27T12:18:42.840-05:00Hi Gloria, I think teachers get to be immune to ev...Hi Gloria, I think teachers get to be immune to everything!<br /><br />Hi Warren, be sure you stock up on good reads or good movies before it hits you!Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-20799382415916076302017-02-27T11:12:57.060-05:002017-02-27T11:12:57.060-05:00Hmm, I'll let you know if I come down with a c...Hmm, I'll let you know if I come down with a cold as I seem to be doing.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-57810158818854011322017-02-27T10:43:29.938-05:002017-02-27T10:43:29.938-05:00Shari, I haven't had he flu in so many years t...Shari, I haven't had he flu in so many years that I can't remember when I had it. I did get something like it about five years ago when I was visiting my daughter, but it only lasted about 24 hours so I think it might have been something I ate. Yes, I do get the flu shot every year, but I also think I've built up a resistance to just about anything from teaching third grade for 20 years, and also because I don't have a germ phobia and need to use sanitary wipes all the time. Of course, now that I'm writing this, I may come down with something as soon as I log off. :-) I have to admit that I do have sinus problems that don't seem to go away, but it's nothing catching. The few times I've been laid up in the past with a broken toe or minor surgery on my knee, I read, read, read. I have to admit that I would enjoy watching old movies, though.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-52408729542937195202017-02-27T09:49:59.979-05:002017-02-27T09:49:59.979-05:00Thank you, Margaret! Revisiting favorite books is ...Thank you, Margaret! Revisiting favorite books is the only other upside of being sick.<br /><br />KM, I may have to get that Kindle one of these days. It is hard to read on one's back.<br /><br />EB, The Cat Who is one of my favorites. I only own two however, and made quick work of them. I'll have to check to see if I am taller!<br /><br />Grace, Norovirus is awful! Did that happen on your big cruise? Being ill on a ship must be awful. I'm going to start keeping a shelf of "old friends" for when I need them.Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-85799479134660131022017-02-27T09:07:16.991-05:002017-02-27T09:07:16.991-05:00So sorry you've been ill, Shari. But it sounds...So sorry you've been ill, Shari. But it sounds like you made good use of your "couch" time. Your blog brought back memories of being bedridden, not with flu, but Norovirus, which I contracted on a ship. Fortunately, the ship had an excellent library, and I think I went through a good portion of their collection (both paper books and recorded books). When at home, if I have couch time, I go through my collection of favorites, sometime reading them for the third or fourth time. Good books are always worth rereading and become like old friends when you need themGrace Toppinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10291304815273486038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-64917085830293646572017-02-27T08:24:43.110-05:002017-02-27T08:24:43.110-05:00I got the flu shot last year and this year, and I ...I got the flu shot last year and this year, and I haven't gotten sick, at least not yet. I'm pretty much sold on getting those shots. About fifteen years ago, I was flatten by the flu in bed. By the end, I had read through the entire Cat Who series by Lillian Jackson Braun and about an inch taller. E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-10846094506669716122017-02-27T08:08:56.784-05:002017-02-27T08:08:56.784-05:00People used to "Go to seek his (her) fortune&...People used to "Go to seek his (her) fortune" instead of "finding him (her) self," but I don't know if that was relative to someone whose intended purpose is to "loaf."<br /><br />After I had a few procedures that left me off my feet for a while, I discovered that I can read my Kindle while lying flat on my back. That was a great discovery! While in general I prefer paper books, I can't manage them well when I'm lying on my back (I have limited use of one hand, and without something on which to prop a book, it keeps falling. But a Kindle I can handle with one hand.)<br /><br />I've never been much of a TV or movie fan, and the TV is down in the family room, where I can't go if I can't do stairs, so I never really tried watching much.KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-77988049044683962622017-02-27T07:57:01.340-05:002017-02-27T07:57:01.340-05:00I have a shelf of tattered yellowing paperbacks I ...I have a shelf of tattered yellowing paperbacks I re-read, and some more recent complete series (GM Malliet, Louise Penny, Deborah Crombie, Ann Cleeves, Julia Spencer-Fleming).<br /><br />Glad you're feeling better!Margaret S. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979191318652199350noreply@blogger.com