Bleargal

I crawled into work last night despite still having a fever and feeling like crap since I was told that missing three days required a doctor's note before returning to work.

Since I don't have insurance, no doctor.

Luckily, my manager took one look at me and asked if I could just work cashier through closing, and he'd cut me loose then. I spent about half the evening sitting on my counter, but made it through.

Today, I feel a bit better. Still a bit stuffed up, and sore, but nowhere near as bad as I did the last couple of days.

Slept like hell. I may take a long nap this afternoon.

An interesting read

What if the United States was like Iraq?

President Bush said Tuesday that the Iraqis are refuting the pessimists and implied that things are improving in that country.

What would America look like if it were in Iraq's current situation? The population of the US is over 11 times that of Iraq, so a lot of statistics would have to be multiplied by that number.

Thus, violence killed 300 Iraqis last week, the equivalent proportionately of 3,300 Americans. What if 3,300 Americans had died in car bombings, grenade and rocket attacks, machine gun spray, and aerial bombardment in the last week? That is a number greater than the deaths on September 11, and if America were Iraq, it would be an ongoing, weekly or monthly toll.

Law and Order help?

I missed the season premiere. How was Lenny Brisco's exit handled? Was he on screen at all? Just written out and suddenly this new guy is there?

What do y'all think of the new guy?