Worse
Listening to: Michael Feinsein - Big City Rhythms
Reading: Jewels of the Sun Nora Roberts
Weather: 37,sunny
Trivia: Why do people sometimes get "goose bumps?"
When you are cold, frightened, or angry, you might notice a peculiar prickly sensation on your arms and legs, and maybe on the back of your neck. You've got goose bumps, also known as piloerection. Piloerection is the tightening of tiny muscles at the bases of hairs. When it happens, the skin puckers into thousands of tiny peaks, one for each hair. Each hair stands straight out from the skin, and the skin itself becomes tighter. When you get goose bumps, your body is trying to stay warm by "fluffing out" your fur. This is a trait that we carry from our ancient ancestors who, millions of years ago, had a lot more hair than we do. Since we no longer have fur, it is not thought to serve any useful function today.
Cool word: sartorial [adj. sar-TOR-ee-ul]
If something is sartorial then it has to do with tailoring or tailored clothing, more specifically, men's clothing. Example: "At our exclusive menswear showroom, you can experience the latest sartorial
splendors, in an atmosphere of tasteful elegance." The root of this word is Late Latin sartor (tailor). Originally, the word referred only to tailors and their work, but the meaning broadened in the mid-1800s. There is also the sartorius, the longest muscle in the human body. It runs obliquely across the front of the thigh, from hip to tibia. This muscle is used when the legs are crossed in the "broken four" position, which was the position of tailors at work in Roman times.
This is more than a cold. I think it’s the flu. I’m really sick and I look like one of those pathetic creatures that they have selling remedies on television commercials.
This is not attractive. Nor is it fun.
cough, cough, wheeze.
Too bad I can make a little sound file of that so I could let everyone know how miserable I am. Just in case my writing isn’t pathetic enough.
moan and groan.
I did sort of crawl around and get a few more things straightened up around here, but not a whole lot. I start coughing if I get too energetic and the coughing gives me a headache.
Viscious circle.
So I watched "Evita" and "You’ve Got Mail".
Yes again.
Daytime television is really stupid. The soap operas were annoying, and the home shopping clubs are even worse. Some of the craft and decorating shows can be entertaining, but those are few and far between.
And the talk shows make me want to scream. Where do they get these people? I keep hoping that this talk show trash is a fad that will die soon, but it seems to go on. They’ve sort of seeped into those courtroom shows, which are equally stupid and irritating.
But there must be an audience for them as they certainly are on in abundance.
Today is my father’s eighty-fifth birthday. I wish he were in better physical shape so that he could enjoy himself. It is so sad to just see him sit all day long and hold his head in his hands. He listens to the radio, or t.v. or books on tape, but he must be so bored.
He used to love to read and to collect stamps, so losing his sight is a major tragedy. It’s so hard to find things that he might enjoy.
We’re not doing any birthday celebrating until Saturday. It’s easier to do a family gathering on the weekends.
My head hurts too much to say anything else here. I need to go lie down again.
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