GO ABBA GO!!!

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
How could any Boston fan NOT buy Coco Krisp merchandise? That is the best name ev-AH. I seriously considered becoming a fan of whatever team had him earlier this year until someone told me that he is with the Red Sox.

I want one of the brown Coco Crisp Sox shirts, just so I can use it in the t-shirt quilt I will get around to making someday.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

My sister, a seasoned marathoner, is due to run the Marine Corps marathon this weekend. I'm supposed to be going to DC to watch her. Unfortunately, on Tuesday she came down with the flu. I've never had the flu (knock on wood) so I can't really relate, but she sounds very sick. Can't get out of bed, fever, chills, vomiting etc. She is still keen on running this marathon. I think that even if she recovers enough to feel somewhat better by Sunday, the plane travel and marathon running will really do a number on a fragile immune system. I'm trying to dissuade her from doing it (even though I totally want to see her) because I don't want her to collapse during the marathon or get even sicker next week.

Am I being a real old lady about this -- should I not dissuade her from doing it? Anyone run a marathon right after having the flu?

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
youporn.com

He missed the glory holes.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
My sister, a seasoned marathoner, is due to run the Marine Corps marathon this weekend. I'm supposed to be going to DC to watch her. Unfortunately, on Tuesday she came down with the flu. I've never had the flu (knock on wood) so I can't really relate, but she sounds very sick. Can't get out of bed, fever, chills, vomiting etc. She is still keen on running this marathon. I think that even if she recovers enough to feel somewhat better by Sunday, the plane travel and marathon running will really do a number on a fragile immune system. I'm trying to dissuade her from doing it (even though I totally want to see her) because I don't want her to collapse during the marathon or get even sicker next week.

Running a marathon in those circumstances seems like a terrible idea. You have my proxy.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
But Cambridge is not, which is why I try to stay on my side of the river.

You mean Harvard and MIT students don't fling used 32MB flash drives at each other when they venture into the other's turf?

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Have you seen it? I kind of heart Kumar.

He's on House this season.

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
this part is funny!

• A very tearful Halle Berry contacted Page Six to set the record straight:
  
  "I so didn't mean to offend anybody - and after the show I realized it could be seen as offensive, so I asked Jay to take it out, and he did.What happened was I was backstage before the show and I have three girls who are Jewish who work for me. We were going through pictures to see which ones looked silly, and one of my Jewish friends said [of the big-nose picture], 'That could be your Jewish cousin!' And I guess it was fresh in my mind, and it just came out of my mouth. But I didn't mean to offend anybody. I didn't. I didn't mean any harm.
  
  So Halle Berry makes an anti-Semitic joke and who does she blame? The Jews. I believe it’s time to hire a new publicist. You know, one that isn’t Hitler. In the meantime, somewhere, somehow, Mel Gibson has a giant boner.

When she just blurts something out it doesn't mean anything. However, if someone white just blurts something out, it is proof of their secret racism deserving of flaming and firing, if not flogging.

Or as WWTDD.com put it "She could kick a baby down the stairs and I'd still try to get into her toaster. I don't care if she hates Jews, the Irish, Eskimos, kitty cats or rainbows, it's still Halle Berry. I could walk into her bedroom and see the Nazi flag and a head in a jar and I'd still take my chances."

[Anne Elk]

Interesting article on the Boston Colorado matchup from the LA Times.

Mr. Plashke is a lot more confident in the outcome than the Sox fans I've talked to.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
My sister, a seasoned marathoner, is due to run the Marine Corps marathon this weekend. I'm supposed to be going to DC to watch her. Unfortunately, on Tuesday she came down with the flu. I've never had the flu (knock on wood) so I can't really relate, but she sounds very sick. Can't get out of bed, fever, chills, vomiting etc. She is still keen on running this marathon. I think that even if she recovers enough to feel somewhat better by Sunday, the plane travel and marathon running will really do a number on a fragile immune system. I'm trying to dissuade her from doing it (even though I totally want to see her) because I don't want her to collapse during the marathon or get even sicker next week.

Am I being a real old lady about this -- should I not dissuade her from doing it? Anyone run a marathon right after having the flu?

I had the flu several years ago and going back to work after a week sick in bed took all the energy I had left. I don't think I could have run for the bus much less a marathon.

Whether or not she decides to try running the marathon, she should go to her doctor. There are meds that help with the symptoms.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by LessinSF
He's on House this season.

I have heard mixed things on whether he is ON, or was on an episode. Do you know which it is?

I don't have TV, but I might possibly be able to lurk around filming locations.

ETA OMG! He got a name, not just #6! And was on his 3rd episode last night!

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Fugee

Whether or not she decides to try running the marathon, she should go to her doctor. There are meds that help with the symptoms.

Thanks. I have a feeling she's going to back out by Friday.

But I think the problem in your last point in this case is twofold: (1) I don't think that the antiviral drugs have been approved in Canada, and (2) if she takes something to relieve her symptoms, but doesn't actually get better, and she runs this marathon, it might make her sicker because she's feeling better than she actually is. Or perhaps the drugs don't work that way -- but if they just mask symptoms rather than improve the condition, I don't want to tell her to get them.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
My sister, a seasoned marathoner, is due to run the Marine Corps marathon this weekend. I'm supposed to be going to DC to watch her. Unfortunately, on Tuesday she came down with the flu. I've never had the flu (knock on wood) so I can't really relate, but she sounds very sick. Can't get out of bed, fever, chills, vomiting etc. She is still keen on running this marathon. I think that even if she recovers enough to feel somewhat better by Sunday, the plane travel and marathon running will really do a number on a fragile immune system. I'm trying to dissuade her from doing it (even though I totally want to see her) because I don't want her to collapse during the marathon or get even sicker next week.

Am I being a real old lady about this -- should I not dissuade her from doing it? Anyone run a marathon right after having the flu?

I had the flu three years ago, and it was such a miserable experience that I've become near religious about getting my flu shot every year so as to avoid going through that again. My eyeballs hurt. It took me a good four weeks to get back to the point I could crawl into the gym for a half-hour pansy workout. While I can't imagine running 26.2 miles under normal circumstances, running it after all of the energy has been sapped from my body and replaced with aches and coughing and general ugginess seems downright suicidal.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I had the flu three years ago, and it was such a miserable experience that I've become near religious about getting my flu shot every year so as to avoid going through that again. My eyeballs hurt. It took me a good four weeks to get back to the point I could crawl into the gym for a half-hour pansy workout. While I can't imagine running 26.2 miles under normal circumstances, running it after all of the energy has been sapped from my body and replaced with aches and coughing and general ugginess seems downright suicidal.

2. I had the flu my 2nd year of law school. I had flown to New York to spend the weekend shopping with my mom. Saturday morning, I got up, bound and determined to tough it out. I made it through breakfast, at which point I croaked out "I have to go back to bed." I did not leave the hotel until my flight out on Monday. My mom was so worried about my health, she changed her plans and flew back to Boston with me, where she spent 4 days sleeping on my couch while I slept feverishly in the bed room.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
1. I assume you've heard about her (edited out of the on-air broadcast) anti-semetic joke on Leno earlier this week. If not, NFH will provide the link for thesuperficial.com (seriously, I didn't post about this earlier because I was SURE that NFH would have this report covered).

2. I'm guessing that not many people in San Diego will be lining up any time soon to see Things We Lost In The Fire.

3. I hear she has an extra toe!!!*




*Gratuitous shot at Thurgreed, just because I can.

She's not that bright. From the big-nosed-jew joke to the hit-and-run, she's proven that she needs handlers. But pre-11th toe, she was so hot that it just didn't matter. I'm still looking for a replacement. <sniff.>

TM

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I had the flu three years ago, and it was such a miserable experience that I've become near religious about getting my flu shot every year so as to avoid going through that again. My eyeballs hurt. It took me a good four weeks to get back to the point I could crawl into the gym for a half-hour pansy workout. While I can't imagine running 26.2 miles under normal circumstances, running it after all of the energy has been sapped from my body and replaced with aches and coughing and general ugginess seems downright suicidal.

i thought the flu was 3 days. did it change since i last had it? are people who take unnecessary antibiotics to blame?

gwnc, if she is seasoned she'll know what she can and can't do, won't she?