Well, I seem to be on the downside of a rather virulent illness that's seen me shed over 10 pounds in 2 days' time. What worried me about the whole thing wasn't the explosive diarrhea (shades of South Park WERE going through my head, though), but the extremely stiff neck. I could barely move my head, and was starting to fear something horrible like meningitis or Lyme disease (I picked a deer tick off my friend's dog the other day, so I know there are some in the area).

The unusual part of this is, I am one of those people who, as a rule is rarely sick. This past year, though, has seen me struggle through several ankle sprains, 5 or 6 incidents of my right knee locking up on me, and three bouts of some sort of flu or something like it. I'm hoping this all comes to an end before too long; I'd really like to be healthy again.