Sick at (and of) school

Sorry that I have been MIA lately. I have been pretty much spending all my time in bed, alseep, or in my thesis carrel, in the dark, hunched over my laptop. My carrel is in the basement of the Science Library here - and the lights are motion-sensored. So, when no one has moved in there for a while (ie there is only me and my computer), the lights tend to go off. But the 3 hour presentation that I had to give is over, a thing of the past. Also, I have been sick, and hopefully now that I can relax and cook veggies, I will get better. Actually, I have realized that it is not just me who is sick - but nearly everyone I know. Also, the airborne is selling out faster from Weshop than nearly any other product, including the fat free frozen yogurt. I tried airborne for the first time last week - my lil sis has been raving about it and so I decided to give it a try. I didn't work for me, but then again, I took it when I was already very sick, as opposed to before entering into high risk situations.



I read a little bit about airborne on Wikipedia (the Internet oracle) and apparently it is the number 1 selling flu medication out there and is considered one of the "fastest selling health products in retail history." Pretty incredible. However, there is more controversy than I realized over its health properties - particularly since consuming Vitamin C in the quantities advised by Airborne (1 tablet every 3 hours as necessary) has been linked to diarrhea, kidney stones and other more serious conditions. On the other hand, there is no agreement over the appropriate amount of Vitamin C to take, or in what levels it might be dangerous. It is funny to think that we still know so little about some of the most basic levels of human nutrition and health. Anyways, this is just a post going out to all you sickies out there.

Oh yeah, and for some energy/environment news - check out the NY Science Times (its tuesday!) - and look for the video on "Moderate Environmentalists" and the article about Lomberg and Newt Gingrich's new book.

Have a great week!