When I was seven, I decided I didn’t feel like going to school and wanted to get a little bit sick, so in the dead of winter, I went outside on our balcony in my night clothes and barefoot, and ate some snow. It was kind of a thing among the kids that if you … Continue reading The sort of truth about what causes viruses
Month: July 2018
The other day, I was at CVS with my son. As we were checking out, my son picks up a box of Dayquil that was dangling enticingly by the register, and says, "Mommy, maybe we should pick up a box of this." I said, "Are you planning on getting sick?" He said, "I was thinking … Continue reading
Theory of relativity
Just the other day, we were remembering how I got food poisoning as a child while on vacation in Ukraine on the Azov sea. What happened was this. In communist Russia, food was a commodity not always readily available, especially in remote towns, and especially things like sugar, ketchup, tea - these things were usually … Continue reading Theory of relativity
And Why Not! 