| Well it's winter, and there is a pretty good chance | | | | surfing the internet. |
| that quite a few of you reading this are just not | | | | What?! You haven't gotten your flu shots yet?! |
| feeling healthy as a horse and might be feeling a | | | | Well, call the doctor, make an appointment and |
| bit under the weather. Not surprising at all. It's | | | | get immunized you goof! Do you know that over |
| cold. It's dark. The wind is blowing. Icicles are | | | | 4,000 people have already died from swine flu in |
| forming. Slush is slushing. You're sitting around all | | | | the U.S. so far this year? Did you know that in |
| day waiting for spring. Of course you're sick! Get | | | | 1918 about 40 million people died from influenza |
| up! Get out! Don't let the winter bring you down! | | | | worldwide? That's more people than died from |
| Here's some advice to keep you away from the | | | | the plague in 4 years from 1347 to 1351. What |
| doctor, the aspirin, the vaporizer, and the tissues. | | | | are you waiting for? |
| Eat good, wholesome foods. Give your body | | | | Do I also need to tell you to get enough sleep? |
| what it needs to keep your strength up, to fight | | | | This is usually not a problem for most people, |
| those wicked germs, to build up a strong potent | | | | unless of course they work, or have kids, or like |
| immune system. You know what I mean. More | | | | to party, or watch TV until late at night, or go |
| veggies, cooked and raw in salads. More fruit, in | | | | out to restaurants, or movies, or bars. A |
| season like citrus, out of season, like everything | | | | well-rested body is better able to fight off those |
| else. Remember how lucky we are that we can | | | | viral critters lurking all over just waiting for a |
| get strawberries from all over the world, even in | | | | chance to make you sick. Get to bed! |
| the dead of winter. Fruit is delicious and good for | | | | Oh, did I say go to bars. I certainly hope you |
| you, too. | | | | don't drink alcohol. Very bad for your bod. Not |
| Take vitamins. Just in case you don't eat what | | | | only does it make it hard to drive, talk, think, |
| you need every day. Just be careful not to take | | | | whatever - it is very destructive to your immune |
| too many. Vitamins can be too much of a good | | | | system. |
| thing, so stick to recommended doses. | | | | I think I've made it clear that there are some |
| Get off your derriere and do some exercise. | | | | very concrete things you can do this winter to |
| Indoor facilities abound. Go bowling, dancing, ice | | | | keep healthy and happy. Stay well, and we'll meet |
| skating, roller skating, billiards, even darts or card | | | | again in the spring, just in time for allergy season. |
| games are better than watching TV all day, or | | | | Aaachooo! |