make your will now, avoid the rush; or, howdy from Chicken Little

It kind of looks like SARS is on its way. BTW sarswatch.org is a good place for info/links. (and hopefully unlike the Agonist the author doesn't plagiarize)

Also see the April 11 WHO report on Status of the outbreak and lessons for the immediate future.

my suspicion is that those of us whose colds always turn into $%^& bronchitis or pneumonia anyway best make the most of the time that's left, unless They figure out how to treat it soon.

question: in the short run health care will be swamped and the economy will tank, but if it cleans out us weak & sickly, won't that reduce health care costs & make the economy stronger in the longer run? and what an ingenious way to save Social Security...

on a lighter note...
great bumpersticker sighting:

I [heart] Explosives

which is running neck&neck with the previous Top NC sighting, namely

Warning: I drive like you do

and in case I'm wrong and sky is not falling, here's the pre-registration form for the Calif. "do not call" anti-telemarketing list.