That fever table may come in handy some day, because though I very rarely get the flu, I was sick for the last two weeks of last year -- and when it passed, I happened to cough in the wrong position and got a lumbago for the first time in my life: a very nasty trouble.

Good to know that you are alive and well(?). Every time you are quiet for a long time, I think that maybe your health problem has relapsed. I wish it is me who goes first. Judging by my constant fatigue, it would not be a wonder. I have even tried to avoid fast carbohydrates, because they make you tired, but then it means that I should not eat potatoes, rice or pasta -- so what could I eat instead of them? Vegetables, of course.

Yes, it's been cold as hell.

(I don't smoke any more, but it is good that someone still does.)