JamesSavik

Bump! Pretty pictures! Way, way back... the Necromancy is strong with this one!

Those of us that are exceptionally good at internet debate rarely feel the urge anymore as using facts and reason is considered archaic and emotion and butthurt seem to be in fashion.

I write it because I'm working on a masters degree and my time for writing things that don't have Sigmas and integral symbols is limited. I have some L O N G T E R M long projects like Hammerhead, Gemini and couple of others but my time is limited. My Flush fiction gives me a chance to keep writing without my typical overnighters. The way I write on my big projects, I write overnight when the phone and doorbell isn't ringing and distractions are at a minimum.

One of the deadly traps of medical diagnosis is that a whole lot of very bad things looks like flu. Many people are told, it's just a virus. Go home and sleep it off. This was unfortunate for postal workers in New Jersey. Several of them were diagnosed with flu and sent home by doctors. They were dead in hours from inhaling weapons grade anthrax sent by letter in the 2001 anthrax attacks. (1) A man just off the plane from Liberia where there was a large outbreak of ebola went to a very prestigious hospital the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He was seen and sent home. He later died of ebola and seriously contaminated an apartment building while he bled out. (2) Medicine is no joke. When I was a kid I was pressured to be a doctor. I knew with my temperament, I could never handle loosing people. The people that can do the job of a doctor, and stay sharp enough to notice when things aren't adding up, are very rare and special people. _________________________ 1 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/postal-workers-mark-10-year-anniversary-of-anthrax-attacks/2011/10/21/gIQA4E1F4L_story.html?utm_term=.1e9e269a3567 2 - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/08/dallas-ebola-patient-dies/16786011/

Ace, King, Queen and Jack plus at least one house of parliament.

Note to self: probably works better than alcohol

Here's a better link to Patient 1119

Infectious diseases have changed the course of whole civilizations. There is archaeological evidence suggesting that plagues may have wiped out or caused huge changes in several prehistoric civilizations.(1) The Antonine Plague (2) of 165–180 AD was a major factor in weakening the Roman Empire to the point that it could be defeated. Most people think it was smallpox but we can’t be sure. Black Death(3) was the most devastating pandemic in human history killing 75–200 million people in Eurasia. It came in waves starting in the 14th century with periodic recurrences until the 16th century. European diseases that arrived with explorers and colonists like smallpox and measles decimated Native American populations. European diseases so depopulated Native Americans that they could only be a minor nuisance to European interlopers. Smallpox allowed the Aztec and Incan civilizations with thousands of warriors to be sacked by a few hundred Spanish Conquistadores.(4) The 1918 Flu Pandemic(5) killed 50–100 million people worldwide and pushed the war weary and flu ravaged combatants of World War I to the peace table in Versailles. These were just the big outbreaks that changed the courses of whole civilizations. Other diseases were a constant menace like cholera, typhoid, typhus, measles, consumption (tuberculosis and pneumonia) and other treatable diseases today that were fatal without antibiotics and mass immunizations. Humanity survived for thousands of years without vaccination but, infectious diseases have definitely left their mark. It is a great fear of doctors and government officals that a virus might mutate or be created by a mad man that no one has any immunity to. With world populations so high, dense and mobile, there would be nothing to stop it from killing billions. Worse still- over use of antibiotics and disinfectants is creating drug resistant strains of old diseases that are now emerging threats. (6) We only THINK that we are done with infectious diseases. They are not done with us. We can only vaccinate against the worst of them and use good public health practices to contain outbreaks when they do occur. Least we forget: the HIV/AIDS pandemic emerged in the early eighties and has killed millions world wide. Modern medicine and our modern world are not immune to emerging infectious diseases or new strains of the old diseases that have dogged humanity since prehistoric times. _________________________________________________________ Footnotes: 1- DNA Evidence that Plague Started Much Earlier Than Thought https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/science/in-ancient-dna-evidence-of-plague-much-earlier-than-previously-known.html 2- Antoine Plague https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonine_Plague 3- Black Death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death 4- Native American Diseases & Epidemics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_disease_and_epidemics 5- 1918 Flu Pandemic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic 6- Dangerous Drug Resistant Infections on the Rise Among Children https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/02/25/dangerous-antibiotic-resistant-infections-on-the-rise-for-children-in-the-u-s-study-finds/?utm_term=.15672308e593 Further Reading: Garrett, Laura The Coming Plague Quammen, David Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Chris Cornell Dies at 52 Chris Cornell, the unmistakable voice and frontman of the bands Soundgarden and Audioslave, died overnight in Detroit at the age of 52. He was discovered just past midnight at the MGM Grand Detroit, according to police.

Fun from the 70s Wacky Packages giving the finger to consumer products since 1967

70s theme week

You young barbarians with no culture need enlightenment. You are ignorant of the good old days. I shall attempt to enlighten you about our ancient culture. Wacky Packages Our generation giving the finger to consumer culture. Over the Edge (1978) This movie is 100% authentic seventies. If you want to know what the 70s were really like, look it up. It's on YouTube.

this is twisted even by my standards...

human head and machete.

Our story pages don't do anything about formatting. The default setting is a little hard to read. I've been slowing reformatting my stories. I have settled on Tahoma 18 for text and Tahoma 24 for titles. I wanted to ask our readers what do you think, is this better for reader? Any suggestions are welcome. Please remember: we only have the fonts that we have.

The Bucket List "How much longer do I have, doctor?" "Nine months. A year at the outside. It'll be quick when it happens. You'll know when you start having debilitating headaches. That'll mean the aneurysm is just about critical." "There's nothing to be done?" "I'm afraid not. The artery is too deep inside the brain. We would do too much damage trying to fix it." He sighed deeply and said, "OK Doc. I am going to need verification for my life insurance and to cash

Cry havoc and...