Public Service Announcements.

From the "Do as I say, not as I do." files:

1. Suppose you fear that a newly scratchy throat means an imminent descent into the bottomless pit known as the common cold. So you decide to both hydrate (with 2 tall glasses of fizzy Gerolsteiner mineral water) and medicate (with a zinc bubble gum ball, which is only slightly less heinous than the unspeakable horror of zinc lozenges, and comes with a clear warning label about chewing them with some food to "avoid minor stomach upset"). If you are totally out to lunch and decide to do such things, it might be a good idea to set aside the next hour to lie miserably on the bathroom floor with a stomach bloated full of nothing but foul, very fizzy, metallic tasting bubble gum water. Doesn't sound too uncomfortable? GIVE IT A WHIRL.

2. If you are going to insist on getting totally addicted to the new show "Flight of the Conchords", at least have the decency to keep your singing of "Part Time Model" and "The Humans are Dead" (is that even the name of the song? or is it just the part that I can't get out of my head?) to yourself. Binary solo......000000010000001......