... but I sure came a little too close for comfort. You see, over the past month or so I've been battling with mononucleosis. Actually, the mono wasn't too bad in itself, but it wore me out to the point where all sorts of secondary stuff started munching on my insides. In the span of about 4 weeks, I managed to catch and then ditch mono, bronchitis, and hepatitis. Well, you actually can't ever really ditch mono, since it's in your system for life. But I beat it into submission, damn it, so I count it as a technical win for me.

So there.

Let me be the first to tell you that the worst flu that I have ever managed to get was a birthday party compared to this whole medical adventure. Why, I even went to see a doctor, which is an event I usually reserve for occasions where I need an amputation or I've received a very, very large gunshot wound.

Remember kids, only kiss the clean ones. Mono primarily gets passed through saliva, so a smootch might be the that gets you. Or I guess you could just kiss the really drunk ones, since all that alcohol in his or her mouth will have done a number on any mono critters lurking about.

Anyway, you came here to be entertained, right? Well, you might as well take a look at some pictures from Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Thanksgiving over at yoda's parent's place:
http://www.nuthouse.org/~hendersa/thanksgiving

Christmas in New York at my parent's place:
http://www.nuthouse.org/~hendersa/xmas_pics

I hope everyone has a happy (and healthy) new year.