Hark! how the blogs, strained crazy blogs
All seem to say, it’s the last day!
NaBlo is done, please pass the rum
Blog induced strife, a month of my life
I’ve posted my dreams, I’ve run out of memes
Youtubes and pics, links in the mix
Thoughts are all said, readers have fled
Still I need more, I can’t be a bore
Why did we say, “I’ll post every day”?
It’s finally done, the dough-boy’s been won
No time to read, fingertips bleed
Songs quite insane, ring in my brain!
If I post again I will go crazy!
If I post again I will go crazy!
Now can we sleep? The tired bloggers weep
Mouse clicking ends, the hush now descends…
Na Blo Po Mo
A few days ago it had come to my attention that many of the talented and entertaining bloggers I read were complaining of misery, illness and a general over abundance of mucus either in themselves, their children, or both. It crossed my mind to comment on this strange blogger plague and find a way to blame it all on an overuse of the mystical “blogger gland” in every faithful blogger’s brain as a result of, you got it, the infamous NaBloPoMo. I thought to post this and then hesitated. Maybe it was just a coincidence that about 35% of the people on my Google Reader were all simultaneously reporting illness. Maybe I was just focusing on the wrong details, concentrating on complaints rather than insights.
That was before my throat started feeling dry and itchy on Wednesday evening. When CB woke me up early Thursday morning I was swallowing razorblades. My face was hot, I had a headache and I was choking every time I swallowed. I slept off and on throughout the day and finally in the late afternoon my throat and head felt okay enough to enjoy Thanksgiving. Today was more of the same, only I had the wonderful idea of going shopping at 4 in the morning with my mother at the local mall. The good news was that we got all the Hannukah shopping done by 9 a.m. The bad news was I was basically comatose for the rest of the day. Breathing tore up my throat and I spent a lot of the day half asleep in front of the computer.
This is not a coincidence.
NaBloPoMo is slowly conquering the immune systems of the world’s bloggers. Next year’s website ought to come with a disclaimer: Warning: Blogging every day for a month may cause a breakdown in mental and physical health. Proceed with caution.
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