Cold Tuesday

Hey man, sorry I've been out of touch. Have had a ridiculous amount of catching up to do with work. Plus, I caught a nasty cold from the nieces. This has to be one of the worst colds that I've ever had. It's almost gone, I think, but today I am feeling kind of like I have chills or something. Not a good sign.

Colds are just viruses (viri?) that use us to reproduce, right? I suppose they've succeeded in reproducin ' this long because it's so easy to catch a cold. A germy doorhandle or handshake will do it. I was thinking, though, what if, like our own DNA, it reproduced itself by causing pleasure in some way? What if, everytime you had a cold, food tasted better and your sense of touch was heightened so that you could feel, say, each individual grain of dust on your desk, and orgasms and silk shirts were much more wonderful feeling. Wouldn't everyone want colds? We would all pay to have colds. Man, those cold viri would be so successful.

What will happen if the virus mutates in this way? Why won't viruses mutate in this way? Why can't mine?

I've had a miserable week. Colds suck. I'm glad it's almost over.