{"id":129,"date":"2006-11-29T15:28:39","date_gmt":"2006-11-29T20:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/?p=129"},"modified":"2006-11-29T15:28:39","modified_gmt":"2006-11-29T20:28:39","slug":"the-fact-that-i-was-listening-to-neil-diamond-should-have-tipped-me-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/the-fact-that-i-was-listening-to-neil-diamond-should-have-tipped-me-off\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fact That I Was Listening to Neil Diamond Should Have Tipped Me Off…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, I sent one of our student workers home because she looked like death warmed over. Then, I realized that perhaps I should be heeding my own advice.<\/p>\n

Evidence for the prosecution:<\/p>\n

1. I was coughing all over my keyboard<\/p>\n

2. My throat felt like it had little elves in it, all of them determined to poke me with little sticks.<\/p>\n

3. I was willingly<\/i> listening to Rhapsody’s<\/a> suggestion of Neil Diamond’s Gold. <\/p>\n

Clearly, I was not my normal self. Not that I have anything against singing along to “Sweet Caroline” at a Red Sox game. I also think that he was deliciously hilarious in Saving Silverman<\/a>\"\". (Steve Zahn and<\/i> Jack Black? Sign me up!). But, Neil Diamond under normal circumstances? Not my bag, baby. <\/p>\n

So, here I am, curled up on the couch with the cat, my laptop and a tivo full of crap TV. I’m hoping that my throat feels better tonight, when I’m supposed to do a mini set at Aqua<\/a>. <\/p>\n

If my throat doesn’t feel better? I’ll just have to do my entire repertoire of Steve Nicks songs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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