The Slumbering Lungfish Dybbuk Hostel and All-Night Boulangerie

Hahaha, I know that feeling, although for me, once I start vomiting, it doesn't stop, so I need to keep it down OR ELSE.

Or stop drinking Chartreuse and tonic. Naah...

I had that same exact thing 2 weeks ago. I did however make two wonderful new friends in my toilet and a bucket. Also, the thought of chicken soup now makes me retch.

Yeah, I used to fight the nausea with everything I had, extending my misery for many hours. I think I was gun-shy after getting the dry heaves a couple times. The dry heaves should really have been barred by the Geneva Convention.

Seems like some commentors on the wired site don't like you much? Do they honestly find your articles so distasteful, or do you suppose they just like ribbing you?

I concur with Uglyhead's observation. It's one thing to not find something or someone funny, but wow, it almost seems like some people have it out for you.

Hey, totally unrelated, but I was looking back through The Book of Ratings (the site; not the book) and I noticed that in the "Superman's Powers" ratings the phrase "really raccoon" was used. Is this a real phrase? Is this something I should be saying? I really want to say it, but I don't want to sound like a dork by describing something incorrectly as "raccoon."

Well, I don't know what constitutes a "real phrase." I used it for a while, and a couple friends of mine picked it up, but it certainly hasn't reached wide circulation.

Am I the only one here wondering exactly which aspects of this column were fictional? Or is that more or less obvious? ;)

By way of introduction, hi, I'm Rose, been a somewhat lacksadaisical fan of your work since my boyfriend picked up "The Book of Ratings" and I nabbed it from him. *waves*

Well, let's see. The second day of my illness I wasn't actually completely unable to do anything. I actually had writing to do, so I did it, but it took forever and I probably would have gotten better faster if I hadn't. I don't remember exactly when Colette got sick, but she did so while I was still getting better. I actually ate some food that wasn't as bland as what I mention in the article, but I regretted it. And I do in fact know that they still make hot water bottles.