Stress. Why am I so susceptible to it? Friday’s Halloween party celebrations were cut short when I started feeling a tell-tale tingle on my lip in the afternoon. Crap. I haven’t had a cold sore for well over a year. I felt worse and worse as the day progressed. I left the party as soon as I could and rushed home to get my anti-viral prescription filled. It had expired, but luckily my doctor was working late and able to authorise a new one. I took the drugs and then basically spent the next 72 hours lying on our couch. I’m not sure if it’s the virus or the medicine, but I just feel so horrible and dizzy and sore. The glands in my jaw were swollen and tender. On the plus side, the antivirals stopped me from having shooting neuralgia pains going up my whole head. The drugs worked quickly, and by Monday I was starting to feel myself again. The sore is already healing, enough that I’m not too self-conscious about it. Man, could they just hurry up and cure this already? It SUUUUCKS.

Like Roger Ebert, I remember. My absentee ballot was sent weeks ago. I didn’t vote Republican.

Chrontendo is a video podcast that aims to examine every single Nintendo game in chronological order. The Snook and I watched Episode 1 tonight. (So far the guy is up to Episode 33!) It’s AMAZING, and I love it so much. The Snook was incredulous at first that someone could even get through every NES game in a liftime. “There are probably over a thousand!” he said. “This guy has a CALLING,” I answered. “Don’t disparage it! It’s a beautiful thing!” (This Metafilter post has handy links to each episode.) I predict many enjoyable hours of nostalgia watching this.