Yeah yeah, we're touched whatever...

Try Delsym for that cough. It's super strength, works great, and you can get it at any drugstore. Get better soon.

The top ten is even more impressive knowing you're ill. Laugh out loud funny.

Hmmm..first Hillary! and now Ace contract communicable diseases....

Do I sense a secret love connection???

Drink exessively. You'll forget about the cold.

I had something like that over the 'holiday season', and my doctor recommended heavy doses of Percodan. OK, technically, I guess he's not what you would call a 'real doctor', but the man knows his meds.

Two words: Neti. Pot.

I suspect too many wet kisses with the Media Elite.

Cool. Here's my chance to totally redeem myself for all my failed absurd humor. Ace, try the silver bullet: Mucinex. It has guaifenesin. Use Mucinex DM if you have a cough.

It's OTC. I just had the shit last week. Tried pseudoeffedrine, Nyquil, Benedryl, and even Claritin (allergy stuff) in desperation. Nothing worked well. However, I have to admit the Nyquil did give me a good buzz.

My doc pal rec'd Mucinex, apparently a fairly new cold medicine. K'bam. It doesn't take out the virus, of course, but it sliced all the associated symptoms--runny nose, eyes, hacky cough, hoarseness--like a hammer.

You know it has to be good when they go to the trouble of coming up with a word like "guaifenesin."

Jeez, Ace. You know the phrase "kiss ass" isn't meant to be taken literally, right? No wonder you got sick.

Just kidding. Hope you feel better soon. Try hot lemonade with honey. Sounds (and tastes) gross but calms a sore throat right down and makes the cough go away for at least a minute or two.

Ace,

My mom has pretty much the same thing.

It. is.bad.

Sorry.

Maybe it was that skanky Miriam-Blossom chick.

Well, somebody had to do her, so I guess it all evens out in the end.

Or not.

Lie.low.

It.is.bad.

And Get Well Soon!

Hey Ace, get some rest!l. How was the Strangers w/ Candy movie? I was a big fan of the series & am dying for the ur first person accounting of it!

Hmmm..first Hillary! and now Ace contract communicable diseases....

Do I sense a secret love connection???

Footnote 210 perhaps??

Wes,

No, I didn't see it. I saw no movies at Sundance.

We must be on the same Sitemeter server. Fucking stupid sitemeter.

I appreciate the blogging. Hope you feel better. Steam always helps, me.

Hey rdbrewer,

Are you getting paid by the Mucinex people or what? I read your post and I could just hear that baritone announcer kind of voice, and pictured you sitting in front of a roaring fire, wearing a cardigan, holding some Mucinex up and saying,

"I tried pseudoeffedrine, Nyquil, Benedryl, and even Claritin. Nothing worked, then a doctor friend of mine recommended new Mucinex DM, and my cough was gone in no time."

Too late for this cold, but make this when you feel better, and freeze some in containers so you can zap it the next time you feel ill.

Cold tonic soup
Put 1 fryer size chicken in a 2-gallon soup pot and just barely cover with water (allow it to just start to float).
Cover tightly with a lid.
Boil for 1 1/2 hours (it will fall apart).
Remove all the chicken and bones from the pot with a straining spoon and set aside to cool.
Turn the heat under the broth down to a bare simmer.
To the broth add one chopped onion or 3 shallots, 2 Tablespoons of ground rosemary, 1 tablespoon of ground cardamom, 1 teaspoon of ground sage, 1 teaspoon of thyme, 1/4 tsp ground pepper, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, 4 chopped carrots, 3 chopped celery stalks, and 1/2 a large green cabbage, diced. Do not add potatoes to this particular chicken soup.

When the chicken is cool enough to work with, discard the bones and skin, cut the meat up and throw it into the soup.

Allow the whole thing to simmer for another hour.

This makes a very fragrant and delicious soup that breaks up phlegm with its warming herbs and should be taken right before you shuffle off to bed.

Sitemeter is crashtastic, no question. But if you make sure it's the last, the very very last thing to load on your page, then usually people can still read your genius even as the browser continues frantically trying to load up the Suckmeter.

I only know this because Andrea Harris once (virtually) screamed at me about it. I don't have natural smarts, but I can pay attention to screaming.

Good luck beating the cold, and the guy who said Mucinex is right on. It's the latest and greatest.

Unfiltered Apple Vinegar.

At least, that's what the hippie chick in the office recommends.

Nice Phlegm-blogging, btw.

Has anyone ever seen Andrew Sullivan and Ace of Spades side by side?

I'm just saying.

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