I've been a bit offline for the past weekendish

[conuly]

Between the holiday and the rain and the rain and the rain, I've just been blah.

So if anything happened, you should probably tell me in the comments, I won't likely see it on my reading page.

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Could I Survive the ‘Quietest Place on Earth’? (Random quote: Hearing the movement of blood through the body is supposedly something like an absolute taboo, akin to witnessing the fabrication of Chicken McNuggets — an ordeal after which placid existence is irreparably shattered.)

Eccentric art flourishes at the outskirts of Buenos Aires

What if You Could Go to the Hospital … at Home?

Cricket flourishes among Qatar World Cup migrant laborers

At the New University in Exile, they fight for democracy from afar.

Diamond diggers in South Africa's deserted mines break the law — and risk their lives

Jail Is a Death Sentence for a Growing Number of Americans

Red tape, potholes and politics hamper NATO’s defence efforts as the Russia threat rises

Comments

[angelofthenorth]

We're being evicted...

[conuly]

That fucking sucks.

[sallymn]

Blah is awful isn't it? Sometimes as hard to shake off as actual sadness....

I hope the rain eases up for you.

[kareina]

I recovered from a bladder infection and managed to enjoy some of the time spent doing it. The long post I did on the topic said it all much more eloquently.

Hope you are feeling better soon.