Thursday, October 23, 2008
So Sad!
I was horrified by what I read of the black plague. I knew that a lot of people died way back when but I'd never read the details. I was shocked by how quickly it spread and the amount of people that died. Thousands everyday and about 1/3 of the population! And the way they died... so horrible. These huge boils that grow on your body until they burst, vomiting blood violently, and shaking uncontrollably... what an awful way to die. And the fact that it's still around freaks me out. Ya, they have a cure for it... but what if it mutates? Viruses do that. We could very well have another outbreak of it or something different. That's why they make thriller horror movies out of it... it freaks us all out. I'm almost as scared of that as I am of drowning or falling to my death. On a positive note, I enjoyed reading about the orgin of universities. It's so ironic that the first university would be established because of a bar fight. :) It's interesting too how old a lot of college traditions, words, and culture are. I think it's great to be part of such a long-lasting experience.
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When I would teach live, back in the day, I would tell students to look around and mentally remove every third person. There are some profs who even have every third person leave the room. Makes it more vivid.
BTW, we don't have to worry about the virus mutating because it isn't a virus. It's a bacterium. Plenty of actual viruses to worry about, thanks!
Lets be greatful we live in Boise Id. We don't have sewers and large abandon building where rats and mice live and breed. We still live in a relativity small city compared to New York or LA which is where the lasts outbreaks of the Plague were reported in the US.
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