Comments on: One Good Thing About the ‘Flu http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/05/one-good-thing-about-the-flu/ experiments in refactored perception Tue, 22 May 2012 18:09:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Bofinger http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/05/one-good-thing-about-the-flu/#comment-3545 David Bofinger Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:21:43 +0000 http://www.ribbonfarm.com/?p=1336#comment-3545 Actually this is one of the things I hate about the flu. I've got all this time off work, but I feel too ill to do anything creative or useful since my brain is fully occupied by remembering to drink enough water. Actually this is one of the things I hate about the flu. I’ve got all this time off work, but I feel too ill to do anything creative or useful since my brain is fully occupied by remembering to drink enough water.

]]> By: thedancingmachine http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/05/one-good-thing-about-the-flu/#comment-3541 thedancingmachine Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:23:57 +0000 http://www.ribbonfarm.com/?p=1336#comment-3541 My favorite thing on earth to do is...nothing. The only time I can enjoy doing nothing is when I have a good excuse like sickness or being snowed in. Only then can I turn my brain off and really enjoy it. Perhaps you are somewhat afflicted with this malady. Probably not, I'm probably the only one. My favorite thing on earth to do is…nothing. The only time I can enjoy doing nothing is when I have a good excuse like sickness or being snowed in. Only then can I turn my brain off and really enjoy it. Perhaps you are somewhat afflicted with this malady. Probably not, I’m probably the only one.

]]> By: Dylan http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/05/one-good-thing-about-the-flu/#comment-3435 Dylan Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:04:00 +0000 http://www.ribbonfarm.com/?p=1336#comment-3435 You ever been in a floatation tank or isolation chamber? I get that sensation in there when i find the time to go (not much). Great way to meditate, plus you don't need to wait for your health to decline to get there ;) With the flu season coming I'm once again in that seasonal conflict...to get the shot or not get the shot. You ever been in a floatation tank or isolation chamber? I get that sensation in there when i find the time to go (not much). Great way to meditate, plus you don’t need to wait for your health to decline to get there ;)

With the flu season coming I’m once again in that seasonal conflict…to get the shot or not get the shot.

]]> By: Janet Clarey http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/05/one-good-thing-about-the-flu/#comment-3422 Janet Clarey Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:20:39 +0000 http://www.ribbonfarm.com/?p=1336#comment-3422 I feel the same way about illness and forced slowing down. Get better soon... I'm waiting in anticipation for the sequel to the Gervais Principle. Buying you a virtual coffee now which I hope you'll actually use for chicken soup. I feel the same way about illness and forced slowing down. Get better soon… I’m waiting in anticipation for the sequel to the Gervais Principle. Buying you a virtual coffee now which I hope you’ll actually use for chicken soup.

]]> By: Sean C. http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/05/one-good-thing-about-the-flu/#comment-3421 Sean C. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:09:46 +0000 http://www.ribbonfarm.com/?p=1336#comment-3421 I feel 100% the same way. It's a perfect excuse to check out of your life for a few days and just sit still and think. You've no other choice really. And as you point out, you get to do this thinking in an altered state of consciousness. I feel 100% the same way. It’s a perfect excuse to check out of your life for a few days and just sit still and think. You’ve no other choice really.

And as you point out, you get to do this thinking in an altered state of consciousness.

]]> By: Xianhang Zhang http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/05/one-good-thing-about-the-flu/#comment-3419 Xianhang Zhang Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:34:08 +0000 http://www.ribbonfarm.com/?p=1336#comment-3419 I am also down with the flu and I know exactly what you mean. The other time I feel that same feeling is when I am traveling alone and, despite all attempts at structuring my time, I end up with odd gaps of half an hour at a time where there's utterly nothing for me to do but sit and watch the world go by. I am also down with the flu and I know exactly what you mean. The other time I feel that same feeling is when I am traveling alone and, despite all attempts at structuring my time, I end up with odd gaps of half an hour at a time where there’s utterly nothing for me to do but sit and watch the world go by.

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