The best thing — the absolutely best thing — about Real Rhapsody, iTunes, or anything that allows you to create a massive playlist, is the Sprite of Serendipity. I just heard R.E.M.’s “Good Advices” for the first time in probably 10 years. Thanks, Real!

Kym just returned from points abroad last weekend, and true to form I immediately got sick. According to the various snake charmers, charlatans and other practitioners of medical quackery, I have gastritis, which is a pre-ulcerous condition. What this means is that I have been home sick this week, unable to eat anything aside from water, jello and broth. This is to be my diet for the next several days, until I move to a permanent diet of bland foods. Ugh!

So, in addition to vomiting after every meal and fearing that I am going to die, I also have to make sure that I don’t fall behind at work. At least THAT’S not stressful.

(I’m writing this from my couch while watching TV - thanks wireless and a commercial just came on for Tylenol, describing how, unlike other pain relievers, Tylenol is gentle on your stomach and will not cause stomach pain. Talk about a day late and a dollar short.)

Luckily, there is a bright spot in this otherwise dark universe — Danica McKellar (Winnie Cooper from the Wonder Years) appears in this month’s FHM. I think that I can now die a happy man.