I think I post too often on this site. People get used to it and then when I go eighteen hours without putting something up, I get all these e-mails asking if I'm all right, if there's been some disaster, etc. Either that or it's something really bad…like my Internet connection is out.
The connection is fine and I'm all right…but the last four or five days, I've been battling a bad cold that decided that since I was sick, I might as well have one of the worst cases of conjunctivitis my doctor has seen in years. That's not as awful as it sounds because this afternoon, he prescribed what can only be called a "wonder drug"…and five hours after taking it, my eyes are halfway back to normal. He said they'd be 95% healed by tomorrow evening and I think I'm going to beat that timeline. Moral of the story: I should have gone to see him on Friday instead of thinking I could conquer it with over-the-counter drops and eye wash.
Jack Kirby created a comic book character named Darkseid whose eyes emit a kind of red radiation of death. That's how I've felt the last few days…but now it seems to be over.
I'm behind on a script and way behind on e-mail — what are the odds? — so bear with me. And thanks for the messages of concern, partly for my health but mostly for that of my Internet connection. We may soon reach the stage in this world where you can be declared legally dead if you aren't seen in public for seven years or if you go 36 hours without checking your e-mail.