Since the link does not work, I assume that you are not breathing.

What county's 911 system should I activate? I'll totally make the call. Just let me know.

oops... wifi in laptop gave out before my lungs... now back at home with fixed link. Some text got appended to the end of the url. Dum-me.

Admins please hope that link (but no high priority).

Feeling better even though home is non-air-conditioned warm...

So, all's well that ends well? Swell!

fixeded it

Not 100% better; I'm up to a Quart Ziploc bag while wishing for a Gallon.

Halfway seriously considering setting up a "dead man's switch" to post to my blog if (a) I do call 911 and end up in a hospital ward without wifi or (b) just don't wake up and log in some morning. I only talk to my closest relative once a week and my neighbors know not to panic if I don't bring in the newspaper two days in a row... it'll take 3 for somebody to come knocking. You crazy MeChans, MeFites, Twitterers and other web-based folks are my most frequent outside-world contact. And don't tell me to Get a Life, I'm quite happy without one. Just looking for options (other than an "I've fallen and can't get up" button) in case of Medical Emergency, since I have driven myself to the Emergency Room once since I moved here and it turned out to be far less than Emergency-worthy, so I'm more likely now to wait until I can't drive myself, and yes, I am overthinking a plate of beans which is not good because I had lost my appetite and the beans make me slightly nauseous.

Damn, man, I am sorry to hear it. Sounds nasty.

When we had our smoke from the south Georgia fires last summer, I thought about how much worse it must be out west where this kind of thing is much more intense and more frequent. I was freaking out over a few days of campfire smell, so I can't imagine being in THAT much smoke. Bleah. Hang in there, bud.