This post isn’t about zombies, but it starts with an essay on them. The essay (by Margaret Atwood) wound through many lands and touched on many waters: humanity in the 19th century, how people lose hope in the future, and a whole tour of literary monsters, in classic Atwood fashion: the vampire, the werewolf, the…
One thing I learned after having pneumonia: medical and chemical terms are long. Pneumonia. Costochondritis. Teva-Salbutamol. Apo-Fluticasone. Auro-moxifloxacin. These are some terms I’ve become familiar with, unfortunately, over the two-week period I’ve had pneumonia. Costochondritis, I feel that I owe an explanation, is an inflammation of the upper ribs that causes pain but is typically…
In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, insomnia is a contagious disease. It spreads throughout the town of Macondo like a curse, and people affected start to lose their memory. Before the memory loss begins, however, there’s a period of feverish productivity. Carpenters, leaders, and workers–they all prosper. Everyone looks upon this condition…