Empathy Schmempathy

Oh the irony of reading this article after a lovely trip home on the subway during which an incredibly disgusting fuckup coughed directly in my face (deliberately!). My offense? I'd accidentally bumped his huge, disgusting feet, which were sprawled out in the aisle in such a way that I couldn't help it. Ahh, even going so far as threatening to "kick the shit" out of me if I did it again. If I had been at all teetering on the edge of deciding whether or not I hated humankind, this guy quite literally kicked me over.

Oh, to be infected with some revolting maggot's disease-ridden spittle exactly 9 days before I go visit my nephew who, by all accounts, has gotten sick more frequently in his 4 months on Earth than I have in almost 30 years . update: I should add that at least my nephew lives in the UK, where the little fella and his mum and dad get free health care while Auntie Christine pays $200 freaking dollars a month for hers. God bless America!

Ugh. Bring on global warming.