Another buzzword jargonesque intrusion in the modern day lexicon you say? What with coupons and offers and facebook and groupon.
Well true in many a case but not when its in many a human. Viruses. From West Nile (more research on the Nile River is in order) to AIDS to now Hanta we seem to be importing more from Africa than we think.
After finding that Mitt Romney and dancing cats and other obvious in your face acts only garner so much you tube (or tube of your persuasion) viewing time, the world is waking up to the invisible. Viruses.
Visible as a small protein cluster under very powerful microscopes these dudes have real staying power. They have been around since the dawn of civilization (again a strangely romantic notion given no one knows if the clock measurements started at dawn or dusk or if it was always dawn for a period of time).
As we can all attest the Common Cold is more common than common sense for a reason.
Here is another essay on the subject of first names. As in birth names. Or names provided to an offspring at birth. While the developed world tends to shy away from the exotic like Refrigerator or Coca Cola for their new production there is a plethora of Jims and Johns and Bobs or Robs. Speaking of which I do not think there is a categoric decision point at the time of birth if a child will be hereafter called as Bob. I mean have not yet met a toddler called Bob or Rob for that matter. At some point though the parental instinct to mouth out multiple syllables runs out and they switch from calling the crawler Robert to simply Robbie to Rob. Now speaking of - it is strange that the name sounds like something you would not want Rob to do - i.e. Rob anyone. Then why call someone that? After all Rob Peter to Pay Paul is not exactly a maxim to live a young life? Is it? Perhaps Peter or Paul might want to have a say in it? Then there is this matter of going to the John. Why degrad...
I couldn't agree more, as a recent host for the omnipotent cold virus..
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