Here we are in the dark of winter. It is cold. It is icy. The weather is unpredictable and we keep a tissue box nearby. Everywhere we go, there seem to be people with drippy noses, coughs, fevers or stories of food leaving their bodies in extraordinary ways. Many are just in a bad mood.
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