Too ill to blog . . .
Bedridden with Anxiety
Actually, my condition isn't anxiety, but stomach flu, and I've been bedridden for the past 18 hours . . .
posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 8:29 AM
6 comments
Gypsy Scholar
Brainstorming about history, politics, literature, religion, and other topics from a 'gypsy' scholar on a wagon hitched to a star.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Actually, my condition isn't anxiety, but stomach flu, and I've been bedridden for the past 18 hours . . .
About Me
- Name: Horace Jeffery Hodges
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
I am a retired professor. I last taught at Ewha Womans University, mostly composition, research writing, and cultural issues, but also the occasional graduate seminar on Gnosticism and Johannine theology and the occasional undergraduate course on European history. My doctorate is in history (U.C. Berkeley), with emphasis on religion and science. My thesis is on John's gospel and Gnosticism. I'm also an award-winning writer, and I recommend my novella, The Bottomless Bottle of Beer, to anyone interested. I'm originally from the Arkansas Ozarks, but my academic career -- funded through doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships (e.g., Fulbright, Naumann, Lady Davis) -- has taken me through Texas, California, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, and Israel and has landed me in Seoul, South Korea. I've also traveled to Mexico, visited much of Europe, including Moscow, and touched down briefly in a few East Asian countries. Hence: "Gypsy Scholar."
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6 Comments:
Must have been that patbingsu
Delayed reaction, then.
Jeffery Hodges
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I was so proud of you for using the correct term "stomach virus," and then you disappoint me by mistaking gastroenteritis for influenza. I also blame the patbingsu. To help you recover fully, I'm sharing a recipe I created:
prebiotic salad
raw seasonal veggies
onion
garlic
Chop up veggies, onion, and garlic, put in a tall glass jar. Mix a little vinegar of your choice, olive oil, a dash of salt and pepper in a small bowl and pour over the veggies in the jar. Let sit a day or two before eating. This isn't being pickled, so it doesn't need a lot of vinaigrette as a preservative.
Sonagi
Get well soon. This time around seems to be an exception, but I normally get sick right as a given semester comes to an end. It's almost as if all my defenses know that it's now okay to collapse after keeping up an illusion of strength and vigor for sixteen weeks. Do you normally experience end-of-term blahs as well, or is this an anomaly for you? I know you exercise a lot, so I'm guessing "anomaly."
In any event, remettez-vous vite.
Sonagi, we hillbillies use the term "flu" for a variety of illnesses, for we recognize these bouts with death as influence from the stars.
Actually, the cause was neither a stomach virus nor the "flu," but the reality is too fantastic for anyone to believe.
Jeffery Hodges
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Actually, I do tend to get sick around semester's end. Unfortunately, that's also the time I start teaching breaktime courses.
Jeffery Hodges
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