: Two things people have been

February 01, 2001

Two things people have been searching for when they happened upon my site: "why hygene is so important"

on Google, and "tapeworm consumption" on Dogpile. I couldn't find myself when I tried the search on Google.

But sure enough, page two of Dogpile search results revealted my very own web page.

Oh, and speaking of tapework. I asked Jeeves, and the tapeworm symptoms list he showed me indicates that I

probably don't have worms. Itching is a symptom, and my back used to itch at night about 5 years ago, and

my feet itched a lot about 2 years ago. But it hardly seems related. Beyond that, I don't really have any

of the symptoms. It seems more likely, in fact, that I'm a hypochondriac, although I don't have all the

symptoms for that, either. Hmmm...

In case you're just coming in on this topic, tapeworm has long been one of my greatest fears. I've had

nightmares about it. In college, when too little sleep and too much caffeine wreaked havoc upon my

digestive system, I even convinced myself that I had it for a while, although I also convinced myself that

it was too horrible an ailment to mention and that I'd be better dying of it than going to a doctor for

help. It's funny what a sleep deprived mind will think. Oh well.

Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at February 1, 2001 10:49 PM