Remaining silent about the destruction of nature is an endorsement of that destruction.

I am pretty sure that I have contracted  trypanosomiasis, which is also know as African Sleeping Sickness.  I slept for about 17 hours yesterday and I'm still tired.  I think I managed to pick up this nasty little bug, because I have not been using insect netting when I sleep nor have I taken really any precautions to keep from being bitten by Tse-Tse Flies.  That is combination with the dry and dusty conditions here which favor the Tse-Tse Fly, I believe has led to my catching this diease.  Either that or I have the flu.  Here's a link for more information on African Sleeping Sickness.

 

On a funnier note, my niece decided last night that she needed to talk to me.  She is just three, so she told her mom that she needed to talk to me really bad, so my sister dialed the phone for her and put her on the line.  As soon as I answered the phone my niece said, "Can you bring me some ass cream"  Apparently she intended to say ice cream, but it came out as ass cream.  She explained to me that she really wanted some ass cream and her mother wouldn't go to the store and get her some, so if I would go to the store for her and bring her some ass cream everything would be just great.  The way she asked me and dire need in her voice, was almost enough to get me to do it, however they are a five hour drive away and I was pretty sure the ass cream would be melted by the time I got there.