Rowlf was always a favorite. I had his doll as a kid, he has one of the best songs in the original Muppet movie and the best entrance in more recent The Muppets, but most importantly he had things like this:

Isn’t it wonderful to see 90s movies that were onto something

After the Boston bombings and subsequent arrest, the question will come back to how should America treat “terrorists” vs. regular old violent criminals?  Polling here shows an interesting trend to not having “terrorists” read their Miranda Rights.  

I lean toward treating them as regular criminals, mostly because I do not like thinking of anyone hurting people, be it 1 or 100 as any different in the eyes of the law.  Additionally, its regular law enforcement, BPD, NYPD, etc, that we expect to be the first on the scene.  They cannot begin to start making split second decisions as to who or what this person is, their job is to arrest dangerous men, whatever their motive.

As I just got over what mild flu I just had, I wanted to share a few helpful ideas for how I got over it:

1. Eat anything and everything.  Want an avocado, oatmeal, some left over rice, jalapenos, and a spoon full of chocolate spread?  Then eat all of them.  Your body needs nutrition.
2. Drink fluids, we’ll get back to that one later.
3. I wear a scarf, but really tightly around my neck so there is one area of my body that is just overly warm
4. Watch Deep Space Nine while you should be sleeping (you can substitute for any 90’s sci-fi drama series that streams on Netflix).
5. Wake up at 1:30am covered in sweat, shivering cold, and needing to use the bathroom.
6. Freak out that you should be sleeping, because your body is doing its job and you’ve interrupted it.
7. Literally feel the mucus in your throat loosening up (but don’t get out of bed to spit, that would be too difficult)
8. Don’t be able to fall back asleep and watch Rupaul’s Drag Race
9. Hear the faint sounds of your neighbors having sex through the apartment wall.
10. Fall back to sleep and wake up to hear cats fighting outside your window
11. Wake up refreshed, eat a lot more crap (you need your strength) and watch the final episode of House of Cards and be disappointed. 

The anti-Rebecca Black