MUDDLE: A month or two ago I was reminded how bad it feels to be sick, to get the flu. Now I'm reminded that lack of sleep is insidious, that it can make a man crazy, and that it feeds on itself, so that when you stop getting sleep for a while it becomes all the harder to get to sleep the next day and the next day.

Meanwhile two good friends are kicking cancer's ass, so I'm also reminded how minor my challenges are, and how a little fatigue is not the end of the world.

I've gotta jump in the shower now, see if I can't blast some sense back into this brain.