have you heard that your kitchen sink has more germs than your garbage? that your cutting board is a petri dish of e coli, salmonella, giardiasis, rotavirus, hepatitis and other sundry and fun to pronounce life threatening diseases? that you'd be better off snagging that carrot you jut pared and rinsing in the toilet before you eat it? that 99% off all homes have mold? that every time you flush the potty you spew fecal matter all over your house? that your bed really does have bugs?

do you care?

personally, i am sick and tired or hearing about it. the news bombards me with it. the chemical companies try to scare me with it. the talk shows dramatize it. they show you close-ups of germs and viruses that make them look like an army of amoebas coming with their little cilia (or whatever they are) waving like so many sabers. i’m dizzied by the myriad products out there that are made to disinfect it all. there is one for your kitchen and one for your bathroom and a different one for your food and sponges that “resist” germs and laundry soap that kills bed bugs.

i feel like john stosslel, but c’mon, gimme a break

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Trees give peace to the souls of men * Nora Waln

The forest would be very quiet if no other birds sang than those who sing the best * Henry van Dyke

some fairly sordid tales, rambles, and anecdotes
Hypothetically Speaking * Something More * Cammy Interrupted * An Experimental Vacation * Masked * so..damn..hot * Thank You * My toy, his idea * no.19 Maple Lane * I Have A Surprise For You * Yesterday * In a Quiet Kitchen * help me decide * untitled prose * more untitled prose