Herro Flom Japan

It's the middle of the week already and the only extra masks I'm seeing are on service industry employees–convenience store cashiers and people working in restaurants mostly. I was expecting to see a repeat of what it was like in Osaka a few weeks ago where it looked like 9 out of 10 people were wearing a mask, widespread school closings, etc. Frankly, I'm disappointed. I enjoy seeing people overreact. Schnozzlefreud, or whatever it's called.

Update: Schadenfreude.

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Last night while the rest of my family was at a soccer match, lightning struck about 100 meters from our house and blew out our TV, VCR, Wii, phone, wife's PC and fried the network card in my PC. Luckily the fridge, washer and air conditioners were spared.

On the bright side, with nothing left to have fun with and no money to buy replacements, maybe our kids will start reading books.

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No surprise at all, but the Flu of Death officially has arrived in the Kanto region–one case in Tokyo of a 16 year-old girl who recently came back from a mock UN in NYC, and another student in Kawasaki, west of Tokyo. Seems to me that constant bombardment of government and media-inspired panic of the past few weeks was all for naught. Now they're trying to tell people to "remain calm." Chew on this: had this new strain of influenza actually turned out to be deadly, do you supposed it probably would have spread just as quickly? I think so, unless hazmat suits become the latest fashion. One of these days, we're all gonna be screwed.

I predict that next week schools and universities in and around Tokyo will start closing. What's ironic about that is kids who would normally be confined to school all day instead will be out and about town, eating in restaurants, singing in karaoke boxes and increasing their chances of spreading infection.

Here are my plans: If I catch the flu, I'll get tamiflu from our family doctor, stay locked in my room and in bed a few days reading and sleeping, then get on with my life. Then again, if I die from it, I'll be pissed off because I really want to find out what happens on LOST.

I wonder, if you catch the flu early, will you build up an immunity to it so that if it mutates later you won't get as sick?

One more thing. For about a week now, I've been amusing myself on the way home from work by coughing and sniffing loudly while I'm in crowds. So far it hasn't gotten me a seat on a jam-packed train, but it does cut down significantly on how long I have to wait in line for the turnstiles after arriving at Koga station. I'm thinking I should try again, only next time while wearing a Mexican sombrero and poncho.

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These helpful suggestions come from a commenter at www.inforwars.com, where I like to get my news not only completely unfiltered by the media, reality or logic, but also completely unhinged. (Note: The original author wishes to remain anonymous, because he has irrefutable proof, which he's not at liberty to reveal at the present time, that the NSA is tracking his every thought via an electronic device he inadvertently ingested after it was slipped into his Swanson's TV dinner by highly placed operatives.)

• 1. Go out & buy n-95 masks or equivalent. $ 20.00 for box of 20 at Lowe’s & Home Depot.
• 2. Buy surgical gloves.
• 3. Get anti-bacterial soaps, & bleach.
• 4. Get a preventative doctors prescription for Tamiflu or Relenza, about $ 50.00 to $ 70.00 per multiple dose pack or bottle.
• 5. Quarantine yourself & go no where if possible. No guests, in or out.
• 6. If that’s not possible, wear the mask & gloves, everytime you go out. When done, come home take off the gloves throw away in bio-hazard container. Take off mask, put on shelf for use again. Wash hands with soap & water, rinse, then rinse again in mild form of “bleachwater.” Then blow, or allow to air dry. Or use seperate 2nd towel ( white ) to dry them.
• 7. You cannot go out to eat, go to the movies, or eat any prepared foods. They will not be safe. The only safe foods will be sealed in “glass jars, metal, tin, or frozen, long before the “PANDEMIC,” hit. No fresh breads, salads, open foods, fast food restaurants, nothing like it.
• 8. Do not trust or believe the mainstream news media ! I cannot stress that enough. Get your “TRUTHFUL,” news from the internet.
• 9. Do not take any shots or vaccinations what so ever ! I do not trust them !
• 10. Watch for more deaths, clusters, & such.
• 11. Once people get scared & panic, it’s gonna be nuts. And you won’t be able to get food, medical, supplies, water, or anything.
• 12. Please run out now, & buy what you need, right away. You should be stocked up already as you’ve been told for all other types of “end of the world scenarios.”
• 13. The CDC & other sites have good information on how to protect yourself.
• 14. Do not seal up your home airtight ! You’ll run out of fresh air qucikly & die of lack of oxygen.
• 15. Of course keep your doors & windows shut.
• 16. PRAY !

I would like to add my own advice:

• Scream while flailing your arms and running around in circles.
• To assure yourself an empty seat on a crowded train, wear a sombrero, cough and sneeze loudly while muttering to yourself in Spanish.
• Stock up on water-based lubrication. The indiscriminate, all-out, end-of-the-world sex is going to awesome for those of us lucky to survive a few days longer than everyone else.

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When I was doing podcasts and vlogs, I wanted to be like Fred Rogers. Honest, open, accepting, and I wanted my message to be beneficial to others. But I lost my confidence.

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