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Ugh.

~E~ So that's what the flu feels like. I can see why they want older folks to get their vaccine, it would kick their butts. I don't think I've missed that much work in one week before. Also ugh is the, ah, interesting group of Republican candidates. I can honestly say I have never been so glad that I'm not a Republican voter - who could pull the lever for any of these guys? It's like a big joke being played on us and I keep hoping for the punchline because it just seems way too bizarre to be a naturally occurring field of nominees. Perhaps at the last minute they'll toss Jeb Bush in and hope he wins? And what is this crazy talk about making contraception illegal! They keep tossing out stranger and stranger ideas to win over ... someone? With 98%^ of women using contraception at some point in their lives, this seems a particularly egregious platform to endorse. Why do they hate us so much? I thought things would get so much better after Bush, but the right has re