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When I was a kid I would sometimes sleep completely under the covers, for many reasons.
Of course, there's the everpresent boogey-man (or 'boogerman' as Mr. Burns so eloquently put it) hiding in the closet or the unknown hand ready to strike from under the bed.
Sometimes I was just cold and wanted to be all warm - your own warm breath can do that, if you've brushed your teeth before bed.
Every now and then I just wanted that feeling of quiet and solitude - of being in my own little world.

Whatever the reason, though, I ALWAYS wondered one thing - how, if I'm under this bed and every time I breathe in I use up a certain amount of oxygen and every time I breathe out I expel a certain amount of carbon dioxide, how is it that I don't just run out of air that is fit to breathe and succumb to the stale carbon dioxide-filled atmosphere I've created in there.
How . . . HOW???

Somehow, it just works out.
Now, if I could just stop thinking about the coat on the chair in the corner of the room . . .

No Misteriosis

All kidding aside and condolences to those who have suffered . . . is it really a surprise that we are having yet another food crisis?
Seriously, if you actually knew how most of your food was made, preserved, transported, handled and all the rest, you probably wouldn't eat at all.
And, of course, if you're a meat-eater (a pox on you all *L*), then it gets even worse.

You can take your health into your own hands, though - not by demanding the government inspect food better or make super great labels to read, but by eating more simply.
Shop at the farmer's market. Buy local and organic produce.
Buy less processed and packaged foodstuffs.
Buy less food per shopping trip but shop more often.

I'm surprised that people are still surprised when these bacterial outbreaks happen, as if we live in a safe and sterile world - if only, then maybe we wouldn't have to many mouths to feed. HA!

I'm often at a crossroads with what to think about the whole situation anyway. On the one hand, we should all have access to safe food. On the other hand, how many of us know or care or take the time to make these decisions properly. On the other hand, maybe this is nature's way of balancing things out - after all, for those that know me, know that I advocate the reduction of the human population as an essential step towards overall world peace, health and safety. On the other hand . . .
Too many hands.