It's bad enough waking up with a cold and body aches all over which sounds more like the flu, and also with a blood clot in my calf that could, maybe -- probably not but still the possibility exists -- break apart and a little piece could make its way to my lungs and cause a pulmonary embolism that kills me, so did I really need to see that article on AOL, which is where I get my email, about a 20-year-old college student who gave birth in her toilet at home, then let the baby die and buried it inside a trash bag in her backyard before dashing off to appear in a school play?
The answer of course is a resounding "No!" Yet the powers that be at AOL decided that was a great bit of news to share with their readers. To what purpose, I have to wonder. Are humans so debased that only the most heinous stories will satisfy their lust for horror? Or is it in some twisted way to make people feel better about their own lives? As in, I have never killed an infant so I guess I'm doing pretty well?
So in a way, except for my cold (or possibly flu) and my clot, for which I'm taking medicine, having never killed an infant, this day is off to pretty good start.
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