i admit i haven't taken biology in like 45 years, so maybe i learned this once ... but i always wonder the same thing about allergies that i do about being near-sighted: how could something so miserably pointless possibly be an adaptive trait?

so what's saving me is not the medication with the stupidest name on record. note: pharma company rubric - willingness to pay for a drug rises exponentially with scrabble value of its name.

after a trip to cvs today, i am again in possession best thing ever: liquid children's benadryl. that's right. 100% synthetic-fruit-bubblegum awesomeness inside these little hollow things that i think are supposed to be spoons. take two! take four! who cares - they're kiddie doses, right?!

side effects include passing out into deep REM sleep within seconds of boarding the bus home and waking up at S Street with a big smile on your face just in time to stop yourself from loudly saying something insane.