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A Morrissey Ghost of Christmas Present Rate-A-Record
Not the one I expected to write
Since my weekly Rate-A-Record article comes out every Sunday and Christmas falls on a Sunday this year, I fully expected to offer you a few traditional Christmas songs to celebrate the day. I should know by now that while Charles Dickens could get away with having Great Expectations, I typically cannot. Call me a slow learner.
It’s my own fault, really. Two days ago I penned a snarky response to the Christmas “This or That” Challenge, blatantly tempting the holiday Fates to smack me. Which of course they did.
In that piece I mentioned that I was fighting a cold by treating it with Nyquil and bourbon. As it turns out, while Nyquil and bourbon may work wonders on the common cold, they do very little against COVID. Yes, after nearly three years of not even having to ever take a test for it, I have COVID, as does everyone else in my house. I work from home and generally avoid people; everyone else here works with the public, so obviously I blame them. Merry Christmas in quarantine.
So far, the symptoms have been mild (I’ve had both shots plus one booster), but I have had a few fever spikes the past couple days; one such spike and the fever dream that resulted is what has changed this Rate-A-Record from tidings of comfort and joy…
