Reading today's newspaper, I saw something interesting. There was discussion, as has often been the case lately, of the swine flu. The discussion wandered into how there is a shortage of vaccine.

Let me begin by saying that I believe that vaccinations to various diseases has been one of the greatest inventions that medical science produced in the 20th century. Sure, some will say "but we're now in the 21st century" and surely, this is true, however, just because something is old does not mean it is bad. You do use fire, after all, don't you?

Yesterday, I woke up with a blinding headache due to an oncoming cold. I went to my medicine cabinet, pulled out a bottle of analgesic, and found I couldn’t remember Ibuprofen from Acetaminophen, and therefore couldn’t tell whether I was supposed to take one or two.