Something I did last spring.

The numbers have changed as time passed, and the formatting didn't work well, but this is still interesting and relevant.

U.S. Military Fatalities in Iraq since 3/03	1,764	http://icasualties.org/oif/
New York, 9/11	2,985	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11,_2001_attacks
Trail of Tears	4,000
Bosnian Genocide	8,000
AIDS deaths, 2004; Middle East and North Africa:	12,000	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aids
AIDS deaths, 2004; North America, Western and Central Europe	15,000	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aids
Iraqi Civilian Deaths since 1/03	22,850	http://www.iraqbodycount.net/
Sumatra-Andaman earthquake	240,000	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake
AIDS deaths, 2004; Asia	350,000	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aids
Rwandan Genocide	937,000
AIDS deaths, 2004; Sub-Saharan Africa	2,100,000	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aids
The Holocaust	11,000,000	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust
AIDS Deaths since 1981	23,000,000	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aids

NFC Championship

I believe Carolina will get two Steve Smith Touchdowns; they will also sneak in either a running TD or a field goal. The Seahawks, therefore need to score more than 17 or 21 points if they are to win. While this is not guaranteed, I believe they'll pull it off and go to Detroit in two weeks.

Limits of Constitution

I've discovered that a few months of continuous stress (work related, combined with holidays, combined with a few other things), plus screaming my lungs out as the Seahawks won their first playoff game in two decades, plus travel, plus drinking at game and while travelling, equals waking up with a 101 degree fever on Wednesday.

I didn't mind taking the eight count, and hanging around for a day with a fever is a little novel in my life. The fever broke during the night, so I returned to work on Thursday.

That doesn't mean I'm well, of course. I have throat / chest congestion, and all the herbal tea I've been drinking has given me heart burn.

I will likely chance an alcoholic beverage tonight, since it is Friday. As soon as I felt it creeping up on Tuesday, I've abstained completely from alcohol, and I'm a person who likes something tasty with dinner, and often after dinner.

I actually had a small fever of 98.7 this morning. Believe it or not, that counts, since I tend to run in the 97 range. Work is at a point where I really need to be there, so I went. If it had been a different circumstance, I would have begged off. Over the next two months, however, 98.7 will not be sufficient.