With a whimper.

WHO warns of dire flu pandemic (CNN). And there's not really anything that can be done to prevent it, on the individual action level. How lovely.

That's what I thought. I'll just be adding some light reading to my Amazon list, now.

Of course, this is if the mega-volcano or the mega-tsunamis or the mega-quakes or the mega-idiot-in-the-White-House-hitting-the-red-button doesn't happen first. Or the meteor.

Mmmm. Days like this, I think to myself, "Hey self," I think, "Let's have children."