Green Death

These are entries related to or containing references to NyQuil -- what became known to me in my college days as the "Green Death" for the way it tasted and the way it made me feel. I even wrote a song about it.

NyQuil is produced by the Vicks company. It is designed to help relieve many symptoms of the common cold. Because all of the different types medications that make up NyQuil it can have sedating and/or hypnotics side effects. It's usually supposed to be taken at night, just before bedtime -- in college, my friends used it to get drunk. A VERY lousy way to get drunk if you ask me! Booze is cheaper in the long run, just get an older friend to buy you some beer ... seriously!

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Humpday Hilarities

In my NyQuil-induced stupor, I almost forgot to post this. Today’s funny bit comes from someone y’all may recognize from a recent Geico commercial — Brandon Hardesty. I’ve been a fan of his works for a few years now, and this is one of my favorite videos he’s released on YouTube:

Posted by Nicki on January 23rd, 2008 at 1:59 pm

Par for the course

I’m pretty sure I read somewhere about one of Murphy’s Laws being something along the lines of: on your extended holiday weekend, you’ll spend the last day of it sick. I started feeling a little ill last night, sore throat, headache and grogginess mainly. I woke up this morning with my throat feeling [...]

Posted by Nicki on January 21st, 2008 at 10:17 am

You’re so lucky!

I’ve been out sick since last Thursday. I came home Wednesday night and had been feeling it for most of the day … that familiar tingle in the back of my throat. My tonsils were already swollen and I had a low-grade fever.
Ah, the cold season begins!
So I made a huge pot of [...]

Posted by Nicki on December 1st, 2007 at 7:27 pm

Almost whole …

I think I’ve just about licked this stupid cold … though I don’t think I’ve had a decent night’s sleep in over a week. I’m still sore and achy from coughing things up, but am otherwise nearly back to my old self.
Someone at work asked me what I did over the weekend. [...]

Posted by Nicki on October 18th, 2006 at 10:48 am

Death warmed over

Ugh.
I found a substance more vile than NyQuil. It’s called Zicam — Jim’s mother swears by it, and gave me a small bottle. Jim’s been sick off and on all week and was out sick from work yesterday. I felt it hitting me yesterday afternoon … this morning I [...]

Posted by Nicki on October 13th, 2006 at 8:42 am