What might have been

My sister, Robin, reminds me that it has been 11 days since my last post.

And it's not like there was nothing I could have written about.

Even before my last post, I missed the opportunity on March 8 to talk about International Women's Day.

And did you know that March 10 marks the 130th anniversary of the first transmission of recognizable speech over the telephone? I'm a communications major; I took Paul Heyer's Communications History course; I actually knew this, but didn't post.

And March 15, 1967 was the day the music for "O Canada" was copyrighted.

And as a McGuire, surely I should have made comment on March 17, Saint Patrick's Day.

But did I? No. Instead I spent most of the last 11 days lying in bed or on the couch, wrapped in a comforter, coughing up a lung. Conclusion: Colds are bad for bloggers.