I Have the Plague

As most are aware, England has at various times suffered, just as much of the rest of the world, with The Black Death. Specifically in the early- to mid-14th century, and later in the 17th century. Thanks to the great and all-knowing Wikipedia, I stumbled upon a town in England referred to as "the plague village."

Over the last few weeks I have been ill. With what? Oh, this and that. Coughing, sneezing, hacking, wheezing (oh, the rhymes!), conjunctivitis, etc. etc. Now, most of this has nothing to do with The Black Death. None of my lymph nodes are swollen and I haven't been vomiting. Darn! So how do I have The Black Death?

Eyam, "the plague village," was named so because the inhabitants of the town decided to completely isolate themselves from outsiders after the plague began to sweep through the town. According to a few sources on the Interweb, "Ring Around the Rosey," (which we all learned after reaching an age mature enough to handle such a disastrous blow) the nursery rhyme about how fun The Black Death really is, was written about Eyam. Whether or not this is true is irrelevant. What is important here is this:
What does this mean? It means that Nottingham, my current city of residence, is less than an hour away from Plaguetown, England.

Hence, I have the plague. Hence, I haven't been posting lately.

NOTE: It was tough deciding between using the DVD cover for Clive Barker's "The Plague," and the 1992 film "The Black Death." I opted for the added humor of James van der Beek's steaming pile of a career. Don't those Dawson's River kids know that doing one of these stupid movies is the final nail of what is a likely already failing career? When will they learn?? And what the hell was Andy's problem?? Geez...

ALSO: When I say that I have the plague, I am solely referring to the terminal illness and not to the movie. I'd much rather have that than an hour-and-a-half of Dawson fighting the plague or whatever.