Arrival and Departure

Folks like my Loyal Reader who know me of old may doubt that the school I send my kids to is really as much of a hippie alternative school as I like to make it out to be. Really, now, would a church-going former college republican let a bunch of hippies get their dirty fingers on his kids? Oh, yeah? Well, check out this official message we got from the school about avoiding the flu. After telling kids to wash their hands and don't touch their mouth, it goes on to say:

Clean your nostrils at least once every day with warm water. Not everybody might be good at Jela Neti or Sutra Neti (very good Yoga asanas to clean nasal cavities), but blowing the nose hard once a day and swabbing both nostrils with cotton buds dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing down viral population.

Ummm. Okay. I'll be sure to work on that. Yeah.