Rec. #685: Revisiting List #54: Some Comfort When You're Sick, Part 1

[Originally posted October 6, 2015.]



When you're sick, the media you consume must walk a fine line --- 
not too peppy (gets grating), 
not too sad (can't run the risk of additional nose blowing), 
not too serious (attention span is basically zero), 
and not too overtly hilarious (laughing hurts).

I speak from recent experience. Your personal mileage may vary.

1. Black Books [TV, streaming on Hulu] (Rec. #68)
Bernard Black provides scads of modeling on ways to be grumpy and misanthropic.

2. Original cast recording of Chess [music] (Rec. #501)
Dramatic and gorgeous and ridiculous. If you're slightly out of it due to being medicated, all the better.

3. Cold Comfort Farm [book and/or movie] (Rec. #34), (Rec. #158)
Maybe if you are pathetic enough, Flora Poste will come and fix your life.

4. The Daughter of Time [book] (Rec. #228)
If you're bedridden, this will make you feel like you too could solve mysteries that are centuries old ....

5. Cherish [movie] (Rec. #29)
... Or like you can be housebound and catch your own stalker.

[See Part 2 here.]