"man flu" in british colloquial terms is when a bloke gets sick and complains about it / feels sorry for himself 10x more than the opposite sex would. It's a jokey ridiculing term... taking the piss out of men for making martyrs of themselves when they're sick. Just to clarify, it's not a boastful term.
Maybe he meant he's going to freak out about being sick, complain all the time, act completely helpless, expect some good woman will nurse him back to health and spend $300 in over the counter meds.
You're the first one to mention it! Thanks for sharing, I'm excited to take a look!
If I learned anything from all the kind, wonderful, and thoughtful responses to my post, it's that if you want to do it, do it! It may be a daunting task, but a worthwhile one. Go for it! Quite a few people here posted links to great resources for writers, as well as advice from their personal experiences, so I hope…
Much like Mr. Burt Reynolds in the 1984 classic film Cannonball Run II, I too must be travelling on.
Any time! Setting realistic goals is the only thing that keeps me from going insane while writing, but that's because I'm a perfectionist and I expect to finish a flawless first draft in less than a year. Then I start writing, and after two months I've only got 20 halfway decent pages, and I think I've failed. I…
1) NaNoWriMo. Every November. Free community support. 50,000 words of a first draft in a single month. Plenty of time to plan/think about it.
So lately I have been seriously considering writing a novel. Is this an insane thing to do? Have any of you done it? HELP.
I'm sincerely not trying to start something when I say this, but how did she kill Kurt? He took his own life. Unless I'm just not understanding some joke or something, I truly don't understand why she would be held responsible for his death.
Mario Batali??? Shut up. Shut up shut up shut UP.
Me too... but my thighs are saying NOPE.
Goldie Hawn is damn near 70 years old. She looks great.