Today, my allergies flared up. I think that there’s something in the air currently. Yesterday, I had a veggie burger at a place and had a bit of reactions to it (not as much), so I immediately took some Benadryl to combat the effects a bit. With one allergy reaction, my immune system was probably out of whack enough to let the weather-inspired plant pollen get a hold of me more than it probably would have otherwise. I will try to get to the allergist as soon as I can.

On a positive side, I’m feeling much better now, after a bit of coffee, a good helping of tea, some over-the-counter Claritin, a nice hot shower, and a bit of prayer.

Anyway, lately, I have had a beard. I started growing it while on vacation, when I couldn’t find my shaving cream. So far, it’s pretty full in the amount of time I have had it.

Moving back to today in the story, my eyes were sensitive to light, so I wore my sunglasses around in the building for a while. Also due to the allergies, my voice changed to a more gravel-like, deeper sound. So there I was at work, with a beard, sunglasses, and a different sounding voice. I walked to the Red Hat Network side of the building.

Because I had been previously catching up with some things which were needed during the time I was out of town, it was probably the first time many of the RHN team saw me. Due to my changed appearance (mentioned above) and my altered voice, the guys took notice. Making reference to a funny Seinfeld episode (The Bizarro Jerry) (which was loosely based on Bizarro Superman), a couple of them started calling me “Bizarro Garrett”. We all laughed at the reference.

At lunch, I ate seafood and insisted on getting everything without soy. It was a bit of a feat, as we actually went to a Japanese steakhouse, and the waitress kept trying to slip me soy in one form or another. A funny thing happened during our lunch conversation; Seinfeld was mentioned, and someone brought up the episode where Kramer started working at a company without being hired. The whole Jerry dating the “man hands” lady was mentioned too, and also talked about was how George used the picture of Jerry’s girlfriend to hang out with the models. The episode talked about was none other than “The Bizarro Jerry”. How’s that for a funny coincidence?