Well Wonketeers, I have a sad story to tell. About me, of course, because I’m rather self-centered that way.
Last Friday at 1 am, I woke up from falling asleep on the couch sitting up, as I am wont to do. When I rose and started to walk to my bedroom, my trick right knee gave out, and I fell on my back into a hardwood floor. I eventually got up from the floor, grabbed an ice pack, and went to bed.
But I couldn’t fall asleep.due to the severe And when it got to the point was suffering from severe pain (pain level 10, for all you medical people here). I knew I had to call the ambulance and get to the hospital STAT.
After an x-ray and a CT scan, they determined that I had a fractured vertebrae. “A vertebrae fracture so severe, that it could cause a spinal injury” she told me. Yikes!
So early this morning, I had back surgery The doctor said she was happy with the results. The prognosis is that after PT and having to wear a back brace, I should recover in a minimum of three months. Maybe longer, because the fracture is so bad.
So now I can spend more time non-commenting on Wonkette instead of working And if/ when I return to work, I will need a standing desk.
Well, I just had my last meal before starting chemo tomorrow morning. Because I really wanted a steak but a lot of places around here close on Tuesdays, we ended up going to Texas Roadhouse. I was disappointed. I'd been to one down in North Carolina where I thought the food quality was a step up from Outback, but tonight's dinner was almost exactly the same as the psuedo-Aussie chain. Maybe they should merge and call themselves Texas Outhouse.
I had an exciting early evening, and I have earned my glass of wine. My nextdoor neighbor (the nice one, not the OCD one) cut his hand severely and came over shortly before I made dinner to to ask if I could drive him to the urgent care. (Honestly, I just did this same exact trip less than a month ago with mr. cc! WTF?!) Of course I did. He was exceedingly grateful. When they took him back to be treated, with his wife on her way from work, I came home. I was so ramped up, adrenaline pumping. I had a glass of wine with dinner.
He will be fine. Some stitches and antibiotics and a tetanus shot and they sent him home. He is almost - not quite - young enough to be my child, and I think I am feeling kind of motherly. He is from India, and his own mother is a zillion miles away. That must be terrifically hard.
Mr. Goat did low-voltage work in the trades for many years for a small sub. Aside from private homes, a lot of the sub's bread & butter work was for Toll Bros. and Pulte Homes.
I just found out at a gathering he was running the other day that we both have granddads who ran in the Red Ball Express in WWII
But you know when there are difficult facts -- you want to hear them from the historian who can tell the most precise version, the one that really conveys what is happening
I bought a bottle of Irish cream, a box of toasted ravioli, an entire Dubai chocolate mousse cake, two peanut butter tarts, two Killer Brownies, and a berry cobbler 🤣
Jennifer Welch mocked the piss out of the attacks on Talarico. Pointing at Ted Cruz in particular about who's "manly" especially when he grovels at the stinky nuts of Trump.
Exactly. This from the guy who takes President Moron's insults about his wife and ends up licking his boots. Or plays Ronny Runaway because his constituents are cold and expect him to do something.
Replacement Washing Machine Test Run, using only towels, is underway.
It's that same feeling of uncertainty you get when you drive away from the auto repair place.
Not sure if this is original, but I thought of a line for a sci-fi movie.
Visitor- "We come in peace."
Native- And you will leave in pieces."
Brazil women have received six yellow cards and three red cards including the entire coaching staff.
That's a lot of close shaves with Brazilians.
They seem nice.
Ah, o jogo bonito.
Um, that's quite a lot.
Game finally over and riot cops are guarding the referees.
Tech talk Tuesday is here for you!
Well Wonketeers, I have a sad story to tell. About me, of course, because I’m rather self-centered that way.
Last Friday at 1 am, I woke up from falling asleep on the couch sitting up, as I am wont to do. When I rose and started to walk to my bedroom, my trick right knee gave out, and I fell on my back into a hardwood floor. I eventually got up from the floor, grabbed an ice pack, and went to bed.
But I couldn’t fall asleep.due to the severe And when it got to the point was suffering from severe pain (pain level 10, for all you medical people here). I knew I had to call the ambulance and get to the hospital STAT.
After an x-ray and a CT scan, they determined that I had a fractured vertebrae. “A vertebrae fracture so severe, that it could cause a spinal injury” she told me. Yikes!
So early this morning, I had back surgery The doctor said she was happy with the results. The prognosis is that after PT and having to wear a back brace, I should recover in a minimum of three months. Maybe longer, because the fracture is so bad.
So now I can spend more time non-commenting on Wonkette instead of working And if/ when I return to work, I will need a standing desk.
Moral of this story: never get off the couch.
I know that pain and that surgery.
Best of luck in the recovery! We'll be pulling for you.
Oh no, that sounds terrible. But also sounds like it could have been much worse, so... yay?
Anyway, we look forward to moar of you.
Sendi g virtual hugs.
Um, YOWZA!!! Guess the lack of a spinal injury is the "good" bit, and so glad you learned the proper moral from your adventure! Hang in there!
Well, I just had my last meal before starting chemo tomorrow morning. Because I really wanted a steak but a lot of places around here close on Tuesdays, we ended up going to Texas Roadhouse. I was disappointed. I'd been to one down in North Carolina where I thought the food quality was a step up from Outback, but tonight's dinner was almost exactly the same as the psuedo-Aussie chain. Maybe they should merge and call themselves Texas Outhouse.
May your chemo be easy on you, and do its job well.
Nevada Republican primary for governor:
The winner, who gives a shit what his name was: 91%
None of these candidates: 2.6%
I had an exciting early evening, and I have earned my glass of wine. My nextdoor neighbor (the nice one, not the OCD one) cut his hand severely and came over shortly before I made dinner to to ask if I could drive him to the urgent care. (Honestly, I just did this same exact trip less than a month ago with mr. cc! WTF?!) Of course I did. He was exceedingly grateful. When they took him back to be treated, with his wife on her way from work, I came home. I was so ramped up, adrenaline pumping. I had a glass of wine with dinner.
He will be fine. Some stitches and antibiotics and a tetanus shot and they sent him home. He is almost - not quite - young enough to be my child, and I think I am feeling kind of motherly. He is from India, and his own mother is a zillion miles away. That must be terrifically hard.
You were a helper!!
Seriously, time spent in the ER or urgent care should count as time spent in hell.
A year with no ER visits is good year for us.
Well done.
Ok, auditor rant:
You've been caught just admit it, pay the very small additional tax and move on.
Because making me wade thru a hundred more pages of crap is just going to make me feel obliged to find something to make it worth my time.
/ pro tip
but I swear that case of beer was work-related!
Yes but not the lampshade or the bail money.
https://youtu.be/6S7xvGNokSY?si=E1o0adgcT86ei7ZN
BWV 1004
Pulte is one of the contractors my realtor and friends specifically warned me to stay away from.
Also, their Yelp rating is 1.4 out of 5 stars.
Mr. Goat did low-voltage work in the trades for many years for a small sub. Aside from private homes, a lot of the sub's bread & butter work was for Toll Bros. and Pulte Homes.
Pulte Homes was...um... problematic.
Pulte spent a year trying to get people to invest in Bed Bath and Beyond stock. After the company had closed all of its stores.
1.4 out of 5, your friends or Pulte?
Pulte 🤣
that high a rating?
"Being Black In Pete Hegseth's Military"
Clint Smith III wrote this
Gift link from the Atlantic
https://bsky.app/profile/sbagen.bsky.social/post/3mnuncomegc2a
That was excellent. Thank you.
Clint's a genius
I was just telling 2Cats I found out just recently that both our granddads served in the Red Ball Express in WWII
The WASP attempted takeover in America is in full swing now.
How far back do you want to go for when that started?
https://youtube.com/shorts/jr39aXtc-iM?si=wRsIGPQgPwcRZcsH
https://youtube.com/shorts/lNUqvhhLMaU?si=NbUgmLth8D2sU3s1
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
(But thanks for the link!)
Clint is a great interviewer and writer
I just found out at a gathering he was running the other day that we both have granddads who ran in the Red Ball Express in WWII
But you know when there are difficult facts -- you want to hear them from the historian who can tell the most precise version, the one that really conveys what is happening
1/3 of the Legendary Command Team of the 8th TFW in 1967.
Was known as duo of Blackman and Robin (Olds)
My coworkers are such useless fucks.
I'm going to get drunk and eat junk food.
I'll be doing that tomorrow after work.
https://westchestermagazine.com/food/party-pier-playland-rye/
Looks like fun!
I’ve grown to hate any of those workplace sitcoms where coworkers love and support each other and hang out together after work.
Totally unrealistic.
But, I've actually worked at places like that.
British/Irish shows do a much better job at workplace shows.
possibly better than getting fucked and eating drunk food
{{ ponders }}
I like tater tot tacos as drunk food. If you’re looking for suggestions.
I have learned how to successfully replicate a Taco Bell potato taco:
1. Make small portion of tater tots
2. Get tortilla
3. Put cheese in tortilla
4. Add the tots
5. Put a little of the sauce of choice
6. Nom nom nom
I bought a bottle of Irish cream, a box of toasted ravioli, an entire Dubai chocolate mousse cake, two peanut butter tarts, two Killer Brownies, and a berry cobbler 🤣
So that's how my fuckin day was 🤣
Oh, wow.
Good to treat yourself.
Take care, whatever you eat or don't.
This is enough junk food to last me a month 🤣
(In my defense everything was on sale, and I am both a hedonist and cheap) 🤣🤣🤣
Right? That's not so bad at all!
I co-experience this.
So say we all.
THAT'S IT! INTO THE AIRLOCK YOU GO!
You've obviously never worked in my office.
Oh I've worked with Cylons before!
How American.
*goes back to getting drunk and eating junk food*
Sorry to hear about your work experience.
Also, I didn't know we needed a reason to do that.
Can't Trump and some Iranian dude do the UFC fight thing in front of the White House? To the death? Of both?
the PPV gate receipts would be incredible
I will laugh my feathers off if Godzilla walks in in the middle of the fight
😂😂😂
I will laugh if the structure collapses and crushes everybody due to the shoddy workmanship and questionable contract for building the monstronsity.
Major thunderstorm with Hollywood FX levels of lightning chasing around the cage.
Drumpf being crushed by cheap construction would just be the universe saying yeah I always bat last.
Walkoff grand slam, so to speak.
Prehensile tails are reserved for higher life forms than that POS Pulte
I wish I had a prehensile tail
Nice 😊
Republicans in Texas are scared. This is literally what they’re running against Talarico.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/pro-trump-pac-drops-ai-192758964.html
So what if he did wear a dress? It was good enough for J Edgar.
Jennifer Welch mocked the piss out of the attacks on Talarico. Pointing at Ted Cruz in particular about who's "manly" especially when he grovels at the stinky nuts of Trump.
Exactly. This from the guy who takes President Moron's insults about his wife and ends up licking his boots. Or plays Ronny Runaway because his constituents are cold and expect him to do something.
And, as always, fuck Ted Cruz.
"...that Citizens for Sanity (CFS), a conservative political action committee, created the attack ad"
Ah yes, sanity.
You can’t fool me, I know there’s no sanity clause.
Sycophants for Hannity.
Cruz the other day talking about how un-masculine is Talarico. All these 'alpha' morons hate to see men who aren't as assholish as they are.
Cruz, who looks like rancid mayonnaise rolled in dryer lint? That’s their model for masculinity?
Why's it shot on the Milk Street set? I bet that bow tie cooking fuck has something to do with it.
That is a perfect description of Christopher Kimball 😂
That is really bad, worse than the iconic demon sheep ad.
What they think they're saying: He's secretly gay, so he is bad
What they are saying: He's a good cook
I’d be embarrassed for them if they weren’t such fucking assholes.
😂😆🤣