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When People Ask If I’ve Ever Had To Be Diplomatic

When people ask if I’ve ever had to be diplomatic:

So That’s Why

I managed to cut myself on glass about a week ago and wondered why it was still sore. Not all the time, but just sometimes. It wasn’t infected or anything, but it was a bit sore once in a while a little over a week later.

Turned out there was still a good size piece of glass in there, about the size of a fingernail clipping.

Not a big deal. A Pyrex type dish broke in the kitchen. I was really carefully cleaning it up, but didn’t notice quite how far the glass had gone (I hadn’t been present when it broke so I didn’t see). Dragged the top of my big toe over a decent size piece, apparently.

It seemed like it was out, but I guess not. I didn’t want to rip apart the cut to check. It didn’t feel like anything was in there, but I guess it went in at an angle. I changed the band-aid this morning and felt a hard something at the edge of the cut, and not like a scab. I prodded a little, and a piece of glass the size of the cut pulled out.

No wonder. I bet it will heal better now.

Imma Share This Here Too

I already posted this on Facebook and Twitter, but I’m going to share this here too:

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but when you lift that flagstone in the deserted courtyard and descend the stone steps into the subterranean garden, don’t touch a single item of the treasure you see until you grab the enchanted tinderbox at the end.

This could be important.

Maybe The Spam Comments Aren’t So Wrong After All

I just deleted a spam comment off of here that only said:

I made a decision to ship flowers with prosecco.

I started thinking: You know, they ain’t wrong. That is a good decision.

We may have reached the point where the spam comments have better ideas than the real readers. What do we do at that point?

Another Beloved NES Moment

Another beloved NES moment:

No explanation for those who don’t recognize it.

Gonna Need This Today

Gonna need this today:



I just know I’m gonna.

Remember What I Said?

Remember what I said about one of my cats getting snuggly every morning when I was trying to get on the computer, making this difficult?

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Yeah, that’s still happening. Every morning.

This MAY Be My Book Plug Post For The Month

This MAY be my book plug post for the month.

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I’ll see myself out.

Context Is Everything

Context is everything. Recently, I heard someone talking about Popovich. Turns out, they meant this:

I thought they meant:

The context yields pretty different thoughts from the same word.

Could/Should

The makers of the live action Sonic The Hedgehog movie:

The world:

The makers of the live action Sonic The Hedgehog movie: