September 08, 2021
Achievement : UNLOCKED
Walked 1.2 miles outside.
Unrelated picture of... I guess it's a Windmill... is by Kokotan.
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Awesome! More than I've done this week.
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That's 1.2 miles more than I've walked in six months. You are amazing muppet!
Posted by: Wonderduck at Thu Sep 9 08:46:42 2021 (bHHXR)
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August 23, 2021
Life's Little Milestone's
I put on my shoes and socks ALL BY MYSELF!
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Posted by: Pixy Misa at Mon Aug 23 20:08:03 2021 (PiXy!)
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Congrats. Glad youre recovering.
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Achievement Unlocked! Grats!
(seriously, good milestone in self-care there!)
Posted by: DougO at Tue Aug 24 13:42:08 2021 (kqK5x)
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Achievement is achievement.
Apparently it's routine in many hospitals and facilities that the physical therapy people are supposed to be alerted to every patient that could use their help, as fast as possible -- but instead, nobody tells them a darn thing.
I found this out because it happened to my dad. And then I talked to various other folks who have had hospital stays requiring PT, and they all said that they practically had to kick and scream to have the PT folks alerted, even if their doctors wanted it and their insurance was paying for it.
It seems to be some kind of weird inter-departmental thing, maybe some kind of rivalry or tendency to forget, or maybe just a really bad message system.
Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at Tue Aug 24 23:39:14 2021 (sF8WE)
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Anyhow... Dr. Google found my dad a worksheet on what you're supposed to do as a patient after his kind of surgery, as composed by some surgeon at Johns Hopkins.
So you might be able to find some kind of post-stroke PT advice, just so you have a baseline. Even if it takes forever to download.
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Speaking as someone who has rolled a critical fail on that task (with fiancee present to laugh at the painful results), good goin'!
Posted by: Avatar_exADV at Thu Aug 26 19:29:10 2021 (v29Tn)
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August 19, 2021
Banality Update
A quick update on the recovery.
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Great to hear that your condition continues to improve. Where do we send the catgirl kiss-o-grams?
-j
Posted by: J Greely at Thu Aug 19 23:57:04 2021 (ZlYZd)
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Glad to hear that you're doing better, even if it is a hard road. It sucks when your body doesn't work the way you expect. Hang in there and we're all rooting for you.
Posted by: StargazerA5 at Fri Aug 20 12:51:28 2021 (ZiV6b)
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Keep going, Muppet. I can't wait to read about the first meal with chopsticks. It should be an 'oot.
Seriously though...do good work.
Posted by: Wonderduck at Fri Aug 20 14:48:18 2021 (bHHXR)
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Keep punching! You'll get there!
Posted by: Ed Hering at Sat Aug 21 06:28:03 2021 (/cXdK)
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Sorry about the server naps. I'll be trying to move us to the new server today.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Sat Aug 21 12:55:00 2021 (PiXy!)
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It is the little things that, accomplished one at a time, builds up to much bigger and better things.
When the day comes that you can make pancake without issue, than you know you have conquered the mountain.
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August 09, 2021
Banality SUCKS
Of all the things...that which I needed least was such a magnificent confirmation of my fogiedom.
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"I'm so pleased you're not dead!"
Get better soon, BM.
Posted by: Clayton Barnett at Mon Aug 9 14:53:40 2021 (zdD7e)
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Good news, and fingers crossed it keeps getting better.
-j
Posted by: J Greely at Mon Aug 9 15:20:12 2021 (ZlYZd)
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So glad to see you updating so soon. Just from the fact that you're able to do so. Awesome news that you're recovering well and hopefully will have little lasting impairment. Get well soon!
Posted by: David Eastman at Mon Aug 9 15:21:05 2021 (t/97R)
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Good to see you back and tactical, Brick. I meant what I said earlier: we'll be here for you, so take whatever time you need. It IS good to see that typing is therapy, though. Take good care of yourself, 'kay?
Posted by: JT at Mon Aug 9 15:28:15 2021 (arhpx)
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You're a bleedin' legend, that's what you are.
Posted by: Wonderduck at Mon Aug 9 15:55:54 2021 (bHHXR)
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I am looking forward to the day you can successfully make pancakes during your recovery.
Best wishes.
Posted by: cxt217 at Mon Aug 9 17:30:59 2021 (MuaLM)
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Great news! Keep on healing!
Posted by: DougO at Mon Aug 9 17:32:16 2021 (kqK5x)
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Thanks for keeping us the readers reassured.
Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at Mon Aug 9 18:00:54 2021 (LZ7Bg)
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If they want to put you on blood thiners - Lovanox or warfarin - tell them to eff themselves and take 81mg aspirin per day with four tumblers of whiskey.
Trust me: I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
Posted by: Clayton Barnett at Mon Aug 9 18:10:45 2021 (QMNdN)
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I have sent good wishes and prayers your way. Keep punching and get well soon!
Posted by: Ed Hering at Mon Aug 9 18:39:18 2021 (/cXdK)
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Good to see that you are doing better. Keep on and make a full recovery! Prayers for your full recovery will continue!
Posted by: StargazerA5 at Mon Aug 9 19:54:20 2021 (zjM9/)
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Yay yay yay, yay yay yay!
Btw, my friend Foxfier says it's great that you figured out it was a stroke, as a lot of folks and their medical professionals don't.
Also, "That guy sets a new standard for dedication to making sure people who will worry have accurate information to worry on."
She and her husband are both Navy folks, so maybe it's a case of like recognizing like?
Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at Mon Aug 9 21:11:34 2021 (sF8WE)
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Best wishes for your recovery, Brick.
Posted by: Canthros at Mon Aug 9 21:14:43 2021 (mToqK)
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Good luck to you. I hope your recovery is both complete and rapid! You'll be in my prayers.
Posted by: Towering Barbarian at Mon Aug 9 22:01:21 2021 (gJSh7)
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Whew, that's a significant relief! It's also great that you have your folks as a support network, unlike SDB.
So actual O2 deprivation, but not caused by a clot? Not sure if that's better or worse.
Posted by: Mauser at Mon Aug 9 22:14:40 2021 (Ix1l6)
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Really glad you're home already - or at least, at your folks' place.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Mon Aug 9 23:20:43 2021 (PiXy!)
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Welcome back, Brick! Every day's another victory over entropy...
Posted by: Avatar_exADV at Tue Aug 10 14:11:19 2021 (v29Tn)
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Glad to hear you're okay. Sending prayers for a good recovery.
Posted by: normal at Tue Aug 10 15:04:47 2021 (LADmw)
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Hi Brick. Since you're starting to do a bit better, I thought I should bring up in case nobody else thinks to mention to you. You should probably look at talking to an employment attorney sometime in the very near future. At a minimum they should be able to help you with the worker's comp claim. They would also be able to help you determine if your employer created an unhealthy work environment, which has implications for them not just for your case, but all the workers in a similar situation. Whatever you do, don't agree to anything from your employer without talking to an attorney at this stage.
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August 05, 2021
Having Stroke
called ambulace
typing with left hand
thx for reading
UPDATE:
No computer
Still in hospital.
Will be in rehab for weeks.
Can walk (bà rely)
Can talk (barely).
Cannot write.
Cannot use chopsticks.
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Yikes. Get the hell better.
Posted by: Will at Thu Aug 5 07:23:58 2021 (8548M)
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Praying for you, Brick. Do what the docs say. We'll be waiting for you.
Posted by: JT at Thu Aug 5 07:30:53 2021 (arhpx)
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Prayers and well wishes Brickmupet. May God grant you healing and a speedy and full recovery.
Posted by: StargazerA5 at Thu Aug 5 07:59:48 2021 (oRPrS)
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What they all said. Get well, we'll hold the fort.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Thu Aug 5 08:08:45 2021 (PiXy!)
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Brick, you're not allowed! Please be healthier soon.
Posted by: Wonderduck at Thu Aug 5 08:17:39 2021 (bHHXR)
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My prayers too. May it be minor and your recovery quick!kkkk
Posted by: Rick C at Thu Aug 5 08:20:25 2021 (eqaFC)
Posted by: normal at Thu Aug 5 09:04:26 2021 (LADmw)
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Thoughts and prayers sent your way, in a manner not requiring lifting heavy boxes.
-j
Posted by: J Greely at Thu Aug 5 10:02:24 2021 (ZlYZd)
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Get off artificial breathing as soon as you can when you come around. A close friend of mine started recovering from stroke and succumbed to a ventilator-caused infection. You can do better!
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Also! My brother in law had a stroke 20 years ago and is doing well today! You can do it too!
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Best wishes added to everyone else's. Good luck!
Posted by: jabrwok at Thu Aug 5 13:22:14 2021 (iyhH7)
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No, no, no, no! Ah, dammit. Hang in there.
Posted by: Ubu at Thu Aug 5 22:37:36 2021 (UlsdO)
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Oh hell no! Not another one! Please be okay!
Posted by: Mauser at Thu Aug 5 23:21:14 2021 (Ix1l6)
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Oh, crud. Hope you are better by now.
Sounds like you caught it fast. They can do a lot for you.
Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at Fri Aug 6 06:00:41 2021 (sF8WE)
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What they all said. Prayers for a full, and fast, recovery!
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Posted by: MadRocketSci at Fri Aug 6 10:36:58 2021 (hRoyQ)
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Obviously everyone, if anybody hears anything, please share it minus any real details. Those are up to Brick to release.
I've been digging and have come up blank except for his Indeed page (out of date). Let's hope he either contacts one of us or his family does.
Posted by: Wonderduck at Fri Aug 6 18:43:14 2021 (bHHXR)
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Of course, Wonderduck. Hope you're doing better now too.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Sat Aug 7 03:03:15 2021 (PiXy!)
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Still working on walking. Minor in comparison to what Brick's got going on.
Posted by: Wonderduck at Sat Aug 7 03:37:48 2021 (bHHXR)
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Brickmuppet! That's... Good news, I guess. Sorry to see another friend in rehab hell.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Sat Aug 7 08:47:02 2021 (PiXy!)
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I panicked just now because the damn server went down again and we might have missed hearing from you.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Sat Aug 7 08:50:45 2021 (PiXy!)
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Yay, Brickmuppet! I am sure that they will do you some therapy, but there are lots of good tricks and workarounds.
Feel free to do crazy stuff, like forming letters with your ankles and toes, or your tongue. Singing is also good. Use your opposite hand or both hands. Basically, do not exhaust your body or brain, but play with the controls a bit and stimulate it a tad. It will help rewire your brain around bad stuff.
Foreign languages can help, too. Yup, get them to prescribe anime or WWII documentaries.
And yay, Wonderduck! Glad you are better.
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Oh, and videogames. Drawing videogames, Tetris, whatever. Just short easy casual games until you get stronger, probably, but I bet they will have you do some.
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Obviously, if it is "just" peripheral weakness of hands, feet, etc., that is easier to get back than when people can't access/forget their skills. But there are tons of exercises and helps, either way.
You are a persistent guy. You can do it.
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Best wishes for as full a recovery as possible!
Posted by: DougO at Sat Aug 7 13:28:58 2021 (kqK5x)
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Good to hear from you, Brick. Hang in there!
Posted by: Avatar_exADV at Sat Aug 7 14:18:51 2021 (v29Tn)
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Best wishes for your recovery!
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July 31, 2021
July 15, 2021
Meanwhile: At Work
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<i>Despite my having gotten "the poke" twice, I still have to wear masks at
work, in part for liability reasons because we don't have a high enough
percentage of people vaccinated yet. </i>
Damn, I'm sorry to hear that. By luck, my profession has been pretty insulated from the Covidiocy (I can work from home a lot). It bothers me that in the critical physical jobs that make our world work, the workers are underpaid, overworked, and treated like shit. It's not good, it's not smart, and it's one of the reasons why I'm "off-libertarian" these days. It seems to me like market forces aren't really fixing these problems, and how society really decides how to reward people have little to do with them, and a lot to do with caste systems and social dominance games.
Machinists and engineers are the example I'm most familiar with. The caste divide, and the devaluation of their critical work bothers me.
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I'm not particularly underpaid and the company I work for tends to treat is personnel pretty well. But we are working unbelievably hard right now and the inability to get help is causing a cascade effect as people, especially young people get to the end of their rope and let go.
The 'caste' divide you mention, while not as applicable to me, is quite real though and getting worse. It gives a sobering look at the neo-feudalist arrangement many of out anointed are trying to bring about.
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Corporate is making a lot of Sam's Club fresh department employees continue to wear masks in states that are mask free. After jab. So people complained, and suddenly corporate starts leaning on everyone to wear masks again! So. Freaking. Dumb.
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Those girls in the foreground need to watch out, because surely there is a pot of petunias incoming.
Posted by: Mauser at Thu Jul 15 23:04:10 2021 (Ix1l6)
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I don't know how you manage the shift. When I work on any projects like making garden footpaths, planting, or even making a knife at my workbench, it's 2 hours and a long break.
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May 27, 2021
Side Effects Update.
As mentioned a few posts back, yesterday morning I got my second restraining order against Coronachan.
I think I now have every non-respiratory flu symptom.
I misspelled 3 words in the previous sentence.
I have not, thrown up yet, but I foresee it in the near future.
It's 03:30 and I cannot sleep.
Hololive should not be watched while running a fever.
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Hope you feel better soon.
As they say, Fubuki a cold, Haachama a fever.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Thu May 27 07:50:57 2021 (PiXy!)
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And that's why I had Hipster Corona in January 2020; I was so over it before it went mainstream!
-j
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May 26, 2021
Poke!
Banality is below the fold. The pic is just a placeholder, but some of you may glean more from it.
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Well, hypothetically, spending the body's resources producing more antigens, etc., for something you are already immune to because you already had it without symptoms might leave those resources unavailable for fighting off routine exposure to the ordinary run of freshly mutated versions of the usual strains.
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April 10, 2021
Status
Just a brief rundown of various IRL issues. As usual at such times, the picture is unrelated and the banality is below the fold .
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We can only assume that some generations ago, one of your ancestors violated the tomb of a vengeful ancient god, urinated in the sacrificial bowl, and then threw it through a mirror. That might possibly explain your luck.
May your boxes be light and easily moved, your stones likewise small and easily passed, and your wrist free of pain as soon as possible!
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A Tornado paid a visit Friday, but was kind enough to only leave limbs in the yard.
As long as your own limbs are still attached, that's probably the best outcome.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Sat Apr 10 22:09:32 2021 (PiXy!)
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Arghhhhhhhh.
Hope you are feeling better soon.
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January 26, 2021
My Baby Sister Just Had a Heart Attack
She's 40 and has 2 kids.
I've let work know I'm going down to look after the children.
UPDATE: Well she's been released on her own recognizance and has a series of stress tests and such today and tomorrow. I called work while at the gas station and told them I can come in but they said that staffing was fine and I was already listed as off for the day. My FMLA application is obviously on hold. I'll know more tomorrow.
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Sorry to hear that! I hope she recovers well.
Posted by: madrocketsci at Tue Jan 26 06:06:49 2021 (hRoyQ)
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Thank God she's doing better. Prayers for here and all of your family.
Posted by: StargazerA5 at Tue Jan 26 09:48:08 2021 (64mWt)
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Hope everything's okay - as much as it can be.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Tue Jan 26 15:34:55 2021 (PiXy!)
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Yikes,
that's no fun for anybody. Kinda wish she'd stayed at the hospital, though,
Posted by: Wonderduck at Tue Jan 26 16:31:35 2021 (Bkp4m)
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December 06, 2020
Programming Note
If I die of a heart attack buried under a mountain of boxes, blogging at this url will cease.
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That image is awesome, I can imagine whole stories based on what is shown there.
Oh, and please don't die buried under a mountain of boxes.
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November 18, 2020
On the Wisdom of Grip Safeties
So, one of the trees in the front yard had grown to where it was in the same time and space as my roof.
This was not readily apparent from the ground. However, during the weekend windstorm, I heard it dragging against the roof and after closer inspection realized what was going on.
So I borrowed a polesaw from my brother-in law, got on the ladder, and, after determining both that I wasn't underneath or in the swinging path of the branch, and that said branch would not damage my roof or my car, I started chewing away at it. The polesaw is like a chainsaw greave, and as I cut away at the first, and then second branches, I could not help but imagine how awesome this would be as a polearm in a minimally realistic martial arts film.
At this point in the process, the tree decided that it had had enough and that physics did not apply to it and the branch fell, not directly down, not to the side that I was cutting on, but, as near as I can tell twisted the cut out towards me, swung towards me and swatted me off the ladder. The polesaw made a long arc through the sky before deciding on the ballistic trajectory that would place it on me. I caught a gimps of it just before it impacted. My heart skipped a beat and I now have a much greater appreciation for the final moments of Elric of Melniboné. However, because I was not holding the grip safety, it was not running, thus I was not disemboweled; escaping with some scrapes bruises and a coating of sawdust and dirt.
Nothing of value was lost.
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October 29, 2020
Oh.
You can get it on Amazon.
The last time I tried to get a Japanese beverage off Amazon it was 212 dollars a bottle.
I demurred.
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Amazon? There are two Ramune flavors in our local Kroger in middle-of-nowhere Newark, Ohio. I always made them a treat for my girls when they did someone reward-able.
Posted by: Clayton Barnett at Fri Oct 30 14:11:34 2020 (ug1Mc)
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Years before The Dark Days Cometh, there was a "World Market" store here in Duckford. Not only were they the very best source for rubber ducks in the world, but they also carried foreign beverages and snacks.
Pocky, of course, was plentiful, but they also sold Ramune by the bottle in at least half-a-dozen flavors... for $1.00 each. I know this price exactly, because in Pond Central's fridge are three bottles of some melon or lemon (I just realized those are anagrams!) flavored thing that are a dreadfully unappealing yellow in shade. AND in taste, I might add, which is why they're in the fridge after many years.
Why haven't I tossed them out? A fine question, that.
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October 15, 2020
Worry.
Banality is below the fold. As a contrast to that, here is some cheesecake rendered by Jun (@navigavi).
He's taking commissions on Skeb.
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Best of wishes to your family; thoughts and prayers your direction, Brick.
Posted by: Jim Long at Thu Oct 15 07:40:50 2020 (arhpx)
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Hope everything's okay with your dad.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Thu Oct 15 08:54:31 2020 (PiXy!)
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Yikes! Glad it wasn't as bad as it could have been. Good luck and good health to you and your family.
Posted by: StargazerA5 at Thu Oct 15 10:56:15 2020 (qiiLN)
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Dang. Sorry this happened, and prayers have been sent.
Posted by: Rick C at Thu Oct 15 15:56:51 2020 (eqaFC)
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Holy flippin' catfish, a chicken salad???
Glad dad didn't have a heart attack, sorry he had any heart incident at all though.
Posted by: Wonderduck at Thu Oct 15 21:07:17 2020 (vNkOW)
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I had a bad heart pain a couple of weeks ago too, and doctors found nothing. Didn't send me to any stress test or anything.
Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at Thu Oct 15 22:03:43 2020 (LZ7Bg)
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Thanks for the update, glad to hear it!
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Fri Oct 16 12:07:04 2020 (PiXy!)
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Pete, don't let that get away from you, get it looked at!
Posted by: The Brickmuppet at Fri Oct 16 13:38:27 2020 (5iiQK)
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Best wishes to all concerned, and glad to hear Corona-chan wasn't involved.
I paid attention to the heart noises, and after demanding *just one more* test in the ER, they *finally* detected the markers saying I'd survived the first attack, and the blockage at fault was known as a "widowmaker".
So yeah, never ignore the chest pains, particularly when the rest of the Four Horse...err, Symptoms...are riding along.
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June 22, 2020
Wait. There's a TAG for That?
Someone sent this J-List link to me saying, "I found that game you got that cute snake girl from!"
Uhh? What?
Oh.
Actually, I've never played the game and got the image from Danbooro, which was how I was able to credit the
artist when I used
Hygieia the cute snekgrrl as a reaction image or something....
years ago.
But that's not important now. We live in a world where there's actually a category for Tsundere Lamias. I don't know how to think about that.
Note: November Sierra Foxtrot Whiskey
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June 01, 2020
Various Things
Do I stop and film the many many clusters of many police cars with their blinky lights on, or speed away?
I've consistently chosen "B".
Last night was the first night since Thursday that I haven't heard prolonged gunfire, including automatic gunfire, near my house so that's a plus.
Internet's been better today though.
I was on vacation this month, but I'm only taking today and tomorrow, because we're working basically double shifts and are shorthanded at work.
Here, have a sack of cute:
Cheer up. This too will pass. And there's now a dinosaur on the space station
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May 10, 2020
Dispatches From the Shipping Industry
I'm frequently working more overtime than straight time. Our building has been consistently breaking its all time record for volume. On a personal note, I'm handling over 10,000 parcels a day. This is problematic due to the fact that both my plantar facitis and kidney stones have been acting up in a big way, though I have not called out since the 10th of April.
With higher than Christmas volume and what was initially March level staffing, work has been rather hectic. Eventually the company became convinced that this was a long term issue and began hiring new people about a week ago. 12 people have been hired for our building over the last two weeks of which four lasted one full day and three are still with us. This has not caught us up from the attrition of those who quit due to the workload.
We have the worst economy since the great depression and jobs starting at ~$16.00 with annual pay increases, full medical coverage, actual sick leave (
unlike some places) and opportunities for advancement can't get filled because people come in and are horrified by physical labor...or they cant past the drug test or background check.
What is wrong with these kids today?
What is that? It's a CLOUD! DAMN YOU STUPID CLOUD GET OUT OF MY SKY WITH YOU'RE SMUG WHISPY CUMULUS FACE!!
Anyway, I got the grass cut. I have to be to work in 6 hours so I should probably eat or go to bed or something.
Blogging may remain spartan for a bit.
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Years ago, when I was even poorer than I am now, I did apply to Big Brown for a position, and got an interview. However, the HR person doing the interview was so dismissive, if not borderline insulting, that I refuse to ever choose Big Brown for anything that I have a say in to this day.
Also, I had former co-worker who had worked for Big Brown before and then went back part-time a while later, to earn a little extra cash. One of the politest, well mannered, even tempered person I personally know - who quit Big Brown after two weeks into his second go-around with them because his supervisor was a massive jerk.
God knows I seen too many terrible new hires come and go at work, and a lot of people are not going to cut it in the working world. But I do not think all of them are...
Posted by: cxt217 at Mon May 11 21:24:20 2020 (4i7w0)
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My thanks to you and your colleagues. I wave at my neighborhood's UPS driver whenever I see him.
Posted by: Matthew Cowles at Mon May 11 21:50:48 2020 (irynM)
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April 10, 2020
It Ends
Just a quick update on last night's post. In lieu of actual content here is something pleasantly disturbing by Tokyo Gensou. Buy his art book here.
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Good news. Rest well, Brickmuppet!
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Fri Apr 10 23:31:09 2020 (PiXy!)
Posted by: Rick C at Sat Apr 11 00:00:38 2020 (Iwkd4)
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Yay, glad to hear you're improving. That kind of thing is scary, especially when you can't run screaming to the hospital to get properly treated.
Posted by: David at Sat Apr 11 03:48:37 2020 (UmjNG)
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Yeah. I confess I was a bit concerned. There are other things it could have been, most of them bad, and normally this would involve a battery of x-rays, tests, and a urinalysis rather more comprehensive than "Yep! Blood. Lots'o blood. That ain't right." What's even better is that having the worst of the bleeding taper off a day and a half after I started the antibiotics is entirely consistent with an infection. The arm is a scrape, the stones are just pain, the knee and ankle can be dealt with via ace bandages, but all that blood, with everything else going on, that's just not fair. Knowing what it is is a relief. Having the arm finally stop bleeding is just icing on the cake.
That healed remarkably fast. It's current lack of severity does not bear any relation to the amount of blood I had to clean up in the kitchen sink.
As an added bonus, I just now found my Moleskin, which I REALLY wanted Wednesday morning. Even so, in the future I need to figure out a technique to apply a dressing one-handed and not make a birds nest of bandages and waste a bunch of gauze, pads, and tape. If that cut on the elbow had been deeper, I'd have needed to do a stitch and I couldn't even apply adhesive tape one handed without looking like a fool.
Posted by: The Brickmuppet at Sat Apr 11 08:55:57 2020 (5iiQK)
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Glad to hear you're doing better, keep it up! Rest well and recover. Happy Easter.
Posted by: StargazerA5 at Sat Apr 11 12:19:38 2020 (045dC)
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Well, that was quite a scare.
Dressing wounds one-handed may be pretty awkward. The guy who cut out his own appendix in Antarctica had both hands available. Still, a backup can come useful.
On that note, I relayed our gracious host's tale of woe to my wife and she said, "Why is he living alone? He's not married?" She forgot how she went to ER by herself because I was in Japan.
Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at Sat Apr 11 18:29:57 2020 (LZ7Bg)
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April 08, 2020
Perhaps Surviving in Post-Apocalyptia is Going to Prove More Challenging Than Video Games Have Led Me to Believe
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Yikes! Careful out there and feel better soon!
Posted by: StargazerA5 at Wed Apr 8 16:33:48 2020 (045dC)
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Ouch.
A job that requires you to work until 2AM but doesn't actually require you to
move has certain advantages right now.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Wed Apr 8 23:07:15 2020 (PiXy!)
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