Didn’t my tour of Ireland get no farther north than Stab City, meaning I haven’t driven on the N67?
Edit: Lies! We went up to Galway. Maybe we did drive on it?
(and wouldn’t I happily move to Cork, based on my time there? Ever go to Baltimore & Cape Clear Island?)
Do you expect reverse to be to the left of first, or below fifth?
5 3 1
R 4 2Anybody else been without power since 4:45pm yesterday?
Localized crappy weather; I’m now at work, but the phone doesn’t want to take a charge… aaaargh!
Guess who has to cancel her 6-day vacation with her best friend to try to stave off surgery?
(Sorry: I’m feeling a little self-centered these days.)
What’s the deal-i-o? Rehab wrist and maybe avoid what kinda surgery? No worries about the centred self, here’s a good place to let loose eh?
Can I say again how much I empathize with you?
(19 year old scars from four inch titanium pins. The surgeon used a damn DeWalt cordless drill on my wrist. Healed perfectly)
Can we please stop talking about broken bones, and get back to how my wife and kids are without power? (not me, though, I’m in an air-conditioned office eating shrimp from the truck out front. yum yum!)
Didn’t the ER explain that the reduction (pressing down on the bones to put them back in alignment…yeah) was worth it because it gave a 60% likelihood that I wouldn’t need surgery to make the wrist functional? And didn’t the specialist today confirm that the statistic is accurate, and the shifting seen since the cast was put on Sunday night is just barely within parameters, so all depends on whether there is any more shifting this week? Isn’t it crucial that I not do anything that could exacerbate the situation?
(Thanks for the shoulder!)
Are you taunting your family with this news? Wouldn’t they be justified in breaking one of your bones for gloating so publicly? 
The body’s healing capabilities, especially with stuff to do with the hand and wrist, are weirdly awesome, something to do with the blood flow to the area and the way the brain ups hormones to injuries there… has something to do with the nerve density and neural complexity of the brain to hand linkage… I sort of am mangling this eh?
If you’ll excuse the terrible humour, don’t I have my fingers crossed for you?
sadtrombone.wav 
You will get through this. It will suck a lot. You have a free pass to feel angry and rotten for the next (checks watch) two years, and you have a free pass to express it. You are under no obligation to be happy, but we want to try to help you be happy.
(I’ve had three wrist breaks, and another fracture so bad it also put me in a cast. This is a club noone wants to join… But welcome!!!)
Okay… @OtherMichael, give me your Best DONALD.
Couldn’t I not help myself?
Is that what happened to you?
(The shrimp is a bit spicy, btw. I should have gone for the big, fat, juicy, healthy salad.)
Am I squirming (like a clump of worms) right now? And am I hoping for a speedy recovery?
did I just edit this to incorporate another @OtherMichael game?
Is my calendar wide open on the 8th? 
Is there a fingers-crossed emoji?
