I thought I had my flu and Covid shots today, so why does the paperwork say “distemper” and “rabies”?? It must be the consequence of being Dog Rat. 😉
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PT for Me
No surprise that the diagnosis for my left knee injury is a “possible” torn medial meniscus. I’ll be taking an anti-inflammatory drug for a couple of weeks then starting physical therapy. If there isn’t an improvement within six weeks, an MRI will be needed for a better view.
“Quick to injure, slow to heal” is the reality, usually starting sometime in your fifties, for both men and women. One moment I was perfectly fine, jogging along as usual. The next moment something went “pop” in my knee and there was pain.
One After 9/09
Oh, Canadia!
“Trump is just the king of chaos and destroying everything and nothing good ever comes out of this man.”
The independent voters who cast their ballot for Trump in 2016 were suckers. Those who voted for him in 2020 were fools. In 2024 they proved themselves to be full-blown idiots.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me thrice… what’s wrong with me?
Reflections on Turning 20
This site began in 2002 as a collection of a dozen static web pages, mostly composed with Microsoft FrontPage. Twenty years ago today, I turned dograt.com into a weblog.
Many, many bloggers have come and gone in that time. Most disappeared, while some moved on to Twitter. The serious essayists are now mostly on Substack, while the less serious Prattling Before the Pratfall endures as an independently hosted site.
Wanting to get on board with Web 2.0, I took advantage of having time each day that would have otherwise been spent running. The free time was thanks to a damaged posterior tibial tendon that is still very much with me. Two weeks after getting started with WordPress 2.0.2, this MRI was taken.
Depending on how you’re viewing this post, the total number of pages (six posts to a page) may be present at the bottom of the page. Clicking on the number will take you to the first entry.
The Red vs. Blue state battle is much worse today with Trump than it was in 2006 with George W. Bush. I’m pleased to see the Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots are not only still with us, they still cost only $15.
https://www.amazon.com/Mattel-Games-Rock-Sock-Robots/dp/B07QW3HMKF/
Five years ago I fixed a serious technical problem with the WordPress installation, and since then everything has been stable. Unfortunately, the fix caused minor problems with many of the older posts. I fix those on an as-needed basis.
I’m deliberately not paying for the backup service that used to be included in my so-called “Pro” plan. If anything wicked bad happens to the site, that’ll be the end; otherwise, I would like to keep going until Donald J. Trump is no longer president.
Face Front! Excelsior!
Where’s Lia?
Spain was burning, but there’s no need to worry about Lia Pamina. She’s okay.