Category: Miscellaneous
No, that definitely did not go well. I awoke from a general anesthetic Thursday morning to discover that they hadn’t performed the minor surgery I’d signed on for. Beyond my skills, the surgeon told me shortly. I didn’t see a sign of how bad it was until I was poking around in there. Really. So sorry. Don’t worry. This isn’t a case of “We’re sewing you shut and sending you home to die.” More like “We’re referring you to some specialist you can’t afford even with insurance and if said specialist slips up you’ll have major quality of life issues…
Well, we’ve survived to The Day despite being pelted with toxic muck for lo these many months. And we’ll survive, and even manage to thrive, no matter whether cat poop or gravel wins the presidential race. We are in peril no matter what happens, but despite the hysterical claims, this will probably not turn out to be the most important election in our lifetimes (H/T BSC). Well, unless Hillary wins, gets drunk, and goes nuclear. But chances are if she does become Madame President (as Newsweek so handily proclaimed) she’ll be too preoccupied fending off impeachment and indictment to do…
… but we may be about to find out. For days, news has been going around the alt-right that revelations are about to come out about the Clintons that are so far out there that every other Clinton scandal pales beside them. The accusations have been very specific and involved (among other things) child sex abuse on a large scale. But all this “news” had its origins in one unreliably sourced story on one website that nobody ever heard of before. So like a lot of people, I’ve been watching but skeptically. Now Anonymous and WikiLeaks appear to be about…
FYI, over at TZP, everything in the store (except memberships) is 20% off between now and December 31. This includes those amazing roof-prism binoculars that were already a bargain at $29. Only 19 of those left as I write this. Also includes the super-sharp custom Kershaw folding knives, of which just 21 remain. And Zippo lighters, TZP yarmulkes, ear plugs with carrying cases, targets, genuine Victorinox Swiss Army knives, morale patches, and more. Good Hannukah or Christmas presents. For somebody else or for yourself. Several items are definitely “get ’em while you can,” as they will most likely not be…