Pass the brain bleach…

November 19, 2008

Pot, Kettle, Black

So, al-Qaida's number two guy called Barack Obama, Colin Powell, and Condoleezza Rice "house negroes." I'm quite amused. Here in the United States, a lot of people would readily call Ayman al-Zawahri and Osama bin Laden "sand niggers."

Sigh. The world will be a better place when al-Zawahri and bin Laden are nothing but grease spots in the desert. Don't bother to capture them and put them on trial. Just end their miserable lives and get 'em on their way to hell.

Posted by Kurt Wall in on November 19, 2008

November 17, 2008

The Toe Is Fixed

…or at least hopefully so. I put up a few pictures taken during the procedure. Kelly made it back to San Jose in time for us to unload the trailer and start to put away her belongings. Then we got up at dark-thirty Friday morning to drive me to Waverley Surgery Center to have my left great toe fused.

What I didn't realize was that the surgery might not succeed. That is, even after a plate, screws, and some donated bone tissue, the bones might not knit. In which case, we'll have to do "something else" to encourage the fusion. This "something else" is not something insurance companies want to pay for until 3 months have elapsed. So, in three months, we'll see if the bones in my left great toe have become a single bone.

Meanwhile, I have to stay off my left foot for a month. I'm already tired of crutches. I would be better off with a walker, but I didn't want to give netllama any additional fuel for jokes about my age. Actually, the nurses recommended crutches so I took their recommendation. As usual, Kelly ("Even when I'm wrong, I'm right!") was right because the crutches have been unstable compared to a walker. I'll spend the rest of this week at home and then return to work next week (the 24th), just in time for Thanksgiving on Thursday and National Shopping Day on Friday.

Posted by Kurt Wall in on November 17, 2008

November 10, 2008

Coming Back

I'm delighted to let everyone know that Kelly is on her way back to San Jose.

After some time passed, a lot of conversations, a lot of prayer, and no small amount of forgiveness, Kelly decided that she loved me more than she was mad at me. I've done a lot of work, too, but I did that because I didn't want to drink. No, Kelly made this decision on her own. At least, it was nothing I did. I'm thrilled she's changed her mind, of course.

As of 8:30 tonight, she was in Richfield, Utah. She hopes to get as far as Sacramento on Tuesday, but even if she only makes it to Reno, she should still make it here Wednesday.

YAY!

Posted by Kurt Wall in on November 10, 2008