26 Mar 1658: Samuel Pepys #diarist undergoes a potentially lethal operation for kidney stone. He survives - it resolves his immediate problems but leaves him with permanent genito-urinary issues #ouch (NPG)
i've become a cliche. i fell and couldn't get up. the ambulance people helped. i will no longer capitalize posts b/c i'm typing with one hand. i broke my humerus just below the shoulder, clear through. on my right arm, of course, on a friday evening. there is no cast, just a sling ... for 3 months. no driving, no cooking, and the tp is to the right of the toilet. the pain is excruciating, sleeping impossible.
Well… shit. 🤪 I’m at #Culvers on #Westnedge in #Kalamazoo and I ordered lunch. The lady on the other side of the counter gave me a “Seniors” discount. I was going to laugh and point out her error, but she didn’t seem to be expecting that… I’m uh, Feb 2024 - July 1975, uh, still 48…
It’s the beard. It makes me look much older than I really am. However, people seem to take me way more seriously with it. So…
At #PMQs, Ben Bradshaw said "In December the Cabinet Member for Equalities (Kemi #Badenoch said that she had engaged extensively with LGBT organisations since her appointment 18 months ago. But a Freedom of Information Act revealed this week that the minister had not met a single LGBT organisation"
"What is the problem the PM has with Trans People and his Equalities Minister has with the truth"
Ow. But on the bright side I now have a piece of metal in my mouth to which they have attached a temporary tooth. Once that has healed I get the full tooth put on in three months.
Okay #BaldursGate3 people, did you find that you had to adjust the difficulty level for some later-game fights? Approaching endgame on Balanced & my party is getting thoroughly trounced, in a way which doesn't even resemble an enjoyable puzzle to solve :) #BG3#ouch
Time to help keep Mastodon social by BOOSTING people who use the hashtag #today to talk about their everyday lives!
With all of the news out there dividing people, it's good to know that our humanity exists in the common way in which we all go about our lives. Got laundry to do? Me too! Thinking of making a new dish for dinner? What is it? I might make it too!
Posting with the #today hashtag helps bring us all together. So BOOST BOOST BOOST!!!
Chris Bryant asks at today's #pmqs " What's worse: losing your WhatsApp messages, losing 11.8 billion pounds to fraud whilst you were Chancellor, presiding over the biggest fall in living standards in our history, or desperately clinging onto power when you've become more unpopular than Boris Johnson?"