Weird how we could afford a health system through two world wars and a depression, but now...
My right hip and knee are wrecked. Fine on a flat surface, but the minute I have to walk up stairs or any incline, I have to lock my knee and kinda lurch/waddle while waving my arms about to get on. Other dudes get turned into the Joker by society, but I have apparently opted to Become The Penguin.
Bluesky people obsessing about an outsider who wrote something negative about Bluesky might be the most Mastodon thing ever to have happened here.
Me: [Reading ADHD book, because my son has ADHD] The Book: “Here's all the classic ADHD symptoms." Me: “Well, that's crap, everyone has all of those.” The Book: “Not everyone has all of these. Most people have none of them." Me: “…" The Book: "The genes that cause ADHD are inherited." Me: “… Fuck.”
What kinda Dan Brown direct-to-tv bullshit is this now? www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Hundreds of members of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, including fighters and medics, were seriously wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded, a security source told Reuters.
I just found out that John Cassaday died. He was the artist for A LOT of comics, including some massive best-sellers, but I know him from Planetary, one of my favourite comics. He was 52, which is (a) too young to fucking die, and (b) younger than I am, which is 100% Some Bullshit. R.I.P.
This morning, to my horror, I noticed that my "Driving the Corvette Like An 80's Dirtbag" playlist didn't contain Mötley Crüe's "Kickstart My Heart". I am taking immediate steps to rectify this outrageous omission, and I ask for privacy during this difficult time.
