Just back from having had a PICC line installed. This is a tube running inside a vein from just above my left elbow to the top of my heart. It allows for easier sampling of blood and for insertion of nutrients and medication and totally replaced any cannulae. It can also remain in place for many months.
So it’s goodbye to this horrid mess.

These rose patterned bed sheets might not create the exact effect you were going for.

I understand that someone once found a bug on their bed and they decided to name it "bedbug." But I can't imagine how terrifying it was for the dude who came up with "cockroach."

Middle-aged Mutant Ninja Turtles

A friend brought a few things from my place, clothing, a working phone charger and, more importantly, a box fan which is working nicely. This is an older hospital building and has very poor air conditioning. We expect 38°C today (100°F) and virtually the same for the next two days.

2: Ever since my neighbours got a garden deck, all they do is go on about what they can do with it.
So I reported them to the police, for talking about terrace activities.

1: The Institute for Unfinished Research has found that 6 out of 10 people…

4: The skill needed for perfect origami is increasing.

3: Today's Trivia Fact:
Tall people sleep longer in bed.

AFAIK, the pink is from the antiseptic used to flush out the knee joint. They found a bacterial infection.

@GeorgeG Bully for your brother but it does jack shit for me I’m afraid.

My sister is a retired pharmacist. She says it’s fine to combine colchecine with Indomethacin, my preferred NSAID.

I have severe gout (uric acid crystals in the knee joint) or pseudogout (calcium crystals). Now trying to persuade the medical staff that colchecine CAN be used with NSAID anti inflammatories.

Black Friday has failed me.

I ordered Four Kindles off Amazon, and they sent me a Two Ronnies DVD.

@sugarpopspete Initially they wanted to give me a codeine-containing medication for the liver to convert into morphine by my system can’t metabolise codeine.

@Mauve_matelot Knee effusion of some kind. Very sudden swelling of the joint about 27 hours ago. It’s riddled with osteoarthritis at the best of times. Tests on fluid withdrawn by joint aspiration will be made to determine if it’s gout or a bacterial infection.

Koi fish always travel in groups of four. If attacked, Koi A, B and C will scatter, leaving behind the D Koi.

The pain just won’t stop. Kill me now.

Such fun. It the internal waiting room at the Emergency wing of the hospital nearest to home. My left knee is virtually useless and can’t bear weight. I can’t bear the pain so the ambulance service arranged for a taxi to take me here. Incredible agony.

2: I couldn't find a parking spot at work today...
So I went home. Looks like they had enough people.

1: Leather is rated by texture.
Cows with abundant water usually have softer hides and get rated A.
Cows living in dry climates are usually D-hide rated.

Here’s a list of ten scientific discoveries that were later proven wrong using religion:
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I was watching a show for about 10 minutes, and this lady was listing all of these great things to do for fun.
Then I realised that it's one of the religious channels, and she was reading a list of sins.