Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Debridement

Moose Lambs.



Cats in the sun.


Poop emojis? Brought by cow-orker for Vday.



Never had much use for V day. Don't even need half price chocolate day anymore. Chocolate is fine, but I get what I need in small amounts routinely.

Waiting for the contractor for the utility room renovation.

Taking every crumb of hope for the breaking dam of scandal and treason gushing over the political landscape. I am hyper vigilant, as most abused kids tend to be. Ignoring all of it much more anxiety inducing, so I obsess. Dreamed the old fart had grabbed a secret service agent's gun, shot his entire cabinet, then ran around the white house naked, while unwitting agents tried to figure out how to constrain him, finally deciding to taser him.

Got a chance to deny being White. My paleness does not mean anything, save a tendency to burn in the sun. Detest the very idea of private law, privilege.

Love the illumination of this photo.



So many like it. Abe, the Japanese envoy had a similar look of contempt and dismay. Melania's candid looks of being trapped. Senator Al Franken's assessment of 45 being nuts. This won't go on 4 years. Certainly not 8 years. Eight months is stretching it. The fart is looking blown out at eight weeks.

The damage being done is dreadful. But maybe, if we pay attention and work hard, this will become an opportunity to fix long, nagging issues. Brought to the light and scraped away. Painful, but necessary.

If we survive it.

Almost all my OR deaths have been due to sepsis.

No guarantees.

I've wept for every death I've been witness to.

This sucks. This will hurt for a long time.



10 comments:

the polish chick said...

reading my twitter feed every morning has been amazing. if this was a tv show, you'd drop it for the unrealistic portrayal of a raging buffoon -" surely nobody could be that inept! that's bad writing!" and yet...

Sabine said...

I was looking for a German crossword clue the other day, 'a type of drama in lewd, harsh language' - grotesque. It made sense.
I hope you are right, less than four years - and an awakening to human values and respect.
Chocolate helps obviously and the cats know where the best spots are.
Keep your spirits up.

Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybe said...

I have hope that this will all play out well for the country and we can all come together again smarter and relieved that our constitution overcame a great threat. Meanwhile, I worry about our vulnerability at this time.

Phil Plasma said...

We're pretty pleased, here in Canada, about how Trudeau's visit worked out on Monday. With respect to NAFTA, I'm looking forward to a change that increases the duty-free limit.

Should Fish More said...

Debridement isn't fun, for those doing it or those who are having it done.
Persevere, you sound like someone I'd of had scrubbing with me on coronary caths any day.

Mike

Zhoen said...

pc,
Reality TV, writ large.

Sabine,
Doing my best. Thanks.

Starting,
It's just all so much unnecessary damage. Still, have to deal with life as it is.

Phil,
He's a gem, isn't he? Breath of fresh air for us.

Should,
I was a pretty good scrub once. Now, I pretty much stick to circulating, eyes aren't what they were. And, thank you.

Catalyst said...

I thought Abe's reaction after the idiot held onto his hand forEVER was hilarious but Trudeau's reaction and initial hesitation was equally funny. And today's news conference with Netan-yahoo had some funny moments too. The man has no concept of how ridiculous he appears and how many people think he is an ass. Have patience, Zhoen, as the old saying goes . . "this too shall pass."

Zhoen said...

Cat,
Like a kidney stone?

pohanginapete said...

(o)

SmitoniusAndSonata said...

There's definitely something about the word that steers one the other way .