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Denial is not a river in Africa.

I went to the podiatrist who advised that my left foot hurt because I have a bunion.  My foot does not often hurt when I walk on it unless the shoes are ill fitting (i.e. one old pair of winter boots which I've now retired).  Occasionally, yes, but mostly my foot pain wakes me up at night.  She said I should get an orthotic.  They got in touch with my insurance and advised that it would cost me $500.  I've decided to be happily in denial.  I dashed about today in my cute little black booties and my foot did not hurt at all but last night it woke me up to make its presence known.  It was a painful little SOB, too, and when I got out of bed and walked on it, it stopped, just as it always does.  How does a bunion make the arch of your foot hurt when you're not walking on it?  The bunion doesn't hurt, the arch hurts, and I am sleeping, not sleepwalking. A few years ago I had horribly painful corns.  You ever had a corn?  Those motherf...

The week in review

All these fascinating impeachment goings-on!  I was so pissed off during the whole Clinton thing -- dude could not keep it in his pants -- that I didn't pay as much attention as I am now.  It's fascinating, this whole thing.  Delivering the articles of impeachment to the Senate.  Congressional managers -- i.e. the prosecutors -- were selected.  The Senate was sworn in, each as impartial jurors.  Mitch McConnell being impartial?   Lindsay Graham?  Ted Cruz?  Yikes, yikes, yikes.  This means that they have not already decided.  Yikes, yikes, yikes. There are too many managers where I work.  Even the most low-level of them think there are not but that is wishful thinking, looking at it from the sub-basement. "Breaking Bad" is back coming up to the new season of "Better Call Saul," being shown back to back on Sundays. It BB holds up as well as when it was first on and is still as nerve-wracking.  "Homeland" has bee...

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Week off!

Don't leave me hangin'

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My sister and I leave notes for each other in library books we have on hold at the Harold Washington branch of the Chicago Public Library.  I will leave her the recipe for ice, for example, or general greetings.  She knows to not leave me any recipe -- I have no patience for following a recipe -- but leaves amusing bon mots  or pleasantries. This is what she left most recently and does not advise what happens next.  It is a conundrum, a puzzlement, and a cliffhanger. And THEN what happened???