Ever have a day where you feel like something… momentous<\/i> is going to happen?<\/p>\n
Today is one of those days.<\/p>\n
The world had a different… quality<\/i> today.<\/p>\n
Maybe it’s the seagulls flying overhead. Maybe it’s the feeling of springtime and sunshine. Maybe the air feels<\/i> different.<\/p>\n
Maybe it’s that I decided to wear a necktie to work today. A Norman Rockwell tie, reproducing a painting he did of a reporter in the Red Sox locker room in the ’50s.<\/p>\n
Maybe it’s that I picked up a Richmond baseball cap today as my traveling gear.<\/p>\n
Maybe it’s none of those.<\/p>\n
Maybe nothing momentous will happen today at all. Maybe it’s just my brain awakening from a long winter’s slumber.<\/p>\n
Yet, I’m going to look to today with hope and anticipation. Even if this momentousness never materializes, just the feeling that it’s there<\/i> is giving me something to look forward to. :cheers:<\/p>\n
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“We all love Columbo.”
— “One Thing That Was Bothering Me,” Elbow<\/p>\n
I was musing on Watchmen<\/i> this morning.<\/p>\n
I realized that I would loved to have seen what Philip K. Dick could have done with that story.<\/p>\n
Philip K. Dick’s Watchmen<\/i>.<\/p>\n
I can almost<\/i> imagine reading it.<\/p>\n
The pieces are there. The paranoia. Nixon.<\/p>\n
All it needs is a little gnostic philosophy, some mindfuckery, the everyman hero, throw in some VALIS stuff, and then it’s there<\/i>.<\/p>\n
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I want a Nite Owl movie.<\/p>\n
After a generally pain-free weekend, today… has not been pain-free. \ud83d\ude10<\/p>\n
The story is this.<\/p>\n
Last week, Wednesday morning, I rolled out of bed. Put my feet down on the floor. And I could barely put any<\/i> weight on my left foot. Oh, I could<\/i> put the weight, but doing so made my ankle hurt like you wouldn’t believe<\/i>.<\/p>\n
My ankle! Something had happened to my ankle!<\/p>\n
And I’m a lazy bugger, and I don’t like to tie and untie my shoes. I should be able to pop my shoes on without having to bother with such trivialities. But I couldn’t<\/i> just slide my foot inside my shoe.<\/p>\n
Partly because my ankle was swollen<\/i>.<\/p>\n
How could this be? Ankles don’t just swell and turn painful — even to the touch — overnight.<\/p>\n
So Wednesday, I limped, trying to keep weight off my left foot. I pondered where this pain had magically come from. I had no idea.<\/p>\n
So Thursday, I limped, trying to keep weight off my left foot. And I pondered some more where this pain had magically come from. I still had no idea.<\/p>\n
So Friday, I limped, trying to keep weight off my left foot. And then, it struck me. I knew<\/i>.<\/p>\n
I’d fallen down the stairs at home on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
I had fallen!<\/p>\n
Down the stairs!<\/p>\n
How does someone forget something like this?<\/p>\n
I know I’m detached from the world sometimes — okay, a lot<\/i> of the time — but still<\/i>. Falling down the stairs is<\/i> significant.<\/p>\n
Saturday, it felt good all day.<\/p>\n
Sunday, it felt good all day.<\/p>\n
I thought I’d turned the page.<\/p>\n
Then this morning?<\/p>\n
Oh, the pain! The pain!<\/p>\n
Here’s what I realized.<\/p>\n
I spent the entire weekend barefoot. I don’t wear shoes if I can help it.<\/p>\n
But I’d gone out to see Watchmen<\/i> Sunday night. And I can’t really kick off my shoes at a movie theater, you know?<\/p>\n
I think my shoes are the problem. Irritated the ankle last night, they did.<\/p>\n
So, today at work, I’m going shoe-less.<\/p>\n
It’s better for me anyway. My toes can wiggle free!<\/p>\n
Seriously. I have<\/i> to wiggle my toes. If I can’t, I get really<\/i> cranky.<\/p>\n
Since I kicked off the shoes, my ankle feels loads<\/i> better.<\/p>\n
Let’s hope it stays that way. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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