Ouch: Construction worker changing jobs after nail removed from head

LITTLETON, Colorado (AP) -- A construction worker who shot himself in the head with a nail gun -- an accident he didn't discover until he went to the dentist with a nagging toothache -- said he'll change his line of work.

"I'll make pizzas," Patrick Lawler, 23, said Tuesday.

Lawler, who may be released from the hospital as early as Wednesday, was working on a house near Breckenridge when he accidentally fired the nail into his head. He said it felt like he had been hit with a steel baseball bat.

Lawler didn't realize the gun had fired a 4-inch nail through his mouth and 1 1/2 inches into his brain until six days later, when he went to a dental office complaining of a toothache that just wouldn't go away.

In honor of the cold and snow that people are complaining about, some nice pictures of the recent spectacular Aurora Borealis, as seen in Norway:

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Nah, I think Mischa Barton isn't pretty at all.

Really? I mean, on the TV landscape, she might not be unusual, but she easily falls within my pretty parameters. I do not think she is beautiful, but that's not always the same thing.

I can't tell anymore if Mischa Barton is pretty or not, because Marissa annoys me so.

Jess is me.

I should have said 'eeeeeevil' not 'evil'.

It's an important distinction.

I think the chick that plays Lindsey is pretty but not beautiful. Mischa is an alien-looking chicks.

Sherry does keep herself well. But I can't refrain from saying "oooh, she's eeeeeeevil," every time she comes on screen (watching Day 2 DVDs).

It causes great cognitive dissonance to watch either DS9 or Larry Sanders now that I've seen her Lady MacPalmer.

All the reviews of Point Pleasant have been pointing out how humorless it is, which is big strike against it. I know Marti brought the seasons of grim to Buffy, but she did bring the funny on more than one occasion. One less show to watch would be good, however, despite the fact that it and everything I have been watching has been laid out so as not to interefere which other. Some miracle allignment of the TV gods, I guess.

From what I understand, PP has Satan. The OC has Marissa's mother (um, name flew. Julie?) who probably tries really hard, but....not quite.

I think Julie Cooper has the spirit down, just not the supernatural powers.

Kristen just had a fabulous idea, and one which I think needs a great deal of help getting off the ground. Someone call Hallmark, because I'm declaring August 12th to be Webmaster's Day.

Why August 12th? We need a day off for a national holiday in August.

This will be the day when webmasters everywhere get flowers, cards, and chocolates shaped like wee servers.

This will be the day when webmasters everywhere get flowers, cards, and chocolates shaped like wee servers.

And perhaps porn, depending on what they serve.