I'd say getting drained from a nerve-heavy area by a large gauge needle merits a day off.

I usually try to avoid getting embroiled in arguments about gun control since I do actually support hunting and possession of firearms for home defense, but I got sucked into it with someone who who'd built up this fantasy scenario about carrying so he could return fire against a movie theater shooter, and shut him down with this as the last word in our (insult-peppered, from his end) argument:

Yes, how unfair of me to mention an issue after you bring it up in the conversation. I find your utter lack of self-awareness and characterization of anyone who disagrees with your stance on lethal weapons as a liberal idiot to be utterly typical of entitled right wingers who imagine themselves as future John McClanes in waiting. Also typical: no ability to understand firearms statistics, willful ignorance of the fact that most of the mass shootings on American soil are by angry white gun enthusiasts rather than the scary brown people, and the delusion that you'll somehow be calm and controlled in the extremely unlikely event that you ever find yourself under fire when you can't even handle a verbal disagreement without descending into angry ranting. In short, if public safety is a consideration you clearly aren't qualified to be entrusted with a slingshot, much less something that fires actual bullets.

Hope he didn't go out and shoot someone when he couldn't come up with an effective response.

I haven't had it done, Jesse, but when my mom did it was no big deal.

My neighbors chickens are extremely loud today. Anyone know good chicken-quieting techniques?

Although for the past half hour the issue has been my incredibly loud stomach. Wtf. I made a blue apron meal at lunch. There was nothing in it afaik that would cause my stomach to be SO LOUD?!?

Reading about the Tai Chi moves, I was reminded of something I saw about doing Lion Dances. They have defined moves as well, including:

Bow To The Three Corners

Sniff the Door

I’m Afraid Of Scorpions

Punt The Lettuce

Groom Self

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Jesse, I'd say it depends on how you normally react to medical stuff.

Yeah, I generally have no problem with stuff, so I'm not going to worry about it.

Kinda want to adopt Punt the Lettuce as an exclamation.

I came up with something I can work on for these last two hours when I didn't really expect to still be here. Really want to take a nap, though.

I've added even stronger drugs to my attempt to combat the migraine, and given up on work for now. I'm watching Postmodern Jukebox videos instead. And, although Tambourine Guy isn't super helpful when your head is pounding, he's beneficial psychologically.

I’m Afraid Of Scorpions

Punt The Lettuce

Groom Self

The basics of a good life.

Gah, I hate those that sit behind your eye like that. I hope the drugs work.

So as the day progresses I am more and more angry about the NC statehouse vote. The fake fear of bathroom attacks or whatever. I do not even know. There is no cause for it, just isolating and humiliating already disenfranchised and often fragile people. FUCK YOU ASSHOLES.

You know who attack people is disproportionate numbers? STRAIGHT MEN. Ban them from my spaces!

Ok not what I really mean, but JFC PEOPLE.