Um, I Don't Think It Erases Wrinkles (Wordless Wednesday) and Words for Wednesday

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Linking up with Wordless Wednesday, Catsynth, and Sandee at Comedy Plus.     

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Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and has become a moveable feast of word or picture or music prompts to encourage us to write stories, poems, or whatever strikes our fancy.    

While Elephant's Child takes a blog break,  lissa  is providing the prompts on her blog.     

This week's prompts are: 

1 - scumbag

2 - qualm

3 - judicious

4 - limitless

5 - danger

Charlotte (MotherOwl)  has selected Glass Elephant Blue as the colour of the month

It can be a scary feeling to find out a doctor you trusted might be, well not exactly a SCUMBAG, but possibly a less than competent surgeon.

It will certainly give you a  QUALM when you hear nothing but good about the doctor from everyone and then one person you really trust says, "Get another doctor.  I know 3 people whose surgeries he botched."

It's at least JUDICIOUS to get a second opinion because no surgeon's skill is LIMITLESS and there is always DANGER with any procedure.

My first cataract surgery was rough.  I'll be the first to admit my vision is better, although not quite as much better as i'd hoped clarity-wise.

Color-wise is another story.  The color i'm now able to see, from deep reds to light greens to Glass Elephant Blue is astounding.  Three small items i see regularly which i would have sworn were white are actually a very vibrant yellow.  (It's funny, if i close the eye which had the surgery, the uncorrected eye with a cataract still sees them as white.)

Color vision notwithstanding, i went for a second opinion to make sure the eye is healing and the surgery wasn't done incorrectly.

The second doctor says there is still more inflammation of the cornea, which is probably why my vision isn't quite as good as it could be, but he doesn't see where my surgeon did anything wrong.

I'm seeing 20/40, and able to be corrected to 20/20, which you can't do if there's something really wrong with the eye.

It was just a very tough cataract to remove.

My next surgery is scheduled for the middle of next month, so i have a bit of time and if this eye is still not right by about a week before that, i will either postpone or cancel.

Meanwhile, artificial tears help and i'm hoping i don't have to "switch horses in midstream," especially as the surgeon i'm discussing is one of my Sweetie's favorite doctors of all time and he'd be devastated.

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Today is:

Armed Forces Day -- Mexico

Birthday of Minerva -- Ancient Roman Calendar

Birth Anniversary of Shivaji -- Maharashtra, India

Chaoflux -- Discordianism

Chief Leschi Day -- US, especially Washington State (Native American chief wrongly executed for murder on this date in 1958; fully exonerated 2004)

Cracker Jacks Prize Day -- the first prizes were added to the boxes of caramel popcorn this date in 1913

Flag Day -- Turkmenistan

National Chocolate Mint Day (because every day needs chocolate in some form)

Prajatantra Diwas -- Nepal (Democracy Day, celebrating the overthrow of the Rana Dynasty in 1951)

Solar System Day -- birth anniversary of Copernicus

St. Conrad of Piacenza's Day -- (Patron against hernias)

Straw Wrapper Appreciation Day -- an internet spread holiday to remind you of how much fun it was as a kid to blow the wrappers off the straws

Temporary Insanity Day -- anniversary of the first time someone successfully pleaded temporary insanity in a court of law; Daniel Stickles, in 1859

Vassil Levski Day -- Bulgaria (Bulgaria's "Apostle of Freedom")

Anniversary Today:

Knights of Pythias founded, 1864

Birthdays Today:

Haylie Duff, 1985

Andrew Shue, 1967

Benicio Del Toro, 1967

Justine Bateman, 1966

Jonathan Lethem, 1964

Seal, 1963

Prince Andrew, Duke of York, 1960

Ray Winstone, 1957

Jeff Daniels, 1955

Margaux Hemingway, 1955

Amy Tan, 1952

Stephen Nichols, 1951

Lou Christie, 1943

Smokey Robinson, 1940

Lee Marvin, 1924

Merle Oberon, 1911 (some sources say Feb. 18)

Willam III of the Netherlands, 1817

David Garrick, 1717

Nicolas Copernicus, 1473

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"A Woman of Independent Means"(TV Miniseries), 1995

"Crazy For You"(Musical), 1992

"Eastenders"(TV), 1985

"Rumours"(Album release), 1977

"The Feminine Mystique"(Publication date), 1963

"Picnic"(Inge Play), 1953

"Alexander's Feast"(HWV 75), 1736

Today in History:

Emperor Lucius Septimius Severus' defeats beats Claudius Albinus at Lyon, 197

Emperor Constantius II shuts down all pagan temples, 356

The second Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstates veneration of icons in the churches, 842

Jews of Tyrnau, Hungary (then Trnava, Czech) are expelled, 1539

The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America, 1600

Britain and the Netherlands sign the Peace of Westminster, and New Amsterdam formally becomes New York, 1674

British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of King George III, 1819

The first practical coal burning locomotive in the US makes a trial run, in Pennsylvania, 1831

Tin-type camera is patented by Hamilton Smith of Gambier, Ohio, 1856

Daniel E. Sickles is acquitted of the murder of his wife's lover, Phillip Barton Key (son of Francis Scott Key), on the grounds of temporary insanity, the first time this defense is successfully used, 1859

Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom in Russia, 1861

Thomas Edison patents the gramophone (phonograph), 1878

Kansas becomes the first US state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages, 1881

WK Kellogg and Charles Bolin found the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co., 1906

The first prize is inserted into a Cracker Jack box, 1913

Ed Wynn becomes the first talent to sign as a regular radio entertainer, 1922

Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize for poetry, 1949

Bill Keane's "Family Circus" comic strip makes its debut, 1960

Artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital, 1985

The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft, 1986

NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system, 2002

NASA loses communication with the International Space Station's for three hours as a result of updating the station's command and control software, 2013

Nigeria confirms 110 girls are missing from a school in Dapchi, Yoba State, and were  presumed kidnapped by Boko Haram, 2018

After a 4-year ban, the World Anti-Doping Agency decides to allow some Russians to complete in international sports under the Russian Olympic Committee, 2021

Two weeks after the devastating earthquakes that stuck in the south-east of Türkiye and in northern Syria, Türkiye ends rescue efforts in all but Kahramanmaras and Hatay, 2023

Brightest known object in the universe identified as a quasar powered by a supermassive black hole, 2024

Peanuts, Grapes and Gravy, a Random and Happy Tuesday Post

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It's time once again for a random and happy Tuesday, linking up with Stacy's Random Thoughts at Stacy Uncorked and Sandee at Comedy Plus.  

Carl was working on his extra sleep mode when i arrived and managed to get the laundry area sorted rather quickly.

Then i went to his room and found this.

Neosporin tube lands on the floor, clean shirt lands on top, he walks on clean shirt, it is no longer clean.

Of course, the Neosporin tube didn't have a top on it.  What were you thinking?  He'd already used it, it's not going to have a top on it.  Once he's used something, he's done with it, why would he mess with it further to put a top back on or put it away?

Such is life with no executive function, but Carl manages somehow.

About this time, he popped into his room and i asked if he was going back to sleep more.

"Yep!" he said, then brushed his teeth, then went back for more ZZZ's.  The family love their sleep.

I'd noticed the ice packs i'd laid out to thaw and dry were no longer where i'd left them, but 

one was still out.

Then i found the box, and tossed it in there.  It won't be long before they are needed again, but yesterday morning there was ice on the car window, so not quite yet.

Once he did get up to head for a shower, he asked me, "No collar shirt?"

To make things easier on Monday, i go ahead and put his work clothes in the bathroom for him, pants, shirt, socks, underwear and shoes.  When it's cold, i put a long sleeve t-shirt to go under his collared shirt, and i showed him i'd done that so he was satisfied.

Then i headed to his fridge.

For once, the bag was empty, and he had two sandwiches.

Yes, you are seeing what you think you are seeing.  His mother has not bought lunch meat, he's out of chicken, and they are also out of peanut butter and jelly, so he made peanut and grape sandwiches.  Same thing, right?

Carl came out of the bathroom and i had him turn his long sleeve t-shirt around, it was on backward, and then he started talking.

'We went to the mall this weekend...ate at Alexander's...but it was raining..."

Here he trailed off and mumbled something, then talked about them "building a Dick's Sporting Goods store."

I thought they had one already, i noted, and he seemed confused and said, "Well they're building something...with two floors..."

It turned out he'd gone to see Sam, the girl he's sweet on, and gone to a friend's house to play Call of Duty.  I didn't quite understand what he was saying about the game, having never played, but it seems a good time was had by all.

Maybe too good a time.  He noted, "We're all getting fat, we need to start working out before we go out to eat!"

He actually has been going to work out, and it has helped him with his blood sugar.

I also overheard him talking to his dad, Mr. L, about level 29 and the township, which also seems to be a game he plays.  When Carl works, he works, and when he plays, he plays.  There's a lot to be said for that kind of life.

As it got closer to time to leave, he started asking about a sweater.  I couldn't find any sweaters in his room, so he went to the car, and sure enough, came in with one.  It was covered with stains that looked like gravy from something he'd eaten.  

After i vetoed that one and started treating the stains, he went out to try again.  The second one was good, and it had the advantage of a pair of gloves and one of his father's socks in the pocket.

The gloves were work gloves, so they stayed, but i snagged the sock and no, there's no way to know how it got in Carl's sweater pocket.

On his way out the door, he stopped to ask Mr. L one more question, about whether he should look up events and programs, probably at the library.  I didn't hear what Mr. L said, but Carl left quickly and i'm sure he was on time for work.

How about sandwich/lunch funnies, in honor of his ersatz sandwiches.

Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!

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Today is:

Celtic Tree Month Nuin (Ash) begins

Clean Out Your Cubby Holes Day -- internet generated, but if you have any cubby holes, give them a look today, make sure nothing is in there you don't want to see

Cold Day in Hell -- snow fell in the Sahara today in 1979

Day of Spenta Armaiti -- Zoroastrian (goddess of earth and fertility, especially celebrated by women; originally on Esfand 5th, which corresponds to 24 February, but is now celebrated on the 18th for reasons i can't figure out)

Festival of Women -- Persian (traditional, it has been kept even among those who are no longer Zoroastrian)

Independence Day -- Gambia(1965)

National Battery Day -- probably created by the battery manufacturers, but they won't claim it

National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day

Pluto Day/Solar System Day -- the planet/planetoid was discovered on this day in 1930, and then considered to "complete" the solar system

Rastraya Prajatantra Dibas -- Nepal (Democracy Day)

Rites of Tacita -- Ancient Roman Calendar (goddess of silence, rites to keep people from speaking out in anger)

St. Bernadette of Lourdes' Day (in France; the remainder of the church celebrates her on 16 April)

St. Fra Angelico's Day (Patron of artists)

Tanigumi Odori -- Tanigumi-mura, Gifu Prefecture, Japan (dance festival)

Thumb Appreciation Day -- your first digit does more than just get mashed when you use a hammer and hit the space bar on your keyboard; take time to appreciate the complexity that is your thumb.

Anniversaries Today:

Tommy Lee marries Pamela Anderson, 1995

Ohio State University is chartered as the first US land-grant college, 1804

Birthdays Today:

Jillian Michaels, 1974

Molly Ringwald, 1968

Dr. Dre, 1965

Matt Dillon, 1964

Vanna White, 1957

John Travolta, 1954

Juice Newton, 1952

John Hughes, 1950

Cybill Shepherd, 1950

Andrea Dromm, 1941

Aldo Ceccato, 1934

Yoko Ono, 1933

Milos Forman, 1932

Toni Morrison, 1931

Gahan Wilson, 1930

George Kennedy, 1925

Helen Gurley Brown, 1922

Bill Cullen, 1920

Jack Palance, 1920

Hans Asperger, 1906

Enzo Ferrari, 1898

George "The Gipper" Gipp, 1895

Wendell Lewis Willkie, 1892

Boris Pasternak, 1890

Nikos Kazantzakis, 1883

Sholem Aleichem, 1859

Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1848

Ernst Mach, 1838

George Peabody, 1795

Count Alessandro Volta, 1745

Uesugi Kenshin, 1530 (Japanese samurai and warlord)

Mary I Tudor, 1516

Saint Jadwiga of Poland, 1374

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Roots: Next Generations"(TV Miniseries), 1979

"Any Wednesday"(Play), 1964

"The Telephone, or L'Amour à trois"(Comic Opera), 1947

"Trouw"(Publication, Dutch Resistance newspaper), 1943

"Simple Simon"(Musical), 1930

"Cities Service Concerts"(Radio), 1925

"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"(Publication date), 1885

"The Pilgrim's Progress"(Publication date), 1678

Today in History:

Origin of the Kali Yuga Epoch ("age of vice" or Dark Age) of the Hindu/Buddhist calendars, BC3102

Jerusalem is taken by Emperor Frederik II, 1229

Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia, begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim regions, 1332

Henry Tudor (Henry VIII) created Prince of Wales, 1503

Zeeland falls to Dutch rebels, 1574

John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published, 1678

Fort Saint Lewis, Texas, is founded by Frenchmen under LaSalle at Matagorda Bay, the basis for France's claim to Texas, 1685

Quakers conduct their first formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1688

The premiere of George Frideric Handel's oratorio, "Samson" takes place in London, 1743

Trinidad is surrendered to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercrombie, 1797

The Detroit Boat Club (still in existence) forms, 1839

The first continuous filibuster in the US Senate begins, lasts until March 11, 1841

The first regular steamboat service to California begins, 1849

A direct telegraph link between Britain and New Zealand is established, 1876

Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is published, 1885

The Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for the first time in 50 years, 1896

Winston Churchill makes his first speech in the British House of Commons, 1901

H. Cecil Booth patents a dust removing suction cleaner, 1901

The first official flight with air mail takes place in Allahabad, British India, when Henri Pequet delivers 6,500 letters to Naini (a distance of about 10K), 1911

The US and Canada begin formal diplomatic relations, with the appointment of Vincent Massey as the first Canadian ambassador to the US, 1927

The first Academy Awards are announced, 1929

While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto, 1930

The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California, 1954

The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747, 1977

Snow falls in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the only time in recorded history, 1979

Dan Jansen skates world record 1000m (1:12.43), 1994

Pope Benedict XVI announces seven new saints - including American saint Kateri Tekakwitha - and appoints 22 new cardinals, 2012

The Ukrainian Revolution begins, 2014

A twenty-five-year-old cold case murder is solved when police in Minnesota run DNA though a genealogy site and find the suspect, 2019

The swarms of desert locusts affecting east Africa reach South Sudan, threatening a food crisis, 2020

NASA's Perseverance rover successfully lands at Jezero Crater, Mars, on mission to find microfossils, 2021

Singaporean chess prodigy Ashwath Kaushik becomes the youngest player, at eight years old, to defeat a grandmaster in a classic tournament game, 2024