Broken?

#2 Son's latest.

"Mom, I fell, and landed on my pinkie. I think it is broken!"

This as we were cleaning the church.

"Got any tape?" he continued.

What in the world do you need tape for?

"So I can splint it!" looking at me like I was a dork as he dug in the Sunday School supply closet for popsicle craft sticks.

Splint it? How about going to the hospital to have it X-rayed?

"Nah, I hate hospitals, I won't go. Here, hold this still."

I held a craft stick and appraised the finger. It wasn't crooked in any way, and looked like it was just sprained and hurting from the way he had landed. If I had thought different, I would have had him to the doc whether he agreed or no.

"There," he said, after applying several pieces of tape to his makeshift splint. "That should be fine. I've done this before, you know."

No, you didn't mention that, I dryly responded.

"Yeah, I've broken a finger before. At least, I figure it was broken. I just splinted it myself, kept it still for a couple of weeks, it was fine."

Glad to hear it, I noted. The sarcasm in my voice went right past him.

"Okay, back to work!" he cheerfully waved and disappeared.

I think I need a vacation.


Today is:

Cyber Monday

Fairy Flute Fantasy -- Fairy Calendar

Festival of the Sons of Saturn

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People -- UN

Liberation Day -- Albania

National Chocolates Day

Newspaper Day

Parliament Night

St. Cuthbert Mayne's Day

St. Saturnius' Day

Square Dance Day

Throw Out Your Leftovers Day


Anniversaries Today:

Erwin Rommel marries Lucie "Lu" Mollin, 1916


Birthdays Today:

Jon Knight, 1968
Kim Delaney, 1961
Cathy Moriarty, 1960
Jeff Fahey, 1956
Howie Mandel, 1955
Garry Shandling, 1949
Chuck Mangione, 1940
Peter Bergman, 1939
John Mayall, 1933
Diane Ladd, 1932
Vin Scully, 1927
Madeline L'Engle, 1918
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., 1908
C.S. Lewis, 1898
Busby Berkeley, 1895
Louisa May Alcott, 1832
Christian Doppler, 1803


Today in History:

Jews of Augsburg, Germany, are massacred, 1349 (Sometimes, it seems, the more things change...)
King Philip II devalues Spanish currency, 1596 (See above...)
Sir James Jay invents invisible ink, 1775
San Jose, California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, 1777
Dessalines & Christophe declare St Domingue (Haiti) independent, 1803
First Italian opera in US, "Barber of Seville" premieres (NYC), 1825
Thomas Edison demonstrates hand-cranked phonograph, 1877
The first motorcycle race ever is held in Surrey, England; the distance was one mile and the winner was Charles Jarrot in a time of 2 minutes, 8 seconds, 1897
The first US patent for inventing the traffic lights system is issued to Ernest Sirrine. 1910
Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California, 1915
Howard Carter opens the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun to the public, 1922
Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole, 1929
The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas, 1944
The United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine, 1947
Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission – Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space, orbits earth twice, and is successfully recovered after splashdown, 1961
Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2, 1965
Nolan Bushnell (co-founder of Atari) releases Pong (the first commercially successful video game) in Andy Capp’s Tavern in Sunnyvale, California, 1972