Odds n' Ends

A well-educated hand surgeon tells me my hand isn't broken and he has the X-rays to prove it. I'll take his word for it, but my hand still hurts like a mother. The X-rays also showed something called a carpal boss, which is a painful bony bump on the back of the same hand. To put that in layman's terms...

The carpal boss, an unmovable bony protuberance, is located on the dorsum of the wrist at the base of the second and third metacarpals adjacent to the capitate and trapezoid bones. This bony prominence may represent degenerative osteophyte formation and/or the presence of an os styloideum, an accessory ossification center that occurs during embryonic development. When this condition is symptomatic, patients present with complaints of pain and limitation of motion of the affected hand.

So, apparently I have an unmovable bony protuberance. I used to get those in my pants in junior high all the time. Anyway, just so you know, I'm going to be fine.

On an unrelated note, I saw a Bentley on a tow truck today. Now that's karma.

On an equally unrelated note, the best band you've never heard of is The Fratellis. They've entered my current top five, joining the likes of Fall Out Boy, The Killers, Dwight Yoakam and The Darkness. I've kicked Wheatus to the curb for a little while, but I'll swing back around the block in a few months and they'll still be sitting there and I'll pick them up again. Also itching to get back in: OK Go.