I hate hotel bathrooms. Have I made it clear exactly how much I hate hotel bathrooms?? Most of you are familiar with the "finger" incident. Well last night, I was hopping out of bed to turn off the light in the hotel bathroom and thwacked my fourth toe into the wall. I think I broke it. I hate hotel bathrooms. I must be getting old and starting to lose my youthful limberness and nimbleness. Is this what it’s like getting old and slowly losing control of your large motor skills?

I hate hotel bathrooms. Have I made it clear exactly how much I hate hotel bathrooms?? Most of you are familiar with the "finger" incident. Well last night, I was hopping out of bed to turn off the light in the hotel bathroom and thwacked my fourth toe into the wall. I think I broke it. I hate hotel bathrooms. I must be getting old and starting to lose my youthful limberness and nimbleness. Is this what it’s like getting old and slowly losing control of your large motor skills?

Sorry - I’ve been real lazy lately. Maybe one of these days I’ll have time to post some updates. Until then, I’m in Indiana for the week…right around Purdue. Anybody you want me to stop in and say hi to?

I recently made a few, 3 to be exact, bids on eBay for a particular item. Not long after, I had 3 emails in my inbox regarding an item similiar, if not exactly, like the one I was looking for. Here’s a sample of the email:

I see at ebay u are interested in this
product and i finked
i’m not have anythink to lose if i send u
a email.

Very professional and well written! How convenient that somebody has the exact item I was looking for. But wait…it gets better:

If u are interested please contact me for
more details and for the
price,about the price i tell u we cantalk
and fixe a price good for both of us.

This person seems very flexible - they’re even willing to accept a MoneyGram! No…I’m not kidding!

PAYMENT: Western Union or MoneyGram

Where do I sign my name?!

I’ve seen the eBay emails that go around asking for personal info, but this is just blatant trickery and thievery. It doesn’t help that the person must be completely uneducated. Some of the other 3 I received were somewhat better written, but still nothing a 5th grade English teacher would be proud of. These people seem so accomadating, though:

I am looking for a fast,safe and clean deal for both of us,so i do not want any money in advance and meeting in person could be arranged.

What amazes me is that they do this with actual eBay accounts. This is very similar to the Nigerian Banking Scam, if anybody is familiar with that. People are amazing…

Yes, I know I’ve been very lazy recently, but I have good reason to do so! Last week I was on vacation - the highlight: Cirque du Soleil! That was an amazing show. The acts they perform is beyond description, but it makes me want to run away to the circus.

Besides that, I’ve been tending to my poor finger. I’m on day 9 now. If you’ve looked at the pics, you’d probably like a description:

I fell while holding a glass, which then shattered. I cut off a sizable chunk of my index finger, so I headed to the ER to get it taken care of. Apparently, their idea of taking care of finger that won’t stop bleeding is to burn it shut! Because 10+ minutes of pressure didn’t stop the bleeding, they decided to use nitrate sticks to burn the wound shut. I know now that was not the smartest thing to do as it probably killed more tissue than the glass did. And you can see from the pics, it didn’t leave a pleasant result.

So my pop sent me some horse medicine and I’ve been tending to that the past week. It’s beginning to look somewhat better, but I’ve decided to see a specialist to confirm that and make sure I don’t lose a finger.