Fueled by Ramen and cheap beer

I heard today that Ted Turner died. I hope when they read the will Teddy remembers how many hours I wasted, watching the early iteration of CNN and 'fantasizing' madly about America’s original nerd queen, Lynne Russell.

Hey! Check this out-My favorite gal pal LL COOL J Is trying her hand at this here journaling thang. Give her a read, give her a like and if you feel so inclined, subscribe to her page. I have known her for well over 40 years and can vouch for her incredible coolness/hipness/nerdness. Find her DW page right here!

Instead of my usual foot doctor, yesterday I met with a plastic sturgeon. Believe it or not, her name was Dr. Fish!! Well, it was actually Dr. Fisher, but for the sake of comedy, she will be Dr. Fish moving forward. She took a gander at my blown out left toe and told me it was definitely a candidate for a skin graft. She said I could get in as soon as possible (which in this case means sometime in the next 2 to 3 weeks). They will take a graft from my thigh and slap it on my toe. Dr. Mindy said the spot where the skin is removed usually hurts more than the graft itself. Boy Howdy!! That gives me something to look forward to.

Dr. Fish and associates-


I will have to wear the bandaging for one week and then go back to the hospital to have it examined. After another week, I can go back into the shower. So it looks like two solid weeks of not showering. It will feel just like following the Grateful Dead . I was not able to convince Dr. Fish to let me use Nigerian skin for my graft. A perfect opportunity to make bad jokes completely ruined by doing things correctly.

I’m stoked to have this done as it should speed up the healing of the bacterial infection. Maybe then I can get back up on my feet and start all over. I wanted to be back at Da Park working the ticket booth by March 31. I’ll have to push that back a few months, but if it’s the last thing I do, I will be getting my ass back to Da Park.

I’ve been in a wheelchair for about 2 1/2 years now. It’s been an eye-opening experience and I have learned a lot. But I have asked for and I expect no sympathy. I’ve learned a lot about people. Some are very gracious whilst others think their slick little jokes are hysterical. I’ve also learned the tricks of the trade when it comes to zipping around on the wheels.

One of the things I’ve learned is how to deal with idiots in cars. There’s a traffic light & crosswalk right in front of our building. When the light turns red and the walk sign is activated, I still wait a moment or two before I go. Just because it is red, doesn’t mean people are going to stop. When we come to a crossing where there’s no light I always wave traffic on. A lot of people will slow down and stop but that doesn’t phase me. Keep on moving, Cletus. I have seen one too many stories about people pressing the gas instead of the brake and driving through a restaurant windows for me to trust these yokels. Today was a weird interaction with the traffic.

Erica and I were coming home from a quick trip to the local mall when we reached a T intersection. As usual, we waved people on. To the right, coming over a speed bump was a black SUV. She began to slow down and as usual, she got the wave. She instead pulled her car to the left a little, blocking the traffic behind her and got out of her car. She walked over towards us and then stuck her hand up to the oncoming traffic to stop. She waved us across the street like kids at elementary school. What the fuck? We had no other choice, but to cross the road and thank her. And of course, Hillbilly Jim Joe Bobby Ray behind her could not tolerate stopping for six whole seconds. He swerved around her into the other lane and pulled past us damn clipping us. We awkwardly thanked the woman as she walked away and got back into her car. It was very strange and awkward and unnecessary. I will repeat when I’ve said in the past...if you really want to help someone in a wheelchair, leave them the fuck alone.

We also went to a new international grocery yesterday . I don’t know why, but I found it disappointing. It just didn’t have the vibe of our usual tienda. But I did find a couple bottles of one of my favorite hot sauces which has been out of stock at my usual store. That makes all the disappointment worthwhile.

Salsa Huichol Black $1.49 each

Raleigh's first Whataburger is finally open!! If that's not good enough news.......looks what's back.....

My ZOOM today was all about better eating, nutrition and health. Ha. Whatta waste of time.

I really miss those days.

THIS is why I love baseball. Go M's!

Damn, Rest In Peace. Afrika Bambaata 1957-2026. One of my early hip=hop heroes growing up in NY.

I started using Ozempic yesterday. 1 dose a week. If you ever say toyourself "Boy howdy. I am a little backed up downstairs. I sure wish i had something to turn every molecule of my insides to pure steaming hot liquid shit" then i have a just the thing. I will even throw inn a nights worth of stomach cramps for free.

Phew. PlanetChip can use a insterstellar air purifier right about now.

Hey!! I did my first ZOOM meeting today. With my endocrinologist. Is the common courtesy to wear clothes? Asking for a friend. A naked friend. Me. I'm asking for me. I may have forgotten to be clothed. This was prolly my last endo ZOOM , too.

Another damn doctor referral viait. This time I am off to Wake Med Heart and Vascular for a Lexiscan Sestamibi AKA 3 hour waste of a lovely sunny afternoon. I think I have 1 more referral next week then.....