Friday

Sammy's wound looks much scarier this morning. I was actually feeling optimistic before now. When I last looked at it, it appeared as only a small red crack - like something eminently healable. Now it looks like a gaping, festering wound, almost the size of a dime. I can only guess, but I wonder if he has been clawing away at it, consequently chipping away at his skull. I hope I am wrong and that I am not looking at an open skull, but that is what it looks like to me, and that I can actually see his brain - looking like something that definitely will never heal without veterinarian treatment. However, aside from being scary looking, we aren't seeing any bad symptoms yet, the kind that would compel me to raise the issue with Pop. His head is not spilling blood, but, somewhat reassuringly, the blood seems to immediately coagulate, like the wound wants to heal itself. Meanwhile, I am hoping that I am very ignorant and mistaken, and I am not seeing what I think I am seeing, and that this will heal yet. ... ... It is turning into a rainy day. Nothing stormy. Just an intermittent gentle raining. Rather ideal, relaxing bookish weather. ... ... Pig Poet sent me another message. He cannot break away from crazy marginal political thought. So when he advised me to stay human, I responded, "Ah, dude, speaking of staying human, I cannot help thinking that it might do you a world of good to try to focus more on art and less on politics. I know it is easier just to follow politics, but it has ever been a sewer." ... ... Wow, Krugman can sound like me and countless liberal arts losers when he is tweeting. Remarking on the developing plutocratic Republican policies under Trump, he says, "So what really matters? Making the rich richer and the poor poorer. It's all class warfare, and always was." Of course, if he wants, he can say that with graphs, equations, and facts. But it is nevertheless somehow satisfying to think that we can sound alike on occasion. ... ... I beat Spider Solitaire twice in a row. It was only the one-suit variation, but the key point is that this can be a very relaxing and satisfying game. Moreover, when one has the energy, there is room to grow by giving the two-suit variation a shot. ... By contrast, I am about ready to give up on Freecell. I wonder how I won the first game right off. In any case, even when I win, it is more taxing than what I want from patience games. As with Klondike, I have come to appreciate that I actually favor the more rigidly mechanical game, having just enough dynamism to keep one mildly interested. I'm not really looking for brain-teasers. I just want something engaging and relaxing that can kill five or ten minutes in a pleasant enough way. ... ... Man, that is some serious thunder. I suppose the gentle rain might be turning into storm. ... ... Sammy keeps going to Ash and lowering his head for some motherly care and tongue-therapy, but I am afraid that he needs more than a mother's kisses to make this boo-boo go away.