FREEDOM
I was at my brother’s house in Atlanta this weekend for his & Colleen’s wedding party shower reception thing. Had a great time. Dad got rear-ended for the second time in a year on Friday afternoon but is doing OK albeit some soreness. My grandfather is in a rehab center and doing better. Looks like he’s got a couple compressed vertebrae that are pinching a nerve. Ow.
Back at the C & C music factory for Saturday evening, I alternated between chugging water and drinking beer. I was in quite a bit of pain and obviously had a blockage in my system. After talking to my loving wife, I went back into the bathroom with that stupid plastic strainer funnel and…
(warning: gross picture follows)

OW.
Those markings on the steel rule are millimeters. Final measurements were something like 6mm x 3mm x 2mm. That’s quite a bit larger than the 2 – 3mm they saw on the CT scan.
That’s one uncomfortable chunk of pointy junk I no longer have to deal with.