Just letting you all know. I feel like I ought to remind everyone that you carry your self in a bloody gelatinous goo cradled in a bone bowl that you hold about 5 feet above the ground while tottering about on two long sticks, and a fall is a traumatic catastrophe, that no sensible designer would allow to persist. We ought to have four legs, or better yet eight, and our brain ought to be held much closer to the ground. Stupid evolution.
Also, the drugs we take to permit better healing ought not to put you in a stupor that leaves you chronologically confused and incapable of calculating the force generated by a 5 foot fall under an acceleration of 9.8 m/sec2. Stupid medicine.
Stupid weather.
Anyway, I’m told it takes 3-5 days to recover from a stupid fall like this. I’m right on track, and insist that I will be recovered enough to inflict more genetics on my students by Monday. I’m supposed to be delivering an online quiz/exercise today, and I’ll have to see how that goes. Would you want to take a quiz composed by an addled brain?
Yay!
Good to hear… I mean, read.
Good.
I’m also glad that the text is pretty lucid. The spelling of the title is a bit wonky, but we can’t be having with spelling police.
GNU Terry Pratchett.
Two more knees? No thanks.
You had me at “bloody gelatinous goo”.
Maybe? “Addled” could entail lots of different content.
Glad to read that you are on the mend.
Have you had a DEXA (Bone Density Scan) ?
I’m also at a high risk for falls, and was found to have severe osteoporosis.
Now I’m on Evenity to try to rebuild those weak bones.
If you haven’t already, consider that test.
Good.
Can I have a couple of drinks first?
Don’t forget that our current design allows us to view predator and prey over tall grass. I would hate to lose that.
Glad to hear you’re healing as expected. I also like your title parody as if written by an American of the near future.
Guess this means you’re not a believer in intelligent design.
Happy you’re well enough to post. Hope you keep getting better.
Glad to hear that PZ is almost OK.
After a fall like that, when I don’t hear from him for a day or two, it makes me nervous.
As I’m sure most people know, falls in older people can be very serious.
This is a really good idea.
One of my close friends is in a high risk group for osteoporosis.
I’ve been nagging her for years to get a bone density scan.
After a serious fall recently, her doctor ordered a bone density scan.
She is younger than me by a few years, and…has severe osteoporosis.
I’ll take that quiz composed by an addled brain — in a subject I haven’t studied in decades — over healthcare policy composed by an addled brain (or worm-riddenone), or for that matter any other policy composed by an addled brain. Unfortunately, we’re not getting the quiz…
Fluoridation, Mandrake. Fluoridation.
The idea that you’re on the computer so soon after a concussion is somewhat concerning to me. Your students will survive an addled quiz, but I’m used to at least several days off given a mild concussion, and easily weeks off if it’s worse.
Earlier this year my wife had knee replacement surgery. The next day the surgeon visited her in the hospital room saying everything went well. As he was about to leave, he stops and turns to her to say, “Oh, by the way, your bones are kind of soft. we recommend a bone density scan when you’re able.” We are leaving in a couple of hours to get that done.
More signs of unintelligent design.
Recent article in Nature on the mechanisms of how exercise is beneficial to bone health:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-025-02455-w