Category: Sad

What about overuse of thumbs from repetitive texting?

According to the Newark Star Ledger, as the sizes and prices of handheld typing devices continue to shrink, some U.S. doctors and physical therapists are urging consumers to treat their on-the-go text messaging as they would any physical workout.

Yep, that means pre-text stretching to prevent swollen thumb tendons and cramped and stiff fingers, they say. Thumb-stabilizer splints may help assuage this Carpal Tunnel-type ailment, which doctors also treat with anti-inflammatory medicine and physical therapy.

“If I tell you to run a marathon and you’re not in shape for it, you’d think I’m crazy,” says Jules Steimnitz, a San Francisco physiatrist who treats repetitive stress injuries. But when it comes to text messaging, “people don’t know what they can and can’t do. People don’t think of it as an activity using the muscles and tendons and ligaments.”

Thanks Al for the link.

If you don’t have a Mom of your own to treat this Mother’s day, you can always give somebody else’s mom a nice card thanks to eBay.

Talentless hack Ryan Seacrest gets a star on Hollywood’s “Walk Of Fame.” They’ll give those things to anybody, won’t they?

We’ll miss you, Rob.

I posted a long while ago about a Taco Bell employee that didn’t recognize a two dollar bill, but this is just ridiculous: A man was arrested and handcuffed for trying to pay with $2 bills.

The secret service has a new temporary duty: to protect a duck. Thanks to Cheryl and Barn for the link.

It should be. I’ll have to look around the area to see if any flags are still up full, but I do remember last time that flags were to be flown half staff (when Reagan died, if I remember correctly), we had several prominent flags in the area that were still up full staff.