Detective work.

Last week, elynne posted that she's thinking about supporting Howard Dean. In the comments, a couple of people mentioned critical pieces about Dean: hopeforyou linked to a post by greendalek accusing Dean of opposing civil liberties, and someone I don't know linked to a harshly critical column in Counterpunch.
( so I did some research...this gets REALLY long. )

Ow.

I smashed the back of my small hand between a full laundry basket and the pointy corner of a dining room chair. The area between and below my knuckles is all puffy and swollen now. For the first minute or two I had trouble moving my fingers, but then it got better. It's not comfortable to move my fingers now, but I can. Normal range of motion and everything.

It's bothering me more than an injury to the other hand would, even though an injury to the other hand would be more disabling. My left hand does most of the work. It's bigger and more muscular. It's the hand that gets burned when I'm careless in the kitchen. It's the hand that collects scratches and cuts in the course of my normal activity. My small hand is delicate, and usually protected - and that makes its present injury seem more alarming. Poor little hand.

(ObReassurance: No, I don't think it's broken. Yes, if it's worse tomorrow I'll get it X-rayed.)