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So this line of commercials drove people away from Quiznos and infuriated franchisees who lost business, I LOVE them.

I constantly feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get done all of the things I need and want to do. I found a resource online last night where you can enter how you spend your time each day. I created mine based on the amount of time I need/want to spend on each activity. Go past 24 hours and you’ll get a negative number. This could be a problem…

I edited out my numbers because, but feel free to fill in your own numbers.

Today was my surgery to have the basal cell carcinoma removed from the bridge of my nose. Prior to surgery, the doctor thought it wasn’t too bad. He knew it was aggressive, but I think he underestimated just how aggressive it was. The first time he cut a little more than he thought he needed too.  Practically the entire spot came back positive instead of just the inner circle. He then had to go a lot bigger and a lot deeper. I thought I was getting a third nostril! That test came back and showed there was still MORE cancer at the top, so he had cut higher yet again.
 
Then he decided it would be best to do a skin graft from in front of my ear instead of cut a flap from my cheek because he thought it would heal better in the long term and have less of a scar. He gave me 4 options too pick from. I’m not a dermatological surgeon so I told him to do what he thought was best. He wanted to do the graft so that’s what I got.
 
Because it was a graft, I now have a lot of stitches in TWO places on my face.  And because of the graft he had to do a 3rd set of stitches. After he stitched my ear back together and the graft in place on my nose, he created a bolster, which is a THICK piece of gauzed soaked in something. He then sewed that bandage to my face OVER the graft to keep it moist and in place. Then  he placed gauze and tape over both wounds.
 
I have to leave these bandages in place for 24 hours. Then I clean them and apply new bandages twice a day for a week.  Next Thursday I go back to have the stitches removed. I then keep it bandaged for another two weeks until I get it checked again. After that I am supposed to leave the bandages off and keep it clean until I go in for my 3 month check up. At that point he will see how smooth it is and how it looks. He will also do microdermabrasion at that time if I want it and/or need it to make the area smoother.
 
Yeah, it hurts. I took TWO hydrocodone as soon as I got home and then passed out on the couch for two hours. I still can hardly keep my eyes open. And those hydrocodone don’t seem to be doing just a whole heck of a lot! It STILL hurts.
 
So currently I am extremely tired and I feel like someone tried to tear my ear off and hit me in the nose with a baseball bat. At least I only feel it when I am awake. Or asleep…when it hurts and wakes me up.

Thanks to everyone who sent me messages via email, Facebook, and Twitter today. I appreciate it.

If you live in the Dallas area, you have probably been inundated with new stories about the “Party Pass Fiasco” at the Cowboys stadium for the season opener Sunday night. Short version: Jerry Jones wanted to set the NFL record for attendance and publicize his new stadium while making and extra couple of million dollars. How to do this? Sell 30,000 party passes for $30 each + parking.

Problem? There was only room for 14,000 people. The rest of ya’ll can stand outside and watch the game on TV after dropping your hard earned dollars, sitting through crappy traffic, and giving up your Sunday night. And for those that did get in…there is a video at the bottom of this post that shows how great the view was.

I feel bad for these people. They had no idea. Jerry Jones is a greedy money sucking (lets say person) who didn’t care a thing about people getting in to see the game. His goals were met. Screw the fans. I on the other hand, have an offer to help those folks save some money while getting at least the same experience.

So, here’s the deal. I am going to set my television in the window of my living room. You can each pay me $20 to watch it. That is an instant 30% savings! Better yet, you can park at the grocery store a few streets over and be MUCH closer than if you parked at Cowboy’s Stadium (stupid, very original name…nice job JJ). Not only that, parking is only going to be $20, at LEAST a 50% savings AND I will shuttle you over in the back of my pickup instead of making you walk. The people that are here early enough to be in front, will obviously have a better view, but unlike the Deathstar, I have a GIANT tree that many of you can climb for a better view. I am only selling 100 packages, but ALL 100 will get in, not just 45% of you. Send cash to me by Thursday to reserve your spot.

(Okay…so I’m not really doing this, lest those got-nothing-better-to-do-all-day Cowboy lawyers try to threaten me with copyright violation for broadcasting the game without permission. Unlike some NFL owners, I have ethics.)

I miss these commercials…though they almost killed Quiznos.

And here is where Quiznos found “The Sponge Monkeys”.

I saw the following video on Liberally Lean tonight. I think it makes a lot of valid points. I don’t fall easily to either side of the discussion on healthcare. It has both pros and cons, yet people always seem to be so sure any plan for reform is either awesome or totally evil. Wow, if it were so easy. I can say that I saw no errors or erroneous claims in the video. I have seen the statistics that validate the claim that Medicare and Medicaid only spend around three percent on administrative costs. (Which also makes me wonder why other government entities can’t figure out how to cut administrative costs in other agencies and programs???) I have also seen stats that show some private insurers can spend as much as 35% of our premiums on administration.