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You are here: Home / Books / No NIXONLAND Discssion Today

No NIXONLAND Discssion Today

by Anne Laurie|  May 1, 201111:13 am| 36 Comments

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Dictating this to the Spousal Unit; they’re holding me in the hospital after twelve hours in the emergency room and subsequent minor hand surgery (more irritating than dangerous). Since I don’t have Cole’s stamina, there will be no NIXONLAND discussion this Sunday. Also, expect light posting for a couple of days.

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  1. 1.

    Steeplejack

    May 1, 2011 at 11:16 am

    Sorry to hear that. Hope it’s nothing serious and you recover quickly.

  2. 2.

    PurpleGirl

    May 1, 2011 at 11:18 am

    I hope you’re feeling better after you get some rest. I spent time in an ER back in November and I know it can be tiring just from the waiting to be helped.

  3. 3.

    ShadeTail

    May 1, 2011 at 11:21 am

    Best wishes for recovery.

  4. 4.

    gnomedad

    May 1, 2011 at 11:22 am

    Hope your recovery goes well. In other Nixon news, The Doctor referred to him as “Tricky Dick” last night. The 18 minute gap was not addressed.

  5. 5.

    Scott

    May 1, 2011 at 11:22 am

    Get better soon…

  6. 6.

    SIA

    May 1, 2011 at 11:23 am

    Hope you heal quickly. I will miss it if you don’t post.

  7. 7.

    Emma

    May 1, 2011 at 11:25 am

    Here’s wishing for a fast recovery, AL.

  8. 8.

    debit

    May 1, 2011 at 11:29 am

    Feel better, Anne Laurie.

  9. 9.

    Gravenstone

    May 1, 2011 at 11:33 am

    @gnomedad: No, but he did suggest Dick record everything that occurred in the Oval Office from then on.

    Speedy recovery AL.

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    Jay C

    May 1, 2011 at 11:34 am

    What a bummer, Anne: hope your hand – especially the typing parts – heals quickly and painlessly (as possible).

    Don’t worry about Tricky Dick: he isn’t going anywhere, and neither are we!

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    Triassic Sands

    May 1, 2011 at 11:38 am

    I hope you recover quickly with no lasting effects.

    @PurpleGirl:

    I know it can be tiring just from the waiting to be helped.

    Shame on you PurpleGirl, this is the United States of America. There is no waiting in our health care system. They wait in other countries; not in America. In Canada, for example, it would have taken at least six months for Anne to receive emergency treatment and the doctor would have been so incompetent that he or she would have probably amputated Anne’s hand. — Signed Any Truth-loving Republican

  12. 12.

    PurpleGirl

    May 1, 2011 at 11:39 am

    @Triassic Sands: LOL

  13. 13.

    mistermix

    May 1, 2011 at 11:41 am

    I hope you have a quick recovery, and that you’re back posting soon.

  14. 14.

    leinie

    May 1, 2011 at 11:43 am

    Hey hey hey, gnome dad, SPOILERS (imagine River’s voice.). Some of us havent watchedthat yet!

    AL feel better, heal quickly.

  15. 15.

    Villago Delenda Est

    May 1, 2011 at 11:49 am

    Get better very soon, AL. But don’t push it. These things take time to heal up, and pushing it only prolongs the process in the end.

  16. 16.

    TaMara (BHF)

    May 1, 2011 at 11:50 am

    What a lousy way to spend a Saturday night. I wish you a quick recovery and hope you are not just being stoic and it truly was minor surgery.

  17. 17.

    Stefan

    May 1, 2011 at 11:56 am

    The ER? My god, whatever weird cosmic karma Cole has that causes him to visit an ER every six months after another random accident (dislocating his shoulder while walking his dog, accidentally disemboweling himself with a paper cut while reading the Sunday paper, etc.) is apparently contagious and has spread to the other front-pagers!

    Hope you get better soon.

  18. 18.

    R-Jud

    May 1, 2011 at 11:57 am

    Ow! Heal quickly, Anne Laurie.

  19. 19.

    Elizabelle

    May 1, 2011 at 12:00 pm

    Annie: plz get better soon.

    You Canadian? Nice to hear about the health care.

  20. 20.

    Linda Featheringill

    May 1, 2011 at 12:07 pm

    Hope you get better soon.

    Give the hand plenty of time to heal. You really don’t want to rush it and then have permanently diminished function.

    Of course, you are welcome to lurk at any time. :-)

  21. 21.

    Nicole

    May 1, 2011 at 12:09 pm

    Oh, bummer. Fast healing to you- hands are nothing to mess with. Maybe we Whovians will take over an open thread (after leinie has had a chance to watch). It was nice of DW to give us the REAL reason Nixon started taping everything. ;)

  22. 22.

    Leah

    May 1, 2011 at 12:35 pm

    ditto to everything everyone else has said and let me add my wishes for your speedy recovery.

  23. 23.

    WereBear

    May 1, 2011 at 12:40 pm

    Damn, girl, hope it all goes well!

  24. 24.

    Liberal Sandlapper

    May 1, 2011 at 12:41 pm

    Get better soon!!

  25. 25.

    arguingwithsignposts

    May 1, 2011 at 12:56 pm

    AL – get better. And we need a May Day thread.

  26. 26.

    HRA

    May 1, 2011 at 1:05 pm

    Best wishes for a complete recovery, AL.

  27. 27.

    ruemara

    May 1, 2011 at 1:34 pm

    Best wishes & rest up.

  28. 28.

    Libby

    May 1, 2011 at 1:52 pm

    Oh my. Sorry to hear about this mishap and adding my good wishes for a speedy recovery to the Greek chorus.

  29. 29.

    robertdsc-PowerBook

    May 1, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    A tax cut should help speed recovery.

    Seriously, I hope you are on the mend.

  30. 30.

    Arclite

    May 1, 2011 at 2:47 pm

    Get better soon, it *sounds* minor, I hope it is.

    What’s up with that 12 hour wait? I blame Mitt.

  31. 31.

    Batocchio

    May 1, 2011 at 3:53 pm

    Good luck for a full and quick recovery!

  32. 32.

    Hillary Rettig

    May 1, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    pups and pup-lovers all over blogland wish you a speedy recovery.

  33. 33.

    Beeb

    May 1, 2011 at 4:13 pm

    Sorry to hear you were hurt, happy to hear you are recovering.

  34. 34.

    Gina

    May 1, 2011 at 4:31 pm

    Rest the hand, but maybe consider getting voice recognition software. Go for one that’s really incompetent – imagine the comedy possibilities!

    Oh, and WTH happens to make hand surgery an emergency, the possibilities are so gruesome.

  35. 35.

    M. Bouffant

    May 1, 2011 at 5:01 pm

    Gardening accident?

    I had a hand injury as a result of punk-rocking fun many yrs. ago. The doctor was poking around looking for damage when he severed one of the ligaments. Not sure how much my insurance covered (May have met the deductible already that yr.) but I was never charged a penny for anything, including the physical therapy sessions at the doc’s office.

    Anyway, I hope you heal up real quick.

  36. 36.

    mai naem

    May 1, 2011 at 6:14 pm

    SO Ssrah Palin was right liberal bloggers aren’t to face death panels under Obamacare and the liberal lamestream media doesn’t report it.
    Hurry up and get well soon.

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