Rough week at work. Too much keyboarding nudged the arthritis into overdrive. Odd new symptom: the tendon that connects base of left thumb to wrist is tender and swollen. Don’t like the looks of this one. Contemplating if lack of dexterity will improve my art. You see, I have these control issues….

Have you ever seen Hawkeye Pierce’s monologue about the wonders of the human hand? It’s priceless. And timeless. You can’t really function in this society without working opposable thumbs. You don’t realize their value until they start giving you trouble.