Notes and links from 7 Aug

With judicious application of ice-packs, tiger balm, ibuprofen, walking up and down the garden and lying on my side, my bad back has slowly gotten less bad. I can now sit upright for more minutes than previously and occasionally forget to take my walking stick with me to the bathroom. I have a doctors appointment (more accurately a musculoskeletal specialist) tomorrow so I’m sure it’ll have totally cleared up by then. The text message with the appointment reminder called them “The MSK” which sounds like a cool rapper name and has me wondering what the K stands for. The Musculo Skeletal King? I shall try not to ask and focus on listening to their advice. Trying out a different blogging format, in the sense that I’ve thrown out the format. I’ve bashed this out in an evening based off my bookmarks, but the future plan, such as it is, is to write through the day and see what format is needed. And in the meanwhile work on the broader project, whatever that ends up being. Be less precious.…