Rant #3,370: Too Much Time On My Hands

Well, I finished that meeting summary ...

Eight hours that were as boring as could be, but it went on seamlessly, and when it was over, I had a few more hours to write this thing up in slightly more than 2,000 words.

I am just happy that I was able to do it, and it is over.

And when I was in the middle of this, the workmen came to put our new air conditioners into our bedrooms, so we finally are comfortable in a very hot and stuffy apartment during the evening.

It was nice and cool in the room last night, so whatever the whole thing cost us, so be it 

And then, in a few months, we have the next problem, which is removing the air conditioners as per the rules of the development we live in ... and there is no doubt that thst is going to be a pain in the neck--

But as you know, I have dealt with worse discomfort since I injured myself, so I will get through it ... I have more important things to deal with.

Also in the middle of writing this opus for work, I received a call from my dermatologist.

I went there last week, had some scraping and freezing procedures done, and some things that were removed were sent to the lab for analysis.

Well, one of the things they sent out was found by the lab to be pre-cancerous, so on Monday morning, I have to get this thing thoroughly taken care of.

It is on my scalp, so there is very little "meat" there, and I know this procedure isn't going to tickle, but I have been through this before.

I had one or two of these things removed a few years ago, so let's get this thing over and done with ASAP.

I am not too worried about it, to be honest with you.

Each of my parents actually had more serious growths removed from them, so this should be a piece of cake in comparison.

Not a yummy piece of cake, like a seven-layer cake, but to me, at least, more like a carrot cake.

I will get through it.

Jerry West passed away yesterday, and another portion of my childhood is gone.

West was probably the greatest guard of his generation. He was a great college player, a great NBA player with the Los Angeles Lakers, and a great basketball executive.

He was also the model for the NBA logo, something he didn't want to be the model for, but he was one of the faces of the NBA in the 1960s and esrly 1970s, so he deserves whatever accolades he has received, including that one.

One of the true sports greats of the past 65 years.

R.I.P. Jerry. 

New York Knicks fans always hated you, but we respected you to the max.