Rant #3,782: The Skin I'm In

I celebrated my son's good fortune in obtaining a new job by--

Getting three leisons taken off my face by the dermatologist.

Actually, one was on my nose, one was on my right ear, and the other was on the left ear.

I have had pre-cancerous and cancerous lesions taken off of me before, and I hope that these weren't diseased.

But you never can be sure, so they had to be removed, and checked.

Some people are prone to these, and my side of the family has had these things pop up over the course of time.

You just have to pay attention to them, get them taken care of, and they are done and over with.

Sometimes they reappear, sometimes not.

When I sit in the car for an elongated period, I wear my Yankees hat to protect my scalp.

That 50-year-old cap does a real good job at blocking the sun's rays from my head.

I was never a sun demon to begin with, but some people just get these things, and the only thing you can do about it is to go to the skin doctor and get them removed.

So yes, i went to my lousy high school reunion with these things on me, but I looked at it this way:

When you are a teen, you get pimples.

When you are older, you get skin lesions.

So, no, it didn't bother me at all at the reunion.

Few remembered me, I didn't remember too many people, so it was a real wash.

In fact, I was supposed to get these things removed a week earlier, but my doctor canceled.

So, I feel it was God's will that I attended the reunion with these things.

I just hope that it is also God's will.to make them non-cancerous.

We shall see what happens.

Have a great weekend, and i will speak to you again on Monday--

With an unblemished record, I hope.

(And shame on those who, on the 24th anniversary of 9/11, kept up their political diatribes without pausing, at least for a day.

I received some of these messages on Facebook, and they completely repulsed me, as they would anybody on such a solemn day --I don't care what side of the aisle you are on.

Enough! That is not what 9/11 is all about.)