I’ll be brief…

because typing with a right ring finger that hits two or three keys at a time is somewhat tedious. (Count out how many times I use the letters “o” and “l”, and how many times I use the characters “(” and “.” to get an idea of how tedious it can be–and since I’m using HTML, I also have to worry about the close bracket.)

What is wrong with my right ring finger? I cut it today at work and it wouldn’t stop bleeding. After a half an hour and still dripping blood, I went to an urgent care clinic. The medical assistant thought I’d need stitches–but she didn’t look closely enough. Since my cut was actually two parallel lacerations approximately 1/4 of an inch apart, stitching one would pull the other and vice versa. So instead, a piece of what looked like Styrofoam was placed on my cuts–to act as a matrix for blood clotting–and my finger was wrapped up so that it now resembles a chicken drumstick.