BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT #1: I want to thank all of you who've written in to tell me of the great Creamy Tomato Soup you've found in some store. I'm not belittling your taste when I tell you that if I tried it — and I'm tried all the ones suggested that are obtainable where I live — it wasn't what I wanted. I really am happy with the kind I now make for myself and will probably try no others. But I appreciate that someone took the time to write and try to help.
BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT #2: I have decided not to post as much on Facebook or to read some of the forums where I find messages that compel me to debate or correct. Some especially nasty/inaccurate postings on the Marvel forums lately have me limiting my participation on them. But if you see something posted on this blog that might be of interest to the folks in any Facebook forum or anywhere, please post a link over there to them. Apart from tipping (hint, hint) it's the best way to show appreciation for this blog.
BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT #3: I've had more than the usual sprinkling of typos on this blog lately. A frighteningly-perceptive reader (and reporter of some typos) named Larry Blair noticed that they almost all involved my left hand because they involved keys on the left side of my keyboard. This is probably because I'm having a fair amount of trouble with my left shoulder.
I am now under the care of a Terrific Shoulder Doctor and I start physical therapy tomorrow for the problem. The Terrific Shoulder Doctor says it will be a few months before the condition is eradicated but it already feels a bit better thanks to him…and I should also thank whoever invented Meloxicam, which also helped a lot back when I had my knee replcement. I would fix the missing letter in "replacement" but it's on the left side of the keyboard.