The Unbearable Slowness of Walking

Well, today I was actually kind of out and about after my visit to the Coumadin Clinic (which I have to go back to next week, my increased activity is diffusing the efficiency of the coumadin). Laura dropped me off at Starbucks in downtown Athens and then I went to the bank and caught a bus over to Tyche's. It did not hurt, but it was painfully slow to get around taking me between 15-20 minutes to make it the eight blocks from Starbucks to the bank and back to the bus stop. And these are little Athens city blocks not huge NY-style ones. But I am getting around with the help of my cane and a bit of care. Things will only improve, I am sure.

Newflash from EARTH-H!

Dateline: The Playboy Mansion, Los Angles (August, 1965).

One of Hugh Hefner’s famous parties was almost ruined by the notorious thief, the Party Crasher, with his ability to walk through walls. The Party Crasher has stolen jewellery and cash worth hundreds of thousands of dollar from high class parties up and down the West Coast using his ability to pass through solid objects to obtain access and escape capture.

This time things were different, Jack Diamond, leader of Heroes Inc, was one of the guests. Jack Diamond –nicknamed the Playboy– used a borrowed pair of handcuffs to prevent the Party Crasher from leaving without him. In a dramatic fight literally through the Playboy Mansion, Jack Diamond defeated the Party Crasher.

“Maybe I should open a branch office of Heroes Inc here in LA,” quipped Jack Diamond afterward. “It looks like the Golden State needs its own super-powered protectors.”

Heroes Inc and Diamond Industries are cooperating with the LAPD to produce a cell that will hold the Party Crasher.