{"id":1517,"date":"2012-08-07T23:31:31","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T04:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2012-08-25T07:13:43","modified_gmt":"2012-08-25T12:13:43","slug":"thumbthing-to-think-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/?p=1517","title":{"rendered":"Thumbthing To Think About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/img_20120807_042485.jpg\" target=\"_unstitched\">The Unstitched Wound<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/img_20120807_042491.jpg\" target=\"_stitched\">With Three Stitches<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>In yesterday&#8217;s post about the Craigs visiting I mentioned that the visit wasn&#8217;t completely without incident. This post explains that a little. Do not adjust your set. There is nothing wrong with your picture. Because some folks will not want to see the pictures, I have hidden even the smaller versions so that you must click on the links to the right to see them (the images should open in new windows\/tabs). If you are bothered by a little blood, don&#8217;t. They are not really all that bad, but you have been warned.<\/p>\n<p>I was trying to cut the rind off a piece of Parmesan cheese. It was narrow piece and about half rind. I should have laid it on the rind, chopped through that and then cut the rind off the smaller pieces. But, no. I like to claim that I was distracted by the arrival of the entire Craig entourage and their presence in our smallish kitchen but the fact of the matter is that I was being careless. I was also using a large and quite sharp knife. In general, a sharp knife is safer than a dull one, because you don&#8217;t have to use so much force with a sharp knife. In this case, there was a lot of force being used and when the cheese fell over and the knife came down on my thumb, naturally it did some damage.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if the cut went to the bone or not. It certainly felt like it did, but then, this isn&#8217;t a feeling with which I have a lot of experience. Nor do I want to gain such experience. I stopped the bleeding (mostly), washed it a bit, and kept my hand elevated for the evening, which helps explain why I only have a few photos from the evening. Before they left, Kristine helped me change the dressing. The bleeding had stopped by then. The next morning (today, 08\/07) I stopped by my doctor&#8217;s office and got three stitches, which is when these pictures were taken.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy, or not, as you see fit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Unstitched Wound With Three Stitches In yesterday&#8217;s post about the Craigs visiting I mentioned that the visit wasn&#8217;t completely without incident. This post explains that a little. Do not adjust your set. There is nothing wrong with your picture. Because some folks will not want to see the pictures, I have hidden even the &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/?p=1517\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1517"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1636,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517\/revisions\/1636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}