thumbs up

here's another significant enlightenment: thumbs are essential.

imagine a life without your thumb.

hard, isn't it?

i myself have never realized how important that portion of my hand is, until yesterday. i mean, after all, it's just one-fifth of my fingers. if i lose one, i still have the other four.

yesterday, my left thumb got to experience the full force coming in from the torque that drove a bookshelf into a full ninety-degree rotation about it's end. gravity and stupidity did its job well, and now my left thumb is numb and swollen.

it's just a left thumb, and i'm not even left-handed. so that should be no big deal, right?

wrong.

do you have any idea how hard it is to unbutton your pants without using your left thumb when your bladder tells your brain that it's got to go?

branson's phone just went off in class, and the ringtone is that of some classic rock song intro. just thought it's a good idea to keep this in the record.

think about it. what can you do without your thumb? you've lost the finger that allows you to use chopsticks, you've lost the finger that allows you to give an 'OK' sign to people, and most importantly, you've lost the finger that allows you to hitchhike when you're lost in the galaxy.