Update on the whole me-getting-smashed-with-a-brick thing

[WilliamPitt]

This kinda strikes me as a Lounge thread, but since I posted the original report here, and since so many of you offered such kind words, and since it feels like maybe people need to talk about something besides lost elections, blown recounts, electronic voting and the death of the Democratic Party, well, I thought I'd post here.

First things first: The damage. I have a huge scratch that covers most of my left cheek, a couple of long cuts above the scratch, two deeper scratches on my neck below the jawline, and my shoulder looks like a tequila sunrise. None of my teeth are loose, but the hinge area of my jaw really hurts.

I tried to eat something this afternoon, and the pain went from Defcon 4 to Defcon 1 when I tried to chew. I took this as a sign that I needed to get some x-rays. Went down to the hospital a few blocks from my place, got the x-rays, got poked and prodded, and the diagnoses is nothing is broken. I was kinda bummed; if my jaw was in fact broken, it would be the 20th time I've broken a bone in my life. Nice round number, and chicks dig scars. ;)

The docs gave me a prescription for super-mega-juggo ibupropein, and another perscription for Percocet. I took some a little while ago, and the pain has retreated dramatically. I might try to eat again in a little bit.

So, in response to everyone's incredibly kind words, I am fine. My mother, Raven, has oft commented on the thickness of my skull. Now, we have empirical proof of the allegation. I have the rock used to attack me - further examination revealed it to be a chunk of sidewalk curb stone a foot long and six inches wide, maybe 20 pounds in weight - sitting on my desk. Later, I an going to inscribe it in indelible marker:

'There Are Worse Things Than Losing Elections'

My attacker gave me that wee bit of perspective. Had his aim been better, I would quite literally be dead, or at least badly damaged. I got lucky, and I plan to use that luck to as good a purpose as I can.

My purpose: Before he is finished in his term, I will make sure George W. Bush is revealed as the scumbag ignorant bloodthirsty fool he is. I will see his name echo down the corridors of history as the exemplar as all that is wicked and foul and foolish in American government. I will see to it that his name becomes a warning, an omen, and a reminder.

Anyone who wishes to join me in this is welcome...and don't worry, you don't have to get clobbered with a chunk of sidewalk to become a member of this club.

Thanks again for your kind words and concerns.

Now let's go get those Bush bastards.

[LoZoccolo]

1. I ended up in the hospital too dawg.

At 4am I finally decided to go to sleep but as I was laying there my heartbeat was up to like 120 bpm. I've had atrial fibrillation before and when I checked my pulse I couldn't feel the p-wave so I was like fuck it's back! Called an ambulance but the doctor in the ER said it was just fast; must've just been stress and aggravation.

I hope you don't mind me hijacking this little part of the thread but I'd be curious if anyone else suffered calamities last night.

[WilliamPitt]

6. God damn

I'm glad you're OK, bro. Deep breaths, right?

[LoZoccolo]

25. Hey thanks man, take care of yourself too. n/t

[grasswire]

12. fatigue and caffeine?

Have you ever heard about putting your face in ice water to convert the rhythm? That's one treatment. Fill a bowl with ice water, put your face in it and hold as long as you can. I can usually control with deep breathing or the Valsalva's maneuver, but have had to resort to ice water at times.

[LoZoccolo]

29. Hey thanks for the tip.

I've only had it once and it was after chain-smoking a LOT (I've since quit for over two years!), but this ice-water thing sounds like interesting first-aid. At the hospital when I had it they went through $1,600 worth of drugs before I cardioverted...mostly covered by insurance, but still, dang.

But yeah, there was a little fatigue involved I guess; I was in Wisconsin all day doing GOTV.

[King Coal]

53. Dang, I had something happen to me too.

What's up with that? I had a blood clot several months ago, and I have to take this awful coumadin to keep my blood thin. I tore my rotator cuff playing golf, so until I can get to see a surgeon, the doctor prescribed VIOXX. So, they took that off the market and he practiced his love by giving me Bextra which is a no-no with coumadin. My INR is supposed to be between 2 and 3, and it was 22. My nose bled for 3 days. I had blood in my lungs and stomach and my right arm is completely covered with a black bruise. I am OK (INR down to 3.5)now but had to take vitamin K shots, and my veins inside my elbows look like I am a junkie. Maybe God is a Republican and hates Democrats.:eyes:

I'm still able to fight those Bush bastards.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

2. Damn

you left the can of Chef Boyardee part out. I love that part. It was my first laugh today and I'll never forget it.

Glad you are ok my man!

[grasswire]

3. soup with a straw...

...and milkshakes. That might be better than trying to chew. Scrambled eggs, maybe. A smoothie. Yogurt.

[tnlefty]

4. Glad you're not broken and the meds are helping.

Did you report this to the police?

[WilliamPitt]

10. I did

They came last night, and I'm supposed to hear from a detective in the next day or so.

[Maat]

13. My best wishes.

Please be careful. Blessings to you and your family (no, I'm not a Fundie).

You are a class act, Mr. Pitt, and we need you.

[Taverner]

5. Glad you're OK dude

Things could be worse...pancreatic cancer comes to mind

[necso]

7. Glad that nothing is broken.

Be careful.

[Greyskye]

8. "There are worse things than losing elections"

Those are wise words. Those are true words.

But as I wasn't the one getting his skull smashed in, it's going to take a little longer for the veracity of those wise and true words to sink into my skull.

Thanks for the update, glad that you're in (more or less) one piece, and yes, let's go get those Bush bastards!

[Bluebear]

9. I am glad you're OK! Are you sure this wasn't some RW lunatic

out to silence a voice?

[WilliamPitt]

15. This was a young African American junkie kid

at the end of his string. We have a few in the neighborhood.

[Bluebear]

18. Ah! They are getting very, very clever!

Kidding. What a trauma for you. I'm so glad you're better today!

[okieinpain]

34. this may sound weird but that's better than a repug trying to get

you. hopefully the kid won't return.

[ALago1]

11. We'll all be trying to expose the boy king

I think we're gonna be ok and get through these next 4 years because adversity can only make a commited group like us stronger. Things will swing back our way...

[blondeatlast]

14. God bless you again, friend.

I've been mugged, too; my purse ripped off my shoulder so hard it spun me into traffic!

Take care of your wounded body and soul, so you can fight the good fight.

[killbotfactory]

16. Bush will be exposed as a lying scumbag piece of shit...

and then Republicans will busily and eagerly start renaming highways, airports, and libraries after the motherfucker.

[liberalhistorian]

17. I'm in , Will,

whatever you need help with. I'm a good writer and researcher, and nothing would give me greater pleasure than to help bring down the Boy King Impostor and show those clueless, stupid, idiotic idiots who actually voted for him just what they've voted for and what they've done!

P.S.-Am I ever gonna get my book (that you borrowed on May 4 at KSU) back???? :evilgrin: :bounce:

[Shopaholic]

43. Hey Will, I'm a writer and a researcher too.

If you need me, PM me. I'm willing, able, and ready to help. Let's use our talents against this idiot, okay?

[City Lights]

19. So sorry this happened to you, but thank goodness it wasn't worse.

Hope you're all better soon. :-) I look forward to your chimp exposes.

[Mick Knox]

20. Good luck to you

No offense, but you of all people must realize your little brick incident is insignificant to the country compared to the next 4 years. Advil fixed your incident.. if only the election was that easily fixed.

Soldiers will be getting hit in the face with a bullet or a bomb.

I'm sorry will... but this election was much more significant than your brick incident.

By about twenty thousand tons of bricks, at least.

On another note, I'm glad you werent seriously injured. I hope they put that bastard who did that in prison for attempted murder.

[Trajan]

21. LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS ! ....

Appropriated from Sir Magistrate ....

Get healthy Will ... The party in power will certainly try to get stuff past you while you are laid up ....

The BASTARDS !

[Algorem]

22. Roger Ailes?

[Misunderestimator]

23. Chicks dig scars.... Good one, Will

Maybe I oughta get one... :shrug:

Your resolve in getting back on the mission of exposing Bush is inspiring. I've finally stopped crying today, and am ready for the fight. Sign me up.

[blm]

24. Flame on. I have a four year supply of fuel to burn.

Let's go get those Bush bastards!

[RevolutionStartsNow]

26. Glad you're okay, Will

I am noticing that this board is pretty fragmented, but I am searching for the posts from people who are ready to continue the fight. As you said in your other thread, the same problems exist today as yesterday.

All of us have a different grieving process, and I expect I will be up and down, but even I am surprised that just 1 day later I am feeling fiesty again (between crying jags, that is).

Relax, take care of yourself, and don't mix alcohol with those Percocets...

[gumby]

27. You go, Will

And yes, let's go get those Bush bastards!

[aldian159]

28. I got into an argument with a drunk freeper

and he hit me in the head with the lid of a garbage can. Fortunately my roommate was there to clock the guy for me and help me home. He took me to a mutual friend of ours in med. school, and this friend diagnosed me with a mild concussion. I gotta take it easy for a few days.

There are worst things than losing elections.

[WilliamPitt]

30. Yikes

I've seen that move in movies, I think. Take care of yourself.

[theboss]

47. That's the Sonny Corleone move

It hurts like hell and looks scary, but actually doesn't do a lot of permanent damage. Don't ask me how I know that.

[WilliamPitt]

54. Musta made a hell of a sound

[mzmolly]

31. Get well soon Will.

:hug:

[MagickMuffin]

32. Take care of yourself

And I agree let's never surrender our Country, Bill of Rights, Liberty, or Freedom!
I'm in....
If you need a graphic artist, there are two in this household.
I'm into graphics, and video editing.

[KamaAina]

33. If I could find a brick, I'd clobber myself with one

not too hard, sort of like the accolade, the broadsword blow to the shoulder of the newly knighted.

Alas, bricks are few and far between in this land of volcanic soil. The building in front of mine is faced with some, but I don't know if any are loose...

If I do find one, I'll take it to Opihi's this weekend and initiate him and oasis into the Order of the Brick as well.

Your Hawaiian phrase of the day: Malama pono (take care of yourself).

[wellstone dem]

35. Will

I want you to know how glad I am that you are ok. I look to your posts, and your other writings, to keep me sane in an insane world. Thank you.

[Phillycat]

36. I am leaving the country, but your message is still inspiring.

And you can always come vacation in Europe with me. :evilgrin:

[Beetwasher]

37. Glad To Hear You're OK! Damn!

That's fucked up...Mmmmm, percocet....Hang in there bud! Thanks for all your hard work.

[VelmaD]

38. I am so relieved...

that you are gonna be ok. :hug:

Oh, and sign me up for the club. :)

[inmania]

39. Count me in

Boston-based artist, web and programming savvy. Looking for a significant way to fight back.

[lapislzi]

40. Smoothies for the smoothie

Glad you're at least up for typing. If it had been your hands we'd all be in deep doodoo.

[BurtWorm]

41. Now I don't know whether to congratulate you or sympathise with you

for not breaking bone number 20. That would have been a nice round number. And the chicks might have dug it. ;)

Glad you're okay.

By the way: I missed your reply to my post yesterday, and now I can't get it from the archives. Looks like you were asking me a question. I didn't answer it because I didn't see it until too late.

[H2O Man]

42. I am sorry to hear you were injured.

I hope that you are okay, and that you heal and recover from this quickly.

[IkeWarnedUs]

44. Could someone recap the original report?

I missed the original report and the archives are closed right now. How did Will get hit with a rock? Who attacked him? When and where?

[SiouxJ]

45. It is SO important to me

that Shrub goes down in history as the lying, warmongering, idiot he is. It is SO important to me to dispel this - "he shares my values" crap I keep hearing from the Right. I want people to KNOW what they voted for and how he deceived them. I think if we can out him for what he is, 2008 will be cake. The fight with Shrub is not over! I will continue to pound the message about Shrub as if he were still up for election. I will do whatever I have to to make sure people eventually see him for the fraud that he is.

on edit: sorry about your brick incident. Hope you feel better soon ;-) .

[Oilwellian]

46. My main man is hurt?

Will, I had no idea you were attacked. Glad to hear you're ok and sport a thick skull. It's an Irish thing. :D

[HoosierClarkie]

48. I am taking back my faith.

It doesn't belong to them and before this term is over, everyone at my church and in my town will know it. I dare them to utter the word moral to me!!!

[northernsoul]

49. Will, I survived an attack 2 years ago

I'm not sure what happened to you (can't pull up the original post), but I basically got jumped by a bunch of frat-holes who were pissing on my house at 2 a.m.
I my left cheekbone was shattered, requiring reconstructive surgery along with numerous other contusions. I'm pretty sure that if I'd taken a few more shots to the head, I probably wouldn't be here typing today. The pain from the original attack and the recovery from surgery was profound. I needed some post-traumatic counselling and still have occassional bouts of anxiety that I attribute to the attack.

So yeah, I'm in the club and I do have the scars to prove it.

[Bread and Circus]

50. How to proceed? It doesn't seem as if blogging and raising $300,000,000

worked....

It feels like there is a media and cultural bias out there to
let Bush do as Bush does and no one really seems to make it
stick and hurt him politically, except to the choir well left
of center.


As a doc, I don't have the time to "campaign" but I gave more
time than I could afford to the Clark campaign. I started a draft
Clark site in one of the large "battleground" states that was
linked to by the Clark04.com homepage. I also started the Clark
Yahoo group in my state, we had 200 members. He lost, I got
disillusioned with "Partisan Politics", felt everything was a fix
where the people don't matter, and withdrew physically. Nonetheless,
I stayed on board in my new home, DU, and gave money to Kerry. I
patiently waited. I saw a zillion Kerry signs sprout up in my
rural Pro gun, Pro life, Pro war, Pro Bush town and I thought if
that was any indicator, Kerry was going to win by a landslide.
He didn't, and he lost bigtime in the popular vote. It's an
embarrassment. Now, I just regret that we have such a bunch of
losers running our party - even though I actually still like Kerry.

So where do we go? What do we do? How can we "expose" Bush when
he's already been exposed a 1,000 times over yet "wins big"?

The RW gained more control at all levels this election. It's grip
on information flow is tightening. People are comfy with being
spoon fed propaganda. It's frankly scary

Can you see that I feel hopeless?

What we need is real leadership to set things right. Yes, grassroots
matter, but those RW assholes got grassroots too. What they
have, politically speaking, is effective (albeit perverse) leadership.
We got nothing.

So what's the plan? Cuz I'd like to come along.

[LifeDuringWartime]

51. what the hell

happened? i missed the first thread, and archives are offline for now.

[flygal]

52. "chicks dig scars" ok Crash Murdoch ;)

One of my favorite Simpsons episodes :)
Hope you heal nicely!!:hi:

[Killarney]

55. Glad you're ok, Will.

[Cleita]

56. Oh, how awful

I'm glad you are okay. This is the first thread I have seen on it.

Broken nineteen bones in your lifetime? It's a wonder Raven didn't put you up for adoption. LOL She's a saint.

[smirkymonkey]

57. Glad to hear you are feeling better!

Take care!

[librechik]

58. Ouch, Will--same thing happened to me once

they got me right in the mouth with a brick (little kids causing trouble on the street picked me) I needed 11 stitches.

[onecitizen]

59. As a trauma nurse...........

for some 30 years, let me say: "brick to head---bad. Pain medicine for brick to head----very,very good"!

Glad you're OK Will. Next time, see a doc sooner. :-)

[DancingBear]

60. Chicks dig scars - really?

I've broken 16 bones and have the scars to prove it.

I'd prefer someone young and nubile.

I am neither. :)

[AlFrankenFan]

61. I'm so glad to hear you're ok

I really hope that wasn't my Repuke father who did that to you :P

I'll join you! I didn't get clobbered, but I have a bad ear infection and sinus infection.

Just rest and get better. Take it easy and start fighting after you're healed.

[leftofthedial]

62. glad you are not more seriously injured

I truly appreciate all you do and have done. You are a real American patriot.

Heal well and fast!

[crispini]

63. Feel better soon Will!

And also, PM me if you have a project you want help with. I'm computer-savvy, can write, blockwalk, phonebank, organize, and network like hell.

[radfringe]

64. No Surrender -- Will

I'm not giving up, rolling over or playing dead

http://www.cafepress.com/radicalfringe

[GingerSnaps]

65. Let's take down the Media as well

:hug:

I am happy to hear that you are doing alright.

[leesa]

66. Yes. Let's get those immoral bastards!

Glad the brick only winged ya.

To you real Christians out there...YOU are the ones who need to throw the fake gop christians out on their asses. Get to it!