Oops

[marcmagus]

Some lessons have to be learned the hard way before they truly sink in. Proper knife-handling appears to be one of these. It appears there was a little detail of what to do with your off hand (the one holding the food) that didn't quite register with me.

Last night, I learned first-hand (if you will) why it's important that all your fingers be resting on a surface (such as the food you're cutting) when you cut. If, say, your pinky is in the air, it might randomly curl and find its way into the path of the knife.

Having learned this lesson the hard way, I gave myself a nice deep diagonal gash in the fleshy part of the last segment of my little finger. It looked deep enough that I decided to seek medical attention, which was good, because even an hour or so later it was still bleeding quite freely. In fact, even after the six sutures were put in, they had a hard time getting it to stay clean long enough to apply a bandage. There was something pretty neat about watching the doctor put the sutures in, though.

For the next couple days, you can reasonably expect to hear some whining about pain if you talk to me.