Crooked

Yesterday marked three weeks since my surgery. I'm down to only one crutch, but yesterday this crooked crutching gave me a wicked full-body crick from being twisted asymmetrically. Two crutches, though preventing both hands from carrying items, are a symmetric mode of transport. There is a crick in my neck, in my shoulders, in my back, in my hip.


This post's theme word: strigil, "an instrument with a curved blade (used esp. to scrape sweat/dirt from the skin)."

Black thumb

During my four years at college, I managed to kill almost every plant that I owned, including some supposedly-indefatigable cacti. This artificial plant -- which requires all the care of a real plant, gives feedback, and can be "reset" if it dies -- allows people like me to develop our horticultural skills. (Thanks, Engadget!)
This post's theme word: setiferous, "producing or having setae."