Pain Update
I went to see a physical therapist on Friday -- mostly evaluation, but she did do a little ultrasound massage, which helped a bit. Sooo, I'm still in a good deal of pain, but it's about 1% less than it was. I'll go to sessions three times a week, and the prognosis is that I'll only need about two weeks before I'm right as rain. (OK, I have to
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Happy as a Clam
Several people have emailed me asking where the phrase happy as a clam comes from. They are confused about why anyone would assume that clams were happy. Frankly, I don't understand their confusion. Wouldn't you be happy if you got to spend your life at the beach, just lying in the surf with no responsibilities?
Well, they wouldn't be confused if they knew the whole phrase. Originally, the phrase went happy as a clam in the mud at high water. The phrase is an Americanism, dating to at least the 1830s. Over the years, the phrase was clipped and the dropping of the latter half resulted in the confusion.
Noone, but noone, seems to know the origin of right as rain, although most people say something about how essential rain was to an agrarian economy. They're all guessing. ;)
Me, I've been reading too much historical fiction -- medieval Wales had me searching out chausses and braies
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) while Alexander's Greece had me wondering about chitons and sarissas.
Glad to hear there's hope for your back!
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