Self-reliance and the art of ear wax removal

This morning's song was Ozzy Osbourne's "Momma, I'm Coming Home." Who needs a therapist? We just need to get to the bottom of these songs in our head. Actually, we recall hearing this song on the radio last week while driving with Junior. So it's not like these songs are really popping into our head out of absolutely nowhere. Still, it's interesting that our brain generates a new song (and defenitely not always a good song) every morning right on schedule.

We used self-reliance and took care of something that's been bothering us last night. We are very proud. We have a long history of ear problems, and the left ear has been clogged for weeks now. It usually gets so bad that we have to go to the doctor. We have tried to clean it out before with no luck. But yesterday we went to our favorite local pharmacy and got a really nice ear wax removal kit. The guy there (same guy who gave us the free reading glasses) suggested drops and a high-powered water shooter thing. We left the drops in for a while, then filled the water shooter thing up with hot water and then shot it into our left ear. Much to our surprise, the wax started coming out. We shot up about five times with increasing success. Then, finally, a huge nugget of wax (or possibly brain matter) came out. It was like mining for gold. If ear wax had value, we'd be rich. And just like that, we could hear again.

P.S. There are still tons of players available to MLB teams, and the teams are starting to get some bargains.

P.P.S. We won four free tickets to the Mizzou basketball game tongight by answering a stupid trivia question on the radio. But we can't go to the game and we can't find anybody to give the tickets to. Now we feel guilty for answering the stupid question. Oh well. That will just be four more empty seats in a largely empty Mizzou Arena.