A knotted piece of vine creeping through our fence appears to be of Alien origin.
6 am wake time was a struggle, but I managed to make it work and arrived at Kaiser for my MRI just in time. Within 2-3 minutes max, after walking in and right up to the counter, the line was 4 deep and growing. Can somebody explain to me why a neck x-ray requires changing out of a t-shirt and cloth shorts in order to wear a hospital gown? Lame rote processes without logic are annoying. But the facility was nice, and the staff was pleasant, and the results were as expected – some "severe" herniations. I have a follow-up scheduled in a week to talk to their spine specialist. I returned in time to get my coffee and settle into the workday. It was an otherwise relatively subdued and eventless day.