The Occasional Tendown: July 22-August 4 2012

Dear Internet... I had a kidney episode last week; two decades ago I had a couple of kidney infections within a three year period; serious enough that I was ambulanced to the ER both times.  This wasn't that, I just had difficulty urinating for about three days, then passed something small, less painful than just uncomfortable, and now I'm fine. That wasn't the proximate cause of my not