There are two comics out this week featuring tales of Groo the Wanderer by Sergio, Mark, Stan and Tom. Groo adorns the cover of the new Dark Horse Presents, which has been featuring a serialized tale of the mindless mendicant. And on the same racks, you'll find the fourth issue of Groo: Friends and Foes, a twelve-issue series in which Groo encounters friends and foes and occasionally is aware which is which. End of self-serving plug.
My neck and shoulder are better, though not back to normal. I haven't had any serious machete attacks in a few days. Then again, I haven't spoken at any memorial services in a few days. I'm not sure there isn't a cause-and-effect relationship.
The other day, I was getting another prescription filled at my friendly neighborhood CVS Pharmacy. Mine was waiting for me when I got there and I stood at the counter while the clerk rummaged through hundreds of other waiting prescriptions to find mine. Next to me in a chair was a very pretty blonde lady who looked impatient at the amount of time she'd been sitting there waiting for hers to be filled while-she-waited. As another clerk walked by, she said, "Can you please hurry with my order?"
I told her, "If you're in a rush, you can have mine."
She laughed and said, "Thanks but I need my own medicine."
I said, "Mine is really good. There's not even anything wrong with me. I just take it because I like it so much."
She laughed again. Just then, my clerk brought mine up to the register and the other clerk came back and told the blonde lady, "We can't fill your prescription. If you'll step over here, the pharmacist will explain why." As I paid for mine, I heard him telling her that the prescription had been improperly filled-out and they couldn't fill it, nor had they been able to reach her doctor to correct matters. She was not happy.
A few minutes later as I ambled out of the store, I ran into her just outside. She spotted me and said, "I should have taken you up on your generous offer."