I've been fighting a back pain issue for a few years now. Once my right leg went numb and I started limping I figured it was time to ratchet the care up a notch. So on Thursday I had microsurgical discectomy of my L5/S1 disc. On the whole, things went well. The surgeon described the herniation as "huge" but they got me squared away . I still have a lot of numbness (crushed nerves take a while to bounce back) and post-surgical pain (chewing up a percocet every hour or so, wOOt!) but I think it's gonna get better eventually.

Major issue though: Impaired mobility/inability to bend and lift the toilet seat, coupled with an aversion to turning on the W.C.'s super bright light in the wee hours found me peeing into my sink about 2:30 this morning. Crikey, I hope my aim was true.

I don't think there's anything else to say but I have to ask, have my methods become unsound? Has a line been crossed? Will I ever be able to brush again?

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Just a reminder: No matter how good the recommendation algorithm, on it's best day it can't match the serendipitous awesomeness of the good random set from my collection. Unexpected juxtapositions come and go and you get to enjoy the zero-effort playlist. Sometimes a genre hits the ear just right and the Song Oracle delivers back-to-back goodness. There's no effort to craft, earning the triple-song score. Because it all comes from my songs, it's prescreened for righteousness (at least for me). There's a place for lots of new tunes but there's also a place for a healthy dose of favorites.

Tonight I've heard some great jump blues,  dub, indie, chillout, and rock: Big Joe Turner, Dub Syndicate, !!!, Nightmares on Wax and Monster Magnet and dozens of other great tracks. And it just keeps coming, even now as I type, Z-Rock Hawaii wants to have a word with me.

Make sure that eventually you get a button installed at the top that reads "Shuffle Play All" with no repeats before they're all done. Matt: Think we can get this on the backlog for the next release?