Art’s blog has been strangely quiet lately. That’s not particularly odd, as sometimes he is, as he puts it, “somewhat uninspired.” That isn’t the case as of right now, however. As you may have learned, if you’ve been following the RizWords podcast recently is that he has been in the hospital, and thusly incommunicado.

Here’s the scoop: He broke his back Sunday night in the bathroom after slipping, getting out of the shower. His roommate was not at home, so he heroically crawled his way around the house to find a telephone to dial 911. The paramedics rushed him to the hospital and found that he had crushed one of his lumbars, but there was no spinal cord damage, thankfully.

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I have this friend who gets a lot of e-mails from young people asking for advice. It’s pretty weird, when you think about it, because he’s not really qualified to dispense a whole lot of advice. What’s worse is that sometimes when he gets stumped, he sends them to me. That’s scary too, because I’m just as big a doofus as he is.

A few days ago, he forwarded me this e-mail:

“I want to start this out by saying I am an amputee (left arm) and i am in high school… good combination :/ I get a bunch of crap in school because people think i can\’t stand up for myself. Daily i have to deal with people hitting me and saying things and i have to ask… how should i deal with the abusive people and should i fight one of them to show that i can stand up for myself. Also how should i deal with anger?”
THANKS,
5leggedchair”

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I guess it’s rather fitting that I get this e-mail, because for some reason, quite a few folks have gotten in my face lately. It must be that time of year or something. I digress.

Lots of important things to consider here:

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