Somebody didn't like this movie.

From a review of Gigli by A.O. Scott of the New York Times:

She [Jennifer Lopez' character] also threatens the apparent ringleader with a baroque martial-arts torture, which involves gouging out the eyes and also removing that part of the brain that stores visual information, so that the victim will not only be blind, but will also lose all memory of what he has seen. Having seen "Gigli," I must say that the idea has a certain appeal.

Maybe excessive. Then again...

Home again, home again, deedle-de-deet

Or however it goes.

Kid brother is home from the hospital today, with a freshly carved knee, a big honkin' brace to hold it steady, and an elaborate machine to flex the knee for hours at a time while he's flat on his back.

It kinda got shoved to the back of my mind, with the test, but I'm glad he pulled through.

Though I didn't need to get blow-by-blow descriptions of all the things he was plugged into; he had an epidural whoozit plugged into his spine to block pain, and he said that hurt like a [censored] when it got pulled out, and that's not even at the top of the squick list. I won't say more.

All things considered, though, I'm also glad that I'm not gonna be the one stuck with taking care of him for weeks and months while the knee heals...