Sentence structure and commas matter!

From the New York Times, in reference to Diane Feinstein.

“She has also been suffering from a deterioration in her short-term memory and her ability to hold conversations for more than a year.”

Yeah, Darn that Feinstein.  She gets about 340 days into a conversation and loses the thread every time!

I’m screwed

Judy just got a chunk of something cut out, surgically removed, from the back of her hand.  The doctor told her she couldn’t wash dishes or get her hand wet for three weeks.  What?  Three weeks without clean dishes at our house?  My life sucks!