Rob Thomas sliced off part of his finger, is still tweeting

Not a great way to start your day.

Miles Klee

Updated on May 29 2021 9:19 pm CDT

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Rob Thomas, songwriter and frontman for Matchbox Twenty, had a little mishap while preparing breakfast this morning, slicing off part of his middle finger. Fortunately, he only needed his thumbs to tweet some surprisingly chill updates on his injury and hospital visit.

Sliced off a bit of my finger this morning making breakfast. #TopChef pic.twitter.com/BNuGGCTsTw
— Rob Thomas (@ThisIsRobThomas) December 30, 2014

At the hospital now. There’s supposed to be more finger there. pic.twitter.com/2ZofZn3WZs
— Rob Thomas (@ThisIsRobThomas) December 30, 2014

song of the day: FINGERTIPS – STEVIE WONDER
— Rob Thomas (@ThisIsRobThomas) December 30, 2014

Ouch, dude. Hope it doesn’t affect that soulful guitar fretting.

Photo by Jessica S./Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)

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Miles Klee

Miles Klee is a novelist and web culture reporter. The former editor of the Daily Dot’s Unclick section, Klee’s essays, satire, and fiction have appeared in Lapham’s Quarterly, Vanity Fair, 3:AM, Salon, the Awl, the New York Observer, the Millions, and the Village Voice. He’s the author of two odd books of fiction, ‘Ivyland’ and ‘True False.’