Daily Archives: September 3, 2009
Dentistry Update
Posted on September 3, 2009 26 Comments
For those of you what don’t follow me on Twitter: Tooth not cracked after all; what looked like a crack to me turned out to be a discolored filling. The source of the pain is gum inflammation; yes, I brush and floss, but apparently I’m not flossing deep enough, which is a lesson to all […]
On the Subject of Teeth and Dentistry
Posted on September 3, 2009 45 Comments
This is a lovely time to drag out of cold storage a humor column I wrote in 1996, entitled “Drill, Sergeant”. —- Drill, Sergeant My wife played softball on Saturday and spent Sunday wobbling around the house like Weeble. She had odd-shaped bruises in weird places (a thin, streaky one on her ankle, a splotchy […]
Observations on a Toothache
Posted on September 3, 2009 55 Comments
Well, I’m scheduled at the dentist at 3pm to deal with the cracked molar, and until then I have a toothache which occasionally throbs up, but is mostly under control at the moment thanks to the dynamic duo of ibuprofen and Orajel. Be that as it may it’s too distracting to allow me to be […]
Ow
Posted on September 3, 2009 60 Comments
Pretty sure I have a cracked molar. I have to blame someone, because this is clearly not my fault. So: Who wants to be blamed? Hands! Anyone? Anyone?
That Was the Science Fiction Summer That Was
Posted on September 3, 2009
By every measure but the one that’s scientifically accurate, Labor Day Weekend is the end of the summer here in the US, so that means it’s time for a summer science fiction film wrap-up column from me over on the AMC site. Come learn what I think it means that Transformers was so successful, that […]
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