Hey guys!

Have you ever seen or heard this before? Forever and ever. How can two words mean so little, and be used so much? The optimism! These people really believe. People will see me. People will know me. They will say, hey, back! Oh these wide-eyed fantasms of hope! Isn't the internets wonderful?

Today was my last dental appointment with my good friend, Mark (well, really he's just a dentist in waiting that I've come to appreciate, probably know him well enough to make him a Facebook friend, at least, if he'd friend me - don't we all want to be friended?), a third year UM dental student. With Mark's help, over the course of this Winter and Spring, the  saga of my tooth work has involved a gold core to fill the failed root canal of two years ago, a gold crown for the same tooth, a filling for a molar, and a thorough cleaning. It's been reasonable, except for the near too numerous to count trips into the city. I've never missed so many full and half-days of work over my entire career as I have in this one year. But hey, it's an investment in my future. My quality of life. I do like to eat. I like good food. Who likes a toothache? So I've started using a "go-between" and floss to help keep my gums healthy and remove the offending bits of food. It's for the best. I love my gold tooth - ma' bling! Yo!