Four Out of Five Dentists Recommend...

Okay, so I went to the dentist. Nothing happened today, it was just an evaluation and a “make a plan” conversation between me, my dentist, her boss, and a couple of specialists.

Yeah.

The good news is I get to keep my wisdom. The bad news is there are great big gaping holes in it that will need to be plugged up before it all falls out. So there’s another couple or eight visits I'm going to have to have right there.

Yeah.

And the really-really bad-bad news is, I definitely need something called a crown extension. Which was explained to me, in its least cringe-worthy incarnation, as “a gentle shaving away of a portion of the bone and removal of a very small amount of gum.”

Yeah.

So, um, also? This morning? I went around to all the knobs on all the radiators? And I—

Oh, hell. I’ll write about them later.

Right now I’m going to have a beer.

Yes, Goody, I realize it’s only 2 in the afternoon here. So?