Wisdom for Dummies

Yesterday I repaired a crown in my mouth that fell out about a year ago. It’s a miracle not that I got it glued in, but that I was able to find it. But when […]
Six months ago, my dentist said I had a cavity that needed drilling. He warned me to change my brushing habits immediately or else. My first thought: My brushing habits have kept me cavity-free for […]
I have the same relationship with my dentist that many people do with family members: I love him and appreciate him, but I don’t actually want to see him. I suppose that’s not unusual, but […]
I looked in my closet recently and noticed it was overrun with footwear that represented a score of abandoned hobbies: hiking, golfing, bicycling, dancing, running, walking, skiing, and snowmobiling. That’s when I had an epiphany: […]
Are you a restaurant dick? Do you make other diners so miserable that they wish they were at the dentist instead? Take this test and find out. Do you: 1) Yell at the waitress? (1 […]
In our neighborhood, a dentist spread his entrepreneurial wings, and bought a restaurant, with enough office space upstairs to house his dental practice. I don’t know anything about the dentist’s background. Maybe he worked as […]
I hate going to the dentist – the sound of a dentist’s drill carving up my tooth and that painful Novocain needle. And that’s what I’m about to endure today. I am going to dread […]