There’s something distinctly weird about using the Great Wall of China as a fashion runway.
Month: October 2007
The Friday Random Guess 10:
- “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen, guessed by Eric
In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream - “The Clean Break” by Talking Heads
Even now we remember what we used to say - “Spiraling Shape” by They Might Be Giants
There won’t be a refund, you’ll never go back - “Demon Called Deception” by Grant Lee Buffalo
We were peasants and the cotton was our king - “Torn” by Ednaswap, guessed by marisa
He was warm, he came around like he was dignified - “Rehab” by Amy Winehouse, guessed by Kim
The man said, why you think you here? - “Supermodel (You Better Work” by RuPaul, guessed by marisa
Wet your lips and make love to the camera - “No Key, No Plan” by Okkervil River
And, truly, I don’t think you’ll find a happier man - “Season of the Witch” by Donovan, guessed by Kim
Beatniks are out to make it rich - “Avante Garde Music” by Ballboy
Well we shot fake plastic ducks in the park
Last week’s, if you’re interested. Good luck this time around!
Thanks, Windows Media Player. You wouldn’t let me update you, even though that troublesome Netflix told me I had to, and then your web help wouldn’t tell me anything! Oh, and now you crash every time I try to run you or watch anything online that uses you! You’re swell!
This may not prove too tough to figure out, but it’s not going to happen tonight.
It’s bad enough that I had a cracked tooth that was causing me some mild sensitivity…
It’s bad enough that I still don’t know why my tooth was cracked…
It’s bad enough that I apparently needed a crown to protect the tooth and eliminate the sensitivity…
It’s bad enough that, even with my dental insurance, the procedure cost me a little over $300…
It’s bad enough that they called this morning to say they undercharged by about $100, and could I write them a new check for the balance…
But what’s really bad? That the crown doesn’t appear to be working.
The sensitivity all but vanished while I was wearing the temporary crown, but now it’s back. Not in full force, and not all around the tooth like before — in fact, it’s only on the top of the tooth, a right molar, and even then not all of the time. But, when it’s there, I think the feeling may be sharper and more unpleasant than before. It’s not unbearable, by any means, but it does make chewing anything directly on the tooth difficult.
It may be possible that there’s just a bad fit around the gums and the remains of my tooth, and that the crown will continue to settle, and that whatever limited pain I feel when biting down on it will go away. But I’m worried that I may need to go back to the dentist, and not just to drop off that extra check. I may need root canal. And that may cost me another three or four hundred dollars (or more) and be a not entirely pleasant experience.
Whatever I do, I have to keep the crown. They grind down the tooth before they replace the top of it, so it’s not like there’s anything there to go back to. I’m going to give it a few days, see if it gets better on its own, then make a decision about what to do next. There’s nothing like having your teeth fall apart to make you suddenly feel very much thirty.
I think, in the interest of fairness, if he wins, he should let George W. Bush headline at his first White House Correspondents Dinner: Stephen Colbert has announced his candidacy for president.