Nothing like Monday. There’s just nothing like it. By the time I had a chance to blog, it was Tuesday.
Blogging
Before this site, I used to read other blogs, particularly those by writers. Call it blog envy. Diaries, journals, blogs whatever we call them this week – to me they are the same a low cost of entry podium to share ideas.
There’s one blog/journal I’ve followed for a bit now, evany.com. Originally it was a site, mostly static text, all the pages pink. Then the author added a journal, one that stressed function over elegance. It’s funny and sometimes witty. I can’t remember how I found it in the first place, but for some reason I kept reading. Recently the updates stopped. Perhaps they will return shortly?
The entry stoppage brings me to the real challenge of blogging – the burden of content rests with the author. Come to think of it, that’s the biggest challenge of writing as well…
Who needs Novocaine?
Being part English has a few advantages. Mostly, it sounds cool when speaking the phrase very quickly without dwelling on the ramifications. For instance, a major disadvantage is the matter of dental health. Somewhere between twelve and twenty years the enamel enters retirement. Once that happens, it’s a blurry nightmare of cavities, fillings, and stern warnings from the dentist.
This Thursday however, stands as my all time best and worst appointment.
Sam ( sits in chair ): OK, let’s do this.
Dentist ( raises drill ) : Hold still please.
Sam: Doesn’t the Novocaine work better before we start?
Dentist ( inserts drill in mouth ): This will feel a like a cold pressure. Don’t move.
Sam: BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ BZZZZZZZZZ BZZZZZZZZZ
Dentist ( reinserts drill ): OK, almost done.
Sam: BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ BZZZZZZZZZ BZZZZZZZZZ
Dentist: There we go. OK and now the filling..
Fifteen seconds later, the terror ends.
A harrowing, yet merciful and short dentist experience.
Darwin Awards
Mel Brooks once said something like – “tragedy is when I prick my finger, comedy is when you fall into a ditch.” Now imagine a massive on line catalog of said mishaps. Well it’s here. Check out Darwin Awards.
Their charter – “The Darwin Awards salute the improvement of the human genome by honoring those who accidentally kill themselves in really stupid ways. Harsh? A bit. Funny? Oh, hell yeah.
Thanks to Todd for sharing this one.