At least I can gloss over the majority of it.

I got handed a textbook on oral applications of lasers and told to review it for the World Journal of Orthodontics by the end of October. I paged through it and there is very little orthodontic application in there. Woo. At least I can gloss over the majority of it. I have to give a presentation on it in the spring too. Dana gave me some pointers on speed-reading.

So far I'm at a 40% patient failure rate this week. And fucking idiot me, I popped a second molar bracket off while going to clip the wire and had to untie, rebond, and retie the fucking thing. Crapo!

I made awesome filet mignon with a nice tomato and spinach salad for dinner...and for dessert I met Kate and Mark and some others at Delilah's. I do enjoy the beer, even when I pay $14 for two glasses. I enjoy the bike riding too. I was singing at the top of my lungs while biking, which really takes the breath out of you. Whistling doesn't help, either.

Yeah, so the first day back at school wasn't that special. My speed must be picking up, though, since I was able to do procedures in far less time than I thought I would. I thought I'd be running over the time I had and I ended up finishing early for the most part.

I need to figure out a good way to prepare lamb chops for tomorrow night's dinner. I'm in a pretty good mood right now despite being tired. Kate says I'm always pissed off on here, but I would think that melancholia would be the dominant view. Regardless, the mood right now is pretty decent.

Famous Poems Abbreviated by XJ Kennedy:

Once upon a midnight dreary,
Blue and lonesome, missed my dearie.
Would I find her? Any hope?
Quoth the raven six times, "Nope."

***

Whose woods these are I think I know.
Shall I just sack out in the snow
And freeze? Naaaa, guess I'd better go.

More on guns 'n' America

First day of the semester, and things are going ok, despite some equipment problems and a total rearrangement of our clinic supplies.

At lunch, I run across this. It seems to be a recurring theme with me.