tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158704982024-03-07T04:52:33.396-05:00The Daily FlosMostly Dentistry, with dashes of New Hampshire, Maine, Darts, Pubs, Cats, Film, & Music.Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-31250095639761542162010-08-15T13:33:00.002-04:002010-08-15T13:42:16.879-04:00Forget whitening...let's green our smiles!I've been trying to be environmentally respectful for a while now, but last January, inspired by a class at Yankee Dental Congress, I joined the Eco Dental Association (EDA) which can be interwebbed at http://www.ecodentistry.org/<br /><br />Since then, I've worked to try to bring my practice onto a level where I can not only feel I'm doing some good for environmental sustainability, but as a business strategy I can stake out a niche as "the green dentist," a label I've perhaps even shied away from since joining the Seacoast Green Alliance (http://www.greenalliance.biz/)<br /><br />So I'm finally putting together a brochure which will highlight some of my green initiatives, in the hopes of first advertising to existing and new patients what we're all about when we SAY "green dentistry" and secondly, challenging people to possibly suggest new things we could do which perhaps we've not even thought of!<br /><br />Here's what I've got so far for the brochure:<br /><br />Green Initiatives<br /><br />Dentists often say, "You only have to care for the teeth you want to keep!" By 12 years old, the baby teeth are usually all gone, and we have to work to maintain these valuable little white appendages. Similarly, we only have one planet, so anything we can do to preserve the environment is a step in the right direction. While it's impossible to eliminate all waste, here's some things Dr Swanson and his team do to shrink our "footprint" on the Earth:<br /><br />Digital X-rays - Eliminates plastic, lead and hazardous developing chemicals of traditional x-rays.<br /><br />Electronic Patient Records - Reduce paper use, increase efficiency of communication with other providers.<br /><br />Biodegradable seat covers and cups - Reduce CO2 production and break down in landfills.<br /><br />Preserve brand toothbrushes - made from recycled Stoneyfield yogurt cups and recyclable as plastic "lumber" for benches, playground equipment, etc<br /><br />Instruments and equipment - Use of reusables which are safe to sterilize in our autoclaves instead of disposables.<br /><br />Email and text message appointment reminders; electronic claims, bills, band statements - reduce paper<br /><br />Use of local dental laboratories - reduce packaging and fuel needs as well as supporting or New Hampshire neighbors.<br /><br />Nearby bus stop - allows patients to use public transportation<br /><br />Amalgam separator - prevents mercury from escaping into the environment<br /><br />Office Recycling - reduction of landfill "trash" by separating out plastics, paper, aluminum and glass<br /><br />----------------<br /><br />So any suggestions? :)Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-1721196336123953962009-09-23T17:57:00.003-04:002009-09-23T18:57:37.197-04:00Severely Misplaced HateSo today someone (presumably reading some of my posts on Yahoo Answers?) commented on a post from Jan '08. They wrote:<br /><br />"I was just reading what you said elsewhere on the internet in response to a person who asked why dentists cost so much. I don't buy your response. If I were suddenly made dictator of the US, the very first thing I would do, no exaggeration, is make dentists slaves of the state. They would then be forced to give quality dental care to anyone who needed it, for free...because I know that dentists do not need to charge what they do. They're/you're not missing any meals- but GUESS WHAT? Plenty of other people are so that they can get the care they should be entitled to as human beings in order to live a healthy, pain-free life. I understand perfectly your position- you know that people will pay ANYTHING to alleviate pain in their mouths- and you capitalize on that. Yes, I am bitter. I too owe over 100,000 in student loans- so that I could get degrees that would allow me to teach children...however, I certainly don't feel entitled to blackmail my students' parents by threatening to withhold their educations in lieu of receipt of extortionate amounts of cash. Bottom line: I do not like dentists and I hope the US 'socializes' medicine and you lose your lucrative little lifestyles and have to live like the rest of us. Medical doctors probably don't even live as well as you. You should be ashamed."<br /><br />Well. At least you're not bitter....oh wait, you admitted you were.<br /><br />I'm not sure where to begin. First of all, you know who should be ashamed? Someone commenting on this under "Anonymous." Yes, way to engage in a meaningful dialogue - go online and sling arrows around from behind a screen. If they read my answer somewhere else, it means they have a Yahoo account and they very well could have contacted me through there and talked about this a little more reasonably, as opposed to flinging vitriol in a blog (commenting, I might add on a post that simply welcomes my infant nephew into the world and has nothing to DO with dentistry!)<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Mr/s. Anonymous: If you happen to check in here, feel free to do so and I'm happy to look at your concerns. Seriously. I believe you have some valid points but I believe you're misinformed on a few points. </span><br /><br />Let's review. If you were made dictator of the US... stop there. You're a teacher? really? obviously not of Civics, Government or History, or you'd know we live in a democracy. But it's a rhetorical device. You want to make your point, fine. You'd like to enslave dentists and have them be <span style="font-weight:bold;">"forced to give quality dental care to anyone who needed it, for free."</span> Again, find a civics teacher, but this is called socialism. I sure as heck voted for Barack Obama, and I voted for (Dr.) Howard Dean and I sit here watching right wingers call these guys socialists, but I'm pretty sure there aren't too many Americans who REALLY want to live in a pure commune. Most of us believe that those who work harder (and to some degree those that are more talented or smarter) deserve more rewards. Are the current rewards proportional to how hard everyone works? Absolutely not, but I hardly think dentists (while sometimes "bad") are the worst offenders... we don't get, say, $10 million bonuses for getting lucky while taking risks w/ other people's investments. We don't make $20 million a year for being the star of CSI or for shoving a ball through a hoop. The bottom line here, however, is that you CAN'T "enslave" anyone and then expect "quality care." I think they kinda tried it in USSR and you had a lot of unmotivated doctors. You can build a pyramid or harvest cotton but you can't get people to perform at high levels involving critical thinking, artistry and compassion. (yeah, a lot of us have compassion, say what you will.)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">"I know that dentists do not need to charge what they do."</span> <br />Really? how many dentists do you know? Have you BEEN a dentist? Gone to dental school? Managed a dental office? Do some docs overcharge, upsell and price gouge? Yes. And the same is true of mechanics, athletes, ballerinas, contractors, engineers, architects, florists, whatever. Do you honestly expect everyone to charge no more than they need to to "get by?" Even if this were a realistic expectation, where's the motivation to be GOOD at anything? You'd have a society of mediocrity, on every level. And how on earth do you decide what constitutes a "reasonable level" of income? Who gets subjected to these dictates you'd propose? Everyone who makes more money than you?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">"They're/you're not missing any meals- but GUESS WHAT? Plenty of other people are so that they can get the care they should be entitled to as human beings in order to live a healthy, pain-free life."</span><br />Ah, so you can make only enough to put food on your table and no more as long as ANYone goes to bed hungry. Interesting. The thing is, we can SOLVE hunger in this country, if not the world, by applying technology, ingenuity and compassion. Yeah, we need to trim some profits here and there, but we don't have to clip everyone back to subsistence levels. Your level of arrogance is astounding... seriously, you're telling ME that people are hungry, suffering and in pain?<br /><br />I saw those people and cared for them every day when I was in dental school. I see them on a pretty regular basis come into my practice, where I'll knock off the charges for exams and xrays so that they pay only the cost of an emergency extraction. (Oh, that should be free too? I'm sorry; i'll just tell the SEVEN people for whom my small business provides good, secure jobs that I can't pay them anymore and we'll see how many people I can help all by myself...) I saw those hurting, hopeless people every DAY when I worked for three years full time at a non-profit clinic, at which I still spend two days a month because I believe in helping those in that situation. I see these people when I spend time (and money out of my own pocket) working with service projects through my church. I see the people only somewhat better off than the homeless or jobless who are struggling to maintain their own small businesses through my volunteer service on the board of my towns Business Association.<br /><br />If you, Mr/s Anonyomous had bothered READING any of my blog posts you maybe would know these things about me, but hey, it's a hell of a lot easier to just hate all dentists, isn't it? I KNOW you didn't bother reading, because in your next comment from the 1/08 post you mention "your baby." It's not my baby, it's my brother's baby, but again, why bother reading when you have vindictive angry verbal epithets to spew?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">"I understand perfectly your position- you know that people will pay ANYTHING to alleviate pain in their mouths- and you capitalize on that."</span><br />I think we've established already that you know NOTHING about me. That said, I'm interested that you view the whole dental profession as simply waiting around to provide extortive care to those in pain. In case you haven't noticed, we've spent the last 100 years or so hollering and waving our arms for PREVENTION - we are actively engaged in TRYING TO RUN OURSELVES OUT OF BUSINESS, trying to get soda machines out of schools, get fluoride in local drinking water, encouraging an often complacent population to <span style="font-style:italic;">just put some freakin' floss in their mouths now and then!</span><br /><br />Of course, if you're only going to the dentist when you're in pain, I would imagine that it WOULD seem that way, which leads me to believe you're so anti-dentite that you ONLY engage in emergency care... Guess what? it's more expensive that way. Oh, i know, you're going to say you don't have insurance and can't afford to come in. Yes, there ARE homeless, jobless people out there who really do need a safety net, but MOST people who make the "i don't have insurance" argument haven't even bothered CHECKING to see how much it would cost to come in for a routine visit. Cleaning, $70; exam, $50-80; x-rays, $50-80. Basically $130-$250, and that's in NEW ENGLAND where things are more expensive than Midwest, South, etc etc. OK, so maybe you go to a dentist that upsells you stuff you don't need. I'm not a fan of the free market economy in all it's forms but by golly, shop around 'til you find someone who'll provide BASIC services. WE ARE OUT HERE.<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">"I too owe over 100,000 in student loans- so that I could get degrees that would allow me to teach children..."</span><br />Well, as soon as Pope Benedict asks my opinion (and as soon as you tell me your name) I'll be sure to put you forward for beatification and sainthood, my friend. Do NOT even try to tell me that any profession is soo much more NOBLE and BENEFICENT than any other. They all have their angels and they all have their demons. For ever evil money-grubbing dentist there's a lazy complacent teacher who can't be fired due to union rules or their tenure who are just marking time 'til their retirement, not caring if kids actually LEARN. For every noble "Stand and Deliver" "Dead Poets Society" "Dangerous Minds" teacher out there, I can tell you there are dentists and doctors in the trenches actually trying to make the world a better place, often at significant financial expense. You aren't BETTER than me cuz you're poorer...if you think you are, go find Nietzche and read his opinions on "slave morality."<br /><br />Oh, and if you took out that many loans, getting into a profession where the financial remuneration is proportionally less than mine, don't come crying to me. I SWEAR I vote for the people who are trying to change the system whenever possible - teachers should be as comfortable and respected as health care providers or any other profession. Seriously, you typed your bitchy missive to quite possibly the most LIBERAL dentist in the state of New Hampshire. I'm on YOUR side, you daft fool, I'm trying to help and maybe fix things "from the inside." I don't golf, I'm not millionaire and I drive an 8 year old Camry.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">"however, I certainly don't feel entitled to blackmail my students' parents by threatening to withhold their educations in lieu of receipt of extortionate amounts of cash."</span><br />Oh, well, then clearly you don't work for an institute of higher education, where the cost of getting a bachelor's degree (never mind a doctorate) are outstripping the CPI or rate of inflation at a truly dizzying rate. Pretty much, that's what college IS right now, is blackmail to withhold a real and meaningful education from those who can't afford it. And I won't pretend that doesn't exist on the secondary level where people who live in a crappy school district have to either spend thousands on private schools or let their kids slog through a system with barely competent teachers (the typically least likely to get jobs in better districts) and inadequate supplies. Again, i'm ALL ABOUT changing the system with loan repayments or financial incentives to get hte best and brightest teachers in the schools that NEED them most; you're preaching to the choir, Rev Anon. I won't bother telling YOU that a good education is expensive!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">"Bottom line: I do not like dentists..."</span><br />Like a good book report, it's always nice to restate your main thesis in conclusion. Thanks. I hadn't picked up on that tidbit.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">"US 'socializes' medicine and you lose your lucrative little lifestyles and have to live like the rest of us. Medical doctors probably don't even live as well as you."</span><br />Go Populism! Us vs. Them! Down w/ the bourgeoisie! Cripes, I'm a LEFTY and I've never been so inclined to yell, "Go to Cuba, ya pinko!" I never thought I'd see the day. I've made the points above, but you have no idea how I live, you have no idea how much debt I have and you certainly have no fucking clue how much I already give back in time, care, ideas and Yes, money.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">"You should be ashamed."</span><br /><br />No, shame on you. <br />Shame on you for posting anonymously.<br />Shame on you for making wild and inaccurate generalisations about an entire profession.<br />Shame on you for making foolish and hurtful assumptions about a person you've never met.<br />Shame on you for not doing a little basic research to LEARN about me before posting your screed.<br />Shame on you even for your insipid and disingenuous faux-erudite attempts at an intellectual smack down.<br /><br />As disgusted as I am by SO many in my profession who DO take advantage of the less fortunate, I'm almost more appalled by people like you who ALLOW the them to paint the left wing with gross, mischaracterized brushstrokes, and who use your irrational, shoot from the hip rantings to scare their right-wing followers (usually the POOR, ironically) into supporting their policies.<br /><br />YOU should be ashamed.Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-67058036210621811482008-11-20T00:17:00.003-05:002008-11-20T00:25:30.807-05:00Olympic Post ScriptSo I've kinda been meaning to post these shots for months and have been distracted by the Election and Facebook...<br /><br />Anyway, I was intrigued that apparently the fastest man in the world may be aided by NOT being weighed down by big heavy molars....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb95JdMIOG1HCEHTGUsxSU2O9L-0UL-CD1l_qo7JKcXu-WIe-T66Y8vt7zD3AHjJdU6sNqR2lovwNJmQGJb9fya8eQ65zDlXgsFtjonJKPfGeZ9CNnCoyhlPRvdyhusK4tZU7l/s1600-h/bolt3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 352px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb95JdMIOG1HCEHTGUsxSU2O9L-0UL-CD1l_qo7JKcXu-WIe-T66Y8vt7zD3AHjJdU6sNqR2lovwNJmQGJb9fya8eQ65zDlXgsFtjonJKPfGeZ9CNnCoyhlPRvdyhusK4tZU7l/s400/bolt3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270604865914011282" /></a><br /><br />Note the lack of 3, 14 and who knows what else....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjttTaCJbbbgD663_QjOblhQ63AO0bwSU5PABQpH0NUYHsNchRxtV-r0OWF1qW1Hty-b2cs5ah5TtNV8R_xLeuYGPQatVYlXBY0NklWhE4UtPfvblrNW-c6NC2COeiI2hSDd4sR/s1600-h/bolt1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjttTaCJbbbgD663_QjOblhQ63AO0bwSU5PABQpH0NUYHsNchRxtV-r0OWF1qW1Hty-b2cs5ah5TtNV8R_xLeuYGPQatVYlXBY0NklWhE4UtPfvblrNW-c6NC2COeiI2hSDd4sR/s400/bolt1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270604858763945586" /></a><br /><br />Anyway, I hope Mr Bolt made enough in endorsements and so forth to get some implants or something. Makes you think a bit about the whole differential in standard of living w/ US vs. poorer countries.... more later!Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-38180362822415499422008-08-23T19:19:00.003-04:002008-08-23T20:12:25.349-04:00Can You Dig It?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhosBX6Ob6kzwICmJyHLaLR9ZQrhKVxYcK-ETM_YDJJ2GX9Rz4hAIASQZ981qxSGi_F7X3VCv03sBPM64kgW0K5SwwuItF-g254rMwEDibROyenuDmEP_7vwuWh-0-UqreSvTkU/s1600-h/tshirtphoto.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhosBX6Ob6kzwICmJyHLaLR9ZQrhKVxYcK-ETM_YDJJ2GX9Rz4hAIASQZ981qxSGi_F7X3VCv03sBPM64kgW0K5SwwuItF-g254rMwEDibROyenuDmEP_7vwuWh-0-UqreSvTkU/s400/tshirtphoto.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237857243064051138" /></a><br /><br />So, here I am, finding my mug in the local news publication yet again... Kind of embarassing, but for a very good cause:<br /><br />"NEWMARKET — Backhoes and the color bright, construction orange are familiar sights downtown. They are also the part of a new T-shirt to help businesses during this year’s downtown reconstruction.<br /><br />Local organizations looking for ways to encourage people to shop at downtown businesses during construction were the inspiration for the T-shirts, which were designed by Nathan and Rachel Swanson of Newmarket Dental. Nathan Swanson is on the Board of Directors of the Newmarket Business Association (NBA).<br /><br />"We were looking for ways to promote the idea that during construction, Newmarket is still open for business. The economy is certainly struggling and given people are detouring (through town) it’s potentially harmful to a lot of the small businesses … the big take-home message is to encourage people to shop in Newmarket," Nathan Swanson said.<br /><br />Proceeds from the T-shirts go to "We Dig Newmarket," a collaborative effort to help encourage people to do business downtown. The initiative offers Saturday music serenades from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The group has also installed signs along Spring Street pointing people to access points for local businesses, said NBA President Gerry O’Connell."<br /><br />Read the full article <a href="http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080812/NEWS/80812052">here,</a><br />though I have to confess, the caption saying that I "helped design" said t-shirt is a bit generous, given that Rachel did 95% of the work...<br /><br />Check out her <a href="http://vtldesign.com/">new employer!</a> Click on Vital Work then on Identity to see some cool logos. She's currently enterprising to re-brand a local bowling alley...<br /><br />Tune in next time for some discussion of Olympic athletes and missing teeth...Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-81580935647343503982008-07-01T10:30:00.004-04:002008-07-01T13:04:57.219-04:00If only John Lennon were still alive...This nice young man:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=SO&Date=20080701&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=807010400&Ref=AR&maxH=230&maxW=370&border=0&Q=80"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://images.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=SO&Date=20080701&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=807010400&Ref=AR&maxH=230&maxW=370&border=0&Q=80" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />...is Maxwell Rome. He was recently arraigned in our local court for swinging a hammer at a fellow combatant during a fight in a liquor store parking lot, splitting his scalp.<br /><br />Now seriously... if you actually KNEW someone named MAXWELL, wouldn't you be on the lookout for his HAMMER? C'mon...<br /><br />the full story is <a href="http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080701/NEWS/807010400">here</a>.<br /><br />I'll admit Rachel gets full credit for A) noticing the article and B) making the connection. But she's a bigger blog slacker than me, so someone had to post it...Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-64832890013193937952008-06-25T21:00:00.002-04:002008-12-08T18:14:06.316-05:00Package DealSo, I've long been fairly annoyed by the degrees of inefficiency inherent in our mass-producing, commerce-worshipping, environmentally insensitive culture. At a previous dental office, I had a sort of horrifying epiphany when I saw how much PAPER was thrown away by JUST that office. Plus how much was thrown away by the five identically sized offices in that building. Plus how much was thrown away by the identical three buildings (18 offices) in that office park. Suddenly, I felt as though I was in a film, the camera panning out, zooming ever upward to include my town, then New Hampshire, then New England, North America and the Earth. In each phase, the amount of paper increases exponentially.<br /><br />Sobering.<br /><br />You can well imagine my irritation upon ordering a small diamond disk (used for opening contacts between teeth) which came in this plastic case:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11Ja3PHbLanVpQEU8ui3Sgno_ih8dir5hDuUu9j34g3iuOARJG7UmlaXl9_pTmj4B1mShyWfI5pt2XPtEIh_NCXNfM0svqEiDU8oPEThyphenhyphenJKxsOE-A1jv-dC-KwkKlMkfpFcdH/s1600-h/PICT0576.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11Ja3PHbLanVpQEU8ui3Sgno_ih8dir5hDuUu9j34g3iuOARJG7UmlaXl9_pTmj4B1mShyWfI5pt2XPtEIh_NCXNfM0svqEiDU8oPEThyphenhyphenJKxsOE-A1jv-dC-KwkKlMkfpFcdH/s400/PICT0576.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215989959702329250" /></a><br /><br />That, in turn, was shipped in the following box:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsRzrV4tj753W8CrQXH7QyujmW-Ai7f0ZXxEM6ebXf20624QHq3As3l4IWMaRQsPcCIAdVGCKk9ldqbtpKsOblUKUTFG-cIAe6AGIzX5YpOV09JvSAp_qB1yImmoy1H_wj8OZ/s1600-h/PICT0575.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsRzrV4tj753W8CrQXH7QyujmW-Ai7f0ZXxEM6ebXf20624QHq3As3l4IWMaRQsPcCIAdVGCKk9ldqbtpKsOblUKUTFG-cIAe6AGIzX5YpOV09JvSAp_qB1yImmoy1H_wj8OZ/s400/PICT0575.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215989955740015314" /></a><br /><br />C'mon, dental supply companies! (I'm talkin' to YOU, ironically-named SmartPractice...) You could've shipped that in a small padded envelope!<br /><br />Stay tuned...I'll keep you all posted on my plan to use corn-based plastic bags as chair covers...Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-88198663162232403012008-04-07T01:03:00.003-04:002008-12-08T18:14:06.521-05:00De-Motivation...Oh, sometimes you just find something on the ol' inter-web that is just too fun for your own good.<br /><br />Everybody remembers those cheesy motivational posters from the late 90s? "TEAMWORK" and there's a photo of a rowing crew and some pithy saying like, "The whole is greater than the sum of the parts." (or is is the sum of the squares of the sides of a right triangle? I can never remember...)<br /><br />I had a faux one of these posters in my locker in dental school. It had a lovely shot of the Leaning Tower of Pisa:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIucyPLre-QMAypRTQhYG6wEe9ZIV-HvGszLA8a78rMHCtxspoi4JA-ZV0SFcwOWXrKZaOOqKUGal0LEIyXpRQigC4-kSUK1_W2rE2h50EFFpA753R4DDOWpntQaKk0U7PNMYc/s1600-h/pisa.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIucyPLre-QMAypRTQhYG6wEe9ZIV-HvGszLA8a78rMHCtxspoi4JA-ZV0SFcwOWXrKZaOOqKUGal0LEIyXpRQigC4-kSUK1_W2rE2h50EFFpA753R4DDOWpntQaKk0U7PNMYc/s400/pisa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186366141248285138" /></a><br />Underneath it read: MEDIOCRITY - It takes a lot less work, and no one really notices the difference 'til it's too late.<br /><br />Now, as anyone who knows me will tell you, I really try to be anti-mediocre...however, with all the assignments of dental school, my perfectionistic tendencies would have killed me in under two quarters. The poster reminded me to accept a little imperfection here and there, or I'd never finish anything.<br /><br /><br />Anyway, this site:<br /><a href="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/motivator.php">Motivator</a><br />allows you to make your own. Too much fun!<br /><br />Here's my contribution, w/ credit to my loving cat-loaf, Kirby:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0D8ibS1-Xy5Sy4aQUYA1fcHaqB4w0wAVY8QcttHxB5rqLh-ZcpH3CWDVgWhKl1CYchwDGRXnRZno_1DmpQUBI4l3ideO8mwH_v8tEnLB6DB-sl7saeSpOnriPfJnuPP0-xqcP/s1600-h/indolence.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0D8ibS1-Xy5Sy4aQUYA1fcHaqB4w0wAVY8QcttHxB5rqLh-ZcpH3CWDVgWhKl1CYchwDGRXnRZno_1DmpQUBI4l3ideO8mwH_v8tEnLB6DB-sl7saeSpOnriPfJnuPP0-xqcP/s400/indolence.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186366149838219746" /></a>Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-55709946377620416012008-03-15T02:15:00.003-04:002008-03-15T02:26:36.760-04:00It's aLIIIIVE!!!!!!!!!So I can safely say that it's only appropriate that the post noting the birth of my nephew is followed by the post celebrating the birth of......[drum roll]<br /><br /><a href="http://newmarketdental.net/">My Web Site!</a><br /><br />yessir.<br /><br />Be sure to browse about...enjoy the lovely layout...the delightful fonts...the ease of navigation (?)....<br /><br />Anyway, do let me know your opinions, but mostly we're just hunting for compliments...<br /><br />Mad props to Rachel and the wonderful people at <a href="http://hatchling.com/">Hatchling Studios</a>.Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-20264832013346686332008-01-26T21:27:00.000-05:002008-12-08T18:14:07.000-05:00Baby!Nothing to do w/ dentistry, but some cute photos of my brand new nephew, Henry Phineas Swanson.<br /><br />Here he is sleeping:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWgttw6TBfl-GRy2OKv1An8wV6EQE83e_6jU7MkM_FWTChWvzQsHAAVzChcnl5c4qi4xIGtnxQJqTOETmbXJhY-w-uNFsBA2xLrTj8gqmMGIIsMZri6m26Vjq4EWoKchqwfRW/s1600-h/HPS.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWgttw6TBfl-GRy2OKv1An8wV6EQE83e_6jU7MkM_FWTChWvzQsHAAVzChcnl5c4qi4xIGtnxQJqTOETmbXJhY-w-uNFsBA2xLrTj8gqmMGIIsMZri6m26Vjq4EWoKchqwfRW/s400/HPS.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159978029315362242" /></a><br /><br />Here he is with Rasput... er, Papa Steve:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5Nx-newVAx7V2FaZ6PKnYExsSrKsYxasM9UWybYYxLDsM9vKqiWWXiXm8wSpO3F35AkeaL0D2y8IzBzME8_vNWQZTN9qJmz8ZzF6-u1Xb6byJhPqHRENIDqhnAVCNi90bERU/s1600-h/Henry+and+Steve.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5Nx-newVAx7V2FaZ6PKnYExsSrKsYxasM9UWybYYxLDsM9vKqiWWXiXm8wSpO3F35AkeaL0D2y8IzBzME8_vNWQZTN9qJmz8ZzF6-u1Xb6byJhPqHRENIDqhnAVCNi90bERU/s400/Henry+and+Steve.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159978033610329554" /></a><br /><br />And here's a charming knit ensemble!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvr7DjBlK7d2fV6pHvZQjHfkDAdt6NMK49vMdJf71a5zKigqAZD77tedcLXeiCNUecjpcap96v9JrtbZggUYHMdfb72jijmjk3SKsGuAI3_inzv5UkCpzSV86vu_gIMDpgmPkZ/s1600-h/HPknit.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvr7DjBlK7d2fV6pHvZQjHfkDAdt6NMK49vMdJf71a5zKigqAZD77tedcLXeiCNUecjpcap96v9JrtbZggUYHMdfb72jijmjk3SKsGuAI3_inzv5UkCpzSV86vu_gIMDpgmPkZ/s400/HPknit.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159978042200264162" /></a><br /><br />I like the obvious hand motion, like, "Yo, peeps...H-Phin in da hizzie...ya'll feelin ' me?" Or whatever it is babies think.<br /><br />"Babies," according to Rev. Grayson Atha, "Are proof that God thinks that Life is Good and wishes for it to continue." (I think someone else may have said that first, but I'm sure they didn't sound as auspicious as THIS minister during baptisms...Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-64555017473533287702008-01-25T11:57:00.000-05:002008-12-08T18:14:07.564-05:00Fun SignsHello, O Bloggites! Tragically, it has been another busy month. Apparently, everyone who was holding off on a crown until their insurance renewed likes to show up in January, PLUS the weather, and I had (in one week) the excitement of the College BCS Championship, New Hampshire Presidential Primary and my Birthday. This resulted in three straight days of disappointment, as the Ohio State Buckeyes, Barack Obama and The Last Vestiges of my Youth (respectively) all performed a bit below expectations.<br /><br />Speaking of presidential candidates, please take the time to skip down two posts - I've added new VIDEO of the Hillary Encounter. (Hmm...that sounds like something new at the Museum of Natural History...)<br /><br />For a truly whimsical look at the candidates, please check out <a href="http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/526482501.html">this Best of Craigslist Entry.</a><br /><br />Lastly, for your amusement... I have lately become mildly obsessed with CollegeHumor.com, ever since their rendition of "Street Fighter: The Later Years." Lots of funny videos and pictures, and I find it MUCH easier to browse than YouTube.<br />From the Dental Dept:<br /><br />In the newspaper business we call this "tombstoning:"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3RvhAnh7yAedsSGTnWHqMocc6emcdCqo0YqUipMApSVIBb6tbswMOO_2oY1H8VpY-QbaorR7zsrFdZHYp1qyqxgEFtEUnAqk1jF9AsfjjMUvgH7A8Bme-Ei7M0PMM9qGp2mrb/s1600-h/karatedentist.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3RvhAnh7yAedsSGTnWHqMocc6emcdCqo0YqUipMApSVIBb6tbswMOO_2oY1H8VpY-QbaorR7zsrFdZHYp1qyqxgEFtEUnAqk1jF9AsfjjMUvgH7A8Bme-Ei7M0PMM9qGp2mrb/s400/karatedentist.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159462066304159138" /></a><br /> <b>Bad Molar? We'll chop it out! Hiiiyahhh!</b><br /><br />And people DO sometimes pray.... (Rev. Wallick? You out there?)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREgDm8BdEhsbFPPE8pW2z5HKtiixqRpjnZaz19P23mWWtG9ul3r1sXgK3-NqS8DWh1VzipkcYDV94lLPFspdIjpTfl3adiCt1GxmVr4Xkq-EJFn5wNcQGYeagyuWMCgZgjVhJ/s1600-h/PTLdental.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREgDm8BdEhsbFPPE8pW2z5HKtiixqRpjnZaz19P23mWWtG9ul3r1sXgK3-NqS8DWh1VzipkcYDV94lLPFspdIjpTfl3adiCt1GxmVr4Xkq-EJFn5wNcQGYeagyuWMCgZgjVhJ/s400/PTLdental.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159463054146637234" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Free Bible with Every Cleaning!</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Mad props to the guy in the photo who is brilliantly emoting the simutaneous concepts of, "Hallelujah!" and "Owww...my tooth!" (Any guesses, however, on the source of the stains on his shirt?)Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-36414583946876927512007-12-27T23:24:00.001-05:002008-12-08T18:14:07.746-05:00Keepin' It Real.......wit' da bling!<br /><br />Sooooo, it got to be NEARLY the end of December w/ no December post. Shame on me.<br /><br />The lovely Michelle at Crackskull's wanted a gold tooth. I thought it was such a fun idea I did my own. Only set me back a couple large....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnmLzCYcAv6xCdcxQba52UmMtr3wiLfedUzV3T7MyZdfYqit3LgJEK6pbYKjRTOwjz7VEutgLIA1sx3FkOnm2NAEBlCkaSaU3MEJm2uJxDaDsalVK__gVOcLhSfIU2IsI235D/s1600-h/PICT0410.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnmLzCYcAv6xCdcxQba52UmMtr3wiLfedUzV3T7MyZdfYqit3LgJEK6pbYKjRTOwjz7VEutgLIA1sx3FkOnm2NAEBlCkaSaU3MEJm2uJxDaDsalVK__gVOcLhSfIU2IsI235D/s400/PICT0410.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148875689846660818" /></a><br /><br />I should emphasize to the kids out there that this is NOT actually permanent... I stuck the little gold veneer on w/ a little wax. It hangs out there pretty well, but I have to take it off to eat. I can, however, drink with it! :)<br />Anyway, someone asked about this sort of thing on Yahoo Answers (shout out to B ez, yo!) and I figured that was a good excuse to publish. <br /><br />Also, please notice my stylin' cowprint Pimp Hat. That's me. I can tell y'all too...It's hard out there for a pimp/dentist. <br /><br />latahs peeps...Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-47223460513602569132007-11-02T12:11:00.000-04:002008-12-08T18:14:07.856-05:00A Brush with HistorySo one of the fun things about living in New Hampshire is the quadrennial circus we host each primary election season. You never know when you'll be sitting around a coffeeshop and a Next President of the United States Wannabe swoops down upon your location with a bevy of aides, a phalanx of secret service and a ....er, whatever it is the Press congregates in - maybe an Estate of Media....<br /><br />Needless to say, once this happens, you don't get coffee for a while.<br /><br />Yesterday, our little town of Newmarket was graced by the presence of HRH Hillary Clinton, Esq. After speaking up the road for hours at UNH, she made a 30 minute meet 'n greet stop at "my" coffee shop, Crackskulls. Which, of course, was packed. I was stuffed between a jolly ex-stockbroker who was handing out <a href="http://one.org">ONE</a> bracelets and a pair of women who were visiting from Florida and just happened to be in town. (Note to Floridians: Maybe the light down there is different, but just making your front crowns as white as possible isn't fooling anyone....)<br /><br />So <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/2007/11/02/2007-11-02_hillary_clinton_wellesley_college_preppe.html">here's</a> a snippet of said interaction in today's New York Daily News. Check it out.<br />(1/08 note: I don't think the above works...but check out the following!)<br /><br />here's an embed of Hillary's day.... The Newmarket bit starts at 1:45 and you see/hear yours truly at 2:30.<br /><br /><embed src='http://www.brightcove.tv/playerswf' bgcolor='#FFFFFF' flashVars='initVideoId=1295342507&servicesURL=http://www.brightcove.tv&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://www.brightcove.tv&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&autoStart=false' base='http://admin.brightcove.com' name='bcPlayer' width='486' height='412' allowFullScreen='true' allowScriptAccess='always' seamlesstabbing='false' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' swLiveConnect='true' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash'></embed><br /><br /><br />I wasn't trying to be mean-spirited, but I suppose "gently joshing" is fair enough, and it does have a charmingly alliterative ring to it. Basically, towards the end of the meeting, Hillary was standing near the counter (notice my homie Michelle in the pic from NYD!) and some older guy was chatting about healthcare. <br /><br />Hillary: "That's why we need to focus on evidence-based medicine (here I clapped, so she'd know I was all educated about that stuff) and more preventive things, such as monitoring blood pressure, diabetes, mental health and..." (here she pauses, lost for a moment in thought...)<br /><br />Me: "Dentistry."<br /><br />Hillary: "Sure! Dentistry! Oral diseases are very preventable, but 25% of children in this country have untreated cavities."<br /><br />Me: "Insurance companies want to divorce the mouth from the rest of the body."<br /><br />Hillary: "Which needs to be corrected, since the latest research is demonstrating the connection between gum disease and heart disease."<br /><br /><b>Let it not be said that Mrs. Clinton doesn't do her homework. </b><br /><br />I mean, seriously, if she were talking to a pile of dentists, sure, or even doctors, but even my most educated patients are surprised when we discuss that research. (It's actually gotten a lot of press from Colgate, but despite using <a href="http://www.colgate.com/app/ColgateTotal/US/EN/BrookeShields.cvsp">Brooke Shields</a> in their ads, the topic isn't as sexy as, say, MRSA.)<br /><br />Hillary: "Are you a dentist?"<br /><br />Me: "Yep, I practice next door. Have a toothbrush!"<br /><br />Let it be noted here that I told the Secret Service guy before hand that I'd be giving her a packaged toothbrush, which had been protruding out of my front shirt pocket in a way that may have made Sen. Clinton wonder if I was just kind of OCD.<br /><br />Hillary: "Thanks!" (Holding up brush, smiling for cameras, and looking oddly like the Orbit gum lady:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCoquh8oo3HclqZkeT6g0aWpn-RMGez6JMquI-qazoakOCNg_600xbqxQXVNg_Cnczjv6X-oaycGLz_Z_S5ST7rc2L5r8IGc-7s5FEI2lndl1SdCdTvT8vxqjVNz3U000Eufa/s1600-h/adtrack-mainx-large.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCoquh8oo3HclqZkeT6g0aWpn-RMGez6JMquI-qazoakOCNg_600xbqxQXVNg_Cnczjv6X-oaycGLz_Z_S5ST7rc2L5r8IGc-7s5FEI2lndl1SdCdTvT8vxqjVNz3U000Eufa/s400/adtrack-mainx-large.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128666750193731746" /></a><br /><br />Me: "Also, the brush is made from recycled yogurt cups and when you're done with it, you can mail it back to the company where they'll convert it to plastic "lumber" and make playground equipment."<br /><br />Hillary: "That is remarkable."<br /><br />Random guy behind me: "Have YOU seen a UFO?"Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-84006682213778873102007-10-15T22:02:00.000-04:002007-10-15T23:01:13.775-04:00And we wonder why people hate us...OK, this article was brought to my attention this weekend:<br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071013/ap_on_fe_st/odd_accused_dentist;_ylt=AjuZu3nSVrzSaxmYrzZQQ2es0NUE">Story about insane pervo-goat dentist</a><br /><br />Please read it all and kindly return for the requisite commentary.<br /><br />OK, you probably had to get up and wash your hands or rinse w/ some Listerine to get the nasty taste out of your mouth. Bleaaggh!<br /><br /><br />If you like, do check out the <a href="http://okayseriously.blogspot.com/2007/10/if-i-was-clever-i-would-have-double.html">commentary by Sarah from Cleveland.</a><br /><br />She seems to be less affronted by the story than I would assume a normal female would be, in that I have a hard time being anything other than apalled. However, I DO have to agree w/ her big question: What on EARTH was wrong w/ the 31 year old woman in the story? Six incidents over two years? I mean, I can imagine her having a conversation w/ a friend, "oh, hey, when your dentist massages your chest, does he go under your clothes?" "Ummm...."<br /><br />I'm reminded of the "Friends" episode where Joey discovers that the man he's trusted as his tailor since childhood has been engaging in some activities not related to letting out a hem. Oh, God Bless You Tube....here it is....<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fKHWzzqC83s"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fKHWzzqC83s" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />This has got to be a similar situation... I dunno. I do know that the WORST thing to say or even THINK in cases of sexual abuse is "Oh she really wanted it..." or "she said no but meant yes..." So I wouldn't say that, but I can't help but wonder if there was some kind of tacit approval of this activity? Yes, some people defer to authority no matter what, some people are ashamed and afraid to say anything, but ... TWENTY SEVEN women?? I can't wrap my brain around this.<br /><br />Other questions: Where were the assistants before? Did they know nothing? Aren't they complicit in the abuse? How did this go on for FIVE years? Are people in California somehow denser? Is this going to be a black eye for Mormons, like Mitt Romney? (yes, he's LDS.... at least someone other than Catholic clergy are taking some heat...)<br /><br />OK, that's all I can come up with for now.<br /><br />Ooops! I came up w/ more. For NOW, you can still view said doctor's <a href="http://www.andersonstilesmarble.com/drsbio.html">website</a>.<br /><br />I can't help but chuckle at the line, "Dr Anderson has a contagious sense of humor that he shares with his patients."<br />Should the snarky zinger I write be:<br /><br />A - "Well, apparently they just didn't get the joke!"<br /><br />B - "Let's hope that's the only contagious thing he's been sharing with them!"<br /><br />or C - "Knock knock! Who's there? ..."<br /><br />oh, I can't even go on.....<br /><br />Before/After pictures of waiting room are forthcoming!Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-76698087693745747782007-08-21T23:19:00.000-04:002008-12-08T18:14:08.184-05:00Vote for Recycline Toothbrushes!Hello, loyal Blogites! As you may know, I'm a big fan of Recycline Preserve toothbrushes. Basically this company uses recycled yogurt containers to make various products, such as razor handles and tableware and the like.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPY-_QmwdE7nIdvbR0L71fzCeDck9j_5mvXVfFu-yp1rf_f0ZXGBPNbblm1_3uIAYaRLvYvJz0TVPYDQ7UNUmmp4xTvbEdsrH-YmLMAcGKG2o6FVW-qrxFfMjJlO0KfJS6rZNp/s1600-h/white_toothbrush.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPY-_QmwdE7nIdvbR0L71fzCeDck9j_5mvXVfFu-yp1rf_f0ZXGBPNbblm1_3uIAYaRLvYvJz0TVPYDQ7UNUmmp4xTvbEdsrH-YmLMAcGKG2o6FVW-qrxFfMjJlO0KfJS6rZNp/s400/white_toothbrush.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101359659871457122" /></a><br /><br />You can check out their website <a href="http://www.recycline.com/">here</a>.<br /><br />Not ONLY do they recycle the containers to make these fine products, but they THEN have an option for customers to mail the brushes et al. BACK to the company whereupon they will be melted down to create those plastic park benches and playground equipment, thusly:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOkg1-VPYX05taX9iEI1DaR1gxL3f1oM_S1jCJ6l0ViY2ch2eCmOoqwJNNNUi-ex7TFbS89fmCIdV6n0OZZ9W3K0AT9651gCVN4u5MSdWWl9Lwzz_MGkzdYtbv0sKQEhUjntH-/s1600-h/table.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOkg1-VPYX05taX9iEI1DaR1gxL3f1oM_S1jCJ6l0ViY2ch2eCmOoqwJNNNUi-ex7TFbS89fmCIdV6n0OZZ9W3K0AT9651gCVN4u5MSdWWl9Lwzz_MGkzdYtbv0sKQEhUjntH-/s400/table.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101360922591842162" /></a><br /><br />Wow! Plastic lumber. Anyway, if that doesn't convince you, go watch the fine existential film "Stranger than Fiction," wherin the lead, played by a suddenly kind of serious Will Ferrell, starts hearing a voice narrating his life. Initially, this occurs whilst brushing his teeth. With a Recycline Preserve brush! ooh. Superstar!<br /><br />ANYWAY, the company is now in the semi-finals for a seed grant kind of contest with Forbes, and they need your vote!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.forbes.com/byb/byb07_recycline.html">Help them out!!</a><br /><br />They have great products and they're environmentally friends six ways from Sunday.Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-7340177214884420382007-08-15T12:24:00.000-04:002008-12-08T18:14:08.375-05:00Fun with HGTVSooooo.... for anyone who doesn't know any creative, decorative, voyeuristic 26-34 year-old women (or, possibly Queer-Eye-style guys, both straight and not) - There is currently a phenomenon called "HGTV" where every show is a reality show that involves strangers attempting to drag home-owners into the 21st century with all manner of decorating tips, all of which are demonstrated with some sort of room/house/lifestyle make-over!<br /><br />It started with Trading Spaces and has only degenerated from there...In fact, there was even a reality show where contestants vied for the honor of HOSTING the above kind of reality show... mirrors upon mirrors! I think that was called Design Star.<br />Then there's now Designed to Sell, Trading Up, Curb Appeal, House Hunters, Design on a Dime and (best title!) My House is Worth What?!?<br /><br />So, these shows show up when certain young women congregate in front of televisions, in an act of specific vengeance upon the men in their lives who insist on watching Venture Brothers, Robot Chicken, Family Guy and Ultimate Fighting. ("Yes, I realize that I'm a scrawny, educated gentleman who tends to advocate non-violence. Yes, I see that those men are beating the snot out of each other.... But,...no...well, yes, but there's more TO it than that...it's like kinetic chess! Well, of course there's blood....")<br /><br />Honestly, I stole "kinetic chess" from Sports Illustrated's write up on ultimate fighting and MMA.... Fair disclosure. No, it did not have the desired effect of justifying to said females that UFC is more than guys who don't realize that Steven Seagal movies aren't real.<br /><br />So, we've got HGTV which has at least SIX shows involving people trying to sell their homes. One is called "Buy Me" and has this super creepy host who's like a combination of Rod Serling of the Twilight Zone and John Walsh of America's Most Wanted....<br /><br />A discussion ensues <a href="http://boards.hgtv.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9384011632/m/4971045403?r=5991091703">here</a> for those interested in delving into the psychology therein. I can't find a pic of Creepy Narrator. <br /><br />Sooo, watching a recent episode of Buy Me. It always has people w/ these really irritating or depressing back-stories who are painfully desperate to sell their home. InVARiably they have ridiculous expectations. "yeah, we bought this 4 years ago for $230,000 and the house down the street sold two years ago for $400,000, so we're asking $550,000!!" Then they have 18 open houses and no one is even putting in an offer and then some beleagered real estate agent has to tell them, Er, maybe they should consider reducing the asking price... GASP! Heresy! wah wah wah.<br /><br />the latest featured a couple in Vancouver trying to sell a high rise condo for (cue Dr. Evil voice) ONE point three MILLION dollars!! They'd purchased five years back for like $660,000 and are super pissy that they have to eventually drop to 990 or so....<br /><br />here's a pic of the guy:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YD-1ZJKyJPFq-kCFEzDTI0VylBCemhyphenhyphen8dDAJUZVOUQgqrvOiZ2ZT07mdpyVPv79lFQppHchyphenhyphenWJaZuB4xUk_tqZhJDbq9KLmoZIe4blV4sKMSJHddIg4tqHosys0UTQt89cA0/s1600-h/PICT0099.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YD-1ZJKyJPFq-kCFEzDTI0VylBCemhyphenhyphen8dDAJUZVOUQgqrvOiZ2ZT07mdpyVPv79lFQppHchyphenhyphenWJaZuB4xUk_tqZhJDbq9KLmoZIe4blV4sKMSJHddIg4tqHosys0UTQt89cA0/s400/PICT0099.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098970038911025826" /></a><br /><br />....and closer, for an even more SPECTACULAR view!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDA8SIbKRdFgzsVfaZUqRL84zFXtbWqpYG9SHEht91SNJyle1wT9_ASWbJEvAq8GoQGQH60yluGAS3pjd_xR7renx1r73EVQyPMx57iezdrncnq4ymgjzN_QYBt9bbyxqR8Fj/s1600-h/PICT0092.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDA8SIbKRdFgzsVfaZUqRL84zFXtbWqpYG9SHEht91SNJyle1wT9_ASWbJEvAq8GoQGQH60yluGAS3pjd_xR7renx1r73EVQyPMx57iezdrncnq4ymgjzN_QYBt9bbyxqR8Fj/s400/PICT0092.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098970004551287442" /></a><br />!<br />now SOME people (like aforementioned females [coughing, "HACKRACHELAHEM!"]) say, "Maybe Canadians don't CARE so much about their teeth." Um, no, you're thinking of the British. (Just kidding, Dr. Carling! Just kidding, Nigel!)<br /><br />Well, if they don't care, they'll not mind me poking fun. My point is, this guy has, persumably, a couple million dollars in net worth and <b>he can't be bothered to get matching veneers!</b><br /><br />don't get me wrong - if he were homeless (and many of my patients are or have been...) I would NOT be making fun of him. I only do so because he's rich AND clueless. Hah! Take that, bourgeois!<br /><br />Do note how 8 and 9 (the upper centrals) are FLAMINGLY <i>WHITE</i> whilst the adjacent teeth are painfully yellow. Tsk! you should bleach the others BEFORE getting the shining front crowns OR get front crowns that, I don't know.... MATCH. harumph. I think I can make some suggestions on how to spend $300,000.....<br /><br />OK, I'll stop being mean-spirited now!Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-9537964927296759202007-07-29T20:10:00.000-04:002007-07-29T20:57:34.130-04:00Sad Epilogue....Oddly, this didn't totally surprise me, which is what sucks about being cynical when dealing with tough patients....<br /><br />You all may remember the young woman who was hitting me up for drugs last spring?<br />If not, you can read about it <a href=http://drnate.blogspot.com/2007_03_18_archive.html> here </a> where I told the story.<br /><br />Anyway, during my haircut recently, an employee phoned my cell to say, "Hey, wasn't her name....?" as the local paper carried a story about a young woman driving in the morning and colliding w/ a large vehicle. She died that day at a local hospital.<br /><br />I attempted to upload a photo of the smashed truck/SUV or one of the entire top of the smaller car she drove which had to be removed before they could get to her, but Blogger wouldn't let me for some reason, and, of course, that's for the best.<br /><br />I won't link you to the article, as it would identify the patient. Anyway, who knows if drugs were involved - I suppose that could come out in a future police report. I have to wonder, but after losing my own brother at 14, it always hurts when a young person is taken before their time, regardless of the causes.<br /><br />Sorry I don't have more exciting dental news of late; I'll post more later, in August.Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-12218822875693379952007-06-25T11:01:00.000-04:002008-12-08T18:14:08.540-05:00For Dr. HankThis article was from Fox News online, and sent to me by alert reader Cathryn:<br /><br /><b>Idaho Canine Drives Owner's Car Into River</b><br />Friday , June 22, 2007<br />SAGLE, Idaho — <br /><br />Bad dog.<br />Charlie the black lab is in trouble after driving his owner's car into the Pend Oreille River.<br /><br />Owner Mark Ewing had just returned home from picking up a pizza Wednesday evening. As he walked to his home, Charlie jumped into the car through an open window, and apparently knocked the vehicle into gear.<br /><br />"He somehow got the car into neutral," Ewing said. "My car just went boom, down an incline and into the drink."<br /><br />Ewing could only watch as his Chevy Impala sank into the river. No dummy, Charlie jumped out of the window as the car went downhill.<br /><br />"There's nothing weirder than looking at your car cruising down your driveway when you're not in it and seeing your dog jump out and then watching your car go splash," Ewing said.<br /><br />Actually, things got a little weirder when the tow truck driver showed up.<br /><br />Before the driver dove into the water to hook the car up to his truck, he asked Ewing to hold his dentures.<br /><br />"My car's in the drink, I've got dentures in my hand and this guy Keith from Clyde's Towing goes swimming," Ewing noted.<br /><br /><br />--------<br /><br />Let it not be said that Idahoans don't take care of their teeth, if not their cars...<br /><br />In case you're wondering where Sagle, Idaho is, it's right down the road from Bonners Ferry, home to alert reader Dr Hank.<br /><br />And to that grammar nazi who always corrects my spelling: no, there is no apostrophe in Bonners Ferry, even tho' there was a Bonner.<br /><br />here's the map, click to enlarge:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROhMCBEucVfShmct5nCn7V5iCMKbdSdD3PB9Na9Bt4bv45OXDePR9qtiwvN8sO9Uv3bsS6oGwKdjW0XNTIhStd-xvGY6cHaKw-1hNEYacrMaBRDXJAuDgYk_DLhgpBafxPPVg/s1600-h/Idaho.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROhMCBEucVfShmct5nCn7V5iCMKbdSdD3PB9Na9Bt4bv45OXDePR9qtiwvN8sO9Uv3bsS6oGwKdjW0XNTIhStd-xvGY6cHaKw-1hNEYacrMaBRDXJAuDgYk_DLhgpBafxPPVg/s400/Idaho.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080020784434708002" /></a>Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-77758442368213036042007-06-23T09:58:00.000-04:002007-06-25T11:12:15.470-04:00Before 'n AfterHello - just a sampling of what overdosing on HDTV can do for you.... This was an "office" slash storage compound at my practice. While doing design stuff, Graphic Designer Rachel would squirrel away back there, and it would make her want to vomit, SOOO, everything had to go.... you can click on the images to make them bigger!<br /><br /><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1077/585153570_0d1814c242_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1077/585153570_0d1814c242_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1113/585153664_f96aea1d7e_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1113/585153664_f96aea1d7e_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1325/585153550_20509da023_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1325/585153550_20509da023_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1090/585153686_319a1c0165_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1090/585153686_319a1c0165_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></p>Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-26687301471352093642007-06-17T12:12:00.000-04:002008-12-08T18:14:08.698-05:00Just a shout out....If I were a GOOD blogger, I'd be posting all the time, like ol' <a href="http://www.uberpaper.blogspot.com">Rachel</a>, but what can you do - the weather's nice and the lawn needs mowing constantly....<br /><br />so, all I can do is shamelessly poach one of her photos, taken of me at Market Square Day last week. Mmmm, sausage....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgus6Uq43_ITxW-kkBAhuTSHNMoZp2sIW9Ij58UQzlUloG3LL8E3t3H12ojrI1h6Gql_eHlxvEwlSLzHoY-6OQspjxsEzy1DiTz0TRnEexsc7afpPtsNPVrWHaO7oyp3uVKAGNu/s1600-h/natesausage.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgus6Uq43_ITxW-kkBAhuTSHNMoZp2sIW9Ij58UQzlUloG3LL8E3t3H12ojrI1h6Gql_eHlxvEwlSLzHoY-6OQspjxsEzy1DiTz0TRnEexsc7afpPtsNPVrWHaO7oyp3uVKAGNu/s400/natesausage.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077067672296160754" /></a><br /><br /><br />Mad props to visitor COLLEEN - Hey, keep your chin up! Ultimately any less-than-exciting dentist might sell his/her practice to a younger, funner one! lol....<br /><br />We should have some kind of blog get-together at Yankee this January for all my New England homies out there... :)<br /><br />time for brunch....Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-22051153393357085112007-06-10T01:39:00.000-04:002008-12-08T18:14:08.941-05:00Ummm....So, there used to be this website called baddesignkills.com, which now just links you directly to the site of Von Glitschka (sic), who, according to Rachel, is repsonsible for some new and exciting "dots" on the packaging of Orbit gum. They're lovely, really, but try <a href="http://artbackwash.blogspot.com/search?q=orbit+gum">explaining that</a> to the checkout lady!<br /><br />Anyway, Von used to have this site, and then people submitted true stories of how people died in an actual airport fire in Germany due to poorly made fire exit maps. It turns out that looking at these maps LATER, people studying the tragedy had no idea what the maps said, so how could anyone expect people in the midst of a fire emergency to figure them out?<br /><br />Another story relates how two newborn preemies at a hospital died after getting adult doses of blood thinner - turns out the doses are kept near each other and similarly packaged. So here's two cases of bad design literally killing.<br /><br />The following, while vaguely prurient, probably won't kill anyone. But it sure doesn't help the profession, or that business:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbytyKLcM4kPE3TDvoDqahc0gfVivlE_Ek3LJN_S2fLRc9QKgXmoWLsq_hddEfOf-IGkpnevyHhYjx9NgNlRhlvrxIuLKI3TNxpRrFruOSG07olu6Fn6U97nBZLSr2dG36eCI5/s1600-h/baddentlogo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbytyKLcM4kPE3TDvoDqahc0gfVivlE_Ek3LJN_S2fLRc9QKgXmoWLsq_hddEfOf-IGkpnevyHhYjx9NgNlRhlvrxIuLKI3TNxpRrFruOSG07olu6Fn6U97nBZLSr2dG36eCI5/s400/baddentlogo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074309289679846882" /></a><br /><br />Thanks to Crackskull's buddy Alicia for sending me said graphic. You rule.Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-82881486176313952212007-05-24T21:45:00.000-04:002008-12-08T18:14:09.474-05:00Now I exist!Well, it only took me 11 months, but I have finally hung my (literal) shingle:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaPtF1ZCXIQ4iAQdFXLCj9oADE-Kz8aeNOkq5FgQ1PeuY4F8h08oJuOpcSk6B1-_sDQiz7Jc6oW3ID7gdaWZiBEzXVJIwHVJHajFZk544aVrs6cKvjcoiAgbr-aX6OCpeindF8/s1600-h/sign.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaPtF1ZCXIQ4iAQdFXLCj9oADE-Kz8aeNOkq5FgQ1PeuY4F8h08oJuOpcSk6B1-_sDQiz7Jc6oW3ID7gdaWZiBEzXVJIwHVJHajFZk544aVrs6cKvjcoiAgbr-aX6OCpeindF8/s400/sign.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068309059662590002" /></a><br /><br />There is some concern of asymetry amongst the graphic design community. More significantly, on the other side (where the sign is ostensibly the same looking north as it is looking south on Main Street), they neglected to add the "80" street address, so that's irritating. Allegedly the sign guys will come back to slap that up next week or something.<br /><br />Here's the logo that appears on the door, and will hopefully find it's way onto business cards!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyHJLUflq60RDsRU936yr0dUPekIdZQitj7CW5ST28rDqxrddad8WuEuhf3raLf7WWDeakSAAjhzuV4VrSsITKLWkSA-p-PskmtFviU9eaHVsGAjyAxAa4trJQ_Es59CV2SQVY/s1600-h/finallogo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyHJLUflq60RDsRU936yr0dUPekIdZQitj7CW5ST28rDqxrddad8WuEuhf3raLf7WWDeakSAAjhzuV4VrSsITKLWkSA-p-PskmtFviU9eaHVsGAjyAxAa4trJQ_Es59CV2SQVY/s400/finallogo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068309063957557314" /></a><br /><br />Did anyone else watch American Idol last night - the finals??<br />Anyway, there was a nice bit w/ the final six women backing up Gladys Knight on a nice rendition of "Midnight Train to Georgia." On some of the louder notes, I couldn't help but notice that Ms Knight is missing an upper left molar:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIfRfkAQmAvb1QH9ut-iLGz5etBhiEak_2t0ML5NeLsna6CmYSTr71hlCdqqZskWcguExSERMN4taX2wcsUYt0H07PlZsxpU44oaQ0Zz7MCcG1PhP3eCusMYkM1ii2CdQXuPe/s1600-h/gladys.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIfRfkAQmAvb1QH9ut-iLGz5etBhiEak_2t0ML5NeLsna6CmYSTr71hlCdqqZskWcguExSERMN4taX2wcsUYt0H07PlZsxpU44oaQ0Zz7MCcG1PhP3eCusMYkM1ii2CdQXuPe/s400/gladys.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068315441983991890" /></a><br /><br />Still unsure of what I'm seeing? Look closer!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_R8qrn2YJYEmrgrEuiB0VJ7I-08qb-TVHOpxaG1sSXKfEy13zgyQ1FHCAkPsT7uEG9L4LKmKV93nMKCpmhcWYrbMVEBFcNS1UCblsUHiiTsv5r9ZotXLVjF4vJbL6D0ZfcTL/s1600-h/gladyszoom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_R8qrn2YJYEmrgrEuiB0VJ7I-08qb-TVHOpxaG1sSXKfEy13zgyQ1FHCAkPsT7uEG9L4LKmKV93nMKCpmhcWYrbMVEBFcNS1UCblsUHiiTsv5r9ZotXLVjF4vJbL6D0ZfcTL/s400/gladyszoom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068315454868893794" /></a><br /><br />Gasp! I'm saddened to think that perhaps she was so exploited back in the day that she doesn't have enough money to restore a tooth that people can see when she performs! :(<br /><br />That's all for today; More thoughts on Gladys (and jockey Calvin Boreil's edentulousness) later....Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-9668524227724548802007-05-14T23:45:00.000-04:002008-12-08T18:14:09.900-05:00Here I am!So, due to popular demand (well, really just a few of the dental students out there wondering, "Are your sideburns real?") I'm trying to include a few photos.<br /><br />I'm also apparently trying to look smart:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNFaPr3FUaik6hdWrFxH30LwlJEOXA5hBBVQKIlF3ZwfNfO8JEd07HJio5ydnYIGCPyzFm8_iC_ZRzrmeWfy4YES2zZ5GkSQf3ZgKrD30DvOdhhPBZEtWlBBfDWC_JVM43b1s/s1600-h/Photo+6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNFaPr3FUaik6hdWrFxH30LwlJEOXA5hBBVQKIlF3ZwfNfO8JEd07HJio5ydnYIGCPyzFm8_iC_ZRzrmeWfy4YES2zZ5GkSQf3ZgKrD30DvOdhhPBZEtWlBBfDWC_JVM43b1s/s400/Photo+6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064629640679230178" /></a><br /><br />And here's Linford:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW__BqO0YqGL0LWq05FPZXeYj-7tKguEtXuiHZvdDPFNnj8XeqXBYPh6LoVHgj5boBbKoLGbywKwd-dFAWwRwxRGLmzgrS-rFDDvJ3O048Xv1uK0nZLIyTPKgalC6zZjV-Akfh/s1600-h/Photo+29.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW__BqO0YqGL0LWq05FPZXeYj-7tKguEtXuiHZvdDPFNnj8XeqXBYPh6LoVHgj5boBbKoLGbywKwd-dFAWwRwxRGLmzgrS-rFDDvJ3O048Xv1uK0nZLIyTPKgalC6zZjV-Akfh/s400/Photo+29.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064630310694128370" /></a><br /><br />....and Kirby:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZkXmOQo-bO5JIDsikMAxKREvAt1YozGduZvE-qroqbhznpa9_eCGBOUnxg3OQLeKv95xUHuhMJrT6NqQ1oEa9G-qkTK1Qye1okBsse0GAWThz-c-xHR0sKGkZjcxklsWM1-h/s1600-h/PICT0032.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZkXmOQo-bO5JIDsikMAxKREvAt1YozGduZvE-qroqbhznpa9_eCGBOUnxg3OQLeKv95xUHuhMJrT6NqQ1oEa9G-qkTK1Qye1okBsse0GAWThz-c-xHR0sKGkZjcxklsWM1-h/s400/PICT0032.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064999143115927586" /></a><br /><br />And, perhaps, not so smart.....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMRPZD51ukgx_UMHDApGvRNCuLgq_mN43lM_4ODU94-5T46lLRArWSwQqHIX0SQHQqItK0ZelS1h9paDKseDCS-KjqZgR1M0RAqF88xyBnHrmSc7tXDNFvinCKsefT_3ZURgKw/s1600-h/Photo+19.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMRPZD51ukgx_UMHDApGvRNCuLgq_mN43lM_4ODU94-5T46lLRArWSwQqHIX0SQHQqItK0ZelS1h9paDKseDCS-KjqZgR1M0RAqF88xyBnHrmSc7tXDNFvinCKsefT_3ZURgKw/s400/Photo+19.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064630314989095698" /></a><br /><br />The kitties like the warmth provided by the radiation of the laptop, methinks.<br /><br />We now return you to your regularly scheduled blogcasting.... :)Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-51674779938833852492007-04-28T16:54:00.001-04:002008-12-08T18:14:10.069-05:00Franz Ferdinand! Teeth! Darts!Hey kids! Check this video out! Cool band and plenty of teeth and brushing action. ANNND as an added bonus, there's the 'darts' reference. Whoot!<br /><br />Who got into my fantasies?<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/S2FSrbV9Vxg"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/S2FSrbV9Vxg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />OK, admittedly, there could be MORE darts...And less British teeth (gosh, the <i>drummer</i> has teeth that could be described as less than "super fantastic!")..... but it gets credit for the choppers being anatomically correct, even if Alex Kapranos' brushing technique leaves a bit to be desired.<br /><br />Anyway, to update those who care (I imagine that's two of you readers) the Cockney Rejects narrowly seized first place in the A-level Blue Division of the Seacoast Dart league, by edging out BC's Clam Doctors (don't ask) 7-4. A 6-5 win would have resulted in a tie, with first going to BC's due to them having won 2 of 3 matches this season. Thus the extra win was huge. As the 1 team, we had home pub advantage for the first round of the playoffs, wherein we handily dispatched the #4 Red Eyes team by a score of 8-3. In the latter contest, I won all three matches I played in, which is great, since the week before I didn't contribute any points. I should have been wearing my favorite <a href="http://www.tshirthell.com/store/product.php?productid=182">self-deprecating t-shirt</a>.<br /><br />Alas.<br /><br />Also, since I'm trying to get more photos, check out my new office:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwOQ_paaCGW3_TxZkJMWg9yUbHydYxIvsBLAzvyE489TuKiODH07zuZdPbJTuwvq6hQMAJZxoscvQmszvYX4eDAai0JqBvoTyfTzRO8jV7M0JerVhN8HlGJgFUhHsEqPRiTOL/s1600-h/denttat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwOQ_paaCGW3_TxZkJMWg9yUbHydYxIvsBLAzvyE489TuKiODH07zuZdPbJTuwvq6hQMAJZxoscvQmszvYX4eDAai0JqBvoTyfTzRO8jV7M0JerVhN8HlGJgFUhHsEqPRiTOL/s400/denttat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061277002092874450" /></a><br /><br />Just kidding - that's in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Mmmm. Mexico. Felicidades Cinco de Mayo, Amigos!<br /><br />And mad props to my Graphic Design Consultancy Team (ie, Rachel) for helping me to make this more visual....<br />check out her blog <a href="http://uberpaper.blogspot.com">here</a>.<br /><br />I have a bunch to write about the Kentucky Derby, but more later....Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-55730741339924317902007-04-13T10:15:00.000-04:002007-04-13T20:06:03.719-04:00Fair Game!Greetings, and welcome to the Newmarket High School Career Fair Edition of the Daily Flos!<br /><br />Check out the ink!<br /><br /><img src="http://FDimg.sv.publicus.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=FD&Date=20070413&Category=FOSTERS01&ArtNo=104130210&Ref=V2&MaxW=250" border="0" alt="Picture"><br clear=all><br /> <p><font FACE="Arial" style="font-size: 9pt"><b> Newmarket High Schoolers Ben Chase, left, and Jordan Cartlidge watch as Dr. Nate Swanson demonstrates the process of performing teeth sealants during a Career Fair held on Thursday. Dr. Swanson owns Newmarket Dental. (Aaron Leclerc/Staff photographer) </b></p> </font><br /><br /><b> <font FACE="Garamond" style="font-size: 12pt"> "Lost" Revenue for taking the morning off: $2000<br />Cost of "Science Fair" style supplies and images: $142<br />Look of astoundment/worshipful awe on hard-to-impress 15 year-old males: Priceless</b></font><br /><br />One thing I learned about high school students - They love love LOVE free exam gloves and surgical earloop face masks. One guy asked me, "Can I have a mask?" "Um...sure. Don't rob anything or try to do home surgery, 'k?" "Sweet!!"<br />Next thing I knew, three other kids wanted masks. And gloves. Then 10 more kids... The paper wrote, "Students swarmed around his booth, as much for the free gloves and face masks, as to learn procedures for doing teeth sealants and what kind of person it takes to make a dentist."<br /><br />Swarmed I was! Good heavens, you would think I was giving away grillz or ringtones.... mercy. Next thing you know, I was out of masks and was having to ask kids to limit themselves to just the one glove a piece... The gym, now full of giddy, suddenly infection control conscious adolescents, resembled the Singapore airport during a bird flu outbreak.<br /><br />I was kinda worried a vice principal would approach my table, look at me sternly and say, "Son...you need to stop causing disorder. If you continue with this behavior, you WILL be issued detention." Ulp!<br /><br />Some insightful questions I was asked:<br /><br />"Does your job involve technology?"<br />(Technically, yes...)<br />"Do you LIKE your job?"<br />(No, but I get all the masks and gloves I could ever want.)<br />"What's the highest level of Math you need?"<br />(Um...well, I have to count up to 32...)<br /><br />One of my patients approached the table, grinning, with other boys in tow and said, "Hey. Um...can you do the voice?" <br /><br />huh?<br /><br />"you know...the RADIO voice..."<br /><br />Oh. Soooo, dialing down my register, and speaking slowly, in a basso legato sort of cross between Barry White and Fritz the Night Owl, I intoned, "Good afternoon...it's 10:33, and you're listening to 94.1, WNHS, Home of the Mule, where the licks are hot and the tunes are cool... You just heard Pavement, Tori Amos and the latest from the Killers, and coming up, the new track by Cold War Kids. Right now, it's 42 degrees and partly cloudy. Time to stay in and turn up the rrrraaaadioooooo...."<br />(It's important to say this last word exactly as it's enunciated in Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio" tune to really grasp the technique here...)<br /><br />So that was a mistake, as I had to repeat the performance two more times, once for a group of awestruck girls and another for a couple of adults who may have been teachers' aides.... I consoled myself with the fact that if Mrs Caruso ever pursues the veneers she could sorely use, there is no question where she will go for the work. The other fact o' consolation took the form of 14 year old Nate rising up in the back of my subconscious, glaring at me and growling reproachfully, "OH, sure...nice...real NICE...and where were YOU in 1991, hmmm??? Don't recall gaggles o' females with sparkly eye shadow clustering about THEN, no sir..." <br /><br />Dude, chill out, Half My Age Me! It's probably just the stylin' blue lab jacket we now wear.... if there's one thing that's a babe magnet, it's dentist couture, I tell you what....<br /><br />In other news, my trusty hygienist, Jen, was a good enough sport to accompany me on this little venture. Upon seeing a boy in a "Seacoast United" soccer fleece, and knowing that she coaches one of those teams, I said, "Hey! Look at his fleece...is he one of yours?" "Nope," she replied, "I do Under-12 girls."<br /><br />Now, it might just be the whole juvenile pheromone cloud that clearly surrounded us, but I had to stifle a chortle.<br />Jen glanced sidelong at me and said, "What?" "Oh, i dunno...I could repeat what you said, but I'm pretty sure I'd be dragged outta here in cuffs and would have to spend the rest of my career working with a shingle reading "Nate Swanson, DDS - <i>practice limited to other registered sex offenders</i>"<br /><br />High schools can have that effect on you.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070413/FOSTERS01/104130210&SearchID=73277969625535">Here's</a> the full article, and Hey, Mad Props to my pal Gretyl for working me into the story!Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15870498.post-90222234178530669842007-04-01T12:25:00.000-04:002007-04-01T12:44:44.853-04:00Go Bucks.... and odd websearches...So, I would be remiss to not point out that "my" Ohio State Buckeyes have a shot at the national championship tomorrow, having neatly dispatched Memphis and Georgetown followig nail-biting wins over Xavier and Tennessee.<br /><br />I'm kind of torn, however. My pal Sean is in a large pool, wherein he's been spot on the last couple rounds. If Florida wins, he'll take home a cool grand - $1000. So I'm thinking, Look, I'd LOVE for my team to win it's first title in nearly 50 years, but how can I root against my friends getting a new stove? I mean, the oven door doesn't even close all the way.... sigh.<br /><br />So my favorite seach engine is Metacrawler, sinc e it kind of picks through all the other search engines to present a range of options when you're hunting for info. They have a fun feature called "Metaspy - ever wonder what the rest of the world is searching for?" Well, be careful what you wish for... I've been watching the searches just scroll by in the adjacent window and it's fascinating but a bit weird...consider the following:<br /><br /><br />free mature sex (I hate when you pay AND it's not ripe...)<br />breath hold underwater <br />black mistress trampling (ooh, who got into MY fantasies?)<br />trailer axle kits (spelling intact)<br />arthritis bra (followed by a search for arthritis braCLET)<br />married dating wyoming (Oooh, wait 'til South Dakota finds out!)<br />koverartist<br />nude singers slim (Somewhere Ruben Stoddard is VERY disappointed)<br />free medical textbooks <br />preteen boys (presumably there's a romantic 12 year old girl behind this one)<br />autoinsurance clean car carpet (Pulp Fiction, anyone?)<br />im still standing (congrats)<br /><br />My favorite is whoever it is who seems to be searching every five minutes for "carpal tunnel remedies".... it just keeps showing up in various permutations, and I want to find them and say, "Hey, here's a tip... get the heck off the computer!!" That's like having AA meetings in a bar. sheesh. I was also amused by someone searching for "myspace." Hmmmm.. where to look, where to look....<br /><br />Adios Amigos. Go Bucks. Go Sean....Dr Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04484019027423399334noreply@blogger.com3