The fillings I've had replaced were because the teeth are cracking around them -- so my insurance does kick in. Still, I think I only get 50% for a bridge, and my last one of those was $850 bucks.

Yay, lisah! It sounds like it went great! Sorry about the hunger issue.

My DH is taking Arabic classes on Monday nights that he's enjoying. Apparently, knowing Hebrew helps a lot. Also, a cousin who lives near my parents in VA has a husband from Morocco, so he gets a little practice.

Don't mean to add to the downers, but a week or so ago a man and his five-year-old daughter were killed in a crosswalk by an 85-year-old man in his car. They're still trying to find out if it was a case of impairment due to substances or of simply being old.

Bad enough, but that was in the big city so it was classified as "Damn, that's sad."

Until our "son" came by last night and told Hubby, "Did you know that man who was killed was someone you used to know well?" I knew him slightly, but when I finally looked at the pictures on the web, yeah, I know him. Bugger.

My DH is taking Arabic classes on Monday nights that he's enjoying.

I've always thought it to be a very musical language, and very pleasing to the ear. I'd love to learn, maybe trying the Rosetta Stone program.

Oh, Aimee! That sucks.

{{connie}} Bugger, indeed.

Oh crap, connie. How awful.

And what crummy news, Aims. I'm really sorry to hear that.

maybe trying the Rosetta Stone program.

My DH started with this, and he got some vocabulary out of it, but his pronunciation was the pits and he couldn't make himself understood. It's quite possible his ear just wasn't very good at picking up the nuance needed.

lisah - that sounds awesome... you should leave work early and get a macaroni and cheese pizza from BOP as a reward... also, insent.

{{Aimee}} downward-facing dog for the bureaucrats.

teeth~ma all around. for good measure.

It's quite possible his ear just wasn't very good at picking up the nuance needed.

I suspect Arabic is one of those languages where having a good ear helps a LOT. I have a pretty good one myself (to the point of being able to identify famous people doing voice-over based on very small samples.

ugh Aimee I'm so sorry. that's just fucking ridiculous.

you should leave work early and get a macaroni and cheese pizza from BOP as a reward

a what now? That sounds ... really, really good to me right now. Sadly, an almost 90 minute "lunch" means no leaving early. I do have some almonds I can snack on. This evening I will be going to hear Dishwasher Pete talk about his new book and there will be beer there and it will be good.

Maybe one of the colleges/universities has an Arabic speaking lunch table you could get to, Sean? Berkeley's International House had all sorts of those going on for people who wanted to meet up and practice.

Sox is a mac & cheese pizza pusher. But have I ever actually seen one? No!