I see from a news alert that a couple thousand Turkish troops have crossed into northern Iraq. I sure hope this doesn't turn into a dire situation, it's one of those potential timebombs in Iraq along with a conflict over Tikrit.

In other news I found this Mike Huckabee quote pretty silly. “If they want a president that doesn’t believe in God, there’s plenty of choices." I suppose he's referring to Senator Straw Mann.

I suppose he's referring to Senator Straw Mann.

Considering all the things wrong with Senator Straw Mann, I wonder how he managed to get elected in the first place.

I had a bad dentist as a kid which led to many years of dentist avoidance and a dentist anxiety. But my dentist now is so great that at my last visit I had one filling repaired and another minor filling done without any freezing. And I only found myself forgetting to breathe once in that whole visit.

Well, it's totally worth it, not only for cosmetic reasons but for dental and physical health.

Definitely, she's been self conscious about her teeth in the past so that will be a good thing. Most of all her teeth are very vulnerable to injury as they are so they need to be positioned better.

Considering all the things wrong with Senator Straw Mann, I wonder how he managed to get elected in the first place.

One of the good things about representing the State of Denial is that the voters never pay attention to your record.

To the Chicago-istas I gave a ride home on Monday night, and subjected them to a mini-lecture on the history of Streeterville, you can read more about it here.

I tend to go on about Chicago history--sorry about doing that to you on Lake Shore Drive!!

Holy crap, how is she EIGHT?? Good god. t double checks, making sure she hasn't skipped multiple years as well as multiple natter threads

My problem is making appointments in the first place. But my dentist makes me set up the next appointment when I leave the current one. I figure even if it ends up being a problem, I'm much more likely to call and reschedule than I am to manage to call adn set one up every six months. (the one time (college) that I didn't go to the dentist for a few years, I ended up with five cavities. BOO)

Holy crap, how is she EIGHT?? Good god.

Well, almost eight.

My computer just called me a cheese eating surrender monkey.

I wish I'd thought to turn off the sound after the reboot this morning.

I think you need to change your handle to freedom_sarameg so your computer won't think you're French.