Kathy, it was totally fascinating. I had no idea.

ION, I just watched Pirate Master on the CBS site. OMG, that show is fucking brilliant. This may just rival Drunk Asshole Hotel for deliciously train-wrecky summer fare.

I had a horrible dentist when I was a kid and then went through one summer in my teens when I had basically all my (many, many) fillings drilled out and redone.

Yeah, I had a similar experience, leading to at least one root canal and many many fillings my senior year in high school. Ugh!

I had to have 4 root canals when I was 15. I take care of my teeth, they're just soft. Stupid genetics. I still need some work done to take care of the fallout from the accident, but I got really sick of medical procedures for a while. I should take care of that.

Yeah, I've had two teeth break for no apparent reason, but so have both of my parents. Not much I can do about that!

Stupid teeth.

Heh. One of my teeth broke (just a little piece, thankfully--not so bad I needed any hard-core dentistry), and when I complained to the dentist, he was all "Well, that happens as we get older" and I was like "I'M TWENTY SEVEN!" Which in my book, is the perfect age (it's a cube!) and not old at all. (I am no longer 27. But I'm tempted to just claim to be. Forever. Better than 29. Which is what I am for two more months).

Ugh. I had to take my MiL to the doctor on the way to daycare this morning, so I left the house with the kids at 7:30 and have been driving pretty much ever since. I got to daycare at 9ish and back into my car to come home at about 9:30. Got home and ate breakfast at 10. yeeff. How do people handle long commutes in the morning? I'd go postal.

I went from no cavities as a child to...well, bad teeth. Break on a soft bagel bad. Coincided with the hormones finally regulating. Anyway, I'm gonna be paying for that nasty little trick of nature.

I had eight teeth pulled when I was about 7 and had various retainers and things that were supposed to make my teeth come in straight. Not so much. I ended up with several years more of orthodonture when I was in high school. What I remember about having those teeth pulled is that the tooth fairy shorted me. I did not get eight times the usual rate. The tooth fairy apparently believed this was a wholesale deal. Now, parents, aren't you shuddering about what your children will remember about you in 40 years?

I bought Mars Needs Moms today and oof. It made me cry.

There was a great interview with Berke Breathed about this book on NPR. I really want to read it.

I had one of those retainers they cemented to the roof of my mouth, with a key that got turned every night to widen it and provide more room for my upper front arcade, and it only partially worked (they're still crooked and cramped up there).