I'm a decent advocate, but it's from necessity, not love of the game. I tried really hard to develop passion for it, because that seems to be the one place on the planet people really want me to be, but all I found is that I like winning a lot, which, you know, duh!

Teaching was great! Lovely class. Lots of very engaged students who are interested in the subject. Always good.

I'm a decent advocate, but it's from necessity, not love of the game.

That's true for me too, but I'm developing a love of it anyway. I couldn't do it (or equality training) full-time, though. I admire TG for planning to.

He sounds like he was awesome, too.

He really does.

Argh. And OUCH. I just went to the dentist and they say I need a crown. I don't understand why they can't just toss some glue or cement on the crack. $500 even after my insurance. Eeeeesh.

Yay, Seska! I was thinking about your first day!
 
And blarg, meara, that`s terrible.

Meara - are they recommending a crown just because it's the only procedure your insurance will cover? i had an experience with an old filling cracking and creating problems, and the initial solution was a crown. I pushed a little not wanting to just cut off the whole top of my tooth and they instead did a (more expensive) 2 part process inlay that allowed me to keep more of my tooth. The downside is that most insurances won't pay for it....but my (limited, 2nd hand) experience with crowns is less than awesome. I haven't had any problems with the inlay (*knocks on wood*) aside from the week of a temporary inlay while waiting for it to be custom made.

I...have no idea, erin. They didn't say they were going to cut off the whole top of my tooth! They said they were going to basically shave it down all around, then put on a crown to hold it together. OTOH, "more expensive" is not really sounding great to me either. ;)

and by more expensive, i think it was like $800 cash instead of $500 deductable/copay. I still think it was worth it. basically they took out the old filling, drilled out all the decay, took a mold, then made an inlay to fit exactly. Once it was done, that was glued in like an extra big filling.

Crowns generally require removing a LOT of your tooth and leaving a nub to attach it to. They are super common...the idea just creeps me out (personally.)

There's also no truth to the concern that the government puts secret tracking devices into crowns. Nobody is saying that.

Ouch, meara - at both the crown and the cost of it.

Thanks, Liese!