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Misdiagnosis
April 11, 2005

I was attacked by my dentist, and ever since that day, my view of doctors has been tainted.

I had gone with my mom to the dentist. I think I must have been in my early teens. My mom was in another room having her teeth cleaned by a dental hygenist, and I was in a chair being examined by the doctor.

Of course, I have weak teeth, and that usually meant every visit to the dentist was worth a new filling. This trip was no exception, but the doctor told me that it was not a big cavity, just a small one that was easily fixed. Easy, except that the ordeal ended up with me locking myself in the car to get away from him.

Catholic School Traffic
April 08, 2005

I may have complained about this before, but I have graphs this time.

Shanahan Student TrafficThere is a Catholic high school near our house, Bishop Shanahan. Every morning around 8am, bazillions of teenage drivers mount their parents’ (or at least one that their parents bought for them) cars and traverse the roads through my neighborhood to get to school. Nevermind that school starts at 8am, and they’re all still on the road at that time. The real issue I have with these kids in my neighborhood is that they’re always nearly running me down while I’m trying to get to work in the morning.

How is my near-death accomplished each morning? I’ll explain.

GameFly Flew
April 08, 2005

GameFlyI subscribed to GameFly a few months ago as a cheap way to avoid the Blockbuster anti-XBox phenomenon. My first two games arrived and I played them. When I was done, I packed them back into their sleeves to be returned in the mail. Unfortunately after I did that, I couldn’t find them again. Uh-oh, I’m going to have to tell GameFly that I lost them…