couple of cool things

with the new website, i've been a little intimidated about updating my blog. i knew how to get into the old site and add the blog w/o having to ask directions. this time, i'm going to have to email the guys at theedesign.com, knowing that they're going to remind me that they went through this with me already at the 'training session.' sigh.

anyway, i've got a couple of cool videos, and yes, both of them are actually dental-related.

so, this one was shown to me by a patient, right before i had to pull his tooth. he wasn't happy about the prospect of losing a cracked tooth, which made him feel old and thus contemplate his mortality...but he was a good sport about it and showed me this video of a kid pulling his tooth with his dad's rocket. yes, his rocket. i think that, 1: mom was out of town b/c this kind of crap only happens when fathers are left to their own devices, and 2: this was the only way the kid could get to play with his dad's rocket.




this other one is a sensodyne commercial. MUST be from europe...



sorry, but if it had been me, the kick would have happened the moment the ice made skin contact.

drag bull-riding

this past weekend, i sponsored an event for the crape myrtle festival.  first of all, the crape myrtle festival is a volunteer/non-profit group that raises money for aids awareness, assistance for people with aids/hiv, as well as for other services for the lgbt community.  the event yesterday was held at the longbranch saloon, here in raleigh, and featured several lovelies in full drag providing entertainment, including mechanical bull-riding.

it all started b/c my friday assistant, frank, the 6'2" navaho indian, started pestering me to sponsor this thing that he was helping to organize.  and of course, when he said there would be drag queens on a mechanical bull, i couldn't say no.  what was funny was that after i agreed, i asked who else would be sponsoring, to which frank replied, 'just you'.  well fine.

see my TINY logo in the corner? 

we didn't have a lot of opportunity to market the event, but it had a really good turnout.  of course, once i posted pics and videos on my facebook page, EVERYONE wished they'd been there, so next year should be an even bigger blast.

so, as noted on the invite,  'anyone can ride!'  so we did.  it was frank's and my first time.  kassie's an old hand at it.  she broke her wrist in hygiene school on a mechanical bull.  fortunately, despite her telling the operator to crank it up, she's at work today, wrists intact.  we both have very bizarre bruises though.

so, here's frank;



kassie, and no, she isn't going to wear that dress to clean your teeth so don't bother asking;



me, and i'm pretty sure the bull operator was reminded that i was the sponsor and that it was somewhat important that i not break anything
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some of the lovelies in drag;





this is the most risque one, fyi...


the longbranch may never be the same. it was tons of fun for a good cause!!