Today I had the long-dreaded honor and pleasure (read sarcasm) of visiting my dentist. Although I'm not as hesitant to go as I used to be, lying down in the torture chair while people pump novocaine into my gums and soft rock into my ears is certainly no picnic. After today I am not so much a dentist phobic as I am a dentist skeptic. Don't get me wrong. I don't begrudge anyone the opportunity to take money be it from my own pocket or that of my insurance company, but shouldn't there at least be a pretense of medical care? Today took the cake.I...
Friday, 28 October 2005
Tuesday, 11 October 2005
The Nashville network
Posted on 06:30 by Unknown
My recent visit to Nashville made for a nice contrast to my childhood visits to Tennessee. As a kid my family would occasionally make sojourns to the twin cities of Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, both fun places known for hayseed kitsch and cuisine. Nashville bore the signs of most major cities, skyscrapers, parking garages and rerouted traffic. Smaller than Atlanta in both size and population, Nashville is a much more walkable town. Shops and boutiques are concentrated on a few convenient blocks. Restaurants emit smells of everything from wings...
Saturday, 1 October 2005
Yeh, baby, yeh
Posted on 14:37 by Unknown
Someone once told me that nothing changes your life as much as when you find out your expecting. Now I know he was right. Though it seems like only yesterday, actually three weeks have passed since I awoke to my wife screaming from the bathroom for me to come look at two straight lines on a home pregnancy kit. Hesitant to get our hopes up prematurely we quickly decided to opt for a second opinion. An immediate visit to the doctor confirmed our suspicions. "You're definitely pregnant," he announced.In just a few short weeks we are becoming the quintessential...
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