Seriously?

Last week, my yoga teacher suggested we all stop wearing deodorant, because he said we need to sweat and release the toxins in our body.

I've got yoga class tonight. I really hope no one took this suggestion to heart.

Me and my Llama

I went to the dentist yesterday. The cleaning went fine. The dentist came in and examined my teeth, and then looked at me in all seriousness and said "I'm putting two of your teeth on watch."

Um. I have the feeling this is like when Stephen Colbert puts bears "on notice." Neither bears nor teeth realize they are being noticed or watched, at least in my (admittedly limited when it comes to bears at least) experience. I wanted to laugh but my gums were too sore, so I said, "OK, what does that mean?"

The dentist replied, "You should brush them more."

OK. If I knew what "tooth 30" meant, maybe I could do that. I suppose the remedy is to brush them all more?

I was also thinking, you know what would make the dentist more bearable? If you could find a way to read while they were cleaning your teeth. Then you wouldn't notice the horrible noises and the pain quite as much. And the copious amounts of blood. I couldn't figure out how to hold up a book without getting in the hygienist's way, though, so I didn't suggest it.