Dear My Dentist

Dear My Dentist,

So we had an appointment today at 9am. You remember, the second stage of what may end up being a ten-visit root canal procedure? Yeah, that one. I wasn't looking forward to it, either. And I'm not sure if you know this, but it is a busy, busy week for me at the office, so taking two hours out of my workday to get this taken care of was kind of bumming me out.

But I knew we needed to get it done, so I hopped in a cab with some strangers, we battled our way through godawful traffic, and I arrived at your office at 56th and Lex at 9am. On time.

Your staff greeted me as usual, then your assistant dental lady brought me back and sat me in the chair right away. Good, I thought. You guys want to get an early start.

But you weren't there. You weren't there at 9:15. You weren't there at 9:30.

So I just sat there in the chair, waiting, anticipating the pain. At 9:35, I said to myself, five more minutes then I'm out. And at 9:40, you weren't there. No updates from the staff, either. So I went up to the reception desk, still wearing my bib, and I asked your receptionist what the deal was.

"He's on his way," she said.

"Sorry, I have to reschedule," I said. "By the time I get to work, it'll be noon."

So they rescheduled me, gave me a half-assed apology, and I stormed out and took a 40-minute cab ride to my job.

Now I think you owe me an apology or at least an explanation. It cost me $20 round trip, and more importantly I missed two hours of work on a day when I couldn't really afford to do that.

Before you get all, gridlock...commute...no cabs...took me forever...I should tell you that I am aware that you can walk from your apartment to your office in fifteen minutes.

Fume.

Sincerely,

Hans Q. Bungle
Patient/Yuckmouth/Cash Cow

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As bad as I want that Mac, I think it's prudent to wait right now. There will be an announcement on January 10th at the International Mac Dork Conference or whatever it's called. The announcement will address the Intel issue in some meaningful way and hopefully this info will help me make a sound decision. So if you were thinking about getting me the 15" PowerBook for Christmas, hold off for at least a couple of weeks. In the meantime, if you absolutely INSIST on buying me something, here are some suggestions:

1. $75 in cash
2. $100 in cash
3. $1 million in cash or stocks
4. A CF who can reach the cutoff man on the fly (actually, Damon is a nice addition and I'm happy they signed Bernie as well)
5. A video camera so I can document our adorable kid before she gets old and nasty

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Today's lyricdat word (and I am now realizing I should have chosen a less obscure song):

had

Bringing us to

if i had

Please solve away.

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Thursday Thunder:
Valsmal has a new saga from suburbia...we have added the old "trayline" posts to their own blogspot blog... Going to Cali on Monday. Will take photos. Will shoot baskets. Will dip my albondigas gently in the Pacific if I get the chance.