Green Oasis

I am grateful for…

1. … the chance that I’ve had to get to know my wife.
2. … the renewed knowledge that sleep is important. I haven’t made sleep a priority this weekend, and it shows. I’m grateful that I’m aware enough of that to take correction.
3. … the chance that I have every day to take walks while at work.
4. … the relationship that I have with my daughters so far. May I continue to nurture it.
5. … my ability to learn new things.

I had a surreal appointment at the dentist this morning. I had the first appointment of the morning and showed up ten minutes early. My dentist pulled up seconds after I did in a candy-apple green VW bug with a drum-set sticker on the back. I walked into the waiting room and signed in. I finished and was turning around find a seat to wait when the dental assistant opened the door and called me back.

I sat down in the chair, made small talk as she put the bib around my neck. She left for a minute and returned with the dentist who commenced drilling after a perfunctory hihowareyou? A couple minutes of pain (notice that I haven’t mentioned novocaine) and he had replaced the filling that had popped out. The dentist assured me that it was no charge (it was his fault anyway). I sat up and followed the assistant out.

I waved goodbye to Janelle at the front desk (we know each other from high school) and walked out the front door one minute after my scheduled appointment time.

Did that really just happen? I didn’t even have the sensation of a fat lip to confirm my memory of the briefest dentist visit of my life.

The producers of that same-sex marriage storm commercial had to know that they were going to be mocked, right? Satire is a beautiful thing. (via Dancing with Crazy)

Oh! and then there’s this.

I am grateful…

1. … to be alive and healthy.
2. … to have a best friend.
3. … for the generosity of strangers who donate their time for free culture projects. I use so many free tools every day (e.g. I manage this blog with free software), I won’t attempt to list them.
4. … for museums and libraries and other local institutions that bring the best of culture to us.
5. … to have clean food and water.

Oh Colbert! Why can’t everyone make as much sense as you? (via Dancing with Crazy)