Now with added titanium!

Dentist: "Congratulations, you now have an implant."

Dentist: "I need to warn you about what's coming next. It's going to feel like I'm thumping your skull with a hammer."
Me: "Well, because you are."
Dentist "Um, pretty much, yeah."

It's a wacky experience having a mallet (which looks something like a ball-peen hammer with nylon faces) and a ratchet wrench used on your skull in fairly rapid succession. Not surprisingly, I'm a little woozy.

Today is Loving Day!

I'd almost forgotten, but browngirl's post reminded me.

"Today, June 12, is the 41st anniversary of the decision in Loving vs Virginia, the decision that legalized interracial marriage in the entirety of the United States".

Happy Loving Day!

You have writing you want critiqued?

My friend Nick Mamatas is offering to critique manuscripts for $2 per page. He's senior editor at Clarksworld and also writes fiction and non-fiction which has been published in six languages. Recently I posted a link to a short essay of his, called Walking on L. I.

His post about his critique service, with the relevant details is at: http://nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com/1125934.html.

The links should give you some idea of his style of writing. He's a great guy and I love reading his reviews. So check them out.