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You have to read the product reviews...all 4124 of them! I particularly like the guy whose wife attacked his body parts withthe kitchen gadget since she was thinking that she was going to get sapphire earrings...

Let us transform this into the equivalent for my work.

"The patient was prepared and draped in the usual manner. Local anesthetic was given as a mandibular block in the lower right quadrant. A preparation for a full crown was initiated in the upper left quadrant despite the patient's protesting. Although the patient was screaming in pain, the preparation was completed to the satisfaction of the dentist and an impression of the upper right was taken. Despite the extreme sensitivity of the tooth, it was judged that the patient did not require a temporary, was cautioned not to eat,drink, or breathe cool air for three weeks,and was dismissed."

The dentist sincerely apologized post-operatively if the patient perceived that he suffered any injury, alluding to the fact that the dental assistant made a mistake setting out the napkin clips and bib for the procedure. In addition, one of the fluorescent tubes in the hallway ceiling light was flickering.

Next case...full mouth extraction in a nineteen year-old patient who arrived for a dental prophylaxis....

P.S. Screw you Jonathan Karl and all of your ilk, including, but not limited to, Howard Kurtz.

swear to God, it's as though he won the lottery...my favorite part is that they have that sage Luke Russert interpreting events for us!

remarkable if only to see the crowd response to him when he entered Franklin Field at the head of the academic procession. The place, for want of a better description, went wild. Six thousand graduates, a proportional number of folks in the stands, for the most part, stood and cheered wildly, clapping and whistling. It was fantastic. Of course, he has a long history with the school, children attended and a grandchild is presently there, just finishing her first year. From what I understand, he is personal friends with the President Amy Gutmann, who also gave a great speech. the videos may be found here:

http://www.upenn.edu/spotlights/penn-commencement-2013

He gave a wonderful speech: humorous and then quite serious and reflective. It is worth watching as is the President of the University's speech.

On a personal note, I could not be prouder of my child who performed some groundbreaking political research for which she was awarded a significant prize and lauded by numerous faculty. For fear of personal identification, please allow me to say just that the vast number of DUers would be impressed by the content .

At my kid's graduation from Penn. will report in later...

at the graduation ceremonies at the University of Pennsylvania. I am so very proud of my child's significant academic and extracurricular accomplishments, (none of which I have ever listed here for a variety of personal reasons), and of the University, of which I am also an alum, for choosing him to be the Commencement Speaker. A number of his family, including his granddaughter now enrolled, have matriculated and graduated from Penn.

However, it must be noted that Laura Bush the Elder will be addressing the Nursing Graduates at the Kimmel Center.

One out of two isn't bad...

a picture of Palin and the words right below her pic:


'Nazi Bride' highlights female influence in German far-right politics


Interesting juxtaposition, IMO...

I'm going to see Philly Pops perform the Music of James Bond this afternoon.

Rethug patient of mine came in this week- a real abusive asswipe. We we talking and he said to me, "Well, Obamacare is going to kill me, so I've decided to be cremated." I said, "Hold on, I'll get my coat and accompany you."

He actually thought it was funny.

I thoroughly enjoyed my birthday steak and garlic mashed potatoes...

Actually, what bothered me most about the Correspondents Event was the attitudes of that despicable Ed Henry and that equally repulsive Brett Baier. The former could not begin to hid his disgust for the President, both in body language and tone. When this putz was with CNN he continuously attempted to belittle the President at press conferences and interviews, and sneered every time he would report from the White House. His nervousness when delivering his lines last evening, as evidenced by his constant licking of his lips and weird mouth movements, showed that he had a lot of false bravado when he was writing those words, but started to have a little Freeper Remorse, because the man and his wife to whom he was directing his hostility were sitting right there. Another "Tough Guy" in his own mind, he to his own surprise found it difficult to look at the President through the entire affair.

Baier, whose scorn for any ideology Left of Ted Cruz is legendary, mumbled something about "no matter who is President..." And I found that to be a pretty scummy remark, which is what you'd expect from the likes of him.

So what we had was FOX "News" managing this dinner...perhaps it was executed in this fashion due to the ridiculously overwrought argument that the media consists of then"Liberal Elite". One look around that room would tell anyone with an IQ in positive numbers that that just doesn't exist. In a way Sarah Palin was correct, but not for the reasons she and her followers might proffer: if last night proved anything to the relatively few folks who were watching, it was that politicians come and go, but the "Lamestream" Media Moguls are Forever. They are the true Royalty of America, for they can select who is crowned King. If you doubt that, ask Jon Huntsman why, with the best credentials, the best mind, the best oratory, the best education, and the best resumé, among Conservatives of course, why he was deliberately shoved to the "Back of the Bus", time and again. He was written off before he began - and if you think that he had some fundamental problem, can you sit there and say that Rick Perry, once the laughable front runner, as they termed him, had fewer problems? Or Michele Bachman? No, contrary to Bush 43, they are the deciders, not the candidate, and I for believe, that the President isn't either. The Moguls are the Lord High Executioners and wield their swords with ease and with all the conscience of your garden variety sociopath.

Brett Baier just took a swipe at Prez..."whoever happens to be President"....wouldn't have said that if Bush Jr were up there with him.