I bought a five-pound bag of Jolly Ranchers at BJs a few months ago. They mostly languished untouched in the pantry until one day Kelly packed them in my bag and I hauled them off to work. They’re now a big hit with the office, though even five people aren’t enough to put a dent in a five-pound bag of candy.
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May 9, 2008
Calm after the storm
There’s something quite soothing after a storm. Its not simply that its no longer raining, or that its just like it was before the storm. A storm reorders things somehow. It fixes something we may not have even noticed was broken.
Jaw dropper
I went to the prosthodontist yesterday and received the skinny on the mouthpiece. The mouthpiece is made from a mold of the patient’s mouth, then sent to a technician who builds it to fit. The appliance looks exactly like the picture on the Wikipedia page, with two little piston-looking things holding the jaw slightly forward. The dentist says it extends the jaw to 2/3rds its maximum.
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