- I now am the proud owner of a bruxism NTI-tss device. I tried it on at the dentist, and said, “Oh! Thath nah tho bad!” And then I waved goodbye to my sex life.
- Who walks in to Dunkin Donuts and walks out with anegg-white flatbread sandwich? That’s like Baskin-Robbins offering celery as “a healthy alternative.”
- Washington University claims that you can lose weight and gain health by starving every other day. Binge – starve – binge – starve.
- Gary again surprised me by telling me a story I’d never heard before. I knew that in his teens he had joined the Florissant chapter of a singing / volunteering group called Sing-Out. This Sing-Out
cultorganization soon mutated into Up With People. (Read the Wikipedia article if you want to know how to make a Gary.) I always assumed he became disenchanted with Sing-Out because, well, who wouldn’t, but evidently he left on high moral grounds. He discovered no one in the audience could hear his bongos, and he explained to the director he didn’t feel he could morally take his place on the stage if he wasn’t contributing. He’s still like that.
Putting the TMI in absentminded
13 responses to “Misc., August ’08 Version”
My current (but not for long) work life has me very closely tied in to the Up With People organization. I now must meet your husband to see if he fits the mold.
You might consider putting a towel or washcloth under your head/face while you sleep with your new splint. I drooled like a bulldog when I wore mine. Wet pillow cases will stick to your face.
I’ve been thinking about getting one of those things to help stop my snoring, but I don’t know. I’ll probably never do anything about it. 🙂
Trisha, I live a mile from the queen and the couch folds out. Come on over.
I wore one of those yearth ago. It pithed me off when people made fun of me.
Trisha – I’m being synical, but my guess is the Upw/P personality is chronically negative? Like Gary? Am I right?Sherri – “When I wore mine” – how do you know when to stop wearing it?Ajooja – I hear those nose strips really do work. Caroline – Party at Caroline’s.Zayrina – Basthtards.
Mine was slightly different from yours, not to stop bruxism but to align teeth. I stopped when I got tired of finding the damn thing in the bed and not in my mouth. Wearing it turned me into a drooling mouthbreather.I couldn’t keep the damn thing in when I was awake, either. Of course, part of my problem was a lousy dental tech who kept making bad molds.
Sherri – Yeah, I had to be fitted twice. The mold company refused the first mold. I like mine so far. My jaws aren’t aching this morning, and it’s only the second day.
Why didn’t Gary just try hitting those bongos harder?
To Ajooja: I read an article a while back that tested numerous different snoring cures. The most effective was to put a tennis ball in a sock, and safety pin the sock to the back of your pajamas. Because then you won’t sleep on your back.
TasterSpoon – Gary reports that I sleep on my side and still snore. Melissa – I quizzed him, and he said they were playing pretty big stages, and they had previously mic’ed him. But because of that, he had to leave, because if they put a mic on him again, then it would be because he had complained, and that was even worse. That could not stand.
I’ve had a mouthguard for years. You’ll get used to talking with it. But the lack of sex is a given, believe me.Of course, I’m not getting any without it, either.
klynb – sigh … all I’m saying … just sigh.