The Blue House

My house is very very fine house...

What colors would you paint it?

Patient Quote of the Month

"Oh, I had girlfriend once who took Wellbutrin. It made her smell like pepperoni."

Thanks to Erin for inspiring me to write this on my blog.

And if you go chasing rabbits

...and you know you are going to fall...tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar...

OK...so now I cannot sleep, even after completely exhausting myself hashing over the "circle."

I can't help it; I am just that way.

So here are my questions:
If your best friend, co-worker, kid or whatever, violates his/her probation, which he/she is on for sexually molesting or in some way harassing someone, do you invite them back into a situation where they have total control over the lives of the disenfranchised?

Is there really anything wrong with being investigated, if you have violated a major statute in your profession?

I have personal experience with this process...and while unpleasant, it is just a reality of working in our world. And fucking thank god! Someone's got to keep their head.

keep your head...keep your head

As I head into "the circle" gonna try to keep my head...but maybe I should go loaded and not even try?

Dents de bonheur and the gap-toothed wife of Bath

Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State, had a prominent diastema.

Diastema is a gap or space between two teeth. The term is most commonly applied to be an open space between the upper incisors (front teeth). It happens when there is an unequal relationship between the size of the teeth and the jaw. Many species of mammals have diastema as a normal feature, for example the gap between molars and incisors in rodents.

Diastema is sometimes caused or exacerbated by tongue thrusting or the pulling action of a labial frenulum (the tissue around the lip), which can push the teeth apart. Actually, a frenum does not pull the tissue. Rather, it causes a high mucosal attachment and less attached keratinized tissue which is more prone to recession.

In the Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer wrote of the "gap-toothed wife of Bath." As early as this time period, the gap between the front teeth, especially in women, had been associated with lustful characteristics. Thus, the implication in describing "the gap-toothed wife of Bath" is that she is a middle-aged woman with insatiable lust. This has no scientific basis, but it has been a popular assumption in folklore since the Middle Ages.

In Nigerian society, diastemata are occasionally regarded as being attractive mostly among the western regions, and some people have even had them created through cosmetic dentistry. In France, they are called "dents du bonheur" ("lucky teeth").

Les Blank's Gap-Toothed Women is a documentary film about diastematic women.

Notable people with diastema

• Barbara Urie Marshall, Hardcore Nurse and Mom
  
• Belladonna, Hardcore Pornstar
• Condoleezza Rice, United States Secretary of State
• Elton John, English pop/rock singer and musician
• Elijah Wood, American actor
• Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
• Louie Anderson, American comedian
• Jorja Fox, American actress
• Michael Strahan, American football player
• Madonna, American singer
• Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian
• Esther Rolle, American actress
• David Letterman, American TV comedian
• Jemaine Clement, musician/comedian
• Kurt Nilsen, singer/songwriter and World Idol winner
• Eddie Murphy, American actor/Comedian
• Laura San Giacomo, American actress
• Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American politician
• Seal (musician), Singer
• Jennifer Hudson, American singer and actress
• Lauren Hutton, American supermodel and actress
• Anna Paquin, Canadian-New Zealand actress
• Paul Sheer, American comedian/actor
• Terry-Thomas, British actor
• Vanessa Paradis, French singer/actress
• Dave Foley, Canadian comedian/actor/writer
• Eve Myles, Welsh actress
• Brandi Carlile, American singer
• Davor Suker, Croatian football player
• Eduardo Skinner, Spanish Artist
• Denis Leary, American actor/comedian
• Ernest Borgnine, American actor
• Marga Gomez, Puerto Rican comedian and playwright
• Flea, Bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Rebecca Hintze, Gap-toothed lady of Livingston

Thanks to Wikipedia and to Pam Frasier.

Happy Birthday Chiki Piki Doodle Baba

My lovely daughter. I just couldn't be luckier than to have her in my life! Thanks for being born, Chieko! (and for putting up with me all these years.) You are the BEST.

Bozeman Blows - Jesus Maria de la Santa Virgen