Dave Ain't Here, Man

07:31 Wednesday, 25 March 2026
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So the dental visit went fairly well yesterday. No significant amount of pain, though there was the disturbing experience of someone using a hammer inside my mouth.

He was able to preserve the existing crown on the tooth that required a root canal. The tooth that required a replacement crown had a significant amount of decay beneath the margins of the crown, and the dentist had some fairly alarming things to say about what it might feel like after the novocaine wore off. I'm happy to report that those haven't seemed to materialize.

Nevertheless, it was two hours in the chair and when I got home I didn't much feel like doing anything.

I'm back there today for a cleaning, happy that I can open my mouth wide enough. A little anxious, but not incapacitating.

Just a reminder, boys and girls, of the importance of good oral hygiene.

I have continued my discussion at the Tinderbox forum regarding "the illusion of thinking." I'm afraid my interest and enthusiasm have largely been exhausted, but it was an interesting discussion.

I still want to see if Claude can use Numbers productively, and I may take a stab at that when I get back. I'm tentative because my most productive hours are in the morning, and I find I do mostly consumption in the afternoons.

Anyway the beat and the beatings go on...