Bitful
Should I get braces?
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I woke up in the middle of the night because I was laying on something hard - my mouth guard, which I had manage to remove while sleeping (no small feat). But let’s go back a bit.
A couple of years ago my dentist referred me to a periodontologist i.e. a gum (and other tooth-supporting structures) specialist. When I found out his address (just off very expensive Harley Street) I shivered, then after enquiring how much my treatment would cost, I nearly fainted.
I failed to find cheaper alternatives, so I submitted myself to (look away now if sensitive to yuckiness) regular scraping of the deep pockets inside my gums (a result of two decades of heavy smoking and fizzy drinks), and learned how to maintain them clean at home.
I was also given a custom-made protective guard to wear around my upper teeth at night, to keep them in place and prevent damage caused by grinding.
When I went for a checkup a few months after finishing my treatment, I was told that there had been visible progress. Well, you’d think he’d say that after what I paid him, but I must say I am indeed pleased. Nobody noticed, but this improvement means that I will hopefully be able to bite into an apple with my own teeth for another few years.
So now all I need is to pay alternate visits to my regular hygienist and the periodontologist’s hygienist every three months to keep everything in order.
Although… There is something he mentioned, and I have been thinking about it for several months now: because of gum disease, my front teeth have grown apart, and it could be possible to rectify this with orthodontic care. Which basically means I might be wearing braces at the tender age of 42.
So you lot, stop smoking now, kick the diet coke habit, see a dentist regularly and brush your teeth. I was not so careful and I am (literally) paying now.
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Looking at this picture I took last week...
To avoid staring out of the window at the grey and wet October day.
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Heal's, Tottenham Court Road, London
Sent from my iPhone
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First good hearty laugh of the weekend!
http://juliasegal.tumblr.com/post/202090219Via juliasegal.tumblr.com (via zee.posterous.com)
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7 things I did not know last week
- There are two Madonna songs entitled ‘Forbidden Love’ - one in Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005), another in Bedtime Stories (1994). Found in my own iTunes library.
- Popping corn is not dried sweetcorn, but a particular variety (Zea mays var. everta) that pops when heated (not all do).
- Actor Ralph Fiennes’ first name is pronounced ‘rafe’. Heard on a Film24 promo voiced by my mate Mike.
- The word Vigorish (‘The Vig’ - the amount charged by a bookmaker) is Yiddish slang originating from the Russian word for winnings, vyigrysh.
- More than half the babies born now in wealthy countries will live past 100.
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The Muppets’ Mah Na Mah Na was originally composed by Piero Umiliani for the Italian movie ‘Svezia, inferno e paradiso’. Posted on an old schoolmate’s Facebook wall.
- Firefox can be easily tweaked to earch Google from the Address Bar à la Chrome.
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Why can't I stay logged on to Twitter?
I’m running Firefox 3.5.3 and every time I start a new browser session Twitter asks me to log on. Not only that, I am also required to type my username every time, regardless of having checked the ‘remember me’ option.
I don’t think I am doing anything wrong, and I have not enabled the ‘Clear history when Firefox closes’. Any ideas?
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Habitat, Westfield shopping centre, London
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The soundtrack of my evenings
Since the release of Halo 3: ODST last week Stuart has been playing on
the Xbox every night, and this is what it sounds like:
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Twitter and Facebook status sync
I know, content duplication, I hate it too but…I use Twitter because it’s pushed through to my phone and I love the @, RT and # syntax.However, I get many more comments on Facebook (that’s where most of my friends are), and some of the comments are very useful when I ask questions or need advice. After recently swapping usernames (from @bitful to @lucabelletti), I did not think to reset the Facebook Twitter app, which is username-based. I only found out when I noticed that nobody commented on my FB status any longer - because it had not been updated in over a month. They are now in sync again. World harmony is restored.Posted via email from Luca Belletti’s Lifestream | Comment »
7 things I did not know last week
- You can get pregnant while pregnant.
- A Mac ad an iPhone an create their own wireless network.
- Naked mole rats never get cancer.
- Røyksopp means puffball mushroom in Norwegian.
- Feeds can be translated and read in a different language in Google Reader.
- Scatman John stuttered.
- The title of Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men is taken from the poem To a Mouse by Robert Burns.
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Childhood nightmares
When I was little, this album cover was one of the scariest things in the house.
Someone mentioned Uriah Heep the other day, the name rang a bell, I googled it and there it was.Shudder. Posted via email from Luca Belletti’s Lifestream | Comment »
Old poster in Shepherd's Bush underground station
I love it when they swap advertising bi leave old layered posters on in between campaigns.
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7 things I did not know last week
- Sarah-Jane Woodhall was nicknamed Trinny by family friend Frank Lauder - the director of the St Trinians films – when she was five-years-old. He dubbed her ‘Trinny’ when she was sent home from school for cutting off another girl’s plait.
- Eurovision Song Contest organisers may ban countries if broadcasters reveal voters’ identities, after people in Azerbaijan were questioned by police after voting for neighbouring Armenia. Azerbaijan and Armenia fought over disputed land in the 1990s.
- Livestock are responsible for nearly a fifth of all greenhouse emissions. We should eat more plants. Meat-free Monday anyone?
- Sportswear brands Adidas and Puma were founded by feuding brothers.
- Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe has put on weight.
- We have enough body fat to sustain about 40 marathons.
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Media files in Windows 7 taskbar thumbnails have a toolbar that allows you to play/pause and skip to next and forward items in a playlist.
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