As you might imagine, I make my own tooth scrub. Dental health is largely hereditary so I’m screwed. I’ve brushed, flossed, rinsed, repeated my whole life. I wore a mouthful of metal for 5 years - my teeth were that unfortunate! All this to have red inflamed gums that have required the most unpleasant surgery on Earth. I’d rather nail my foot to a seesaw than watch my mouth get sliced open again while I’m not really anesthetized. I’m tooth traumatized, to say the least. So wh

What an interesting world in which to raise some children. There is a book called “Factfulness” by Hans Rosling, which counters every hand wringing, #whatisthisworldcomingto type commentaries - have you read it? Bill Gates and I really enjoyed it; they even quoted one of us on the jacket. So, as it turns out, the world is exponentially better than it was even 25 years ago citing cool indicators such as: education, wealth distribution, life expectancy, and disaster response. T