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weekly retro #25: burns, exposed ankles and other horrors

this morning i concluded the two-week dental crown journey (saga? off-screen dramedy?) so i sit at this half-done retro, gums swollen, lip numb and new tooth smooth. let's rock.

weekly retro #23: my last week with this one specific tooth

i'm writing this earlier than usual because monday morning i'm doing the first session of getting my crown replaced - when they they mold, remove and then put in a temporary tooth. the second session in a week or two is when they will be replacing the temporary with the new permanent crown. can you believe that a fake tooth costs about five hundred trillion dollars?

weekly retro #21: just a little something to take the edge off

a brutal heat wave hit the city last week and i spent most of my time indoors, sluggish from the heat but restless from the confinement of my apartment walls. my new walking shoes sat on my table in its box, waiting with me for the relief of below 90 F temperatures.

weekly retro #19: garbag'ino, garbag'outo

weeks can go in like a lion and out like a lamb, and not just in the month of may. if i could (and i will) describe the first half of last week in a photo, it would be this...