I went to the dentist today for the first time since 1997 or 1998 (I'm not sure when it was) and got a generally clean bill of health.

I learned, however, that the technological revolution has had an impact on the dental industry in my absence. Two words: digital x-ray.

Way cool. They zapped me, and within 30 seconds the results were on the puter screen!

Not so cool: they found Saddam Hussein's WMDs stashed underneath the "temporary" crown I got back in 1996 and was too cheap to replace, so there may be some liberation in the offing.