tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27675624482681037972024-03-13T23:31:00.990-04:00A Pea-Sized Amount"For brushing, a small amount of toothpaste, approximately the size of a pea, should be used." (Textbook of Preventive Dentistry) Yet another example of the relevance of dentistry in real life -- When it comes to things to say, I just have a pea-sized amount.Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-70951908144687147052010-01-10T19:24:00.003-05:002010-01-10T19:29:28.231-05:00New Week with Thoughts on the OldThis week. . .<br /><br />- I was grateful for sweatpants. I spend the whole weekend in them, I watched movies in them, I slept in them. I feel better heading into this new week because of them.<br /><br />- I realized how much I appreciate science and medicine. Good doctors and good medicine can really help people. They've really helped me.<br /><br />- I became addicted to tea. I finally have a vice. I'm actually kind of proud.Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-14725570659483793182010-01-03T16:35:00.002-05:002010-01-03T16:37:48.379-05:00In 2010. . .. . .I will take care of myself more. It has nothing to do with selfishness, but more to do with maintaining myself so I can be of better use to my purpose in life.<br /><br />. . .I will stop feeling sorry for myself.<br /><br />. . .I will think of something everyday that I'm grateful for, and I'll tell someone about it.<br /><br />. . .I'll enjoy family and friends more.<br /><br />. . .I'll rest more.<br /><br />. . .I will gain 20lbs.<br /><br />. . .I'll see new places and try new things.Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-58570135620759355542009-12-28T19:06:00.001-05:002009-12-28T19:07:09.154-05:00With Kelly, I have absolutely found when I'm looking for.One more, for your entertainment. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RBGlZIdA1go&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RBGlZIdA1go&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-65890144920161526152009-12-28T18:57:00.003-05:002009-12-28T19:03:47.138-05:00KellyI read online that some of the sound checks from Kelly Clarksons recent tour had been posted on you tube. . .some are covers (and often better than the original) and others are some new Kelly songs. <div><br /></div><div>Makes you remember that there was a time, not long ago, when American Idol actually produced artists. . .</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fl557t-E9bs&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fl557t-E9bs&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></div><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rtXZQ1ktOhM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rtXZQ1ktOhM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j-GCbTxAY2g&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j-GCbTxAY2g&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EnZCfdTesQI&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EnZCfdTesQI&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TD9FyWtloyo&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TD9FyWtloyo&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-8816451542046517932009-11-22T18:46:00.002-05:002009-11-22T18:51:14.006-05:00Good News Sunday Night<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>I missed Good News Friday. . .I was hardly in the mood for it. Long week. Don't ask.<div><br /></div><div>But here are things that make me happy as I head into the new week:</div><div><br /></div><div>1) 2.5 day work week followed by 4.5 day break. I'll p</div><div>lay those numbers.</div><div><br /></div><div>2) Apples-to-Apples game night. Thanks to Lisa, it is on my Christmas list.</div><div><br /></div><div>3) I channeled my inner Clark <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Griswald</span> this weekend. My exterior illumination is bigger and better than ever!</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 151px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_SwCnbxDED3EAh3FuU2GGOuMFHxbX2V_C5g3VRRtWml9NZ5snjRMLBw65f2R3ZQtbL20aEPzpTRLN4FWkx-Fo5YM4VSSZKmozx6ICZbLRhIjtEdXnNkrqVLLG7nSKaUACachFhHYqyY/s200/clark-griswold-tree-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407079688092402130" /></div><div>4) I went house hunting this weekend. Still not ready to buy, but it's great to look.</div><div><br /></div><div>5) Only four days until the start of my favorite time of year.</div><div><br /></div><div>Happy Thanksgiving, friends.</div>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-89185327090668706722009-11-19T07:31:00.002-05:002009-11-19T07:34:34.060-05:00Quote It<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJp96Y8XFHWvIkKscYycg7IkS-3-h5NcD55FCfLw-xNoLrKvloVylkGpAQe9rf1JbehHjwYo02kSQEZUH0TXyCbTnEO18ku7jrAV8wgRxa3WFmPnoJsbe0tkN5UixPpIFXcpGN_3FDJg/s1600/abraham-lincoln-picture-thumb-300x304.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 197px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJp96Y8XFHWvIkKscYycg7IkS-3-h5NcD55FCfLw-xNoLrKvloVylkGpAQe9rf1JbehHjwYo02kSQEZUH0TXyCbTnEO18ku7jrAV8wgRxa3WFmPnoJsbe0tkN5UixPpIFXcpGN_3FDJg/s200/abraham-lincoln-picture-thumb-300x304.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405791941029482114" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:MarkerFelt-Thin;font-size:18px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span">"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000CC;"> </span>I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have.</span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:MarkerFelt-Thin, serif;font-size:18px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:MarkerFelt-Thin, serif;font-size:18px;">- Abraham Lincoln</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></div></span>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-42677493952399168012009-11-18T20:36:00.000-05:002009-11-18T20:37:35.751-05:00Thoughts From The Universe<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Wow!! Your closest 10,000 angels, Ryan, have been writing up a storm on</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">your WALL lately...</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Nice job on the baby steps toward your Health!!! You should have asked</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">for two!" (<-- Very fitting, I thought)</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Glad you're finally visualizing! Thoughts become things!"</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Remember me? We took flying lessons together!"</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Poke -</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> The Universe</span></span></p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-36950723285733462672009-11-16T21:39:00.002-05:002009-11-16T21:41:36.108-05:00Thoughtful Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWY73BLxbBRSlSSnyFRDp_FNbQZUSpgPBeZ3ONj4NjYfHHUVl0ZTUEf8dSoLmrcY9W2aKDxHpfybgmCSeAIk6qSRZNMoXWNgPdSPgrRjE3z9X7nTByHpaugmaDYQPXlHqdGv4Rbazez-M/s1600/index_18_0_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWY73BLxbBRSlSSnyFRDp_FNbQZUSpgPBeZ3ONj4NjYfHHUVl0ZTUEf8dSoLmrcY9W2aKDxHpfybgmCSeAIk6qSRZNMoXWNgPdSPgrRjE3z9X7nTByHpaugmaDYQPXlHqdGv4Rbazez-M/s200/index_18_0_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404897182494286178" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong, because someday in your life, you will have been all of these. --Unknown</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><br /></span></div>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-68896702591272045792009-11-11T18:27:00.001-05:002009-11-11T18:29:28.451-05:00The Giving TreeMy favorite story - childhood or otherwise. It will make you feel whole.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BQtIx1V9QQc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BQtIx1V9QQc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-44606096815115292172009-11-10T18:21:00.002-05:002009-11-10T18:25:54.811-05:00Words In My Head<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9pC-JJVi-OU1-p5cdZmOTtzZi4ToCA5fMQbw0pSstb5dYQ9iL3peJSx7FsDZOOLo7NRuZ6hILjJ-AqtorXFDs4gtbDtyrIw9k7fV7VzIO0YFE99bohqeg8e5Kb0UYqnZnAELSy8ZYhd0/s1600-h/neil-diamond.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 148px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9pC-JJVi-OU1-p5cdZmOTtzZi4ToCA5fMQbw0pSstb5dYQ9iL3peJSx7FsDZOOLo7NRuZ6hILjJ-AqtorXFDs4gtbDtyrIw9k7fV7VzIO0YFE99bohqeg8e5Kb0UYqnZnAELSy8ZYhd0/s200/neil-diamond.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402620178278826738" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I hear you wonderin' out loud</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;font-size:11px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Are you ever gonna make it</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Will you ever work it out?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Will you ever take a chance?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Just believe you can</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hell yeah you will</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gonna be okay</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You might get lost</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But then you’ll find a way</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Don’t go alone</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Can’t be afraid</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hell yeah this life is here</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And it’s made for livin'</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And loves a gift that’s made for GIVING</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Give it all away and have it still</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And hell yeah you will</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, Helvetica, Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, Helvetica, Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">--Neil Diamond</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, Helvetica, Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, Helvetica, Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, Helvetica, Arial;"><br /></span></div></span>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-16567773569483455302009-10-30T19:56:00.003-04:002009-10-30T20:01:49.020-04:00Upstate Autumn<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-orfodDYK4Ryl4wthTZyV2dCQe96VdbmlSlvA0GuRS0XQgZGMnyBGR8Ut2xPGz9IFrFWZtDvE31wj8R-Bcj47_3jSPZJGfwFD61crYSYQ5iK3EWeU2BJu7h2c6ShTSfIzObHT1J0dOU/s1600-h/15341_628062510955_42413830_36438544_4596426_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-orfodDYK4Ryl4wthTZyV2dCQe96VdbmlSlvA0GuRS0XQgZGMnyBGR8Ut2xPGz9IFrFWZtDvE31wj8R-Bcj47_3jSPZJGfwFD61crYSYQ5iK3EWeU2BJu7h2c6ShTSfIzObHT1J0dOU/s400/15341_628062510955_42413830_36438544_4596426_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398547138218308434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Gourds</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4E_4lk3bK_Qp629uIITJdoxnqSmjTIa9bad0IdAPkgnxZBAKyiIuoU1ysTOtC4PUnOeYY3xtpvsUurHoUz7Fqp5c-9bpKAGSVOqdeADrNi4rizGTzSSCxXClHn8OL2Vvdu5NtfrWcG_w/s1600-h/15341_628062471035_42413830_36438540_6863188_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4E_4lk3bK_Qp629uIITJdoxnqSmjTIa9bad0IdAPkgnxZBAKyiIuoU1ysTOtC4PUnOeYY3xtpvsUurHoUz7Fqp5c-9bpKAGSVOqdeADrNi4rizGTzSSCxXClHn8OL2Vvdu5NtfrWcG_w/s400/15341_628062471035_42413830_36438540_6863188_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398547132512193810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The Misfit Pumpkins</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2R5Lk95s8upbjGKorCkX-cvTitALfEvOKhU_MHaBKewiPTuPSZoPSEPX1BYsNpjJx-NUR7gg81eXX2E9fqG-bH49_rDCNFzqC5AJBcwKxEDDdE0ESgWGJiZigE7qWl_RIZR3yNj58m_0/s1600-h/15341_628062421135_42413830_36438536_2690978_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2R5Lk95s8upbjGKorCkX-cvTitALfEvOKhU_MHaBKewiPTuPSZoPSEPX1BYsNpjJx-NUR7gg81eXX2E9fqG-bH49_rDCNFzqC5AJBcwKxEDDdE0ESgWGJiZigE7qWl_RIZR3yNj58m_0/s400/15341_628062421135_42413830_36438536_2690978_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398547128998171026" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Cider Mill Pumpkins</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxE4iPB9qaF8VcF7QduIiLl265Wu1WLaedoQuxIt0lz8a5Z1xnaZxr8lQQBs0VSNOTJwPljqa17L_a4iJB-cnzmFVyRZe5TCO3sODArbPdqmdH6V0hUNujadfCS5JHzhQ_BLfOFxjOneQ/s1600-h/15341_628062371235_42413830_36438534_1449109_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxE4iPB9qaF8VcF7QduIiLl265Wu1WLaedoQuxIt0lz8a5Z1xnaZxr8lQQBs0VSNOTJwPljqa17L_a4iJB-cnzmFVyRZe5TCO3sODArbPdqmdH6V0hUNujadfCS5JHzhQ_BLfOFxjOneQ/s400/15341_628062371235_42413830_36438534_1449109_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398546910559259522" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Endwell</span> Country Road</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With special thanks to my friend and fellow Binghamton Alum, Tiffany for the photos.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-82864518263379040072009-10-30T19:44:00.002-04:002009-10-30T19:53:48.997-04:00Good News FridayTodays "Good News" is that November starts on Sunday.<div><br /></div><div>The following Good Things are going to happen in November. . . </div><div><br /></div><div>1) An extra hour of sleep is gained on Saturday night. Daylight Savings time starts Sunday, November 1 @ 2:00am Eastern time. So set your clocks back one hour when you go to bed Saturday and when you wake up feeling that much more rested, say a quiet "thanks" to Benjamin Franklin. After all, it was his idea.</div><div><br /></div><div>2) Saturday, October 31 marks the four month mark of my residency program. One-third completed. That should be enough right there. . .but wait, there's more!</div><div><br /></div><div>3) I have a four day weekend coming up starting November 7. A meeting and an appointment back home facilitate this. Lisa will be up from NYC and we have promised to eat cheese and apples and play board games to celebrate Fall.</div><div><br /></div><div>4) On November 14 I am taking a roadtrip to the outlets. I love bargains.</div><div><br /></div><div>5) THANKSGIVING! Food, family, warm fires, probable snow (because it IS Binghamton), assembling the Christmas Light display (think Clark Griswald) and more.</div><div><br /></div><div>So be proud of yourself. You made it through October - with it's weird weather, wannabe "holiday" (better luck next year, Halloween!) and complete lack of purpose.</div><div><br /></div><div>Welcome, November. </div>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-25496888317901021822009-10-25T20:44:00.003-04:002009-10-25T20:48:09.942-04:00RIP FarmvilleI have decided tonight to delete my Farmville application on The Book.<div><br /></div><div>I'm hanging up my overalls. I'm putting my cattle out to pasture. I'm selling off the supplies. I hope that my land is accepted back into nature. I would hate to see my plot of land be used by Corporate America to build the next WalMart Supercenter. Still, I can't take the committment, albeit a virtual one. The crops are demanding, the animals are far too fertile and those damn fruit trees always need harvesting. By the way, do real farms even have Elephants? And if they do, are said Elephants producing circus peanuts? I was always confused by that.</div><div><br /></div><div>Goodbye Farmville. I'll miss your serenity. I'll miss your 4-hour turnover of Strawberries. They were superb, albeit virtual.</div>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-73729543329316310002009-10-10T12:19:00.001-04:002009-10-10T12:22:33.532-04:00The Ascent<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThND7iM_LLViOFsMznxpy7k1w1NMN1j4GZC3f3LnXTFPr98zAQeDXTl_Tn0qwXiw1xVhfzOSXNkppeQX96FvWzLegocPykHA9Z4QLl6trJGXODr4g6tmg_X0JuVv_cABVSY_zBl6Di2w/s1600-h/810983_f260.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 347px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThND7iM_LLViOFsMznxpy7k1w1NMN1j4GZC3f3LnXTFPr98zAQeDXTl_Tn0qwXiw1xVhfzOSXNkppeQX96FvWzLegocPykHA9Z4QLl6trJGXODr4g6tmg_X0JuVv_cABVSY_zBl6Di2w/s400/810983_f260.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391006933814304130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Grab hold,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">And take this hand that</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Reaches out to you.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Look up</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Into my eyes;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">My spirit</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Cries out to you;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Friendship is my thought.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Let us climb</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The jagged cliffs of life</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">And fight the ascent of</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Opposition together.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">If I can lift you today,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">You will look back</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">And grab the hands of a thousand more.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">That is the way</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Great Spirit would have it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">-Howard Rainer, American Indian Poet</span></div>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-27260380749603965612009-10-09T19:46:00.000-04:002009-10-09T19:47:34.680-04:00Good News Friday<div>Painless Dentistry. . . Happy Friday.</div><div><br /></div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xw0df0wNnVQ&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xw0df0wNnVQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-74364085276690193132009-09-15T16:47:00.001-04:002009-09-15T16:47:43.966-04:00Did you get told?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOdHj9boyuBVv-IfMN4Ede6y-tefvBCtigNJAcw14KJm6ZNno5O9VDsM48uveTgLd9AWc2R4gpvwme3yXubBP5rRJAKdAbVpurF5-i4KwwheCYUewlhiLPsAyd47mPzv1dIL5sfEQbSI/s1600-h/294168009_b25decaddf.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOdHj9boyuBVv-IfMN4Ede6y-tefvBCtigNJAcw14KJm6ZNno5O9VDsM48uveTgLd9AWc2R4gpvwme3yXubBP5rRJAKdAbVpurF5-i4KwwheCYUewlhiLPsAyd47mPzv1dIL5sfEQbSI/s400/294168009_b25decaddf.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381798688645180834" /></a>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-7081789329061585422009-09-15T16:41:00.002-04:002009-09-15T16:43:34.199-04:00Turn Around Bright Eyes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4SD7IWfv0_EgYurOXPQ3OSdrONYtdi-0awclAnlkEA7kqxg4hyphenhyphenKxPteH_8gx-XcTnVgvlXcBdlT7QJ7YX2ejqulBMuv4zRfK44hpkj-hYsB_8K23JdJ7YoyIC_NWoWaVWfKiZH15OGM/s1600-h/original.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4SD7IWfv0_EgYurOXPQ3OSdrONYtdi-0awclAnlkEA7kqxg4hyphenhyphenKxPteH_8gx-XcTnVgvlXcBdlT7QJ7YX2ejqulBMuv4zRfK44hpkj-hYsB_8K23JdJ7YoyIC_NWoWaVWfKiZH15OGM/s400/original.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381797584452249458" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-68789715231412139982009-09-11T12:58:00.002-04:002009-09-11T13:11:21.027-04:00Good News. It's Friday.Today is the National Day of Service. I think this is a great way to take a sad date in US History and turn it around to something positive. <div><br /></div><div>I love volunteer work. I think it stems back to my inability to avoid a charity case. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here are some great options that I am/have been involved in:</div><div><br /></div><div>Get your build on! <a href="http://www.habitat.org/">Habitat for Humanity</a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Get your wish on! <a href="http://www.wish.org/help?s_kwcid=make%20a%20wish%7C917760211">Make A Wish Foundation</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Get your sport on! <a href="http://www.specialolympics.org/">Special Olympics</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Also, yesterday I learned what a "flash mob" is. A large group of people coming together to perform a certain action in unison. I really want to be a part of something like this someday. I should clarify that I've always known <i>what</i> it is, I just never knew what it was called. I think Lisa was the first person to show me the first video, but it's definitely worth watching again. You're gonna smile. The second is set to Michael Jackson's Beat It. In the rain. In the street. Another smile.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7EYAUazLI9k&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7EYAUazLI9k&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lVJVRywgmYM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lVJVRywgmYM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></span></span></div>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-64000100995164709122009-08-27T21:02:00.002-04:002009-08-27T21:14:56.453-04:00Preemptive Good News FridayIt's (gonna be) FRIDAY (by the time you read this). <div><br /></div><div>Here are some things to be happy about.</div><div><br /></div><div>1) MUSIC. It speaks to me. I ache to be better at playing it, singing it - whatever. I am a true frustrated musician. I hear it in my head but I was not blessed with the ability to put it into the world. Alright, fine. I have other talents. I do a great anterior veneer case. I give a painless injection of Novocaine. I do nice root canals. Those are all as good as music, right?</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzj9z8QDTfU">This guy has got it.</a> (Aside - "Disabling embedding upon request." NOT Good News)</div><div><br /></div><div>2) Cool nights. Great for sleeping. It's getting near Labor Day which is the official end of summer. Sad - but it means we're entering my favorite time of year. I call it, That Time Between Summer and Fall. The days are warm and breezy. The sky is always blue. And most importantly, the nights are cool. So open your window and get some rest. </div><div><br /></div><div>3) Magazines. I like to get my news from the Internet, but I like to get my magazines in the mail. From J. Crew to Men's Health. Newsweek to Entertainment Weekly. Nothing is better than coming home from a long day of work and finding a magazine in your mailbox. Pick one up, find a comfortable place to sit, and take not of the fact that as you're reading your lap isn't getting uncomfortably warm.</div><div><br /></div><div>4) Friends. The people and the sitcom. I know, Lisa, it's "The One With Too Much Laughtrack." But let me have this one. It is completely unrealistic to real life (A HUGE Manhattan apartment without actually having a real job? Nah) but that's what I like. Then there are friends - the real people. Always good to get a phone call and reconnect. Even better to hear that they think the real world stinks just as much as you do. Solidarity.</div><div><br /></div><div>5) Home. Rod Serling (Bingo native. . . w00t w00t!) summed it up just right:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; ">"Everyone has a hometown. Binghamton's mine. In the strangely brittle, terribly sensitive makeup of a human being, there is a need for a place to hang a hat, or kind of geographical womb to crawl back into, or maybe just a place that's familiar because that's where you grew up. When I dig back through my memory cells, I get one particularly distinctive feeling and that's one of warmth, comfort and well-being. For whatever else I may have had, or lost, or will find, I've still got a hometown. This, nobody's gonna take away from me." - Rod Serling</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Happy Friday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-35930592281172194942009-08-26T20:27:00.007-04:002009-08-26T20:53:57.824-04:00A Beautiful CrazyVincent Van Gogh cut off his ear. Crazy. But he created life using paint.<br /><br />Beethoven had syphillis Yeah, you don't get that by going to church. But he made some great symphonies.<div><br /></div><div>Michael Jackson. I can't help but feel something every time I hear one of his songs. Believe in something when I watch one of his videos. You can't help but think about him every now and then - mainstream media won't let you not. I believe it's necessary to separate the man from the art.<br /><br />The whole world is crazy. In the end, it's all beautiful.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FHYC7xZjo7hGME4cNuONiR4lLVozgVuk46l8rEDIisLmQULA9YZre6AIn2ztt50CKxtlqe4OOhxIb-R1xYC_h8dKt_nmD8JdomJ-NNMQjtlGVw_eOPD23iIj1KAE4vh6DKAwTAfBiuo/s1600-h/Van_Gogh_Starry_Night.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FHYC7xZjo7hGME4cNuONiR4lLVozgVuk46l8rEDIisLmQULA9YZre6AIn2ztt50CKxtlqe4OOhxIb-R1xYC_h8dKt_nmD8JdomJ-NNMQjtlGVw_eOPD23iIj1KAE4vh6DKAwTAfBiuo/s320/Van_Gogh_Starry_Night.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374438257186486162" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_4COxumzxKw&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_4COxumzxKw&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c1iZXyWLnXg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c1iZXyWLnXg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">God is Great. Beer is Good. People are Crazy.<br /></span></span></span></span><br /><div><br /></div></div></div>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-70506883633472850442009-08-16T17:36:00.002-04:002009-08-16T17:37:01.108-04:00Just For Laughs<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MHjp8e1Qqz0&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MHjp8e1Qqz0&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-13567129379429851072009-08-11T20:26:00.002-04:002009-08-11T20:29:45.287-04:00Help or Hindrance?Here's something scary to watch. Hollywood makes movies that tell us Robots are evil. Union workers cry foul at the use of robotics to assemble cars and pack boxes. Still, I'm not convinced artificial intelligence is going to take over the world, but this does make the hairs on my arm stand up a little. . . <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sv35ItWLBBk&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sv35ItWLBBk&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-7677294778909991302009-07-16T20:55:00.006-04:002009-07-16T21:08:07.371-04:00Accomplish My DayAs I (try to ) ease in to my new role as Dental Resident I'm working hard to focus on small accomplishments from each day. The chaos and frustration comes not from my lack of ability but from a lack of familiarity. A new setting with new people and new rules makes me a little crazy. So, here are five things that I'm proud to have accomplished today. . .<br /><br />1) I completed a complicated extraction of #31 and #32. For those of you (Lisa) who don't know what that means, #32 is a wisdom tooth - the one on the bottom right. Tooth #31 sits directly in front of it. The bone was dense, the roots were long and I extracted them without incident. <br /><br />2) I figured out how to send out all of my labwork requests. I'm having trouble letting go of control now that I don't have to do the labwork myself. So today, I figured out a couple of different cases for the lab. I designed a lower RPD (that's removable partial denture, Lisa) and properly selected the tooth mold and shade for a complete upper denture (using a technique I've never tried before).<br /><br />3) I finally cooked myself a real dinner. For the first time since I've lived in Syracuse. It was great and I instantly felt better about my surroundings. Mmm, home cooking.<div><br /></div><div><br />And on a different note...I really love this song by Sam Sparro. It's called Black and Gold. It's got a great sound and makes me happy. I'm not hip on all the new music out there but this one is new to me. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw_VdaLL8NY">Click</a> for a great live version. . .<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-70035012108471502272009-07-15T19:03:00.002-04:002009-07-15T19:07:15.104-04:00Here I am!Dear Bloggers (Lisa), <br /><br />Sorry to have been gone so long. I was living in a cave here in Syracuse and was having trouble with my internet. . .as in, I didn't have any. But here I am! Back to the world of the living -- and by world of the living I mean FACEBOOK! So here is a fun link to start off what I pledge will be more blogging -- I'm committing to three days a week. Enjoy (lisa). <br /><br />Your neighborhood dentist,<br /><br />Ryan DDS<br /><br />Because all of us are friends with somebody's mom or dad. . .<br /><br />http://myparentsjoinedfacebook.com/Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767562448268103797.post-21158514187754648742009-05-14T14:02:00.001-04:002009-05-14T14:03:30.482-04:00Thoughtful Words"What you think of me is none of my business."<br /><br />--via Lisa B who found it somewhere on the internet ;)Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049609360759048957noreply@blogger.com0