Big Hair, Big Smile

This piece was originally published on my first blog in 2009. While my parents were waiting for me to be born, my dad was dead certain that I would be a boy.  He got over his shock quickly when he was told he had a daughter, but unfortunately, I was born bald and stayed that…

Misadventures in Dentistry, Part 1: Farewell Eyeteeth

There are few things I hate without adequate reason. I hate high squealy noises (that kid in Walmart who has decided that he needs that super-intergallactic-robot-dizzy-bake-oven or he will die) because they make the insides of my ears burrow further toward my brain. I hate spiders because they have more legs than any living thing…