The good news is, root canal no longer necessarily means you’re going to lose your tooth.

The bad news is, my front tooth that was bugging me yesterday is abcessed. I’m having root canal on Dec. 27th.

The dentist actually asked if I’d been in a car accident or had some kind of trauma to cause it. Apparently, it’s that dead.

Left on my Christmas gift list:

John’s present
My secret bunneh.

That’s it. Whoo hoo!!!!

Boxes and envelopes are ready to go out. Everything is wrapped and done!

Top Ten Things to Do with A Fruit Cake (besides eat it)

By Stephanie Cottrell Bryant

December, 2002.

1. Home base in your family’s annual championship game of snowball baseball.
2. Frisbee!
3. Set it next to a door that stubbornly refuses to stay open. Best used with a door you have no intention of ever closing, as removing the new doorstop may be a challenge.
4. Leave it out for Santa to eat and catch the fat bastard as he’s trying to wedge himself back up the chimney, weighted down with your three-week-old rum-soaked fruit cake, a can of pressurized whipped cream, and a quart of whole milk.
5. Stick feathers in it during duck hunting season to make a festive decoy.
6. A dog chew toy. . . what do you mean not even your dog will touch it?
7. Crumble it up into small pieces and. . . . just kidding. We know you can’t actually break up a fruit cake!
8. “Pull!” - An inexpensive skeet. Reusable, too.
9. Use as freeweights to bulk up your biceps.
10. Place in a trebuchet when besieging a castle. Fire.

© 2003, Stephanie Cottrell Bryant. Written by Stephanie Cottrell Bryant. Permission to copy, distribute, share with friends and loved ones is granted, provided the copyright and author acknowledgments remain intact.

I registered for an exhibit-only pass to CES, since we’re going to be in Vegas at the same time.

There’s a CES-sponsored 5K run on January 10th. I’m considering signing up for it. That would be fun….