Month: August 2023
Dentistry
I imagine most of you know that, in the past, I had the most atrociously yellowed teeth up until about a year ago. They were so very yellowed, it was amazing. My apologies to anyone and everyone who had the great displeasure of having to see them that way. You may wonder why they were so yellow. Well, it was mostly due to a bad start, lots of neglect, and ignorance.
So, how did I improve them so drastically? I started brushing them. I brushed them a lot. I still brush them a lot, and they are still improving. At first, I used a standard, non-electric toothbrush. Then later, about a year ago, I bought an electric sonic toothbrush, and it was when I started using that sonic toothbrush that the yellow started coming off fast. Throughout the process of improving the condition of my teeth, I did not use any chemical teeth-whitening products, laser treatments, etc. I did it with just brushing alone.
To be clear: I’m not claiming to have perfectly white teeth. I definitely do not have perfectly white teeth. But the difference from how they were previously to how they are now is potentially startling. It’s almost like night and day. They really were very, very yellow; maybe even better described as brown. Yuck!!
What motivated me to start taking better care of my teeth is the most interesting part of this, though. I immensely dislike saying this yet again. I really, really, really do. But a deeper explanation of that will have to wait until later. In the meantime, I will say this; God taught me some amazing things about our dental organs. He really did. I know it may sound more than a little ludacris and crazy when I say this, but I swear it is absolutely true. Believe it or not, our dental organs have a deeply and profoundly spiritual nature to them.
So, why do I keep doing that? I touch lightly upon subjects and then say that more info will have to come later (I dislike doing it sooooo much, ugh!!!!). It frustrates me hugely, and I imagine it frustrates others also. I am sincerely sorry for doing that, and I apologize for doing it over and over. Anyhow, the reason is almost always the same. That reason being, that the details would not make any sense yet or perhaps would even just sound like pure insanity without people hearing at least some of the relevant Playback content first.
As I write this, I am feeling a renewed motivation to take even better care of my teeth. So, I’m going to improve by flossing daily and setting an appointment to take care of some dental issues that have come up recently. One of those issues is that one of my crowns fell off and needs to be restored. The other is that lately I have begun to experience some abnormal sensitivity in one of my molars when drinking cold liquids. My cosmetic tooth issue (hugely jutted front tooth) will probably have to wait, though. I suspect that Earth-level dental science probably does not have a 100% non-destructive fix for that. However, I will consult a doctor (of Dental Science) about it as soon as possible.
God bless all of you!
Some interesting movies
Click the images if you would like to view the theatrical trailers on YouTube. Please, do be a little cautious though. While all of these movies have some content that is “interesting”, they also have much that is not.
Just a note to avoid confusion: I’m not a robot and never was.
More nice t-shirts
Finished reading Contact by Carl Sagan and now reading Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance by Sean Williams.
The Fan
I know some of you are looking for evidence of God’s existence. With so much oddity going on all around us right now, I imagine it is easy to overlook considering the past as well.
I recommend searching your past experiences as well as your current experiences. You may find that some old memories will now make more sense if while you reconsider them, you also think about whether or not God may have played a direct role in those experiences.
I have a few stories of my own that would be very on-topic for this and I would love to share them with you now, but without you first knowing more about my unique circumstances, the stories wouldn’t make much sense. So what I’m going to do is share the story of an experience someone else had a long time ago.
I think he will recognize the story, but just in case he would otherwise wonder if I could be talking about someone else, I’ll say this about him to help. His first name starts with “K” and many years ago, he would often sit on a big rock next to a major thoroughfare near his family’s home, just watching the traffic pass by.
It happened when he was young; middle school or high school age. He was lying in bed trying to sleep when he had a seemingly random thought about an electric fan in his bedroom. It had been running day and night, nonstop for years and he thought to himself, “someday, that fan is going to stop”. A moment later, that fan, which had been running for years, stopped. At the time, it seemed to be an almost-too-amazing coincidence, but he attributed it to just being mere chance and continued to do so for many years to come.
I don’t know how he feels about that event these days, but I can’t help but think that if he is still attributing it to mere chance, that he may feel differently about it upon reconsideration if in addition to whatever he thought about it previously, he also considers whether or not God may have been giving him something to reflect back upon later.
As I write this, I find myself wondering; could there possibly be such an abundance of stories like this out there, that it would be impossible to attribute them as being stories about events of mere chance if we knew how many there are? I don’t know. I want to know though! And I will share mine later when they will make sense.
God bless you!
Seeing things differently
August 31, 2023, 10:00 pm
Everything else
Santi
Reflecting back on past events, I realize now that there were times, years ago, when people around me wondered if they and I were seeing different things in situations where we should have been seeing the same thing. The answer is yes; that happened a lot.
Back then, I did not know that was happening, but I do know now that there were thousands of instances of other people and I seeing/feeling/hearing/smelling events involving myself very differently from each other—maybe even tens of thousands of times. To be clear, I’m pretty sure it only happened in events involving me directly.
It was suggested to me that on one occasion, it seemed to someone that I was screaming at them to buy me a house. I’ve never done that to anyone, ever. I don’t have any idea what I was really doing at the time when it seemed to them that I was screaming at them because I don’t know when this seemed to them to be happening, but I do know for sure that I’ve never screamed at anyone to buy a house for me.
I do not think others and I are seeing things differently anymore. But if it does still happen, I’m certain it is very infrequent.
So, why was it happening? I’m sorry, but that answer is going to have to come later. Ugh…
For now though, I will go ahead and be the first to say to me, Welcome to reality, Santi!! You’re going to like it!!
God bless all of you!
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