Category | Obsessions

There is a real and growing new silly addiction out there to having one's teeth whitened excessively.  But before you laugh, you should know that this is far from a harmless addiction that results in a spectacular smile;  rather, it can be a dangerous thing to do that can lead to a life of pain. Linda McKnight 43, was in the middle of a yoga class at the local gym when she felt a sharp, shooting pain that was bad enough to send her to the floor. It wasn't a stretching injury, or anything, in fact, related to her muscles at all.   This pain had come from her teeth.  "It came out of the blue,"...

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Some people would rather sit around all day counting jelly beans than going out into the world to do anything constructive.  A wise man always told me, "if you are too tired or lazy to go fishing, then you are not human."  But actually, the kinds of people here -- let's call them JBCs for short (Jelly Bean Counters) -- really and truly are not tired.  It takes an enormous amount of human energy to keep track of large numbers of jelly beans.  Especially if they are all many different colors and specklings, or various flavors.  When these colorful confections are all dumped together into a large...

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