The Dentist

Ok, maybe I am a baby, but I hate the Dentist. I hate the Dentist so much that I have not gone in 15 years. So it might be more correct to say that I am terrified of the Dentist. Anyway a few weeks ago I finally got up enough nerve to get in for a checkup. I chose of course one of those places that can do sleep dentistry in case I need to get some major work done. As it turns out there is plenty of work to be done (as i expected) but there is a lot less work than I ever imagine. I have known for some time that my Wisdom teeth should come out. They dont hurt or anything, but they sure make my mouth crowded. So we decided that the top two gotta come out. As well I need to get a tooth "rebuilt". Now this one is all my fault. You see the last time I went to the Dentist I was in the middle of having a root canal done. Actually the root canal was all done, all that was needed was to put the crown on, but, ya you guessed it, after having the root canal I wasnt about to step foot in a dentist chair for a long long time. So, no crown was put on, so a few years back the tooth pretty much just gave way (accept for the root canal part). So now I need to get it rebuilt and a crown put on. Other than that a few minor fillings and some scraping, and I will be as good as new. What is all this gonna cost....well we're thinking about 4 grand. How much does my blue cross cover....well about 1500 a year. So I think I am gonna get half done now, and the rest in the new year, so that I only have to pay a g-note out of my pocket. Not too shabby. Today I had my second visit in the long process of the aforementioned work, so right now my mouth is frozen, and I look like a stroke victim.

Let see, what else. Oh yes last night Tappers made a beercan-bbq-chicken. Has anyone else ever tried one of these? For those who have not I will give you the basics and you can try it out over the weekend. Ingredients. 1 chicken, 1 supercan of your favorite barly beverage, a couple of potato's, a couple of carrots, and an onion or two. you will also need a turkey pan, and some aluminum foil

First crack your beer. Then shove it up the chickens you know what. Coat the outside of the chicken with your favorite spices and bbq sauce. Stand chicken up in Turkey pan. Surround chicken with chopped up potato, carrots, and onion. Add butter to top of veggies. Cover chicken in pan with aluminum foil, and place in BBQ on high heat for an hour and a half, or until done (not rocket science).

Now I guess the way this works is the beer boils inside of the chicken cavity filling it with moist refeshing goodness. Well let me just say, this works awesome. Although I had a few too many glasses of wine to really remember how good it was, I do remember thinking "damn this is some good shit." So with all that said, happy bbq'ing.

Nooman out