The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic was April 15. Even the movie theaters were showing the special 3D remake of the block buster movie. Over and over we get to experience the sinking of a large piece of metal into ice cold water caused by idiots trying to establish a record time for crossing the Atlantic.
There is a book that parallels the Titanic tale. The book’s title is “Futility” (?) and it is about a ship called the Titan. It sails from England, hits an ice-berg and sinks. 50% of the passengers are lost in the cold water. You would think that the author would be sued for copyright infringement. The amazing part of the book “Futility” is that it was written 14 years before the Titanic made its maiden voyage. How erie is that? What forces of the spiritual world caused the book to be written before an event happened? I’m sure it all just coincidence.
Yesterday I completed a marathon saga at the dentist. Several years ago, I needed a root canal in a “back tooth”. $1000. After the root canal, it was determined that a crown was required on the same tooth because there was not enough tooth structure to hold a filling. $1000. Then in January, the crown fell off the tooth. Luckily I didn’t swallow the crown. It was glued back on. More dollars. In March, the crown fell off again. It was glued back on but I was for scheduled for a more reliable attachment of the crown to the tooth. More dollars. Yesterday, the tooth and crown were anchored together by a common “post” and I now have a permanent fix. More dollars. Stay tuned! I think I just described an annuity for my dentist (payments that go on forever and ever).
I spend a lot of mental energy fighting my dentist (who is really a pretty good guy). Going to my doctor is not much better. I guess the key is don’t eat candy, stay away from soda with lots of sugar, eat organic foods and exercise. Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Love,
Dad