Though it really feels like Facebook has killed every single personal blog in the world, I still enjoy reading what some of my old blog-buddies post. It’s just that there aren’t nearly as many of them still posting.
GoingLikeSixty and his wife up and sold their house in Kentucky and are moving to Costa Rica in just a few weeks. He’s been posting about the upcoming move and the huge culture shock they’re facing by moving to a less-developed country. I would make a joke about how he already lives in a third-world country right there in Kentucky, but we both know it’s not really a joke. His wife, Nancy, who also blogs, has some backstory to explain how they decided to chuck it all in the first place. I have a client who spends the winter months in Costa Rica, and she makes it sound pretty good, too, but I have a hard enough time living in suburbia; I think I’d lose what little sanity I have left trying to live the pura vida.
Joel Sax apparently wants to give us all nightmares by talking about all the horrible things that happen to your teeth. Personally, I’m not too concerned about developing meth mouth, but having suffered with dry mouth as a side effect of prescriptions for a couple of years, his descriptions brought back some unpleasant memories. I know Joel has had to deal with complicated and difficult dental procedures over the years, and it’s a fate I would not wish on anyone. I count myself as incredibly lucky not to have had many dental problems over the years, despite never having been a regular customer of a dentist until I became a parent and had to put my money where my mouth was, so to speak.
Even as other bloggers fall by the wayside, my buddy Jack Cluth manages to keep grinding it out after all these years just by keeping up with the headlines. This morning, though, he offers us this very helpful infographic that distinguishes between Canadian beers and unnatural sex acts. This should be especially useful even to Canadians, who just last week voted en masse to fuck themselves.
