tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.comments2012-02-10T03:30:07.259-05:00David Buchtahttps://profiles.google.com/111954491762835271491noreply@blogger.comBlogger683125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-59130971155792102992012-02-10T03:30:07.259-05:002012-02-10T03:30:07.259-05:00Dr Holland sounds like an awesome dentist. I think patients need to disassociate root canals with extreme pain since most procedures have anesthesia that removes the pain.Ron Receveurhttp://www.newalbanysedation.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-13519516419131812192012-02-03T03:09:33.098-05:002012-02-03T03:09:33.098-05:00I think it wasn&#39;t so bad because of the advancements in anesthesia. 10 years before it normally would hurt like hell.cheap orthodonticshttp://www.orthodonticaffiliates.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-38968154216914441642012-02-02T21:06:57.303-05:002012-02-02T21:06:57.303-05:00I had a root canal operation some years back. The procedure was painless. Then it started to hurt post-procedure.liberty mo dentisthttp://www.kansascityimplantdentist.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-86101817843704303052011-10-03T16:18:16.401-04:002011-10-03T16:18:16.401-04:00That&#39;s awesome, David! Oregon is such a great state-- if we didn&#39;t have ALL our family (on both sides) living here, it&#39;d be fun to try someplace new. Good luck on the job!Jamie Harmonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08223277156829331839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-54032448413651150402011-09-21T17:46:49.888-04:002011-09-21T17:46:49.888-04:00It is very interesting how much sense of self vegans/vegetarians place on their diet, much like religious fanatics do on their faith. Sadly the a laid-back veggie--one who isn&#39;t &quot;all about&quot; not eating meat and in your face about it--is a rarity. Usually they&#39;re sure to let you know who they are right away. These people are so confrontational to those who aren&#39;t a part of their &quot;group&quot; (in some cases you could easily make the stretch to cult) it&#39;s really no wonder they&#39;re particularly nasty to those who are leaving it.<br /><br />As all geeks do, I often lay in bed and wonder how an apocalypse would play out for me. Would being a vegetarian be a help or a hindrance once society and all of its conveniences broke down? As soon as I stopped exercising I quit supplementing my diet with protein and vitamins and experienced no health issues. No fatigue, no grouchiness, no colds that came on too frequently or lasted too long, nothing that would indicate my body was missing something. It truly is a testament to our body&#39;s ability to adapt. I suspect having a body used to a low-protein diet would help, at least at first.<br /><br />But a like so many things of the 21st century, a lot of these diets only seem sustainable because of our advanced industrial state. I doubt vegans, vegetarians, fruitarians (which I never heard of until you showed me that link), etc, would turn down some chicken if they were starving in a post-apocalyptic scenario. Or more realistically, if they found themselves in a third-world country. How many people in developing nations have the luxury of going vegan? I&#39;d say not many.David Crakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07145856267504030971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-45173235494481039782011-09-19T12:05:11.333-04:002011-09-19T12:05:11.333-04:00I&#39;ve always found it bizarre that veggies, and vegans in particular need to source a wide assortment of meat-alternatives that no pre-agrarian person could have possibly imagined. I think it&#39;s a testament to evolution that the human body can subsist on damn near anything we throw at it, for years at a time.<br /><br />It&#39;s interesting what brings people to abstain from meat. The various arguments that initially seem to make sense, but upon further inspection smack of religionesque dogma and other shenanigans. As you&#39;ve experienced directly, and I&#39;ve seen indirectly the cult-like qualities of vegetarianism and veganism come into stark contrast if you&#39;re no longer a member. &quot;Do x/y/z, and you&#39;ll change your mind.&quot; It sounds like the veg equivalent of a faith-based gay treatment program: &quot;just don&#39;t think about sucking cocks.&quot; That&#39;s just the light stuff, too. The more hardcore, kool-aid-laced version sounds a lot like Scientology&#39;s &quot;WHAT ARE YOUR CRIMES!?&quot;<br /><br />You&#39;re actually in the same state as Polyface Farms, arguably one of the best farms on the planet.<br /><br />You may have run across it in your googling, but check out http://www.beyondveg.com/.Jeff Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02361814496774064249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-46264698943633206582011-04-24T20:09:46.906-04:002011-04-24T20:09:46.906-04:00Before my trip the longest I has been away was like 18 hours. It&#39;s hard bein this far for this long. Enjoy Colorado go grab a medical license!<br /><br />ThadiuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-26970594255430149152011-04-07T19:16:00.894-04:002011-04-07T19:16:00.894-04:00Who dis?!David Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07145856267504030971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-4955671813215800672011-04-07T17:18:47.361-04:002011-04-07T17:18:47.361-04:00Love it buddy! you are capable of amazing things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-63830073236659297102011-01-14T08:38:57.465-05:002011-01-14T08:38:57.465-05:00*Note* I posted this late last night after struggling to find the energy and the concentration to finish it.<br /><br />My goal is to post one short piece of writing every day, and while the intention is good, sometimes the writing will not be.<br /><br />While this post has some sentences and I really like, I think overall this is one of those times. Oh well, that&#39;s why it&#39;s called practice.<br /><br /> - DavidDavid Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07145856267504030971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-29128102371391300042011-01-01T19:56:03.639-05:002011-01-01T19:56:03.639-05:00My resolution is to take better care of myself (mentally, physically, spiritually, etc) and be more confident. Which goes hand in hand I think.<br />Here&#39;s to an awesome 2011!Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289023874333065017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-17255342457467316632010-12-22T11:38:55.864-05:002010-12-22T11:38:55.864-05:00For real, man. It definitely becomes this assumed contest between the meaty and the meatless (or the arterially-challenged and the healthy, hurr!) even though I stopped feeling that long ago.<br /><br />I can understand where they&#39;re coming from though; when people say they don&#39;t like something I love I think the natural response is to get offended. It seems strange to think of meat this way but people LOVE their meat. How many times have you heard that they&#39;d die/kill themselves if they couldn&#39;t eat meat? I have many times. They can&#39;t understand why we don&#39;t love it, and that maybe we&#39;re judging them and their choices.<br /><br />A ton of Veggies are annoying, sad but true. They do make a point of shoving their dietary choices in people&#39;s faces. Which is why I hate PETA. I get where they&#39;re coming from, but Jesus, calm down. Whenever Kasey tells people I&#39;m vegetarian she adds, &quot;But don&#39;t worry, he&#39;s not the annoying kind.&quot;<br /><br />We were actually talking about being tricked into eating meat the other day. It would be incredibly fucked up, and it&#39;s horribly rude that people would even consider it. &quot;Hey, I&#39;m going to trick you into eating your pet, haha! Or maybe you&#39;re own kidney! Hilarious right?!&quot; No, disgusting to consider.<br /><br />I&#39;m gonna find me some vegan marshmallows and chow down! And I do wish there were Vegan and Vegetarian Police, who could give people fines/kicks for falsely identifying as such or being dicks about what kind of the food they abstain from.David Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07145856267504030971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-25159066749166138712010-12-21T23:26:07.251-05:002010-12-21T23:26:07.251-05:00I can sympathize with you and your situation. I also hold back from expressing my vegan lifestyle to delay the reactions from close-minded ignorant people. I&#39;m more of a &quot;closet-vegan&quot;. I usual only &#39;come out&#39; when offered food and it seems unusually rude to refuse, or people notice I get a bowl of plain veg at a steakhouse. More likely, I am &#39;outed&#39; by others that for some reason feel compelled to tell other people for me. There was a time when I often was introduced to new people as &quot;_____ the vegan&quot;, even in professional settings. I found this interesting. If I where Jewish, would I be introduced as &quot;_____the Jew&quot;? .... Probably not.<br /><br /> I assume the &quot;I&#39;ll get him to eat meat&quot; attitude comes from their assumptions that you will attempt to convert them. This creates an imaginary contest of values that you really don&#39;t even care about, but they take very seriously. I am often told by non-vegs how obnoxious vegs are (or seem to be to them) by &quot;always shoving their point of view in my face, trying to convert me&quot;. I have never stated my veg POV unless asked, but have often been subjected to pro-meat arguments/statements. Who is acting like the jackass, the veg (me/you) or the pro-meater? <br />Again, if these where religious believes, then they would be respected w/o argument.<br />I have been forced to live with people that would state their goal to &#39;trick&#39; me into eating non-veg foods. What kind of F@#%ed up thinking is that?<br /><br />It is a shame, I too have gotten bitter about answering questions because more times than not the person asking doesn&#39;t really care. I wind up giving a 1/2 ass answer. The people that don&#39;t care get the hint, but the people that do feel cheated and like I am being cold.<br /><br />I too occasionally feel a prisoner to my veg-ness, but being Veg is a choice. If you choose to eat a marshmallow, so be it. I eat honey and love it. Contrary to &#39;Scott Pilgrim vs. the World&#39; there is no vegan police. I just reflect back on my beliefs that lead me to veg-ness. I CHOOSE that ignorance is not bliss, and that I will not be part of the problem. Whatever floats your boat.<br /><br />But I&#39;m rambling.....<br />Good luck on continuing you Veg ways, and F@#k the closed-minded bigots.<br />BTW...there are many great veg marshmallows, no need to feel guilty eating the gelatin kind.<br /><br /><br />Your Vegan co-worker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-32859774599692265422010-08-05T13:16:42.074-04:002010-08-05T13:16:42.074-04:00--KaseyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-46327679379338999262010-08-05T13:11:39.210-04:002010-08-05T13:11:39.210-04:00Well for a NON asshole comment, not everyone knows how to respond to great writing. Case in point: Me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-55533134173926578352010-07-30T04:06:21.952-04:002010-07-30T04:06:21.952-04:00This past year has taught me that I for sure could never ever be a nurse or doctor. *yech* For multiple reasons.<br /><br />Glad they figured out what was up and you&#39;re getting better :)Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289023874333065017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-5987241668297693362010-07-13T14:47:53.150-04:002010-07-13T14:47:53.150-04:00Awwww XDMandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289023874333065017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-9718669015376992502010-05-25T15:16:02.237-04:002010-05-25T15:16:02.237-04:00Exactly!Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289023874333065017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-32910936133809379982010-05-25T14:00:25.297-04:002010-05-25T14:00:25.297-04:00Agreed. Everyone in the church and in the audience. That way whatever your spiritual slant is you can envision the end accordingly.DavidCakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07145856267504030971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-90965429045845596802010-05-25T11:50:08.040-04:002010-05-25T11:50:08.040-04:00Also, the church represented so many different religions and therefore probably represented everyone IN the church. They were all moving on, but to their own &#39;next plane of spiritual existence&#39;.<br /><br />--kAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-37539344469069411782010-05-24T19:10:29.989-04:002010-05-24T19:10:29.989-04:00Go Dave!Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289023874333065017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-64097825124393557122010-05-18T04:14:38.488-04:002010-05-18T04:14:38.488-04:00hey.. thanks for sharing, its kinda interesting :)atsiehttp://www.jak-stik.ac.idnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-61119115489767127472010-03-01T22:49:40.144-05:002010-03-01T22:49:40.144-05:00Great post. Glad to hear you&#39;re doing well, but you need to get back on that bike.needtobikehttp://needtobike.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-39788314171227824992009-11-20T03:17:27.811-05:002009-11-20T03:17:27.811-05:00This is such great shot of your babies face! He is really coming into his own. Sometimes it&#39;s hard to catch these moments. Thanks for sharing him with us. He is really a great little guy... looks like he is always watching you. Your Aunt BrandonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14851130.post-57139607810955455602009-10-18T22:41:27.407-04:002009-10-18T22:41:27.407-04:00&gt;.&lt; So cute. &quot;Just like his mama, no pants and smart&quot; heheMandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289023874333065017noreply@blogger.com