I had a dental checkup today. My teeth are fine. Another cavity-free year. There's an aquarium in the dentist's waiting room. I passed the time while waiting for my appointment by looking at the fishies. There were lots of them, in different sizes. Most of them were a glorious, deep goldfishy orange. There were tiny ones, less than an inch long; big ones, about the size of the palm of my hand; and lots in between. The big ones barely moved; there were two of them, pale creamy orange, just bobbing... read more