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That title is for Google; I’m leveraging my rank just a bit so people looking for information about this dentist can find an honest account.

I just got back from a dentist in Berkeley with whom I made an appointment after searching with my insurance provider’s site. He was the first on the list, and close, so I figured, how could one go wrong with all the regulations and inspections and everything they control in this modern dental world?

Well, you could at least Google the dentist. I didn’t, so I had no idea what to expect from the office I was approaching on Parker street, but I got an idea once I came to the address. It was a house. A two story house, with a messy porch and a little plaque on the wall with the dentist’s name on it.

Oh-kaaay… well, I could at least give it a chance. Maybe it’s white and sparkly on the inside, like a Twinkie.

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It’s the little things that count, because an engineer that gets the little things right doesn’t get the big things wrong.

In my car, a 1991 Honda Accord wagon, I am able, with both hands full of groceries lock and close all doors in the car using only my feet.

Now, my girlfriend would say at this point, “If your car is so great, then why is the passenger door light switch broken?” And to that, I would say, because my dad is not a Honda engineer, and he broke it trying to wire in a little blinking light that makes it look like there’s an alarm.

But she would never argue that both our Honda vehicles (she has a Civic) are fine pieces of engineering and good cars. Whoever engineered the front door lock on my car to lock all the doors and be big enough to hit with my foot, thank you. I owe you a Sapporo or something.