I've got books lining my shelves, day and night......

 Books 2022

Today, for the first time since i had the tooth out, I went out and about.  Mom and I went to Hagerstown and went to a few stores to get some things.  One place of Ollies, were I bought three books, two were graphic novels, the third was this book: 

The Princess, The Scoundrel and The Farm Boy, by Alexandra Bracken (a retelling of Star Wars: A New Hope)

The Yearly Totals:

Jan 12: 1 book for $7.87, average of $7.87 per book

     Totals: see above

Feb 22: 4 books for $13.96, average of $3.49 per book

     Totals: 5 books for $21.83, average of $4.37 per book

Mar 2: 3 books for $61.70, average of $20.57 per book

     Totals: 8 books for $83.53, average of $10.44 per book

Apr 1: 3 books for $13.00, average of $4.34 per book

     Totals: 11 books for $96.53, average of $8.76 per book

Apr 9: 1 book for $9.13

     Totals: 12 books for $105.66, average of $8.81 per book

Apr 15: 1 book for $12.01

     Totals: 13 books for $117.67, average of $9.05 per book

Apr 16: 2 books for $7.34, average of $3.67 per book

     Totals: 15 books for 125.01, average of $8.22 per book

Apr 25: 1 book for $1.06

     Totals: 16 books for $126.07, average of $7.88 per book

May 1: 1 book for $9.74

     Totals: 17 books for $135.81, average of $7.99 per book

May 2: 3 books for $10.57, average of $3.52 per book

     Totals: 20 books for 146.38, average of $7.32 per book

May 16: 2 books for $27.44, average of $13.72 per book

     Totals: 22 books for $173.82, average of $7.90 per book

May 22: 1 books for $3.05

     Totals: 23 books for $176.87, average of $7.69 per book

May 23: 3 books for $8.10, average of $2.70 per book

     Totals: 26 books for $184.97, average of $7.11 per book

June 1: 1 book for $1.99

     Totals: 27 books for $186.96, average of 6.92 per book

June 7: 1 book for $52.99

     Totals: 28 books for $239.95, average of $8.57 per book

June 8: 1 book for $33.54

     Totals: 29 books for $273.49, average of $9.43 per book

June 10: 10 books for $124.36, average of $12.44 per book

     Totals: 39 books for $397.85, average of $10.20 per book

June 25: 3 books for $28.00, average of $9.33 per book

     Totals: 42 books for $425.85, average of $10.14 per book

July 31: 3 books for $14.67, average of $4.89

     Totals: 45 books for $440.52, average of $9.70 per book

Of these 45 books, 29 are actual books and 16graphic novels

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 1704).....

 MAPS!

Incidentally, all the red states had interracial marriage bans overturned at the same time by the Supreme Court in the Loving decision. 

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 2269)....

 Superhero Anydays

Today, by the Always Amazing Alex Ross, we have the Fantastic Four!

Clockwise from upper right: Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, The Thing, Human Torch

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And today we have a Spider-Man cosplayer in a classic Spider-Man pose.

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 3396)....

 Check This Out!

POLT

It's so cool, to be uncool (Part 539)...

 What's Cool?

You think you're cool?  Well you'll never be as cool as this 70s dinner party!  Not the food, the candles, the outfit, the wood wall paneling, OR that super groovy stove!

POLT

A people, a tongue and a nation (Part 800)...

 Luscious Licks

POLT

The truth is, I never left you (Part 1447)...

 TRUTH After The Time Of tRump 

(defeated, disgraced, loser)

POLT

Put your love to the test (Part 570)...

 Where To Put It?

This cutie's a local guy I've chatted with a few times online.  Where should his pic go?  Fetching Faces?  Bros With Braces?  Superhero Anydays?

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 3395)....

 Check This Out!

The CN Tower in Toronto, from above and facing south looking at Lake Onatrio and in the far distance, New York state. 

POLT

I drive my mini-Cooper and I'm feeling super-dooper (Part 680)...

 Superman Sundays

This week,  we have some Superman cosplayers in that new-fangled costume (ya know, the one where he's not wearing red briefs) and with some type of facial hair too.

POLT

 So I had a crown in one of my upper right molars that fell out in early 2021.  I was going to make an appointment with the dentist to get it put back in, but there was no rush to it.  I thought.   Back in, I think April of last year, while eating, I chipped a piece of the tooth off and now the crown would no longer fit.  SO then, too late to do things easily, I made an appointment with the dentist. 

He confirmed the crown would not fit and there wasn't enough of the tooth left to put a new crown in. (the tooth was like an upside volcano: just a rim of tooth and empty inside...an upside down cone)  But he did put a glob of the stuff used for fillings in it to fill in and make it...solid-ish.   And everything was fine.

Until earlier this year, when they glob of stuff fell out.  I made an appointment in early May to just get the tooth pulled.  When I went in, the dentist looked it over and said, it's a dead tooth, but I could have it for another 5 years or more without problem.  He's pull it if I wanted, but he didn't see a reason to do it right then.  SO we didn't.  And he put another glob of that stuff in it.

In last June, that glob fell out and there was bit more of the tooth that went with it. So I made an appointment just to pull it.  I wasn't eating on it, and obviously, it wouldn't last 5 years like this. 

Thursday was the day to get it pulled.  I had him prescribe me a valium to take before my appointment.  I love my dentist and everybody who works in his office, but I HATE going to the dentist. Always have, he's my third dentist in my life, and by far the best one, but I felt the same way about them too.  And the last time I had a tooth pulled, while we waited for the Novocain to take effect I was so nervous, I was pacing around his office, rubbing my fingers together obsessively.  I don't know that the valium did all that much to calm me down, but hey, I did set peacefully in the chair and not pace, so that's good. 

When he got to work, I felt no pain, but I could feel a lil pressure and what he was doing.  I had told him ahead of time my molar roots are really weirdly shaped and he said he remembered from the last time.  So he tried pulling it normally, with no success.  And then he got the drill out.  He told me later he had to cut it into three pieces and pull it out separately.   Honestly, it sounds a whole lot worse than it was or felt.    And it didn't take long at all.   I got to his office at 2:45, he took me almost right away and I was back home (i live right across the street) by 3:09.  I think the total time of the extraction was like 5 minutes or so. It seemed a lot longer in the chair, but I don't think it was any more than that.

So I came home and I bled all night.    Went to through all the gauze he gave me.  When I saw it was running low I went to CVS and got more.  I bled a lot longer than I thought it should have, but then I'm on a daily aspirin regimen, so that's probably why.  I took the anti-biotics (so I wouldn't get dry socket had that once before, oh GOD the pain) and the Tylenol with codeine for pain.  There's been a dull ache that grows stronger or weaker periodically, and that sucks, but it could be worse.  And I'm putting a cold compress on the outside periodically too, cause that's sore when I smile or laugh or talk sometimes or chew sometimes.  But that's kinda more muscular than the other pain.

Anyway, it's been over 50 hours since I had the tooth removed.  All in all, it's not something I'd want to go through again (although with the way my teeth are, I'm sure it WILL happen again), but it wasn't as bad as it could be, I guess .

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 3394)....

 Check This Out!

And Senate Republicans blocked it entirely.  They didn't get their way on a totally unrelated bill, so they threw a hissy fit and threw sick veterans under the bus.  

I don't get the thought process: we're pissed at Democrats so we're gonna deny sick vets money for the health care they need.  Boy that'll show the Dems!  We're owning the lib, bidly!

Course, to be fair, I don't get the thought process of Republicans much at all anyway.

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 1703)....

 MAPS!

Today, by the amazingly talented Dyson Logos, we have his design of a three tiered mansion for D&D. 

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 2268)...

 Superhero Anydays

This is the cover of the Marvel Age Annual from 1985.  It's drawn by Art Adams and shows most the mutant from the Marvel Universe at that time. 

On the ground and in back: Psylocke, Nightcrawler, Mirage, Cyclops, Colossus, Magik, Wolfsbane, Havok, Longshot, Dazzler, Beast and Sunspot

In the air, upper part, clockwise from Wolverine in the middle: Jean Gray, Cannonball, Rachel Summers, Archangel, Meggan, Rogue, Storm, Warlock, Captain Britain, and Shadowcat

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And we also have a Black Panther cosplayer.

POLT

Not just where you bump and grind it (Part 293)...

 Hookup Humor 

And again, gay hookup apps be just like this.

POLT

A people, a tongue and a nation (Part 799)....

 Luscious Licks

POLT

I need to be dazzling, I need to be rainbow high (Part 534)....

 Pride Prisms

POLT

Put your love to the test (Part 569)...

 Where To Put It?

Where should this pic of model/internet celeb, uber-sexy Chase Stobbe go?  Fetching Faces?  Luscious Licks?  Shirtless Mondays?   Hairthing Happenings?  Nippliciousness? (yeah, I don't have those last two...but I could make them just for this dude alone!)  Check This Out!?

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 3393)....

 Check This Out!

Oh believe me when I tell you it's a struggle sometimes.

....most of the time, actually....

POLT

My baby's got a secret (Part 786).....

 Secret Saturdays

This week, we have Secrets And Christians.

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 2267)....

 Superhero Anydays

Today we have, by an unknown artist, the super-heroes who were created specifically for the Super Friends tv cartoon of the late 70s/early 80s.

In front: El Dorado

middle: The Wondertwins (Jayna and Zan)

in back: Samuri, Apache Chief, Black Vulcan

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And today we also have a freaking amazing (and freaking sexy) gender bent Scarlet Witch cosplayer!

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 3392)...

 Check This Out!

No lies told here. 

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 1702)....

 MAPS!

Today we have a D&D map of a large city.  I know its a large one because this is called the "Stormy District" and this one district alone is about the size of a lot of cities in the D&D realm.

POLT

Rita Hayworth, gave good face (Part 431)...

 Fetching Faces

This is internet celeb/model/all around sexy stud Chase Stobbe, and his "man i'm pissed" look. 

Probably because he's got clothes on.  Most of his pics he's shirtless, showing off his massively sexy chest and nipples, and usually only in shorts/underwear/swimwear, to show off this legs too.

POLT

The truth is I never left you (Part 1446).....

 TRUTH In The Time Of tRump 

(defeated, disgraced, loser)

If he told the truth, this is what his signs/tweets/statements would say.

POLT

Out of control, cause this dog ain't new (Part 731).....

 Heavenly Hounds

POLT

Put your love to the test (Part 568)...

 Where To Put It?

This is Jim Nowakowski, a professional ballet dancer who I follow online.  Where should we put his pic?  Pride Prisms?  Thursday Thighs?  Shirtless Mondays?  Fetching Faces?  Check This Out!?

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 3391)....

 Check This Out!

This photo was taken sometime after the first Star Wars movie.  It's got all the main stars (except for Anthony Daniels C3PO and Alec Guinness Obi-Wan).  This particular pic also uses the special effect from the movies, where the deceased Jedis appeared outlined in color to Luke.  In this pic, as of now, all the deceased starts are outlined in light.

The living starts are Harrison "Han Solo" Ford and Mark "Luke" Hamill (as well as Anthony Daniels if he were here).  The deceased ones are, clockwise from bottom right, Kenny "R2D2" Baker, Carrie "Leia" Fisher, David "Darth Vader" Prouse, and Peter "Chewbacca" Mayhew (as well as Alec Guiness, if he were here).

POLT

Some boys kiss me, some boys hug me (Part 710)...

 Frenching Fridays

This week, we have Kisses And Full Beards!

POLT

 Since later today I have to get a tooth ripped out of my head, there will be a theme through all of today's posts.

Update: Tooth was removed in less than half an hour.  Because of the weird roots my molars typically have, he tried to pull it out regularly, but when that didn't work, he got the drill, drill it apart and pulled the pieces out separately.  It wasn't pleasant, but it didn't hurt...thank God for Novocain. 

I'm not sitting here, binging Dr. Pol and changing the bloody gauze every half hour.  

I didn't notice anything different with the valium I took before the appointment, but I wasn't pacing nervously around his office, so I guess that's something.  I just took the anti-biotic (to stop dry socket) and the painkiller (tylenol with codeine).  The Novocain has worn off, cause my jaw is a bit achy...but since he did have to wiggle and yank (kinda) the parts of the tooth to get them out, I guess that's to be expected.  Hopefully the pain killer will keep the pain at bay. 

Nothing to do now, but not rinse, spit, or drink through a straw, eat light easy foods today, rest and recover. 

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 1701)...

 MAPS!

Today's map shows which states have the best and worst oral health.

Surely, no one can be surprised that the worst state for oral health are red, mostly Southern states (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississppi, Tennessee and  West Virginia), and the best states for oral health are blue, mostly North Eastern states (Connecticul, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and New Jersey).

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 2266)....

 Superhero Anydays

By the Always Amazing Alex Ross, we have his rendition of The Joker, and his big toothy, albeit maniacal, smile!

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And today we also have a cute lil Asian cosplayer with a big toothy smile in one of Namor the Sub-Mariner's lesser used costumes. 

POLT