A new Dentist

Dentist diary starts today. Shock at the size of the issues, and trying to come to terms with it. If your kidney was in such a state they would insist they get you in and fix it for free. I have seen the peridontist today. Brilliant analysis of bleeding gums, great advice about diet, brush use, bone density and roots. Turns out I have exceptionally long roots and am very lucky. 3 hygiene appts to make then 2 huge deep cleaning sessions under anaesthetic. They took a lot of photos though, its not a gallery I want to flick through. £2,000 all in. My mouth will be worth the same as a small car. Then there's the normal dentistry. A tooth that I love, top back left, its gotta come out. But not til next week. Sadly 5 of it's colleagues are in trouble too. They are not painful and gave me no indication. And that will cost, but more of that next time.

Just enrolled on an e-learning course, so hoping to blog a bit about being a learner, not a teacher. Don't underestimate how difficult it must be for some children to type something in a discussion. I did it today with complete strangers, and you are thinking, don't make an idiot of yourself, sound intelligent, is that all spelt right?

I have never done anything academic online before which is ironic as I have set things up for learners constantly for the last 3 or 4 years.

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This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

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Adding this by email - love  my GMail and i must thank Jim for inviting me those years ago.

Green is good

Very good spring and summer for fruit and veg so far. I am struck by how much of a machine potato plants are. They throw up a huge plume of light 'hungry' leaves and go for broke, sending sugars down to the roots. It helps me keep faith in green issues to see the simplicity of this food generation process.

Nintendo DS's in Education

Handheld things are so lovely in a child's grasp. Today I loved the shiny bright colours, the plastic pen, the blip blip plinky plonky as the tinny music rang out. Kids love all this - instant feedback of results. I am a fan.

BUT the 'software' ie rubbishy brain train games are nothing like their PC counterparts. A gap in the market there for some enterprising designer.