i was thinking rather smugly, a little pain clarifies the mind, then it got too much, my head congested and my tooth hollow pained, but then i brushed with tea tree oil toothpaste and it was fine. then i watched jafar panahi's taxi and i though at least i'm not banned from blogging and sneaking around in a taxi trying to make a film about being banned from making films and locked into an endless war with a stupid state. though i am in america, land of trumps and obombas. my teeth have outlasted many technologies at least, cameras and computers, so that's heartening portugal. i know mentioning portugal too much will lose portugal, like ukraine, but i can't stop myself. i'm on a roll, a steep roll, baby. (later: it was just a ha-ha!)