New Looks
Well, as promised, I've updated the content blocks: there's now a header (to the extent that there can be one) and banners for each category. I like how they turned out ... pretty much exactly how I wanted them, but tweaking or an overhaul for some occasion (or lack thereof) are an eventuality. I also added a Recommended Blogs section – go read them.
And for the record, I had this all planned before you posted your challenge, Omi.
However, that isn't the only new look around here, hence the plural in the title. I got my braces off yesterday, and I would be elated had I not subsequently gotten retainers of both the upper and lower variety. If you haven't had braces and consequently may not know what a retainer is, consider yourself lucky.
My lower retainer is a wire cemented to the back of my front six teeth, which results in an awkward and scratchy bulge that irritates my tongue. It's actually very small, but it feels huge. Its purpose is to keep my teeth in place so they don't naturally spread outward again, and will be removed when my orthodontist judges that it can be without the consequences it is designed to avoid. Even if you haven't had braces, you've probably seen an upper retainer – it fits into the top of one's mouth and holds a wire running around the outisde of the front teeth. Same purpose, different means, and it can be taken out to eat. The lower one keeps getting in the way of my tongue... I'm getting used to it (the upper) being there, but it's still hard to talk properly and the newly smooth plastic roof of my mouth incessantly intrigues my tongue. And I have to suppress my gag reflex every time I put it in, or at least for the moment.
What fun. But at least I don't have braces any more. Yay!
Now, go and enjoy the saplings I've planted to guide you through here and be happy if you don't have braces/retainers.
– ToM
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