THIS PREFACE IS A STORY OF THE YOUNG AND LANKY HSR, WHO IS THE
SUPREME GASEOUS-AND-PLASMA-SILICON-LACED (WITH RARE LEFT-HANDED STATIONARY NEUTRINOS
SPRINKLED IN HERE AND THERE) CYBERNETIC EMBODIMENT OF THE HOLLYWOOD SMILES
REPORT, AND HE LOOKS OUT OVER THE PARK’S SWIMMING POOL, AND, AT 14 YEARS OF
AGE, WITH A HINT OF AN EMERGING SIX-PACK ON HIS SKINNY SELF, HE IS ENJOYING THE FIRST DAY
OF HIS FIRST SUMMER JOB AS A LIFE GUARD, AND EVERYTHING'S GOING ALRIGHT SO FAR, AS THE KIDS PLAY AND SPLASH AND SHOUT IN THE WATER, AND THE GUYS WALK AROUND THE POOL SLOWLY AND MUSCULARLY WITH THEIR STOMACHS SUCKED IN TO LOOK VIRILE TO THE LADIES, AND THE YOUNG LADIES THICKLY APPLY SUNSCREEN ALL OVER AS THE GUYS WATCH AND DREAM OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAPPEN, BUT IT PROBABLY WON'T, ALL THE WHILE, THE HSR IS SITTING HIGH ON TOP OF THE TALL LIFE GUARD'S CHAIR, WITH THE UMBRELLA STRATEGICALLY LEANING TO THE SIDE AND BLOCKING EL SOL OUT OF HIS FACE, AND HE HAS SOME OF THAT WHITE PROTECTION LOTION CAKED ON THIS NOSE TO LOOK THE PART, AND SEATED IN THE SHADE BY THE POOL ARE SOME GIRLS NEW TO THE AREA AND POOL, AND THEY ARE GIGGLING AND FLIRTING AND TRYING TO MAKE THE HSR LOOK THEIR WAY SO HE CAN STARE AT THEM AND FALL IN LOVE WITH THEM, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS FIVE YEAR-OLD GIRL COMES UP TO HIM AND SAYS," HEY, MR. LIFE GUARD, I NEED TO USE THE BATHROOM!," AND THE HSR LOOKS DOWN AND SEES A CUTE LITTLE GIRL THAT COULD PASS FOR HIS LITTLE SISTER, SO HE SAYS, "SURE, LITTLE ONE. LET'S GO!," AND HOPS OFF AND DOWN THE TALL CHAIR EFFORTLESSLY, AND STARTS WALKING THE GIRL TO THE LADIES ROOM, BUT ON THE WAY, HE SEES A BEAUTIFUL, WELL-ENDOWED WOMAN WEARING ONLY AN EXTREMELY SKIMPY FLOSS STRING BIKINI, AND THAT DISPLAY MAKES THE HEADS OF ALL THE PEOPLE TURN THAT SHE WALKS BY, AND WHEN SHE REACHES THE HSR, SHE ASKS HIM, "ARE YOU REALLY GOOD AT CPR," AND THE HSR IS SO TAKEN ABACK THAT HE STARTS TO STUTTER, "I...I...," AND AT THAT EXACT MOMENT A REALLY HUGE GUY DOES A CANNONBALL OFF OF THE HIGH DIVING BOARD, AND MAKES AN UNBELIEVABLE SPLASH THAT TAKES OUT AT LEAST ONE TENTH OF THE POOL WATER, AND IT MOSTLY WETS THE WOMAN, THE LITTLE GIRL AND THE HSR, MAKING THEM, oh my gosh, stop...you've got me biting my fingernails anticipating what's going to happen next, however, my "you know, I'm now realizing that all of the lines in Nature have a little curve in them" smile, just wants to barbecue some ribs, chicken, corn, and fish in the backyard for tonight's loud techno block party!
“So many people have the wonders of Modern Medicine and Modern Dentistry to thank for their continued quality of life survival and appearance!"
It was late at night last week and there was nothing much
happening as far as auto accidents and fires go on the streets and freeways of
this huge L.A. metropolis.
Yes, it was a slow night…just the way we like to see it in
this big city of millions!
But Fire Captain Anthony Penn had an uneasy feeling, because
it seemed to be too quiet.
However, since the Emergency Lights and 911 Systems weren’t
activated, Captain Penn thought, “Well, I guess I’ll just count my Lucky
Stars!”
So he told the guys at the Station House that he was going
to drive around the neighborhood only to “check things out.”
Captains are high enough in rank, so they can do stuff like
that.
Sweet!
He has always had a penchant for doing these “preventive
runs,” because he would sometimes find, on very cold nights like this, an abandoned
trash can containing fire which temporarily keeps people warm, or he might come
across, by chance, elderly people having difficulty crossing wide and busy
streets. There’s always something.
So, he has helped many people, and not all of it has been
CPR!
This night, he was driving slowly around his old school,
Washington High School, where he was voted the “The Coolest and Most
Enthusiastic” member of his Graduating Class.
He turns the corner onto Denker Ave. and slowly creeps
along, daydreaming about all of the fun he had at the school, and how he wished
those care-free summery days would never end.
He pulls along the curb and parks the car but doesn’t get
out.
Something inside of him tells him to wait right there.
And wouldn’t you know it, the man who answers all people and
property emergencies, just happens to be in the right place, at the right time…again!
Because a big explosion rocks the corner house one block
down!
The windows are blown out from several houses nearby,
because the blast is so huge.
Captain Penn, hurriedly exits his car, dons his fire suit
(which never leaves his side), along with his oxygen source, and radios in for
a quick response to what is something terrible in the making.
“Dang! This is a gas explosion!” Penn analyzes on the run.
The exploded building is now half in flames!...
…and there are some adults staggering out of the front of
the house…
…he helps them across the street, and seats them on a grassy
lawn…
One of the adults comes out of a daze and shouts, “Where’s
my baby! My baby, Myka! She’s still in
there!...Oh, please!...save My Baby!
…The eager-to-claim night fire casts evil dancing ghosts of
light across the buildings in the neighborhood…
The Captain sees a little girl stick her head out of a
window on the side of the house. She shouts, “Momee! Momee! Come get me!
So, Penn, who has decathlete skills, makes a beeline to the
house and enters where the front door used to be.
Without hesitation, he sees the stairway, which is gaining
in fire, and sprints to the second floor, but, he is pushed back by the
roaring-by-now heat and flames…
…And the shouting little girl is starting to get weaker in
her voice’s plea for help…
“Myka! Myka! I’m coming for you! Don’t breathe the smoke!”
warns Captain Penn.
The Captain, spilling over with adrenaline, fights through
heavy flames down the long hallway…and kicks down the door with one large
authoritative stomp…
The flames roar up behind him, because now there’s more
oxygen for them to destructively feed on…
His fire-retardant suit saves him again…but the girl is not
in the room!...
“Myka! Myka! Where are you!” he shouts…
“She was in a corner window, but, dang, where is she now?” almost
cries Captain Penn.
He hears a scream that’s getting faint…
“She must have moved to the next room,” he thinks.
So Penn picks up a bedspread and tosses it at the flames to
break the fire a little, so he can exit this room and check the next room…
But, in the process, something sticking out of a wall, cuts
cleanly through his protective suit and lashes his leg, so now, he’s limping
to get to the next room where Myka most likely is…
…he tries to kick the door down, but can’t muster the
strength…
…then he tries to bang his body into the door twice…
…but no go!...
Then he thinks back in time to the first person he saved—when he
first started as a rookie fireman—it was an elderly lady suffering smoke
inhalation…
With a new and dedicated fervor, he backs up a couple of
steps, flexes with focus, and shouts a loud “Grrrr Yaa!,” which helps to bring out
enough hurled body force against the door, so it flies off of the hinges and onto
the floor, just like in the movies!...
But, Captain Anthony Penn doesn’t expect what he sees next…
TO BE CONTINUED…
May you have many…enjoy everyday and every breath, because
one day, they will be your last…he who harnesses the electron may enjoy the
benefits of a modern electric grid and appliances, but he is by no means the
master of this universe-wide, ubiquitous, and potentially life-giving, yet lethal, force…be fearless but also be wise!…smiles!
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