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Eloisa to Abelard How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!  The world forgetting, by the world forgot.  Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!  Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd; Alexander Pope I watched the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind  last night . I am not sure why I took me over a decade to partake of this thoughtful, funny, and deeply poignant film. The film's title comes from a poem by Alexander Pope (not Pope Alexander, inside joke from the film). Get this, first watched The Terminator this May! My reviews are not Rotten Tomatoes but Gone Tomatoes.  I know a good deal of my readers will be stunned by my long wait to see it and be thinking "Eric, get with it. This is old news."   Maybe it was avoidance because I knew it might stir up some memories like dust on a book taken off a shelf for the first time in a long time. Rom-Coms are not usually my go to either.  The poem by Pope is practically ...

Judges 15:15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith. About 8 months ago my dentist noted that because of the clenching of my jaw he was starting to see wear and tear on my teeth and a deterioration of my jaw. He noted that if it didn't stop I was on a course to losing functioning of my jaw in my later years and having some consequences on my teeth. The idea of sipping dinner through a straw repulsed me....so.... I made a conscious decision that day to stop clenching my jaw in an attempt of mind over matter. Two months ago, six months after the previous dental appointment, the dentist noted that I my jaw and teeth were on the way to improvement. I had reversed the decline. 8 months ago he essentially recommended that I buy a $ 200 mouthpiece to keep the grinding from wearing down the jaw and teeth. I told him that I had a two dollar mouthpiece from the sporting goods store that essentially did the sam...