Welcome to The Hoosier Illuminati. Macintosh bigot, clothes horse, motorsports fanatic (as long as they turn right), Anglophile.

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. --Henry Ward Beecher

The greatest advance in dentistry since I was a kid is…

The dental assistant.  When I was a kid, the dental assistants were old, dowdy fat women with names like Mildred or Myra.  They all wore those hideous old-fashioned nurse’s uniforms with white support hose and orthopedic shoes.  It was the total Nurse Ratched experience. 

Now dental assistants are young, attractive ... dare I say hot? 

I think this is by design, and it’s not just an eye-candy thing.  It’s to keep you quiet.  I can’t whine about what’s going on in my mouth in front of a hot chick.  It simply isn’t done.  No, you have to man up and take it silently, stoically.  You shut up and don’t bother them as they go about their business. 

I must say, I think this is a quality business practice.