I’ve Started a Blog

Well, here we go (hopefully this isn’t my first and last post…if I never generate an audience or if I run the risk of getting fired from my job for blogging then this will likely be my first and last post).

Why am I blogging? Hmm. Well…I recently found out that many dental students actually want to get to know their dental professors. What’s more is many dental students actually want to communicate with their dental professors. Wow! When I was in dental school (which, by the way, I hated with a passion…more on that another day) I was way too intimidated by and afraid of most of my dental professors. They were uncommunicative and scary folks who didn’t want to be talked to (and especially talked back to) but I didn’t really want to talk to them anyway because I was afraid I’d say something stupid that could set someone off and then my entire dental career could be over in a really scary heartbeat.

However, I did have some really cool dental professors…cool professors that inspired me and continue to inspire me. I even communicated with them. And they communicated with me. What’s more is they communicated with me as if I was a colleague and not some damn, dirty, diseased dental student that would never amount to anything.

So, I guess I get it. In fact I am ever so grateful to the dental professors who took the time to communicate with me and who cared for and nurtured me through the harrowing hell that is dental school (at least it was a harrowing hell for me). Seeing as how I fall into the category of dental professor (yeah, the guy who COMPLETELY HATED DENTAL SCHOOL is a dental professor) I guess I want this blog to be a means to better connect with students. Perhaps my thoughts within this blog will speak to students and may even be a means to start meaningful (and perhaps even lifelong) dialogue.

And what do I want to write about within this blog? I certainly want to share dental tips and tricks as dentistry is ever so technical and I am always looking for and finding lazy ass ways to get things done (actually, I think it’s more like I absolutely positively strive to be a safe and efficient dentist that DOES NO HARM but it’s more fun to think that I’m a lazy ass). However, there’s SOOOOO much more to me than dentistry. For instance, I am a HUGE Disney geek so don’t be surprised when pictures of Disney trips show up in my blog. In fact, I love to go adventuring hence the TREKKING part of my blog’s name. I’m also: a musician; a runner; a big fan of eating-out; a stand up paddle boarder; a Packers and Brewers fan; am gluten sensitive and always looking for the perfect gluten free beer/bread/restaurant; etc. etc. etc.

So this blog will be all about my teaching and trekking. I hope someone actually reads this blog. And I hope that this blog will open a little meaningful dialogue.