Jon

How Do You Pass The Time While On Your Commute?

If you drive about an hour each way to work like I do you probably have developed some kind of formula for how you get to work. And if you are anything like me you have seen people do some scary things while you drive. People texting, ladies putting on ma... Read >

Sleep Apnea and the Dentist

If you don’t know what sleep apnea is then I guess the title of this blog sounds like a new TV sitcom. But trust me, as I learned last weekend, sleep apnea and the dentist is no laughing matter. In fact, for some it could be a life or else matter. Let me ... Read >

I Got Mine Twice This Week

There is a very interesting woman out there named Fran Pangakis. She is one of the minds behind CareerFusion and I was lucky enough to spend some time with her at the annual meeting earlier this year in January. Fran has been involved in dentistry for ove... Read >

What’s Your Measuring Stick?

Several years ago I had an interesting conversation with a patient of mine. This woman had been a patient for a long time and we knew about each other’s lives pretty well. She confided to me that she was having a hard time getting pregnant for the first t... Read >

Consider this a Public Service Announcement

Since I have the luxury of dealing with many people as a dentist I have found that most of us parents all have the same issues when it comes to dealing with our teen age kids. For some reason they don’t always think that our past life experiences have any... Read >

Remember the small acts of kindness

Earlier this week the world mourned the loss of a great innovator in Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs turned a company, Apple, that was struggling into a world leader in technology and arguably one of the most recognized and sought after brands in the world. Now... Read >

If You Have a Friend on Whom You Think You Can Rely On You Are a Lucky Man

These are the opening lyrics of a song written by Alan Price (of the Animals) called O Lucky Man. The Bay area band Montrose did a cover of this song and in college I would play this song just to show my appreciation to Dennis “the Digme Pygmie” Mayuba, ... Read >

Soda Was All Over the News

Maybe because it is close to the end of summer, maybe it was just coincidence, but there were several different articles I saw on the internet this week regarding the consumption of soda in the United States. I know this is a tough subject to discuss o... Read >

Talk About Getting Your Battery Charged Twice in Three Days

I know it is hard to believe but I actually had my battery jumped twice this week. Let me explain this to you. Wednesday night a dear friend of mine took my wife and me to the Hollywood Bowl to see Herbie Hancock and other jazz legends play tribute to ... Read >

Carmageddon; it didn’t happen

By now just about everyone knows that the feared traffic nightmares of Los Angeles did not materialize because the city did such a good job of warning people of the great consequences they might have if they drove while the 405 freeway was shut down last ... Read >

Do You Ever Wonder?

For almost 30 years I have been practicing as a dentist in the Los Angeles area and sometimes I just wonder about stuff. Let me say this straight up about dentistry. If dentists are committed to doing their job properly we should be slowly putting ourse... Read >

It’s the Super Bowl Weekend

The bitter sweet truth about Super Bowl Sunday. What a great game this year with the Steelers and the Packers. It certainly pencils out like a thriller and then….it’s all over until next year. I admit it; there is something about football on TV that is so... Read >

We Return to my Concept of Conscious Prevention

I've had a lot of fun blogging about events going on in my life. But let's get back to conscious prevention, my idea of living a lifestyle to promote health. I read something this week from a gentleman named Buck Rizvi, which brought to my attention th... Read >

Welcome Back My Friends To The Show that Never Ends

Ok, I admit it, I have been a rock n roll junkie most of my life. Lately, there has been a little more R&B going on in my house since my oldest Josh wants to be a professional musician and R&B is his preferred music. More on that later. So I honor one ... Read >

Bubby Ain’t Half the Man He Used To Be

First, I have a retraction to make from last week’s blog..it was Albert Hammond that sang It Never Rains in Southern California not the Mamas and the Papas…thanks to Rich Madow for setting me straight. I have to tip my hat to a young man nicknamed Bubb... Read >