Ever have a painful dental hygiene mishap? Tuesday night I was vigorously brushing the inside of my bottom front teeth, when I missed. I was doing a rapid in-out motion and the toothbrush slipped off the teeth and I jammed the plastic end right into my bottom gum. Hard. I ended up with my head in the sink making a sound not unlike that of a wildebeest that's just been shot with a high-powered rifle. Foaming toothpaste poured from my mouth and I expected that to be followed by a torrent of blood, but it wasn't. I quickly recovered and finished brushing. My bottom gum is still sore.