Mark Hartley, Editor of RDH magazine

I happen to know a few people who quarrel over a bill. In one sense, I admire them, particularly when the bill contains a long list of surcharges that seem to border on insanity.

The closest I come to any sort of eruption are hotel bills. Every governmental entity within 200 miles adds a tax to the bill viewed when I check out. For environmental reasons, the hotel leaves a little placard out asking if I would mind using the same towel twice. I use the same towel multiple times at…

A book I recently checked off against my bucket list was 2000’s “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris. I have been trying to read books nominated for the Thurber Prize for American Humor (Sedaris won the award for this book in 2001). The book certainly has my recommendation for anyone seeking a belly laugh or two, but I want to briefly refer to a couple of quotes from it.

The essays in “Me Talk Pretty One Day” come across as being biographical for the most part. There are many…

The “Web Weaving” column by Lory Laughter in RDH magazine contains links to a variety of professional resources that are usually helpful. Sometimes, she will mention a website that will be merely fun or amusing to the dental professional.

We kind of forced Lory to be fun with the column that will be appearing in the February 2013 issue. The column kicks off a full year of the magazine’s columnists saying “Happy Birthday, dental hygiene!” since the profession turns 100 years…

I'm so old that I'm the one who told Robert Browning that he ought to write a poem to Elizabeth Barrett. I'm so old that Cupid practiced his archery with me as one of his first targets. 

I'm so old that I have to pause for a minute when reading this article about how credit scores are an important component of contemporary dating. 

Back in the day, credit scores were something…

An internal memo circulated earlier this week about an e-newsletter for the Surgical Restorative Resource website. The report listed some of the most popular articles recently appearing on the website.

Leading off the pack was an article titled, "Don't tick off your endodontist — 3 simple rules to make everyone's life…