I’m not a doctor, but when my dog had a tooth infection the vet was pretty concerned. Teeth are close to the brain and eyes and if an infection spreads it’s bad.

And the hospital doesn’t want to keep you overnight, either. If they insist there will be a good reason.

Funnily enough, my original middle name is Michelle. I’ve spent 30 years not really liking it :)

I’m non-binary. My first and last names are fine. First name leans gendered but is technically unisex. I’m in the process of changing my middle name from a generic gendered one to either “Moxie” or “Miles”. This is because

• I don’t want to have to change my initials (smh)
• I feel no affinity towards my middle name
• Miles is best Sonic the Hedgehog character
• Moxie is best soda
• My middle name appears on few documents but my initial appears on many, so fewer things to update.

(Feel free to suggest other less gendered middle names that start with “M” or try to persuade me one way or another)

The subreddit I moderate has had a poll going for the last 2.5 days.

• 1390 members.
• 75 poll respondents (5% of members)
• 7 commenters (0.5% of members)

It’s a disappointing turnout. Also, I’m one of those poll respondents and commenters. (If you remind me, I’ll post a link to the poll once it closes in 8 hours.)

I’m happy with my new username.