Posthuman Blues

I just had a minor cavity filled at the dental clinic up the street. Fortunately, it was small enough that I could handle the drilling without novocaine. The dentist had recently mounted an LCD flatscreen above the headrest, and before getting down to business his assistant handed me a pair of wireless headphones. I spent the duration watching high-resolution footage of ocean coral and miscellaneous biological oddities of the deep. Quite entertaining. Except for the drilling.