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8712. wonkers2 - 12/1/2008 2:02:24 AM Afghan Girl with Green Eyes and w2's new granddaughter, Nora 8713. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/1/2008 3:43:39 AM Congrats & Kudos, Grandpa!!!
8714. David Ehrenstein - 12/5/2008 4:01:39 PM The NYT Loves Liza -- even though she can no longer sing. 8715. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/6/2008 1:24:42 AM . . . -- even though she can no longer sing.
No matter, she has given birth to countless female impersonators who can sing!
 8716. judithathome - 12/6/2008 5:28:05 PM Wonkers, how old is Nora...who's a cutie, by the way. I spent some quality time with my great-granddaughter Dakota on Thanksgiving Day. She will be 4 months old on Monday.
They look remarkabley alike! 8717. judithathome - 12/6/2008 5:29:45 PM Here she is with her granddaddy, my son...who looks better without that "chaw" of dip in his cheek.
 8718. judithathome - 12/6/2008 5:32:34 PM I wish I'd moved the camera a bit to include all of the picture of her other great-granny...who unfortunately died four years ago. She would have outshone me as doting great-grandma, I'm sure...she was a beautiful soul. 8719. wonkers2 - 12/6/2008 6:14:46 PM Judith, Nora is nearly 2 months old. She's quite alert and smiles occasionally but she's a calm and not a fussy baby. A good combination. Your great-granddaughter is a beautiful baby. 8720. judithathome - 12/6/2008 6:44:47 PM Thanks! She's doing that loud gibberish right now...where they imitate talking and seem so pleased with what they're "saying". ;-) 8721. magoseph - 12/9/2008 11:57:24 AM Stolen from RI: 21 accents.
8722. wonkers2 - 12/10/2008 12:32:35 AM Nice teeth! 8723. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/10/2008 3:35:26 AM An optical illusion. Squares A and B are the same color.
 8724. JJBiener - 12/10/2008 5:41:01 AM Wiz - Please explain how A and B are the same color. B is in shadow and appears lighter in color than A which is not in shadow. What kind of optical illusion can do this? 8725. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/10/2008 4:50:55 PM The optical illusion comes about through what is called simultaneous contrast of light and dark. (The light or dark, some times termed brightness, is called "value.") So you need to see it in terms of "value" not "color." The cast shadow from the green cylinder darkens all of the squares and the darker squares adjacent to "B" make it seem lighter--however it is the exact same value as "A" but because "A" is adjacent to lighter squares and the white background, "A" seems much lighter by contrast.
Here is a less confusing example that uses the same contrast principle. Note how the values change on the dots when you look at it directly and indirectly. The cones in you eyes are fooled because they work by means of contrasting light.
This one uses color and both center squares are the exact same value, but note how they appear darker or lighter because of the adjacent color field that surrounds them.
8727. anomie - 12/17/2008 5:40:15 PM Wiz, I did not believe they were the same shade. I would have bet 10 dollars against it. Just for kicks, I copied and pasted a bit of each square in PS and compared the shades. I would have lost 10 dollars. 8728. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/17/2008 6:51:20 PM It makes you wonder about the many illusions in existence that we never question.
As a wise man once said, anomie:
Life is a journey from the illusions of certainty to the certainty of illusions. 8729. anomie - 12/17/2008 7:04:43 PM Indeed, the older I get, the less I know, and the wiser I am for it. For instance, ten dollars wasn't much to wager. Ha! 8730. David Ehrenstein - 12/25/2008 9:16:35 PM Latest FaBlog: A Jewish Tailor's Son 8731. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/25/2008 10:43:50 PM A good ethical man! 8732. David Ehrenstein - 12/25/2008 11:01:38 PM Indeed. I'm sorry there aren't more clips from The Servant on You Tube. Pinter appears in the famous restaurant scene and his line deliver is the epitome of razor-sharp elegant wit.
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