F O C U S
. . . it's so very easy to get distracted
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Marcel the Shell with shoes on. Written by Jenny Slate, who was on SNL for a year before she got fired for dropping the F-bomb on live tv. She now makes this stop-motion series with her fiance in their Brooklyn apartment. Seems like they budgeted their props well, don’t know how much a lint ball costs.
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The holidays are coming closer and I still have no idea what I want for Christmas. Maybe something that’s practical, or just cute. Like this Bob Ross finger puppet, who gives me peaceful thoughts of pretty pretty trees.
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These boys got pretty good with their dance moves. Those rainy days at home must be useful. Left one is the better singer, right one is the better dancer.
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Something about a little British girl rapping in her wand, while wearing a pink tutu and crown, is very amusing.
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Combining math with visuals. I’ve always been a fan of the Pythagorean Theorem, simple, easy to remember concept and equation. The great thing about math is that you’re either right or wrong and its understood across all languages. I wonder if she’ll do another origami demo with the Golden Ratio.
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More junk that I want now includes David Ballou’s Cargo Containers. Now that I have my own apartment again, I’m trying to decorate and design it … on a budget. So, I probably can’t buy this, but I’ll find alternatives. Pics of my new place will be up in a week or 2.
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Monroe or Einstein? Nifty trick. If your vision is blurry at the computer, you probably see Marilyn Monroe, if you’re nearsighted/myopic/have clear near vision, then you see Einstein. BTW, the author confused the definition of near-sighted with far-sighted vision.
Far-sighted = good far vision = poor near vision = Hyperopia
Near/short-sighted = good near vision = poor far vision = Myopia
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HuffPost: Kid Meets First Gay Couple
If only everyone had such a reasonable reaction to gay marriage. This kid meets his first gay couple, deconstructs what marriage means, is surprised but cool with it, then invites the guys to play ping pong with him.
Foreign diplomats could learn a thing or two from this boy.
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Dr. Ken Jeong (aka Mr. Chow, aka Senor Chang) is promoting proper layperson CPR. “Staying Alive” = perfect beat for compressions. Easier to remember than the instructions in my CPR class last year.
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The time has finally come to get business cards! I just passed my final CA Optometric Law exam today, which means I begin working very soon next month (part-time for now). Now the debate is; should I get a profession related card design or a neutral modern one? I’ll be working at multiple locations, so it has to transition well between multiple locations and different populations. Ohh the exciting decisions…
