Heh. Years ago I was watching the Seattle Seahawks play in the Kingdome, and apropos of nothing I noticed the ring of stadium lights reflected on one of the player’s silver helmet. For a long time after that I was obsessed with stadium lights reflecting on players’ helmets. Different stadii, different colored helmets; I couldn’t UNnotice it.
Of course I had managed to forget about this until now, so, uh, thanks, I guess…
Oh – at first I thought you were talking about gurning – also something you will see everywhere once you know about it. It’s too bad you can’t compliment a stranger on their gurning.
Yes. But forevermore you will hear it as “Flint-stones.”
Aaargh! You’re right! You’re right! I’d never noticed it before.
my first laugh out loud today Thanks
In the mid-90s, when I was exposed to digital versions of 70s pop songs (either thru downloading or from listening to digital radio,) I noticed that they were slightly slower than they were in the 70s. Because the DJs then sped things up to make them sound “peppier.” So to retaliate music producers made songs a bit slow so they would sound normal on the radio.
Now, it was vaguely annoying to listen to Afternoon Delight and feel like they’re trodding thru sludge and/or depressed and/or trudging through depressed sludge, but today I noticed the same effect on Come Together by the Beatles. I’m not sure that the digital version is slower than the radio version, but now that I think I’ve heard it I will never be able to unhear it.
Re: Wake of the Flood, it’s an anamorphic skull, to be precise. See also:Holbein’s Ambassadors
Kerning amuses me. I ran into the word ‘keming,’ meaning when kerning goes bad. Which cracks me up.
I’ve been looking at the Wake of the Flood cover for a minute or so and I can’t see the skull. It looks more like a yonic symbol.
