Funny how this video says that prior to March 2020, you’d only know about N95 masks if you were doing home renovation projects or lived in a city with high pollution which prompted Shea and I to exclaim at the same time “Or if you grew up on a farm!”
“Democracy” – Leonard Cohen
This was the original illusion as broadcast…
This is an explanation of how Copperfield pulled it off…
Watching this, it struck me that this would make a good Secular Sunday post even if it wasn’t overtly about religion.
Seeing people in the live audience say things like “If I was home watching on TV, I would be skeptical but I was here and it was there then it wasn’t there” or that they couldn’t believe something that had always been there could suddenly not be is a good reminder of our human biases and blind spots.
*Of course* it’s an illusion, *of course* the Statue of Liberty did not actually disappear – and I suspect on some level, these people must know that.
But those in the audience willingly suspended their skeptical and critical thinking to be part of this experience of mass delusion.
Sound familiar?
We had a dump a couple weeks ago but that disappeared and I think I’ve decided that this annual post will come the first day we have “snow that sticks” (and today’s Alberta clipper definitely seems that’ll be the case with a big storm blowing in overnight, some highways closed, buses stuck and people asking for rides from anyone with 4x4s on social media.)
This blog will soon be “all dog, all the time” I have no doubt…
I didn’t blog this week as I ended up having an unexpected journey through our overloaded healthcare system the past few days with an ill family member.
I may write more about my experience at some point (short version: healthcare system in shambles, healthcare workers are amazing!) but for now, I just want to focus on this little bundle of joy who recently joined our family…
Delayed posting Music Monday until Tuesday due to something fairly significant I might write more about later but that has infuriated me.
Anyhow, lots of possible themes for a Music Monday post so let’s hit them all…
Got A New Dog…
Jerry Lee Lewis dies (obligatory “He was problematic to say the least and yes, the artist vs. the art is a totally different post”)…
More cowbell (especially on Halloween…)
I’ve had this pic on my desktop since the late summer. I’d saved it as “HalloweenPostGiantBat.jpg”.
But now that Halloween’s here, disappointed (but probably not surprised) to learn it’s a hoax (or at least an exaggeration.)
Anyhow, a good reminder about not believing everything you see online and doing the minimum of research before spreading misinformation (although I’m still going to post the pic now that I’ve done this disclaimer since I had kept it around so long, I’m not going to waste it!) 😉
Very interesting graph (via Reddit)…
Charlie Echo, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
Charlie is his first name and yes, the most obvious name for a King Charles Spaniel (but maybe the only name that could get four-way agreement in the family.)
Echo for a lake near where he was born.
(And if you’re going full Military Alphabet, I guess we could even call him “Charlie Echo Oscar” since I’m sure he’s going to think he’s the “CEO” of our house very quickly!)
[Picture now photoshopped and re-uploaded after my wife noticed that the reason Charlie was sitting so still was he was peeing!!!] 🙂
