Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for December 08, 2022

…. it’s not … I’m afraid….

Break out the dart gun, it’s time for target practice.

It’s most likely the bifocals. Squiggly and moving things happen when mine need to be adjusted.

It’s okay, only the second deer in row two is moving. The rest have disappeared.

There are two ways to take this. Either Gerald thinks it IS moving and has concluded that if that should prove not to be the case, he needs medical attention. I might question the wisdom of this approach on the basis that it may only appear to be moving because he is seated too close to it.

On the other hand, Gerry may know something we are not privy to about this wall and this wallpaper. If he knows that it’s moving, but is unable to see it doing so, then he again concludes that he needs medical attention. In this case, I would say his concerns are well founded. Thus in either case we see the primacy of perspective.

Are they raining down cos it’s near Christmas ya know.

No need to call the doctor. The deer will stop moving as soon as the vibrator chair quits.

My first optic migraine was painless. I didn’t know what was happening. I was at my work station doing computer aided design which involved lots of colored rectangles on the screen. Slowly part of the screen began to form into a slowly rotating paisley pattern. I was convinced the computer was malfunctioning. I asked an office mate to take a look. He saw nothing but rectangles. Then I looked at him and he had a slowly rotating paisley image over his face!

If ever Jerry Van Amerongen was minded to try an animated .gif as a strip, this was the time.

who will you call if it is moving?

Oh deer!

Doctor: “Buck, you are just staggering, I told you to lay off the Jagermeister.”

Good morning Balladeers, (((((Plods)))) and Miss Susan.

“Illusion of Motion” Sickness

Don’t worry Gerald, it’s just your “Floaters”… ☺

Sometimes mine goes 3-D because my eyes uncross a little and you get the stereoptic effect. Notice how “magic eye” wallpaper never became popular?

I got that one time, when a buddy of mine said chew up these two purple dots on this paper…

To misquote Wilde, either the wallpaper has to go, or Oscar does.

Wow. Magic Eye. I see it!