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Feel Dizzy Fridays - Optical Illusion Images - Lifelounge - Daily Goodness

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Long-time client and good friend Peter Buchanan passed this cool optical illusion on to me today. You'll never believe it, but the green and the blue in this graphic are exactly the same. Surprising, huh?

Here's the visual proof:



Just goes to show you you can't always trust what you see! To learn more about this optical illusion, read the article on Discover.

Model village is made entirely of wool

In celebration of all things creative, I post this article from the Telegraph.co.uk.

Model village is made entirely of wool
A model village which took 23 years to create entirely from wool has gone on sale.

Many of the landmarks of Mersham near Ashford in Kent – population 1,022 – have been knitted by members of the village's Afternoon Club since 1986.


Creations include the local primary school, the church, both pubs, the local shop, residents playing cricket, and even some of the local teenagers smoking a cigarette outside the bus shelter.

Many of the houses have also been stitched, complete with flowers occupying the gardens and cars on the roads, to help capture a slice of everyday life of the village.

Thousands of hours of intricate handiwork have gone into creating the knitted village over the past 23 years by members of the 40-strong Afternoon Club.

The preparation involved taking pictures and mocking up cardboard templates of the properties and objects before the knitters wove their magic.

With at least 100 knitted objects now, the village has become so large that for the many elderly club members it has become increasingly difficult to transport to exhibitions.

Next month the knitted village will be publicly displayed to enable people to come and choose their favourite stitched object, with proceeds going to the local hall.

Afternoon Club member Joyce McDonagh, 82, a retired market researcher, said: "It will be a shame to see it all broken up but it has become something of an elephant.

"Most of the members are now of pensionable age and we haven't got the men to lift the stuff.

"It wouldn't be so bad if there were just two or three items but there are at least 100 now. It's massive and that's the problem."

Another club member, 80-year-old Margaret Goldup, a retired local shop assistant, said: "We've gained so much pleasure from it over the years, particularly from taking it round different places to exhibit.

"People all want to come up and take a look and they say things like, 'Oh, I live there. That's my house, but where's my cat'. Over the years we have raised £10,000 for the village hall through donations so it has been good for the village."

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More photos are available in a London Daily mail article. But here is one of favorites. The ladies did a very nice job, all the way down to the pipecleaner television antennas!

Knitting is good for your health - and your duct tape prom dress!

I have two excellent knitting-related videos for you this morning. The first touts the powerful health benefits of knitting and crocheting, the most impressive of which is a 30-50 percent improvement in memory for the elderly. (This does NOT explain why, as a middle-aged knitter, I still cannot remember where I put my keys, the TV remote, or my cellular phone).


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My second video pick of the day comes courtesy of my friend, Ellen who sent me this story of a young couple who used duct tape to make their own dress and suit. You've got to see it; they did a wonderful job.

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And here's an extra goody for you today: another prom date couple dressed in duct tape. They get an A+ for creativity, but my God, I don't even like wearing polyester because it doesn't breathe. Imagine dancing - and sweating - in that dress!

Remarkable Wal-Mart trivia

Thanks to my bff Theresa for sending me this remarkable bit of Wal-Mart trivia:

1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart every hour of every day.
   
2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!


3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St.Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.


4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
   

5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private employer. And most can't speak English.


6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the World.


7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only 15 years.


8. During this same period, 31 Supermarket chains sought bankruptcy (including Winn-Dixie).


9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.


10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had 5 years ago.


11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at a Wal-Mart store. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 billion.)


12. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart.
    
    
13. Let Wal-Mart bail out Wall Street. Better yet... let them run the darn government.

I'm not sure about that. Wal-Mart is famous for the exceptionally poor treatment of its employees, such as withholding critical health insurance. If you think of this retail giant as a blight upon humanity, you'll love the following graphic. Beward of the Wal-Mart pandemic spreading across the continent!

Social Networking Demographics: Boomers Jump In, Gen Y Plateaus

From Steve Rubel's Micro Persuasion Blog:

There's a common misperception out there that all of the blogging, Twittering and Facebooking is being done by twenty and thirty-somethings. That, in fact, turns out not to be true. Baby Boomers (those born 1946-1964) are the fastest growing users of social networking sites and are also increasingly reading blogs too. Meanwhile, Gen Y interest in these services has plateaued. This all according to the latest Consumer Electronics Usage Survey from Accenture.


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Know your retro logo?

This quiz appeared in a recent issue of "Taste of Home" magazine.

Name that Character!

Long before screen celebs and pro athletes were tapped as product spokespeople, the stars of TV ads were often animated characters, many of which have become endearing icons that transport us back to our childhoods. Test your food-icon memory. See if you can match these "celebs" with their companies and little-known facts.

1. The product of a company brainstorm, this single image spoke to the consistent quality of the product - no matter what the weather.
   
   
2. The first representation of this character had crazy hair and a fur wrap for clothing.
   


3. The idea for this dapper chap came from a 1916 contest. The 13-year-old schoolboy winner took home $5 for his effort.
   


4. In 1925, this company's owner snapped a photo of a handsome waiter at a Chicago restaurant. The waiter was paid $5; his name was never recorded. He remains the face of the brand to this day.
   


5. By 1902, this treat was so popular that it was features in the Sears, Roebuck catalog with no description at all.
   


6. It's suggested that this icon inspired the ubiquitous yellow "happy face" that grew popular in the 1970s.
   


7. In 1928, artist Dorothy Hope Smith sent in a sketch she hoped this company's owners would use as their logo (they did). The original is now stored under glass in the company vault.
   

ANSWERS:

1. F - Morton Salt
2. C - Green Giant
3. E - Planters Peanuts
4. G - Cream of Wheat
5. A - Cracker Jack
6. D - KoolAid
7. B - Gerber Baby Food