tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post1260760174941166598..comments2024-01-11T18:39:50.665+00:00Comments on Painting With Shadows: Colour shiftsKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-2152271704086377272010-05-26T23:56:49.870+01:002010-05-26T23:56:49.870+01:002 years down, 3 to go... ;)
I'm impressed wit...2 years down, 3 to go... ;)<br /><br />I'm impressed with your dedication!Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-3693527668871564622010-05-24T07:56:37.802+01:002010-05-24T07:56:37.802+01:00have read through two years of your blogs now thro...have read through two years of your blogs now throughly enjoying it I have put up my profile info and a pic of me now slowly getting the blog going =)carlie_starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213113637633077221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-32679728717686115672009-01-03T23:38:00.000+00:002009-01-03T23:38:00.000+00:00Pat - it feels the same way with regard to food an...<B>Pat</B> - it feels the same way with regard to food and trying to eat healthily - 2 weeks of being drugged on excessive fat, sugar and salt makes it very difficult to get back on track<BR/><BR/><B>Gyrobo</B> - Civilisation One is new to me. Is Pendullum deriving the first step towards making robots?Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-36021351132116469392009-01-03T20:43:00.000+00:002009-01-03T20:43:00.000+00:00I remember first hearing about Synaesthesia in Civ...I remember first hearing about Synaesthesia in <EM><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_One" REL="nofollow">Civilization One</A></EM>.<BR/><BR/>You've never derived the concept of a pendulum independent of any preexisting culture, have you? That's the first symptom.Gyrobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256636954723983135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-70938128303864578482009-01-03T20:24:00.000+00:002009-01-03T20:24:00.000+00:00We oldies are permanently out of a time whack. We...We oldies are permanently out of a time whack. We were trying to remember when I bought my laser printer and were looking in cheque books 2 years old, when it was July 2008.<BR/>I slightly resent the interruption Christmas and New Year cause. It's as if one had been drugged and it is so much harder to get going again.<BR/>BTW your present to Maggie was ace.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-84074318423328785902009-01-03T18:30:00.000+00:002009-01-03T18:30:00.000+00:00Eryl - is that a pressure to change the desugn eve...<B>Eryl</B> - is that a pressure to change the desugn every month?<BR/><BR/><B>Sarah</B> - you can be forgiven when changing time zones of more than one hour. I remember flying home from Vancouver. When I left the airport at Glasgow my internal clock said it was 1am and time for bed, but the world told me it was 9am and the start of a new day.<BR/><BR/><B>Restaurant Gal</B> - out of all the items you could pick, I like the fact you mention shampoo and wine glasses - your priorities in life lay revealed :)<BR/><BR/><B>Mary</B> - follow the syaesthesia link I gave in reply to FLG above. As for time, don't forget as far as Einstein is concerned, space-time is actually a single 4 dimensional reality. So given your complete lack of map reading ability, I wouldn't hold out high expectations for timekeeping :)<BR/><BR/><B>Kanani</B> - we usually take the decorations down on the Sunday before the kids go back to school (tomorrow in fact). For weeks the house looks so dullKim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-71995355493136591042009-01-03T17:12:00.000+00:002009-01-03T17:12:00.000+00:00It seems like the holidays went on forever here. I...It seems like the holidays went on forever here. I lose track of the days and dates as well. Today is my most unfavorite day --taking down all the decorations.<BR/><BR/>But... all the best to you in the new year.Kananihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317494343177263398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-51609468114550063202009-01-03T14:01:00.000+00:002009-01-03T14:01:00.000+00:00I feel all out of whack time-wise myself, especial...I feel all out of whack time-wise myself, especially since the university keeps changing their minds about which days we should have off and which ones we should not. Once we're out of January, we'll be back in real time. I'm almost looking forward to it...<BR/><BR/>All January, for me, is light grey, blue, and sometimes a little big pink. (I thought I was the only one who did this!)Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-9054130885243390492009-01-03T12:29:00.000+00:002009-01-03T12:29:00.000+00:00I am up to my neck in boxes and bubble wrap. I can...I am up to my neck in boxes and bubble wrap. I can't find my shampoo or the wine glasses I so carefully packed. I am utterly sure the movers unloaded a third extra stuff that can't possibly be mine. What day is it? Moving day from hell! Maybe today I will make sense of it all. :) (I picked up an unlocked wireless signal, which is how I got online!)Restaurant Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05145289619126354138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-56825194769046781212009-01-03T11:03:00.000+00:002009-01-03T11:03:00.000+00:00oh.. and when i flew back from london more than a ...oh.. and when i flew back from london more than a few years back - it boggled my mind that a full 24 hours had passed there, by the time i set foot in my home in oregon and made the phone call back to london to let everyone know i had gotten in OK..<BR/><BR/>i felt stupid thinking about it.. sometimes, it still confuses me and it's been nearly a decade.<BR/><BR/>(word verification haness, another good one)sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668939110660039602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-42739538032275886562009-01-03T11:00:00.000+00:002009-01-03T11:00:00.000+00:00a friend and coworker of mine posted a plaque abov...a friend and coworker of mine posted a plaque above the door to our office: "use caution when re-entering the outside world"<BR/><BR/>i think this statement applies in a lot of cases.<BR/><BR/>(word verification is CONWINGE, how cool is that?)sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668939110660039602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-7094317446688538052009-01-03T10:58:00.000+00:002009-01-03T10:58:00.000+00:00Dull, you?!I like the new look too by the way, ver...Dull, you?!<BR/><BR/>I like the new look too by the way, very January.Eryl Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01818102006775827503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-42630411380131056972009-01-03T10:08:00.000+00:002009-01-03T10:08:00.000+00:00Charlie - "time is an illusion; lunchtime, doubly ...<B>Charlie</B> - "time is an illusion; lunchtime, doubly so..." Douglas Adams. As for the photos, if you email me one of you against a fairly neutral background, I could do the same effect for you :)<BR/><BR/><B>Debra</B> - everything is an interpretation. Objective reality is unknowable. Therefore you are free to make most of it up :)<BR/><BR/><B>Attila</B> - thank you! You're the first to mention it :)<BR/><BR/><B>KarateMom</B> - you're not writing with the passion of the enthusiast. Go out and grab life!<BR/><BR/><B>FLG</B> - thank you :)<BR/><BR/>There is a thing called <A HREF="http://www.uksynaesthesia.com/whatis.html" REL="nofollow">synaesthesia</A> where some people get a cross-over of senses. So particular words or sounds will have colours or tastes. I think I have a mild version of itKim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-62859412211056324562009-01-03T02:26:00.000+00:002009-01-03T02:26:00.000+00:00LOVE the new banner :DIt's interesting that you se...LOVE the new banner :D<BR/><BR/>It's interesting that you see days in terms of colours and shapes. I'm not sure that I associate them with anything.Apex Zombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04831580250709824079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-23829167479672598012009-01-03T02:06:00.000+00:002009-01-03T02:06:00.000+00:00Well..I don;t have the january blahs yet..but I do...Well..I don;t have the january blahs yet..but I don't know how optimistic I am either. I do have some plans ( not resolutions) for myself...and I will slowly start to implement them into my life on a daily basis. time will tell.karatemomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04208731490933555532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-86426332587907291122009-01-02T22:39:00.000+00:002009-01-02T22:39:00.000+00:00I really love the current profile pic. You crack ...I really love the current profile pic. You crack me up. ;-)Attila the Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02158308703617226652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-3043636648451603072009-01-02T22:19:00.000+00:002009-01-02T22:19:00.000+00:00What day is it, anyway? Does it matter? It is, you...What day is it, anyway? Does it matter? It is, you, know, an invented idea, this thing called time........debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676300309029588465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-4370672013998051962009-01-02T17:56:00.000+00:002009-01-02T17:56:00.000+00:00Looking at our photographs, have you noticed how d...Looking at our photographs, have you noticed how dis-alike we look?Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-84173168695322990862009-01-02T17:54:00.000+00:002009-01-02T17:54:00.000+00:00Days, like time, are an illusion, a fabrication . ...Days, like time, are an illusion, a fabrication . . .<BR/><BR/>Cripes, imagine me telling this swill to a philospher who cannot keep track of a calendar, which is an illusion . . .Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-23080089792874757302009-01-02T17:04:00.000+00:002009-01-02T17:04:00.000+00:00I feel so dull by comparisson...I feel so dull by comparisson...Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-40595713146897196902009-01-02T17:02:00.000+00:002009-01-02T17:02:00.000+00:00You have the opposite problem to me: Christmas is ...You have the opposite problem to me: Christmas is the only time I know what day it is. Boxing day is the shape, colour and texture of cashmere pyjamas from Norway.Eryl Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01818102006775827503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-67518243691510337632009-01-02T16:55:00.000+00:002009-01-02T16:55:00.000+00:00KarateMom - I take it you're not full of New Year ...<B>KarateMom</B> - I take it you're not full of New Year Optimism then...<BR/><BR/><B>Savannah</B> - we had a 2009 calendar just before xmas and have turned the place upside down looking for it, with no luck. We will, of course, find it within 20 minutes of returning home with a new one :)<BR/><BR/><B>Carole</B> - so long as it's got a built in DVD player, I'd be happy with a shell...Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-38041699022501719742009-01-02T16:28:00.000+00:002009-01-02T16:28:00.000+00:00Has anyone checked to see if your brain has a shel...Has anyone checked to see if your brain has a shell on it? That could cause the color/shape symtoms you are describing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828426520214270655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-8278839146965072942009-01-02T15:23:00.000+00:002009-01-02T15:23:00.000+00:00if it weren't for the date/time feature on my comp...if it weren't for the date/time feature on my computer, i'm not sure i'd know either, sugarpie! i have to use a paper calendar to keep track of appointments with post-it note on the whiteboard to check it. sometimes i think there really is no hope for me!<BR/>xoxoxosavannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-2714303393082360452009-01-02T15:13:00.000+00:002009-01-02T15:13:00.000+00:00it does feel that way here too..and to make matter...it does feel that way here too..and to make matters worse..we have a city bus transit strike that has been going on since about a week before christmas. With no one knowing when they might be back it will make those returning to school/work lives next monday that much harder. This will increase the amount of people suffering the "january blahs" a lot I am sure.karatemomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04208731490933555532noreply@blogger.com