Some of dis and some of dat

[packman]

[3catwoman3]

1. That optical illusion head tattoo...

...is really horrifying.

[tblue37]

3. It really is!

[3catwoman3]

6. This appearance of this tattoo rather reminds me of an experience...

...I had as a young nurse. I worked on an adolescent in-patient pediatric unit.

Early in my career, way back in 1973-74, I had a patient who had been in a terrible car crash and had massive brain swelling from head trauma. The neurosurgeons removed 2 big pieces of his skull to allow swelling to take place without crushing the brain tissue. His head was wrapped up in yards of gauze initially, so we couldn't see what this intervention looked liked for a couple of weeks.

When I arrived for my 3-11 shift one evening, the dressings had been taken off and the swelling had gone down. The procedure had left an intact strip of bone right down the middle, where a mohawk haircut would be, and on either side of that, where the pieces of bone had been removed, the scalp was all collapsed inward toward the no longer swollen brain. It was alarming as hell, and none of the doctors had thought to tell us what it was going to look like when the dressings were removed, so it was very shocking.

The boy was a younger brother of a high school classmate. He never recovered and remained in a persistent vegetative state - very sad.

[Skittles]

31. I bow to you

I bow to anyone who can do that kind of work!

[NJCher]

32. is he still in that state

or has he passed on?

I can see why that would be quite a shock. I used to teach a college course in medical communication. This is the kind of situation where the doctors indeed needed to prepare you. I don't recall the course covering situations like this, though, but if I was still teaching it, I would add this in.

Look at the effect it had on you--all these years later.

[3catwoman3]

33. This was way back in 1973-74.

I expect he has died, but don’t know for sure. For his and his family’s sake, I hope so. He was not living, merely existing.

[secondwind]

8. Hell, yes!!!!! It's disgusting ...

[2naSalit]

24. I thought it was...

What you find under a red baseball cap. Magatbrain!

[3catwoman3]

25. Bwaha-ha-ha-ha!

[Marthe48]

28. Who said it was an illusion?

[trof]

29. Yeah, I can't unsee it.

[Wicked Blue]

2. Stool bus ...

[Srkdqltr]

5. They were all good but the StoolBus was best.

[appleannie1]

11. My favorite too

[EYESORE 9001]

12. Q: why do I have to go to stool, Daddy?

A: why, to learn shit, Son!

[Wicked Blue]

14. ...

This is obviously a dialogue between Daddy Fly and his little maggot.

[EYESORE 9001]

16. So, we're back to *rump again, are we?

[tblue37]

4. Reservoir cats:

[judesedit]

7. I loved the little boy playing music for the cat. Adorable

And always love the incredible animal pictures. Thanks again

[housecat]

10. same here

[calimary]

22. Yes! And the beautiful bird, the beautiful cats and the kid playing music for the cat.

But maybe best of all is the new way to bring your popcorn snack to work!

I thought that was rather brilliant!

[patphil]

17. Remember son, we bad!

[underpants]

9. That's a lot if buffalos.

[sarge43]

15. Far too many. n/t

[chowder66]

13. I really want a rendering of the 6' priestess with the golden eye!

Experts posit whoever designed the eye must have had a good grasp of ocular anatomy – a normal eye's tiniest blood vessels were recreated using golden wires measuring less than half a millimeter in diameter. It was also covered in a thin layer of gold and engraved with a central circle to represent the iris, according to the ancient studies group.

Two holes bored on either side likely fixed the fake eye in place whenever the woman wore it, which may have been often, as the archaeologists noted some eyelid tissue on its surface.

It's unclear why the woman needed the fake eye, but it is considered the first ocular prosthetic in medical history, predating artificial eyes crafted in 2,000 B.C. in Egypt, according to the archaeologists' preliminary report.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/08/17/fact-check-ancient-skeleton-prosthetic-eye-discovered-2006/8109113002/


OMG it's Helena Christensen!!

https://www.kavehfarrokh.com/iranian-studies/iranica/women-of-persia/reconstruction-of-the-face-of-a-5000-year-old-woman-in-iran/

[SergeStorms]

23. Helena Christensen...

Is a beautiful woman! Her eyes are bewitching, not bewitched.

She's "only" 5'10", too. 😉

[ancianita]

18. A great set! Well done!

Especially the U.S. land use graphic. Thank you.

[murielm99]

19. Very interesting post.

Thank you.

[Wild blueberry]

20. Wonderful array!

Now I'm pondering how the land use map would change if we only ate beef once a week.
Thank you.

[NJCher]

30. wild guess

My brother lives in that area and I visit him now and then (mostly he comes here). That area has windmills. Solar might be big there, but I'm not so sure about that as I am the windmills.

I have heard people say the area will be the U.S. Saudi Arabia of energy. Whether that is true or not, I don't know. That's why I said "wild guess" in my subject heading.

[republianmushroom]

21. thank you

Really love the first one.

[Wounded Bear]

26. Herding cats and giant swans...good job! nt

[niyad]

27. Thank you.