“Better, same, or worse?” *click click* “Better? Or just smaller?” I’m not sure which part about going to the optometrist for a prescription update I hate more. It could be the never-ending exam. Or it might be the bit where I’ve gotta try to decipher the top line of letters on a wall sheet (when I can’t even see the sheet. Or the wall). Then again, it could just be.. Read More
Env-eye-ronmental balancing
I couldn’t wait to get glasses when I was a kid. It’s not because I knew I couldn’t see (I didn’t have any normal-control to which I could compare my Monet filtered life); it was just because I wanted to look like one of my favorite storybook characters. And nerdy Ivy I was – for a while at least. But it wouldn’t be until years later that I’d learn whether.. Read More
X-ray mini gun, activate!
Superman’s easy access lasers may not be far off. Kinda. Not really. (I just wanted an excuse to share that amazing superpower I wish I had.) Although I’d love an intrinsic capacity to pupil preen the follicles from my stems, unfortunately this’ll only include the x-ray vision part and it’s in the form of a gun, not glasses. Or injectable superpowers. Also, it can’t see through pants – which is.. Read More
Can bloodshed help your sight?
Got bad vision? Why not hone those homicidal skills god gave you? With video games? That’s right. Video games are apparently the way to go if your vision’s going. But not just any one will do. The first person shooter game “Medal of Honor” has apparently passed both the wandering eye and cataract test. Between the “back and forth” motion your optical muscles are required to do – to the.. Read More