A friend of mine referred me to this fascinating illusion / psychological experiment. If you shake your head side to side while staring at the image below, your brain will trick you into thinking you’re seeing something that you personally consider of immense beauty. The faint image that emerges varies according to personal standards and experiences. For example, the guy who sent it to me claimed he could see a sunset over the sea. I showed it to my brother and he saw a rainbow. All I see is an iPhone.
Give it a try, and post your results in the comments! It’s pretty cool…
Shake your head vigorously from side to side while staring at this image. You will see an incredible picture emerge.
This amazing Japanese invention uses vibration to stimulate your bones while pushing your nose up, promising a beautiful goyish high nose without having to resort to plastic surgery.
It’s undergoing tests in our labs as we speak. Expect a full review soon. But I must admit, I actually think it looks cooler while it’s being worn!
This may be obvious to most readers, but it wasn’t to me: When you eat pancakes in most restaurants such as IHOP, the syrup that they bring you is not maple syrup: most of the time, it’s some gross colored syrup made out of corn and artificial colorants. This is the reason why I get honey instead. Ask for real maple syrup one day: you’ll taste the difference right away. It’s also better for you.
Why don’t you always just get maple syrup? The answer is in the photo below.
IWhen I was a little kid, someone told me that Americans coat their fruit with wax, to make it look shinier. I thought it was B.S. It was quite a shock to see this label. Needless to say, I grabbed a bag of mandarines imported from Mexico.
I guess that, at least with citrus fruits, you don’t eat the peel, but still… More label reading from now on.
Here’s a fun little puzzle for my readers to solve on the New Year’s break. Hidden in the photograph shown below is a person. See if you can find him, and post how long it took you in the comments!
I was recently reading a copy of the “Diccionario de americanismos“. This is a real big old fashioned macho dictionary made out of paper. It recalls memories of how people looked word definitions up before we were spoiled by Google, Infoseek, and Sharp Pocket Dictionaries. But this dictionary is special – and useful for those of you who are learning Spanish using Rosetta Stone, yet don’t understand a single word that us hip latinos use amongst ourselves.
It is published by the Royal Spanish Academy and contains all the slang from Latin American countries. That’s why it’s so big and heavy. It survived multiple attempts from myself (Mexico) and friends from Chile and Venezuela to find a missing slang definition.
I even found the definition for one of my childhood nicknames!
chingaquedito. m-f. Mx. Persona que quiere conseguir algo de alguien, con buenos modales pero insistentemente, de forma que resulta molesta.
Disclaimer (August 28, 2012): The characters and situations portrayed in this series are purely fictional. They are not based on actual events or people.
Congratulations to anonymous reader “too embarrassed”, whoever you are, for posting the winning caption for the new English with Andy. You won $1000 but since you didn’t reveal your identity, the prize was donated in full to a charity of my choosing: The MKX® Official 2014 World Cup Fund. Thank you for participating!
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Update – Nov 11 20010: Anonymous reader “too embarrassed” has come forward to reveal his/her identity. Sorry, I can’t take the prize money back anymore. And I won’t reveal your identity unless you want me to. Thanks for participating!
