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 The whole lot of you.  When I was a kid, Google Plus was all done by smoke signals.  And we were happy.  When they upgraded us to Carrier Pigeons, did we complain?  No.  Why?  Because we had dignity.

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Since apparently this is breaking everyone's brain – if you don't like the…

Since apparently this is breaking everyone's brain – if you don't like the Double Columns, click on the word "More" up at the top and scroll down, there's an option to change back to a single feed.

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords like the Double Columns, but that's just because it lets me so much of what you all are posting… but to each their own.

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As some of you may know, I am functionally a cyclops

 I was born with Amblyopia (also known as "lazy eye).  When I was born, my left eye was awesome (like 20/15) but my right eye sucked (I think it was last checking in around 20/2000) and my developing baby brain decided "Yeah, let's just use the left eye, the right is broken".

I was lucky in that I was diagnosed early, and through patching (a painful, horrible, and embarrassing process where they cover up your working eye to force your brain to use your bad eye) I was able to get moderate function in my right eye.  I still don't have… for instance… depth perception, but if I were to be blinded in my left eye by a piece of flying shrapnel from an exploding toaster, I wouldn't be 100% screwed.

The big problem I have is that my brain still has never learned to use the two eyes together.  If I cover my left eye, I can see out of the right.  If not, my vision field is about 90% left-eye dominated with only the edges of my vision being represented by my right eye.

So… that said… I am incredibly excited about this as a possibility.  Not just because it could possibly re-teach my brain to use both eyes at once, but because it could be an excuse to play even moar Tetris.

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Tetris Therapy Against Amblyopia
A new therapeutic approach for lazy eye, also known as amblyopia, uses good old Tetris to train the eyes to work together. This innovative approach to a co

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We need to find a theater for CFTP to invade like this

 I am super cereal about this, guys.

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Master Pancake : Austin : Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
“A glorious pairing of movies and comedy” – Entertainment Weekly. “Master Pancake is the beating heart of Austin, freshly plucked by an evil Cali-worshiping priest. And then set on fire. Must see.” – WindAddict (Twitter user). “Austin’s Best Comedy Troupe” – Austin Chronicle …

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H/T to +Lisa Cohen and a couple other people who I had seen this posted by

href=”https://plus.google.com/113113447782383069533″ class=”proflink” oid=”113113447782383069533″>Lisa Cohen and a couple other people who I had seen this posted by.  This may be relevant to +Lin Chambers's interests.

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#FitchTheHomeless  

This is how it works: You don't like A&F's take on pretty, thin people and their store policies? Put your money — or your former clothes — where your mouth is.

Give your A&F clothes to the homeless. If you have the cash, raid your local goodwill and take all of the A&F stuff off the shelf. Proceed to take those articles of clothing to your local homeless shelter.

The homeless will get warm clothes (or cool clothes as the time of year requires) and A&F gets a kick to the face at the same time.

I'm not really big on social networking schemes. I'm definitely not one for general viral videos, unless I feel it has a real meaning to it. I'm usually not one to take part in revenge tactics.

This, however, is something I think is worth sharing. It's brilliant, it helps the less fortunate, and it puts to shame a brand that has openly been jerkfaces.

I've gotten really dirty looks going into A&F because I didn't wear designer clothes for all I fit their ideal female model at a size 1 when I did go to that store — I never went again, to say the least. I'm not pretty enough and that's fine by me.

I'm all for giving clothes to the homeless, especially when the unfortunate truth is, brand name apparel does make it easier to acquire a job, as does clean clothes! I support the idea of putting a bad brand to good use.

I saw this via +Terry McNeil  and +P E Sharpe

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