{"id":2422,"date":"2013-01-03T10:12:02","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T16:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.keloland.com\/lund\/?p=2422"},"modified":"2023-07-20T21:00:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T21:00:06","slug":"things-not-always-what-they-seem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/things-not-always-what-they-seem\/","title":{"rendered":"Things Not Always What They Seem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yay! The Minnesota Vikings are in the playoffs; okay maybe not beyond Saturday\u2019s re-re match with the Packers but it\u2019s safe to say that even the most loyal of Vikings fans didn\u2019t see this one coming after that miserable mid season slump. Of course, all the national attention is on potential MVP, Adrian Peterson, one of the greatest running backs of all time who sniffed the NFL rushing record last week only to come up a few yards short. But, the team\u2019s defense has been stellar and even Christian Ponder has managed to throw a couple completed passes downfield. No predictions here but Sunday will likely find us in church; either to give thanks for our\u00a0team\u2019s great success and prayers for a Super Bowl victory\u2026or to ask special forgiveness for so many profane outbursts in front of the TV including a few violations of the 3rd<\/sup> Commandment. (If you have to look that up, you should be sitting in the pew beside us.)<\/p>\n

All of our \u201ckids\u201d have made their post Christmas check-in\u2019s; all arriving at their distant destinations without too many travel complications. Last week I mentioned the unfortunate ice slippage incident in which our son-in-law, Joe, went to a Sioux Falls emergency room and came out with a sheepish look on his face and a big brace on his broken leg. I didn’t have a picture then. I do now.<\/p>\n

\"image<\/p>\n

\u00a0I\u2019m not going to be too tough on Joe though because this has been an especially rough and emotionally draining Holiday Season for him and his whole family.<\/p>\n

In keeping with the theme of this blog; \u201cAll things aren\u2019t what they seem\u201d this image of Joe with his brother, Rob and Sister Lori reflects a genuine but heartbreaking joy.<\/p>\n

\"Lori

Lori Salvatori, Joe Moser and Rob Moser<\/p><\/div>\n

Lori, a young wife and mother of three, recently underwent a second surgery for brain cancer and the prognosis is grim. All of us who love Lori and the entire Moser family are praying for a miracle and would appreciate any prayers you\u2019d care to send up on her behalf too.<\/p>\n

Okay, back to the theme:<\/p>\n

I remember the first time I saw one of those Magic Eye paintings that were so popular in the early 90\u2019s. Tracy Roskins, who worked at Keloland at the time, brought one into the newroom and before long several of us were standing around the picture trying to get our eyes to focus correctly revealing the hidden image.<\/p>\n

\"Stare

Stare at it for a bit..relax and an image should materalize<\/p><\/div>\n

It was such a thrill when it happened and you were suddenly transported into\u00a0an amazing three dimensional underwater scene complete with starfish or\u00a0sunken ships with\u00a0treasure chests full of gold. \u00a0When one person got it..they were only to happy to share the secrets of their revelation with others or just gloat . Sadly, and oddly, it turned out that some on our floor couldn\u2019t see the magic image and, as we discovered, never would. It takes two functioning eyes to work and we had three folks on staff who were blind in one eye. The ooos and ahhhs stopped, the Magic Eye painting was taken down and we all went back to work.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite artists is Dick Termes of Spearfish who uses spheres for a canvas creating art in the round from a six point perspective. He also has a gift for drawing or painting images that are more than what they seem.<\/p>\n

\"This

This is one of his early creations. Do you see a scraggly tree or a couple about to kiss?<\/p><\/div>\n

Someone posted this picture that\u00a0I also find fascinating.<\/p>\n

\"Do

Do you see a bearded guy like the one in Hobbit or a Mexican riding his horse next to a waterfall and senorita in a blanket?<\/p><\/div>\n

Others are weirdly fun.<\/p>\n

\"dog<\/p>\n

\"angry\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hmmm suddenly I feel like seeing a 3-D movie at the theater; let\u2019s see what\u2019s playing. \u201cMonsters Inc.\u201d I didn\u2019t care for this when it came out the first time in regular \u201cD\u201d 12 years ago. \u201cCirque du Soleil?\u201d\u00a0 <\/strong>I\u2019ll wait to see it live in Vegas. \u201cTexas Chainsaw Massacre?\u201d Why would I pay to see blood and body parts realistically flying off the screen and into my expensive popcorn? \u201cThe Hobbit?\u201d No, no no. I already suffered through the Ring trilogy understanding little or none of it and finding that hairless creature especially annoying. \u00a0Apparently there\u2019s even more of him here AND in 3-D.<\/p>\n

Nah..think I\u2019ll save my money and stick with TV where stuff \u00a0IS real and precisely what it seems to be like: \u201cHoney Boo Boo\u201d.. \u201cKiller Karaoke\u201d.. \u201cHillbilly Hand Fishin\u2019..\u201dSpringer,\u201d \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d and those cooking shows where British guys scream and swear at budding chefs.<\/p>\n

Okay, maybe that last one isn\u2019t real. I mean everybody knows the Brits can\u2019t cook.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/p>\n

Linda went to see the Doctor this morning to exam her right foot which has been hurting since Christmas. Sounds like a stress fracture of unknown origin. Best we can figure it’s a sympathy injury for Joe. Anyway, she gets to wear a pump-up boot for a couple weeks which has gone and \u00a0wiped the familiar smile right off her\u00a0pretty face.<\/p>\n

\"linda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yay! The Minnesota Vikings are in the playoffs; okay maybe not beyond Saturday\u2019s re-re match with the Packers but it\u2019s safe to say that even the most loyal of Vikings fans didn\u2019t see this one coming after that miserable mid season slump. Of course, all the national attention is on potential MVP, Adrian Peterson, one…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lund-at-large","category-60","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11686,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422\/revisions\/11686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}