Saturday, June 19, 2010

"Is of Identity" In Popular Media

"Is of Identy" in Pop Media Below are some examples of famous advertisement slogans:
"Coke is it." (Coca-Cola)
"A diamond is foreever." (De Beers Consolidated)
"Guinness is good for you." (Guinness)
"Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is." (Alka Seltzer)
"Don't be vague. Ask for Haig." (Haig Scotch)
"It is. Are you?" (The Independent)
"You don't have to be Jewish to love Levy's." (Levy's Rye Bread)
"The future's bright. The future's Orange." (Orange)
"Where's the beef?" (Wendy's)

What's wrong with this picture? -- Some Answers




  1.  The curtains in front of the closed window are blowing in the wind, while those in front of the open window are hanging straight.
  2.  The horizon visible through the left window is higher than that visible through the right one.
  3.  The waves visible through the left window cannot be seen through the right one.
  4.  The door frame is not square. The top piece extends too far to the left.
  5.  The legs on the chair next to the door are not touching the floor.
  6.  The cord leading from the electric guitar on the floor runs to the telephone instead of a wall jack.
  7.  The wine glass contains red wine, while the wine bottle contains white wine.  The left front leg of the guitarist's chair doesn't touch the floor.
  8.  The open window sashes are upside down.
  9. The walls of the room appear to be covered with exterior rather than interior plaste
  10. The palm-like plant to the left of the "wine" table does not appear to be planted in the pot beneath it.
  11. The "shade" on the floor lamp in front of the open window appears to either be upside down or a bowl.
  12. There appear to be odd things on top of the stereo receiver.
  13. The antenna sitting on top of the TV does not appear to be connected to the antenna wire attached to the upper left back corner of the TV set. That wire appears to lead into a leaf on the plant. 
  14. A filtered cigarette is sticking out of the crumpled pack of Camel unfiltered cigarettes lying next to the wine bottle.
  15. There does not appear to be a door knob on the door. The top hinge is visible on its left side, so a door knob should be just to the left and below the spot where the doorbell is shown.
  16. Given the apparent lighting in the room, the shadow of the chair next to the door may not be right.
  17. The floor looks to be sub flooring that should be covered with carpet or hardwood strips.
  18. I'm not sure why there is a double-barreled shotgun propped up in the corner between the door and the mirror.
  19. The apparent deck of cards sitting next to the TV set might have a problem.
  20. The photo on the cover of Andrew Gold's previous album (visible on the floor leaning against the music bench) might not look as it actually did when sold in stores. Ditto for the cover on the issue of People Magazine that is lying on the floor beneath the TV set. In fact, I'm not sure that Andrew Gold ever appeared on a People Magazine cover.

What's wrong with this picture?

Andrew Gold: What's Wrong With This Picture?This is a featured page

This is an LP cover from Andrew Gold. Mr. Gold claims there are 32 things wrong about this picture, but I haven't found all of them by far ... I'll list some of the most obvious : the drapes are moving in front of the closed window, the horizon is different in the two windows, not all legs of his chair touch the ground ... Now it's your turn. (fromhttp://www.planetPerplex.com



What's Wrong?

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Fourteen Words Key to 100,000 Words

PREFIX
SPELLINGS
MEANING
#
KEYWORD
MEANING
ROOT
SPELLINGS
MEANING
de

down, away
1
DETAIN
delay
tam
ten, tin
to have, hold
inter

between
2
INTERMITTENT
periodic
mitt
miss, mie, mit
to send
pre

before
3
PRECEPT
principle
cept
cept,cap, ceiv, ceit, cip
to take
ob
oc,of,op
to,toward, against
4
OFFER
provide
fer
lat, lay
to bear, carry
in
il,im,ir
into, not
5
INSIST
demand
sist
stat, sta, stan
to stand, endure, persist
mono

one, alone
6
MONOGRAPH
writing
graph
gram
to write
epi

over,upon, beside
7
EPILOGUE
ending
log
ology
speech, science
ad
a, ab, ac, af, ag, al, am, an, ap, ar, as, at, a
at, to, towards
8
ASPECT
distinct feature
spect
spec, spi, spy
To look
un

not
9
UNCOMPLICATED
clear
plic
play,plex, ploy, ply
speech, science
com
co,col, car
with






non

not
10
NONEXTENDED
core
tens,tend

stretch
ex
e,ef
out






re

back, again
11
REPRODUCTION
replica
duct
duc, duit, duk
To lead, make, shape, fashiion
pro

forward, in favor






in
il, im, ir
not
12
INDISPOSED
not well
poc
pon,poat
put,place
dis
di,dif
apart from






over

above
13
OVERSUFFICIENT
over supply
fic
fac,fact, fash, feat
To make or do
sub
suc,suf, sug, sup
under


mis

wrong
14
MISTRANSCRIBE
write incorrectly
scribe
scrip,scriv
write

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

where do you stand?

Where do you stand with regard to critical thinking?



FEET: What do I stand for as a foundation of critical thinking?

STOMACH: What upsets me about critical thinking?

HEART: What do I love about critical thinking?

HANDS: What do I feel about critical thinking?

EARS: What do I hear about critical thinking?

EYES: What do I see about critical thinking?

BRAIN: What do I think about critical thinking?

Monday, June 7, 2010

Welcome

Welcome to this blog at http://cthinksm.blogspot.com