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Comments (12)
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.
Posted by Mauser | January 24, 2013 4:05 AM
Posted on January 24, 2013 04:05
When you're paranoid, that's when you discover who your friends are.
Posted by GarandFan | January 24, 2013 8:28 AM
Posted on January 24, 2013 08:28
And sometimes, as Kitty Genovese found out, no one hears your cries for help - even though everyone hears them.
Posted by Doc Al | January 24, 2013 9:44 AM
Posted on January 24, 2013 09:44
Hey Doc
Wow. A very dark association there, Doc.
Posted by John Cox | January 24, 2013 11:30 AM
Posted on January 24, 2013 11:30
And, John and Doc, the perp is still alive and coming up for parole this coming November! What's wrong with this picture!
Posted by Yo | January 24, 2013 12:02 PM
Posted on January 24, 2013 12:02
John - did you get why I came up with that?
Posted by Doc Al | January 24, 2013 2:15 PM
Posted on January 24, 2013 14:15
Hey Doc
I'm unaware of the impetus. Hit me.
Posted by Anonymous | January 24, 2013 2:34 PM
Posted on January 24, 2013 14:34
The background paper in your illustration has the words "Kew Gardens" above the head. I knew I heard of Kew Gardens somewhere but I couldn't put my finger on it so I looked it up and it is the part of Queens, New York, where the Kitty Genovese murder happened years ago.
Posted by Doc Al | January 24, 2013 3:30 PM
Posted on January 24, 2013 15:30
Geez Doc
Now you're just scaring me. There are visitors like you trolling illustration background minutia while they could be researching deadly global outbreaks of lethal diseases lurking in the Stygian depths of tropical jungles?
Note to self: READ THE SMALL PRINT, BECAUSE MY VISITORS WILL.
Good stuff, sir.
Posted by Anonymous | January 24, 2013 4:01 PM
Posted on January 24, 2013 16:01
Doc Al -
How in the heck can you see that much detail?
Posted by Dr. Bob | January 24, 2013 10:30 PM
Posted on January 24, 2013 22:30
DR. BOB:
It's not that hard. Zoom in (CTRL + Scroll Forward, use the zoom command, or put zoom buttons on your menu bar; CTRL + 0 [zero] restores to default). With the right software, images can be enhanced (after exporting images to them) for more detail--but not as much detail as they get on the crime shows I used to watch.
DOC AL:
I'm glad I'm not the only one who scrutinizes the details. I used to do it to learn image manipulation. Don't do it so much anymore. I've learned that manipulation is the easy part. Imagination, skill, & taste are the hard parts.
Kind of ironic you referenced that murder when the article (from the Queens Courier) is about civic renewal efforts.
JOHN:
I like to research esoteric things like this as little exercises in research methods. It was a nice little 3 minute break from researching & analyzing much more troubling stuff.
FWIW, my little project snowballed on me--but it's developing.
Posted by Terwiliger | January 25, 2013 12:44 AM
Posted on January 25, 2013 00:44
I used to live in that area. The photos took me down quite a memory path. Thanks -- we need more subliminal links in the background!
Posted by Bart | January 25, 2013 9:47 AM
Posted on January 25, 2013 09:47