From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V11 #150 Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org Sender: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "alloy-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. alloy-digest Sunday, June 11 2006 Volume 11 : Number 150 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: Photo from the 80s Stripped event [John McJunkin Subject: Re: Alloy: Photo from the 80s Stripped event 1st--yup--he's wearing specs. 2nd--I think he really did wear 'em cos he had to (back in the good old/bad old days.) Now in 2006 I'll bet he most likely does not need them. I purchased a lovely pair of perfectly round (deliberately TMDR-esque) specs myself about 7 years ago--and I still have 'em. Considering my recent LASIK surgery, I no longer need them (and I'll bet a paycheck that TMDR has had a similar procedure) The really good news is that my 5-year-old can wear them at Halloween and be Harry Potter, straight up. He really does look like Harry Potter. Now if we can just find a Ron Weasley and a Hermione Granger in our neighborhood . . . I now have 20-15 vision (high enough quality that I could pilot a fighter jet.) I just have a sneaking suspicion that sweet TMDR has had the same procedure (and it's not easy and/or simple.) I discovered after the fact that the other peeps who had the same treatment as me were floating around on a cloud of Vicodin. Me--no such fluffiness. I took it straight up (and I might very well have chosen to avoid the unpleasantness with a cocktail of drugs had I known it were possible.) Alas, I had no idea, and I was sober as a judge when they performed this procedure. And it is plenty weird to have a doctor slice the lens off your eye and then slide it upwards so that he may use a laser to re-shape your eye (complete with the aroma and visible smoke of burning flesh) Once the burning ended, he slid my lenses back into position, and used a certain type of glue to affix them back into their appropriate position. Luckily, he was a very pleasant individual with excellent bedside manner. On the way home, I sneaked a peek at reality, and it wasn't good. My vision was completely blue and utterly blurry. I thought, "Oh dear God, there was a terrible mistake, and now I'm completely blind." Luckily, after about 3 hours' nap, I woke up with a whole new reality. My sweet sister-in-law and her husband were visiting, and I explained to her how I could see the score of the Arizona Diamondbacks game whilst standing in our kitchen--something that was previously impossible. Now I can see a couple of Jupiter's moons if I look very very carefully. (For those of you astronomical types, you understand how good my vision is now.) I'm THRILLED with the way things now are. Woo Hoo! Best, John On Jun 9, 2006, at 8:51 PM, Melissa Jordan wrote: > > Hi folks, > > Roving around Technorati, I found someone's Flickr camera phone > photos from the 80s Stripped event at the Viper Room. There's one > photo on here (very last one in the set) of the talented Mr. Dolby > as the evening's host. Very nice jacket he's wearing, and, in the > fuzziness of the photo - does it look like TMDR is wearing > glasses? Wish I could see more clearly. (Ironically writes the > girl who just got new glasses a couple of weeks ago.) > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/35275510@N00/tags/80sstripped/ > > I always wondered if the cool specs of the 80s were for real or > just a very, very stylish accessory for the awesome look... > > Have a nice weekend, folks. > > - Melissa > http://merujo.blogspot.com > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:07:58 -0600 From: "Keith Stansell" Subject: RE: Alloy: Photo from the 80s Stripped event Actually TMDR did not have LASIK, I asked him at the Anaheim meeting while we were taking photos. He said that he didn't think LASIK could correct his vision problem and that he was wearing contacts (although it didn't look as though he was wearing soft contacts to me, perhaps he wears hard lenses). I had LASIK myself about 6 years ago. It really wasn't that bad and I went without the Valium myself. It was a bit unpleasant, but not painful thanks to the numbing drops they put in before the surgery. The next day I had 20-14 vision. I have since had a bit of astigmatism develop in my let eye, but not bad and not enough that I need glasses. I still have 20-20 vision overall. I have some glasses to correct that astigmatism that I occasionally wear for night driving and working at the computer, but it seems lately I wear them less often. I am either just getting used to the astigmatism, or my eye has improved a bit. The LASIK was the best money I ever spent. I was really reminded of that on a recent trip to Mexico. Not having to deal with contacts or glasses made snorkeling and scuba much better. I was reminded again yesterday on a white-water rafting trip. - -Keith - -----Original Message----- From: owner-alloy@smoe.org [mailto:owner-alloy@smoe.org] On Behalf Of John McJunkin Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 3:18 AM To: alloy@smoe.org Subject: Re: Alloy: Photo from the 80s Stripped event 1st--yup--he's wearing specs. 2nd--I think he really did wear 'em cos he had to (back in the good old/bad old days.) Now in 2006 I'll bet he most likely does not need them. I purchased a lovely pair of perfectly round (deliberately TMDR-esque) specs myself about 7 years ago--and I still have 'em. Considering my recent LASIK surgery, I no longer need them (and I'll bet a paycheck that TMDR has had a similar procedure) The really good news is that my 5-year-old can wear them at Halloween and be Harry Potter, straight up. He really does look like Harry Potter. Now if we can just find a Ron Weasley and a Hermione Granger in our neighborhood . . . I now have 20-15 vision (high enough quality that I could pilot a fighter jet.) I just have a sneaking suspicion that sweet TMDR has had the same procedure (and it's not easy and/or simple.) I discovered after the fact that the other peeps who had the same treatment as me were floating around on a cloud of Vicodin. Me--no such fluffiness. I took it straight up (and I might very well have chosen to avoid the unpleasantness with a cocktail of drugs had I known it were possible.) Alas, I had no idea, and I was sober as a judge when they performed this procedure. And it is plenty weird to have a doctor slice the lens off your eye and then slide it upwards so that he may use a laser to re-shape your eye (complete with the aroma and visible smoke of burning flesh) Once the burning ended, he slid my lenses back into position, and used a certain type of glue to affix them back into their appropriate position. Luckily, he was a very pleasant individual with excellent bedside manner. On the way home, I sneaked a peek at reality, and it wasn't good. My vision was completely blue and utterly blurry. I thought, "Oh dear God, there was a terrible mistake, and now I'm completely blind." Luckily, after about 3 hours' nap, I woke up with a whole new reality. My sweet sister-in-law and her husband were visiting, and I explained to her how I could see the score of the Arizona Diamondbacks game whilst standing in our kitchen--something that was previously impossible. Now I can see a couple of Jupiter's moons if I look very very carefully. (For those of you astronomical types, you understand how good my vision is now.) I'm THRILLED with the way things now are. Woo Hoo! Best, John On Jun 9, 2006, at 8:51 PM, Melissa Jordan wrote: > > Hi folks, > > Roving around Technorati, I found someone's Flickr camera phone > photos from the 80s Stripped event at the Viper Room. There's one > photo on here (very last one in the set) of the talented Mr. Dolby > as the evening's host. Very nice jacket he's wearing, and, in the > fuzziness of the photo - does it look like TMDR is wearing > glasses? Wish I could see more clearly. (Ironically writes the > girl who just got new glasses a couple of weeks ago.) > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/35275510@N00/tags/80sstripped/ > > I always wondered if the cool specs of the 80s were for real or > just a very, very stylish accessory for the awesome look... > > Have a nice weekend, folks. > > - Melissa > http://merujo.blogspot.com > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 20:52:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Melissa Jordan Subject: RE: Alloy: Photo from the 80s Stripped event Interesting. I'm too chickenshit, myself, to have eye surgery. (Also, being diabetic, I'm doubly flaked out about it.) Once, back in 1989 or so, I got to visit Dr. Fyodorov's famous clinic in Moscow where RK was done on, basically, an assembly line. That was really freaking weird. (Plus, there were lots and lots of other patients with eye problems, and the anti-infective agent they all had smeared around their eyes dyed their skin blue-green, so it looked like the set of some horror movie - all bandages and bruises.) I know the procedure works wonders for many people. However, the horror stories (like Kathy Griffin) make me cringe. One of my dear friends (whom some of you met out at HoB WeHo) had LASIK, and he's one of the folks where the cells start growing back and creating abnormal gunk that requires additional surgery. His vision now gets a halo effect at night. Scary. I'm so glad y'all have had good experiences with LASIK. Ms. Chicken here will just deal with her eyeglasses and Rx snorkel mask! :-) Melissa http://merujo.blogspot.com Keith Stansell wrote: Actually TMDR did not have LASIK, I asked him at the Anaheim meeting while we were taking photos. He said that he didn't think LASIK could correct his vision problem and that he was wearing contacts (although it didn't look as though he was wearing soft contacts to me, perhaps he wears hard lenses). Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V11 #150 ****************************