TheMerrillShow

For one full day this weekend, I tried it out - for two reasons.

Near-sighted and building circuits

A co-worker has been doing it for over a year.  He builds circuits, but both contacts meant he had to keep himself a fair distance from the bread board, and to see his computer screen, contacts came in handy.  By only wearing one, he said, his brain adjusted so that whether he was looking far or close, that would come into focus on its own.  The only downside was a particular distance in between, where he would have to move the object farther or closer to see it right, but otherwise, he’s an evangelist.

Don’t drink and put fingers in your eyes

After a fun night, I was only able to take out one before fearing that I might be gauging out my cornea, so I gave up and went to bed.  Sunday morning meant rushing off to mass still feeling like a mess without time for remedial occular extraction.

Two-faced sight-seer

So there I was, in New York City, knowing I could see a car coming at me from the left, but praying nobody would mug me from the right.  My first name came out alright when signing off the tab, but that second lion in front of the Public Library would seem to disappear.

Actually, kids, don’t try this at home

Honestly, I could not tell if the headache was from this perceptual experiment or from the hangover, but after sharing the adventure with my visually half-enhanced co-worker, I found out his perscription was MUCH lower than mine.  Also, upon return to Boston (oh, sweet sweet Boston), I finally figured out how to remove these buggers without oozing aqeous humor.

Not having a clue and halving the view meant the city so nice (they named it twice) was an eye sore.

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