The windows on the soul.

[rug]

[hunter]

1. My wife has the extra retinal cones.

It complicates a relationship. Thank God we both like cilantro.

[rug]

2. I don"t think I coiuld process 100 million colors.

I hope she doesn't buy you ties.

[hunter]

3. I don't wear ties anymore.

I'm done with that.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

6. I think many wives have those extra retinal cones,

That's why I gave up picking out paint or wall paper her. (FFS is just paint and wall paper !1?1)

[hunter]

9. I'm like, we have all those half empty paint cans in the garage...

...we could mix them together to make something nice.

She says no.

I've siblings and a mom like that. I'm used to it.

[rurallib]

4. I could've been a freakin' god as a Mayan

when i was a kid

[LiberalElite]

5. re: #6 You see with your brain -

I've had a couple episodes of Ocular Migraine, a/k/a "painless" migraine - it starts with a bright flash of light like a camera flash then you "see" a shimmering zigzag black line that very slowly moves away on a slant from right to left and then it's gone. It lasts between 20-30 minutes. Of course, thie zig zag line is not out there in reality. The brain "sees' it. I can even "see" this line with my eyes crossed. It's painless but very distracting. The first time I had it it scared the hell out of me.

[kentauros]

7. Okay, I've had that happen, too, but didn't know it was that.

One thing I'd read was it had to do with separation of the retina. I'm glad to hear that's not it! Whenever I'm working again (and have insurance) I'll have to see about getting my eyes checked, and ask about that kind of migraine.

[LiberalElite]

10. Just one thing - You should see an ophthamologist -

There is another condition that is very similar and more serious.

[kentauros]

12. I understand that.

Once I have insurance (and employment) again.

[LiberalElite]

13. Yikes. ok

I went to the ER the first time - I thought it was a stroke or something. Subsequent incident i thought oh this again... Hope yours is onoe of those.

[kentauros]

14. I hope so, too.

They happened about a year apart, and everything was as you described. The second time I wasn't as worried about it since nothing had happened the first time. I just forced myself to relax and waited it out.

[kentauros]

8. While I understand #14 is about crying,

I simply do not get the connection to usernames, and the checking thereof.

[LiberalElite]

11. Neither did I -

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

15. From my freshman year physics class...

...blue eyes are the result of preferential reflection rather than actual blue pigment. Blue eyes lack the pigment to appear brown and a very thin structure in the eye interferes with a narrow range of wavelengths of incident light.

Just another from my mental warehouse of useless information.