Afterimages create the illusion of three flowing rivers.

Source: Gianni A. Carcone

A Hawaiian local guy and a haole are hanging out at a bar. Being new to the islands, the haole is mispronouncing everything. The local graciously offers assistance.

LOCAL
In the Hawaiian language, it’s all about the vowels. As a matter of fact, every Hawaiian word ends in a vowel.

HAOLE
Really? I didn’t realize that.

LOCAL
Yeah, bra. Easy, eh? Along with the five vowels, we only use seven consonants: H, K, L, M, N, P, and W.

HAOLE
Simple enough.

LOCAL
The key to understanding da kine is to properly pronounce the vowels. In English, we pronounce the five vowels ‘Ay, Eee, I, Oh, Yu’. In Hawaiian, they’re pronounced ‘Ah, Ay, Eee, Oh, Ooh’.

HAOLE
Ah, I see. So A is ‘Ah’, E is ‘Eee’…

LOCAL
No. E is ‘Ay’.

HAOLE
Ah. OK. So A is ‘Ah’, E is ‘Ay’, I is…

LOCAL
‘Eee’. I is ‘Eee’

HAOLE
‘Eee’.

LOCAL
You got it, bra. I is ‘Eee’. O is ‘Oh’.

HAOLE
Oh. And U is ‘Yu’.

LOCAL
Ooh. U is pronounced ‘Ooh’. Not ‘Yu’. U is pronounced ‘Ooh’.

HAOLE
Ooh. OK. I get it now. ‘Ah, Ay, Eee, Oh,…Oooh.’

LOCAL
Ho, you learn fass, bra. Now you just put da kine together with the consonants. For your practice, I go spell something, and you try pronounce ’em.

HAOLE
OK, great! Go ahead.

LOCAL
Ay…

HAOLE
‘Ah.’

LOCAL
El Oh.

HAOLE
‘Ah Lo.’

LOCAL
H Ay.

HAOLE
‘Ah Lo Ha.’ Hah! Aloha!

LOCAL
Too good, you. Now try this: Em Ay…

HAOLE
‘Ma.’

LOCAL
H Ay.

HAOLE
‘Ma Ha.’

LOCAL
‘El Oh.’

HAOLE
‘Ma Ha Lo.’ Mahalo! That means thank you! I learned that on the plane. ‘Mahalo!’

LOCAL
Ho, you wan expert arreddy. Now try one advanced one: Pee I.

HAOLE
Pee I…hmm…’Pee?’

LOCAL
Pee Eee.

HAOLE
‘Pee Pay?’

LOCAL
El I.

HAOLE
‘Pee Pay Lee.’ This is easy.

LOCAL
En Eee.

HAOLE
‘Pee Pay Lee Nay. Pee Pay Lee Nay?’

LOCAL
Nice try, bra. But we call it Pipeline.

Kona and Vivor’s first Christmas together.

Is it turning clockwise or counter-clockwise? Does it switch on you? Try controlling it.

The fact is that it’s not moving at all. It’s a two-frame animation; your mind is filling in the gaps.

Here it is: the first meal of 2006. Eight tacos (meat, white onions, red bell peppers, lettuce, avocado, queso, sour cream, Tapatio) and refried beans baked in the oven until crusty.

What’d you have?

2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It corresponds to the years 5766-5767 in the Hebrew Calendar and 1426-1427 in the Islamic Calendar. It has been designated:

* The International Year of Deserts and Desertification
* The Rembrandt Year, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the birth of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Netherlands’ greatest 17th-century painter.
* The Mozart Year, celebrating the 250th birthday of the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
* The Tesla Year, celebrating the 150th birthday of the world known electrotechnician Nikola Tesla.
* The International Asperger’s Year, marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Hans Asperger, discoverer of Asperger’s Syndrome.
* The year of the dog in Chinese Astrology.

Happy New Year. Let’s do this.

The inset moves.

Source: A. Kitaoka

The figure moves.

*A kind of kimono for women.

Source: A. Kitaoka

The inset moves.
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The 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 8th ropes appear to move.

Source: A. Kitaoka