We've never discussed that book before, and there's no reason at all for her to think I might have it, aside from the fact that I own a fair number of children's books. We've been working together for a couple of years, and this is the first time she's ever asked me if I happen to own a particular book. The reason that I'm posting about it is that Pete the Cat has been in the sync stream -- having been brought up by Bill, not me, because up until then I had no idea any such character existed. The book that came up before -- for example, in "Fools and wise men on hills, planetary shoon, and a literal Blueberry Hill" (January 16) -- was not the same one, but it also had a shoe theme: Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes.
According to Wikipedia, there have been no fewer than 87 Pete the Cat books published. It appears that only these two have shoes in the title.
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When Pete the Cat first came up on this blog, it was in connection with the theme of spectacles with mismatched lenses, which brings us to our next sync.
This evening I was skimming a /pol/ humor thread, looking for new ethically modified memes (Bruce keeps demanding more!). I didn't really find anything, but I did notice this familiar image:
You see the kind of garbage I have to wade through to find quality memes! I admit I haven't the slightest idea what this one is trying to express -- is that supposed to be the Strait of Hormuz in the background? -- but I do know that line and those spectacles, since on February 2 I published a post titled "The power of the sun in the palm of my hand," which includes this picture:
The really wild thing is that Doc Ock's specs actually have two black lenses. In the frame I screencapped, one lens appears gold because it's reflecting the light of a fire. For a second, Doc Ock is at just the right angle for only one of his lenses to reflect the blaze, and then the moment is gone. But whoever made this incomprehensible Iran meme chose to use almost the very same frame.
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Update (minutes later): That thread also includes a meme that syncs with yesterday's post "Back to the Future":
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