Depth perception - hmphf.

It seems I have a slight scarring smakc in the middle of the visual field in my right eye.
Rats! Well, no, rats had nothing to do with it. In fact, I have no idea how it happened, and the opthalmologist was also unhelpful. Anyway...
The scarring means that my visual field is "bent" in the middle; my mind sees the scarring as a curvature in the actual visual field, and straight lines appear "humped" for about 10 degrees of angle right in the centre.
Cute.
Except that my left eye is fine, so there is a discrepancy. Very annoying.
And it has two interesting side effects: first, I am developing a tendency to more dominance in my left eye; second, my depth perception is affected.
And that is QUITE ANNOYING.
As an aside, I think it has actually helped my pistol shooting! Go figure!

Did I defeat Darwin?

Well, this morning, on my way to grab a coffee (yes, it's a ways off, and I walk), I encountered a turtle. Big son-of-a-gun, too. But the middle of the road is not a healthy place for turtles. Sooo, I scooped it up, and off we went to the Bay. After being a little hesitant, it paddled away into the shallow water and disappeared.
Did I just defeat the "fittest" concept by rescuing it from vehicular homicide?

BTW - saw a rather largish snake down by the water also, but it did NOT buzz at me, so I think I'm good.

Overheard:

"I got about halfway to halfway being there."

Susan Perch/Pertsch/Petsch/Persch - Beware!

If you have a small baby, be very careful. Do NOT put the child on a school bus and be an "absent" mother. I mean no disrespect, but the baby may not survive.
(From a dream, January 2010)