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Thee

Mar

5

2015

It’s not our anniversary, but I thought I’d share a poem I wrote for my wife.

I think that I shall never see
A woman lovely quite as thee.

A thee who keeps her family fed
By gath’ring food and baking bread;

A thee who looks to God all day,
And lifts her holy arms to pray;

A thee who may in summer wear
A splash of sunscreen in her hair;

Upon whom God bestowed the joys
Of living in a house of boys.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can bring me thee.

With apologies to Joyce Kilmer.

Also, for those interested, this is not iambic pentameter. It is iambic quadrameter.

He who finds a wife finds a good thing
And obtains favor from the Lord.

Proverbs 18:22

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Princess Eye Area

Mar

3

2015

When I saw Tangled, I noticed how large the princess’ eyes were.

Then Frozen came out, and their eyes were equally as large, it seemed. I figured that the new generation of CG animators favored large eyes as the favored style of beauty. But I also wondered if this could be quantified.

So I set out to objectively quantify it. It being the size of each Disney princess’ eyes relative to her face, as a percentage.

Here is my conclusion:

No, the relative eye sizes are not increasing. Rather, it is the wider head shape that makes it seem that way.

The winner is actually Tiana.

Here are the data to support that:
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