Gotta admit I've always wondered about how the fancy high-tech glasses would get along with my decades of nearsightedness. Not enough to buy a pair in the hopes that I could actually use it, though.

Merlissa, Tentacarl, Jondalf

My nephew got his first pair of glasses about halfway through the HP novels. It doesn't excuse anything else Rowling has done, but other kids telling him "cool, you get to wear glasses" was way better than what I went through getting glasses in first grade.

When I was a kid, our family cat used to watch Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. Just the bird and big cat episodes, though, other animals didn't catch his attention as well.

With all the camera lights on him, how would he NOT see his shadow?

A friend and I are going to Kansas City for a gaming convention in a couple months, and have already started planning our detour to the Penzey's store in Overland Park before the con starts.

New recruit for a Penal Legion.

The family cat when I was a kid used to tunnel under the bedspread every time someone forgot to turn off their electric blanket.

I have some t-shirts normally reserved for gaming/SF cons because of theme, but even then if they end up on the top of the stack they may be worn to the grocery store.