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Lightsabers

I'm still sick. Actually, I'm sicker, with a fever that reached 102.4° last night. The good news is that the girls are doing much better. Their fevers are down and the remaining symptoms are those that are typical of end-stage colds (runny noses and coughing). Since the progression of Aerin's illness so closely resembled that of Claire's — except two days behind — I'm hopeful that I'll feel better in a couple of days too. As is usually the case, this poor blog remains neglected while my family continues to recover. However, when I came across this Imgur gallery of lightsabers, I knew that I had to share it with my readers. Three things of note: This collection only seems to span the prequels (boo). The lightsaber...

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Boo!

Look at me! Did that scare you? ;-)  Because it's pretty freaky, if I may say so myself. As much as I would like to take credit for this zombie effect, I didn't have to do any work to achieve the ghoulish look (unless you call clicking on some buttons "work"). So no, there will be no makeup tutorial. :-P What I can tell you is that you can easily do the same for yourself, or any other person's portrait. All you need is a Google+ account...

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