Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: 

What we are witnessing in today's image is the death of the curious rectangle.  No longer anywhere near perfect, the former quadrilateral has been twisted into a bent wet noodle.  I began the destruction by altering the parameters, thereby changing both the orientation and location of the slice.  The destruction will continue in the next two FOTD's, and then, who knows or cares what?  The day of doom will be upon us, when the fate of an abstract fractal rectangle will have less significance than an ant trapped on a stick in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

But despite the hopelessness, the image is still worth a quick look.  It calculates in only one minute, about as much time as is required to check the finished image on the web sites.

Mostly cloudy skies and a temperature of 45F +7C made today totally unremarkable.  The fractal cat had an unremarkable day also.  The humans' day was a bit more animated as we watched the midday news reports, frustrated that the current determination to see something done about the gun situation will soon fade away as people 'get over' their outrage.  Despite my recent comments, both FL and I feel there are far too many guns in our culture, which is violent enough as it is; but like nearly everyone else, we haven't the slightest idea what to do about it.

The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and let's get people who act different off the streets and into therapy.  (Hey, wait a minute!  That would include myself!)

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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