A Cross Off The Old Chip

     By looking at Resemblances from a standpoint that they exist as opposed to why they exist, the power of Extractionism can be very useful.

     In this particular case, a family from Missouri has found it to be a comforting sign that aids them in the passing of their patriarch - James Hosterman.   Hosterman’s daughter Sharon Courtney- Hosterman was eating a snack a few days after the passing of her father when she noticed her chip had a cross in the center of it.  For Sharon it was a sign that "he went to the light".  For another family member it was James' way of getting the family to smile once again!

Pareidolia is a word often used when reporting on such stories.  The word was first used by Goldstein in 1994 despite other vocabulary words existing such as apophenia synchronicity & simulacra and is limited in scope when discussing Resemblances.

 Title: A Cross Off the Old Chip

 Resemblance: Cross

 Extractionist: Sharon Courtney- Hosterman

 Matrix: HyVee Potato Chip

 Location: Missouri

 Date: 19 Mar 2012

 Links:  http://fox4kc.com/2012/03/19/family-says-cross-on-potato-chip-is-a-sign-from-lost-loved-one/

The Saviour Not Saved

     The most remarkable element of this latest Extraction is that the Resemblance was covered up by paint!  If you consider that a grilled cheese sandwich sold for $28,000 because of a Resemblance to the Virgin Mary and a chicken nugget sold for $8,100 because of its Resemblance to George Washington, it makes hearing this news even more strange.  Perhaps if the owners that contracted Sam Dalby, a 37 year old self employed interior decorator, had discovered it and not Sam himself, they would have been more inclined to save it - maybe even framing it off as I instruct my students to do when they find a Resemblance at their homes.  This Resemblance appears on a Type II Matrix - man made but inadvertant or unintentional.

     Pareidolia is a word often used when reporting on such stories.  The word was first used by Goldstein in 1994 despite other vocabulary words existing such as apophenia synchronicity & simulacra and is limited in scope when discussing Resemblances.

 Title: The Saviour Not Saved

 Resemblance: Jesus Christ

 Extractionist: Sam Dalby

 Matrix: Painted Wall (Type II)

 Location: Eldroth, near Austwick, North Yorkshire

 Date: 16 Mar 2012

 Links:   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9147524/Decorator-uncovers-face-of-Jesus-on-wall-of-barn-conversion.html

http://www.christianpost.com/news/painter-finds-jesus-face-on-barn-wall-in-england-71571/