This chair made me smile.

This chair made me smile.  I saw it yesterday at lunch with Sarah, and couldn't help but notice it seems to have undergone an affine transformation.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/AffineTransformation.html


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  1. Melinda GreenSeptember 1, 2012 at 2:28 AM

    There are some sidewalks in my neighborhood on which this bench would make some sense.

    Oh, and here's another chair you might like: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2012/08/poll-romney-trails-empty-chair.html

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