I just discovered that it was sprinkling here, which caused a really awesome rainbow, which was a great gracenote to end the day on.

I took pictures, but then discovered my camera battery was pretty much dead. I hope they turn out anyway.

Oh lord, Hil, you remind me of trying to buy codeine in Mexico. I kept saying it with an accent, wasn't getting anywhere, called my Spanish-speaking friend over to help, and he just said the same thing I was saying! The farmacia lady kept asking me where my pain was. I was like, where ever! It's in the future! (Except, of course, I can only communicate in the present in Spanish....)

That'd be a great coffee-table picture book: "The Sartorial Mistakes of Our Ancestors"

Heh. It really would, wouldn't it?

We should write it! A gold mine of history and comedy.

The farmacia lady kept asking me where my pain was. I was like, where ever! It's in the future!

This amuses the hell out of me.

We should write it! A gold mine of history and comedy.

Hee! We totally should! The 70s and 80s alone would be gold mines. Men in sky high platform boots! Acid-washed denim! Leisure suits!

I'm allergic to the formaldehyde that's in most nail polishes and strengtheners. What happens to my nails when I use it is pretty much what sarameg described: they get papery-thin, peel off in layers, and basically shred.

Clearly, you need Nubar: [link]

Best nail polishes and treatments in the history of ever. Says the woman with something in the range of 450 bottles of polish to her name.

If I had to only ever use a single brand, it would be Nubar. I hear amazing things about the Nu Nails. Haven't tried it yet.

If I had to only ever use a single brand, it would be Nubar.

Did I tell you that my Peacock Feathers failed to duo its chrome for me last time I wore it. I was a little bereft.

Which isn't to say I don't like Nubar, because I love their polishes. A lot. Just that my last manicure needed a little lacquer viagra or something. It failed to rise to my expectations.

Now I feel sad....

Famous Same Sex Penguin Couple Calls it Quits

It seems like no long term relationship is safe these days. First it’s Jon and Kate and now sadly it’s Harry and Pepper.

Harry and Pepper are a pair of adorable male Magellan penguins at the San Francisco Zoo. They have been together for the last 6 years and even adopted an egg together in 2008. All was going well in their relationship until a newly widowed female penguin entered the picture and poor old Pepper was left out in the cold.

Last year, the pair was allowed to incubate and hatch an egg another penguin had laid. “Of all of the parents that year, they were the best,” Brown said. “They took very good care of their chick. He ended up being the largest chick on the island.” One could say that all seemed to be going swimmingly with Harry and Pepper.

Enter the recently widowed Linda, who has long had a reputation of sorts, according to Brown.

Several years ago, she left her longtime companion and moved in with much older Fig just hours after Fig’s partner passed away, Brown said. “That was the fastest we’d ever seen penguins move on,” he said. “To be completely anthropomorphizing, Linda seems conniving. She’s got her plan. I don’t think she was wanting to be a single girl for too long.”

This year, within weeks of Fig passing away in winter, Harry was seen in Fig’s old burrow spending time with Linda, Brown said. Then one day, Harry and Linda approached Pepper’s pen and confronted Pepper. Harry began attacking Pepper violently and the three ultimately had to be separated, Brown said.

Awww, poor Pepper.

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