(Think of it as the Circle of Life Apparel.)

And I LOVE that circle of life. The previous trends for Victorian-esque military jackets and ruffly blouses? Starting to hit the thrift stores. Now I just need the Thrifting Gods to bless me with an ivory version of one those jackets, and a pair of Fluevogs that fit me.

Cameras: Here's a thing. I got sick of wrestling with my little digital point-and-shoot cameras, because when I point, they don't shoot; they whiz around for a second trying to get the right light and focus, and then I miss the shot I wanted. So I went back to using my Pentax point-and-shoot film camera. And I'm taking a lot more photos! The quality of the photos may not be as good, but I'd rather have a grainy photo of the moment I wanted than a crisp photo of the moment after.

Does anyone know of a digital camera that will actually *take the photo* when I press the button? One that doesn't have a control panel more complicated than a 747? If I can't find one, I'm selling all my digital cameras and going back to my old Fuji manual SLR, which I loved, knew how to use, and with which I happily took many photos. (So there. *flounce*)

My Canon T2i powers up and can take a photo in less than 2 seconds if my memory is right, but it's a full DSLR. I'll have to check on my little Canon point and shoot, but anecdotally it takes pictures pretty quickly as well. I don't think the camera flailing has often caused me to miss a shot.

Note to self: be sure to wash hands after making blackened tofu and before wiping nose. Oww. I think I inhaled some blackening spice mixture.

Mmm, both my current digital P&S cameras are Canons. 2 seconds actually seems pretty slow, a lot of lag time between pressing the button and getting the shot. Maybe I should clarify, I take a lot of action shots (cats, birds, gyrating rockstars) as well as static shots. I'm annoyed when the cat has walked away or the bird has flown off or the rockstar has landed before the camera decides it's time to take the picture. I really should do more actual research on this, but I kinda got burned out on buying cameras and being disappointed. Also, I'm cheap, wherein may lie the problem.

I haven't ever noticed much lag time on my camera (a Lumix DMC-FZ7). It's not just a little party camera though, its primary feature is a 12X optical zoom, as these have historically tended to be my targets:

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Either way, I imagine I'd have some trouble with any significant lag time too.

Is there some reason a pharmacy would make pill capsules with an extremely bitter outer coating? I've run into pills that were bitter before, but this is the first time I recall taking capsules that had a strong taste in the brief second before I can wash them down with water.

I've had that happen recently with some of my generics, Matt.

You might as well empty them out and not take the capsule part, no?

Yeah, I always figured that the brand names charged you five dollars more for the candy-coating.