Things are happening here, and I think I need to take a few days off. I'll probably be back by the weekend ~ look for the funnies. And to keep you laughing until then, read this.
Have a wonderful, fun, and safe New Years. I resolve to get out more, to improve my femulation, and to let Meg get to know more new people in 2014.
Monday, December 30, 2013
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Christmas Countdown ~ Christmas Letdown
A few follow-up comics: The Duplex, Flying McCoys, and Bound and Gagged.
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| Good answer! |
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| turnabout is... |
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| that would be me |
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| Almost the perfect gift |
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| Not gone well. |
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Friday, December 27, 2013
Hair and Thair ~ Private Eyelashes
Check out Alice's comment on yesterday's post. It turns out the hair growth is not as odd as it seems. But the way it seems is more fun. :)
I recently found a two-page ad for a new product called Latisse. Latisse is a prescription "treatment" to grow eyelashes "longer, fuller, darker." They even adopted a word for what they're treating: hypotrichosis ("inadequate or not enough lashes" is their definition. I don't think it's life-threatening).
I'm interested in longer lashes. I think most women are interested in longer lashes, although I can't find a good evolutionary reason for that.
The front of the ad is a large picture of a woman and a close up of her eyes at start of treatment, after 16 weeks, and after 16 weeks with mascara. I suspect week 0 with mascara would look similar to the week 16 with mascara.
There is a bit of large-font text to catch your (presumably sadly, eyelash-deficient) eyes. Then comes the smaller text. The bottom third or so contains Important Safety Information.
Excerpts (taken from the website so the phrasing is different, although similar):
LATISSE® solution use may cause darkening of the eyelid skin which may be reversible. LATISSE® use may cause increased brown iris pigmentation of the colored part of the eye which is likely to be permanent. While very infrequent, increased iris pigmentation has occurred when LATISSE® was administered.
It is possible for hair growth to occur in other areas of your skin that LATISSE® frequently touches. Any excess solution outside the upper eyelid margin should be blotted with a tissue or other absorbent material to reduce the chance of this happening. It is possible for a difference in eyelash length, thickness, fullness, pigmentation (darkness), number of eyelash hairs and/or direction of eyelash growth to occur between eyes (e.g., results may vary for each eye). These differences, should they occur, will usually go away if you stop using LATISSE®.
Then page two of the ad is pretty much a FAQ with warnings interspersed among instructions.
I think I'll pass.
I recently found a two-page ad for a new product called Latisse. Latisse is a prescription "treatment" to grow eyelashes "longer, fuller, darker." They even adopted a word for what they're treating: hypotrichosis ("inadequate or not enough lashes" is their definition. I don't think it's life-threatening).
I'm interested in longer lashes. I think most women are interested in longer lashes, although I can't find a good evolutionary reason for that.
The front of the ad is a large picture of a woman and a close up of her eyes at start of treatment, after 16 weeks, and after 16 weeks with mascara. I suspect week 0 with mascara would look similar to the week 16 with mascara.
There is a bit of large-font text to catch your (presumably sadly, eyelash-deficient) eyes. Then comes the smaller text. The bottom third or so contains Important Safety Information.
Excerpts (taken from the website so the phrasing is different, although similar):
LATISSE® solution use may cause darkening of the eyelid skin which may be reversible. LATISSE® use may cause increased brown iris pigmentation of the colored part of the eye which is likely to be permanent. While very infrequent, increased iris pigmentation has occurred when LATISSE® was administered.
It is possible for hair growth to occur in other areas of your skin that LATISSE® frequently touches. Any excess solution outside the upper eyelid margin should be blotted with a tissue or other absorbent material to reduce the chance of this happening. It is possible for a difference in eyelash length, thickness, fullness, pigmentation (darkness), number of eyelash hairs and/or direction of eyelash growth to occur between eyes (e.g., results may vary for each eye). These differences, should they occur, will usually go away if you stop using LATISSE®.
- Do not apply in the eye or to the lower lid.
- Only use the sterile applicators supplied with LATISSE® to apply the product.
- Don't allow the tip of the bottle or applicator to touch fingers or any other unintended surface, as contamination by common bacteria is known to cause infections.
- Remove contact lenses prior to applying LATISSE®. Contact lenses may be reinserted 15 minutes afterward.
- Remember, if you stop using LATISSE®, lashes will gradually return to their previous appearance.
Then page two of the ad is pretty much a FAQ with warnings interspersed among instructions.
I think I'll pass.
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Hair and Thair ~ Is There a Doctor in the House?
This may sound silly. I often ask questions others don't seem to think about. For instance, if a dog has black fur it's called a "black dog." Why isn't a person has black hair called a "black person?"
That's just an aside.
I think too much about hair. It's one of the big differences between the genders. A woman trying to pass as male might want to add sideburns or facial hair and lament that her arm hair is thin. A man trying to pass as a woman will work hard to remove or bleach body hair and shave facial hair as close as possible.
Let's consider arm hair. (Most body hair works the same way, for this thought exercise.) It grows to, say, an inch long, and then stops. Just let it sit there and it just... sits there.
I know hair has a lifetime and it will eventually fall out and be replaced, but it's not a very short lifetime. It's weeks or months, not days.
Yet if you shave it off, it will grow back pretty much immediately.
Shaving is not particularly intrusive. It's not like epilating or tweezing or using chemicals to remove the hair or otherwise irritate the follicles. It's simply cutting off the dead part above the skin. But if you shave it will grow back quickly and stop at the same length as before.
Why does it do that? How does it know that it's been shorn and needs to grow back?
Is there anyone who understands the biology involved and can explain this to me?
That's just an aside.
I think too much about hair. It's one of the big differences between the genders. A woman trying to pass as male might want to add sideburns or facial hair and lament that her arm hair is thin. A man trying to pass as a woman will work hard to remove or bleach body hair and shave facial hair as close as possible.
Let's consider arm hair. (Most body hair works the same way, for this thought exercise.) It grows to, say, an inch long, and then stops. Just let it sit there and it just... sits there.
I know hair has a lifetime and it will eventually fall out and be replaced, but it's not a very short lifetime. It's weeks or months, not days.
Yet if you shave it off, it will grow back pretty much immediately.
Shaving is not particularly intrusive. It's not like epilating or tweezing or using chemicals to remove the hair or otherwise irritate the follicles. It's simply cutting off the dead part above the skin. But if you shave it will grow back quickly and stop at the same length as before.
Why does it do that? How does it know that it's been shorn and needs to grow back?
Is there anyone who understands the biology involved and can explain this to me?
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Christmas Countdown ~ MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Merry Christmas or Happy Day Off Day (take your pick). Uncle Bonsai does a great song called "Doug's Greatest Christmas Ever," about how Doug's importance is elevated on Christmas by virtue of being the office Jew.
Q: what did the fourth, forgotten wise man say?
A: "I thought we agreed.... NO GIFTS!"
Also please enjoy a marvellous variation on Noel.
Q: what did the fourth, forgotten wise man say?
A: "I thought we agreed.... NO GIFTS!"
Also please enjoy a marvellous variation on Noel.
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