Today, I experimented with dying my beard. (It used to be fashionable back when Shakespeare was alive and well.) There are two reasons for this.

The first of them is that, as it grows out, the hair on my face (particularly on my chin and upper lip) goes from light brown to a horribly sandy/brindled orange before turning white. Now, if it would go a nice red or auburn, that would be fine, but no such luck. I blame my Scottish/viking ancestry.

The second reason is that I saw someone who had done his purple and green. He said it was pretty easy. I figured I'd do mine a decent dark brown. The problem is that I chose a shade that's darker than I intended (closer to black than to my hair colour). The dye stung my skin, smelled bad and stained my bathtub (which I scrubbed to no avail and will have to paint or resurface). However, I am pleased with my first attempt, even though I had to redo some stubborn outliers.

I think next time, I'll try auburn or cherry red, just for the hell of it.

Oh, I'm also typing this from my phone, seeing as my main Internet connection is on the fritz (which always happens when one monthly bundle ends and another is yet to start).

I was going to investigate and compare over forty crypto faucets that I had found, but I'm going to have to wait until midnight. The Snark has been unable to work and made no money today. Yay for me, right?