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[cupcake_goth]

My body has decided, for whatever reason and WITHOUT MY APPROVAL, that picking a random morning to wake up at 6am and stay awake is the thing to do. This morning I tried all my tricks: more CBD "Goodnight" lotion on my abdomen, two Mr. Moxies's CBD mints, headphones and an audio book ...

And then 90 minutes later I gave up and sulked out of bed. But there were fresh out of the oven Brie and prosciutto pastries courtesy of the Madwoman, so my sulking has lessened a bit.

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SCIENCE!

I wear silver jewelry. The problem with buying silver jewelry is that many sellers polish it before mailing. Nooooo, I wants the tarnish! I had been (re)tarnishing everything with the tried-and-true put the silver in a ziplock with a smashed hard-boiled egg method, because I'm not quite ready to move to the full goggles + gloves + ventilated work area needed to use liver of sulfer.

But I mentioned this online somewhere (Twitter, I think), and someone replied with "Have you tried the clinical strength Head & Shoulders method?"

It turns out that clinical strength Head & Shoulders causes a reaction that blackens silver. The top review on the Amazon product page is the one that explains it all! So I bought a bottle and have been testing it out.

Silver jewelry + ziplock + CS Head & Shoulders + warm water = TARNISH PATINA! Afterward I wash the item with plain soap, dry it, and leave it in a cloth bag with some charcoal packets to neutralize the lingering H&S scent.

The things you can learn from the internet are amazing.

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[staxxy]

yeah my own rhythms are not in any sort of rhythm at all. I feel you so hard there. I can tell Dad is having the same issues too; I hear him walking around upstairs at all sorts of random times.

and Science - NEAT!!