At the Rainbow Café...

... this is reality.

At the Double Rainbow Café...

... we're feeling twice as optimistic.

Now, get out of the duckweed pond and carry on your open-threading up here, in the new day, the day we call: June 19th! Yay! Hooray for June 19th! Isn't it gorgeous? I did get some gorgeous late-sleeping accomplished, so the day is off to a smashing start.

And here's the coolest version of a great old song:



There was a semester when I listened to that in my car every day when I drove my 5 minute drive to work. Someday you'll find it... And then I found it!

Rainbows!

Welcome to the working week.

Coffee in the skillet:



Rainbow in the glass:

"I'm sending you a rainbow from the edge of my sink."

AND: Have you been half asleep, have you heard voices?

AND: Once, this was the rainbow in the kitchen:



"I've heard it too many times to ignore it. It's something that I'm supposed to be..."

The end of the ice rainbow.

We've been watching ice melt here today, so let's see the delicate end:

I bring my ice rainbow inside.

It was melting outside anyway.

The ice rainbow of hope.

Discovered here in Madison, Wisconsin, where — as George Harrison once sang — the ice is slowly melting. It's been a long cold lonely winter... the smiles returning to their faces... it seems like years since it's been clear....

But it's a rainbow-striped tomb!

You know what bugs me the most about the government's newly revised "food pyramid"? It's that it's called "MyPyramid." MyPyramid!

First, unless you want me to pronounce it mip-ee-RA-mid, put the damn space in. It's not cute to take out the space. It's just irritating.

But second, what's with the "my"? This is your recommendation for everyone. Am I supposed to think you think I'm special? Is this, like the removal of the space, supposed to be cute? Like "My Little Pony," my little advice from the government?

Could you please stop wasting my little tax contribution telling me what to eat, especially coming up with ideas like having a tomb as a symbol of health?

UPDATE: Stephen Bainbridge has more.