Black Lines On Your Finger Nails

Confessions of a Genre Virgin: First-time romance readers tell all

Heroine that there is an unusually high rate of blue and green—especially green—eyes in fiction (not to mention, she thinks to herself, an unusually high rate of white folks). Perhaps, she muses as she turns the page, it's because brown eyes are hard to equate to seasons, vegetation or bodies of water. Eyes as brown as a potato? As brown as bark? As brown as ... nope, only coffee is available for ocular metaphors. Unless there are flecks of gold to be found. But then one might be venturing into hazel territory. She turns the last page, tosses the paperback atop the coffee table and switches off the lamp. With the hum of the swamp cooler soothing her into dreamland, she can't help but wonder if the day has come for a bisexual, multiracial werewolf chick who is neither quiet, hesitant nor small and who can tear apart enemies as easily as she tears through hearts. (Marisa Demarco) While working late one night, Piper stumbles upon the sex diaries of Boston's foremost female abolitionist, Ophelia Harrington. Turns out the subject of Piper's next exhibition was at one time the most desired courtesan in London. "Holy porno, Batman," exclaims Piper's sexologist friend. "This shit is flaming hot! It's like a two hundred- Even more shocking than this discovery is that, while the sex does come on hot and heavy, the writers also find room for a thrilling historical narrative and—dare I say—a message that is also about defiant feminism. Ophelia shows that she is not a person selling herself, but rather a confident woman using limited means in a conservative era to gain what she wants and deserves. "To give myself so ran contrary to every rule of propriety I had learned," reads the entry on her scandalous devirginizing. "It was a wicked, wanton act, a blatant and shameless act. It was an act of undeniable freewill." top Irishness. The amount of times he says "feckin' Jaysus"—coupled with the writers' continuous pointing out that Murphy's stout is the proper thing to drink in a pub—get a bit tiresome. It gets plain goofy when Piper pictures the McSteamy of the art history world "lying beneath her in the Irish heather, his waistcoat and shirt ripped open and his nankeen breeches undone." One almost expects the authors to ditch the whips and dildos for shillelaghs and bagpipes.

What your finger nails say about your health « Candy 95

I found this article today and it was pretty inciteful…and for Frito, a little scary (but he’s a hypochondriac.)  Eitherway, your finger nails can give you some clues about your overall health.  Here’s 5 ways to let your fingers to the talking:

#1.)  The White Part Under Each Nail.   At the base of your nails, there should be a little white showing.  If there is, it’s a sign your thyroid is healthy.  But if most of your fingers DON’T have white showing at the base, your thyroid might be weak, which can lead to depression, mood swings, and thinning hair.    

#2.)  White Spots Under Your Nails.   It’s a sign you have a zinc deficiency, which can cause diarrhea, impotence, hair loss, loss of appetite, and also weaken your immune system.  You can get zinc from oysters, sesame seeds, dark chocolate, and peanuts.  

#3.)  Ridges.   Your nails should be relatively smooth on top, but If they’re made up of ridges and you can see a bunch of parallel vertical lines, it’s a sign you’re not getting enough iron.  If the ridges run horizontally, it’s a sign you’re not getting enough vitamin A or vitamin C.  You can get vitamin A in dark green vegetables.  And obviously citrus fruit is a good source of vitamin C.  

# 4.)  Black Lines.   If there’s a thin, black line under your nail, it might just be a “splinter hemorrhage,” which is caused by trauma . . . like hitting your finger with a hammer or slamming it in a door.  In that case, it’ll just grow out within a few months. But it could also be a sign of heart problems or even cancer.  So if one shows up and it’s not the result of trauma, get it checked out.  

#5.)  Dark Fingernails.   Cigarettes and using too much nail polish can turn your nails yellow.  But yellow nails can also be caused by diabetes, lung problems, arthritis, lupus, and liver disease.  And not having enough B-12 in your diet can also make your nails darker.  B-12 is found in fish, meat, and dairy products.

The Illustrated American

Your finger-tips and nails will be greatly improved by daily manicuring. ... conventional wavering lines that in turning reveal the gold. ...

Women of China

Lines If the lines on your fingernails are dark brown, you may suffer from kidney failure and/or the loss of bodily fluids; if you have many horizontal ...

The manual of dental assisting

Mechanical and other damage Artefacts • Black lines (as seen in Figure 21.14) can ... For reasons of good infection control, your fingernails should be kept ...

The 'Painter's manual' of Dionysius of Fourna, an English translation [from the Greek] with commentary of cod. gr. 708 in the Saltykov-Shchedrin State Public Library, Leningrad

Paint the faces thus: put on a dark ochre with a little black and a very little ... the skin with your finger so that the colour does not get a second skin. ...

Bottom Line year book 1994

Fingernails & Toenails — Barometers of Health Changes in shape or ... dark bands in their skin as they age. • Muehrcke lines: Two white, horizontal parallel ...