It is said by some that without darkness there would be no light. Who says that? I'll tell you who: stupid people. People who don't know how light works. And modern deconstructionist superhero movie villains. The ones that find out the superhero's weakness—say, peanut allergy—and then, once the trap has been sprung, explain calmly to the struggling crime-fighter that they, as a Bad Guy, can't help but be evil; that it's part of the balance of nature. There can't be good without evil, or fries without saturated fat, or superheroes without weirdly specific crippling allergies. Then the superhero says "You'll never (gasp) succeed, you demented f@#k." And the villain says, "Oh, but I already have. You see, without a shot of superepinephrine, you'll be dead in five minutes. I could probably wait, just to make sure my stupid-yet-impressionable and, let's be honest, affection-starved, nephew doesn't decide to betray me by helping you, but with traffic this time of day, I don't want to risk missing my flight to, oh, wherever it is I'm escaping to. Good-bye Captain Atlanta."

The balance of nature is so predictable.

Ghee is made by simmering butter at a low roil until all the milk solids and cholesterol curdle out, and all the water evaporates. This is what's left at the bottom of the pot.

This face is approximately a centimeter across.

Some Post Processing.