I bought a blacklight.

[What Exit?]

Originally Posted by Zeener Diode

I think I have a black velvet painting of Jim Morrison in that box.

I had an Escher, A dragon on it hoard (Yep, Nerd), an oddly enough a Doors Black light poster. I think there was one more, but it has been gone a lot longer.

Originally Posted by hajario

I have a lava lamp. More accurately, I was awarded a lava lamp.

@mjmlabs has a large collection I believe.

[mjmlabs]

Originally Posted by What Exit?

@mjmlabs has a large collection I believe.

I do indeed. At last count, something like six dozen. Not only are they groovy in and of themselves (he said without a speck of irony) and soothing meditation-aids, but the restoration hobby provides ample oportunity to dick around with chemistry, thermodynamics, a bit of Household Electrical Wiring 101, and a fair amount of detective-type research re: establishing date of manufacture.

Back on topic, though: @Rebo, this info may help your sanity a bit -- Lots of substances fluoresce under blacklight, not just pet urine. Not every hit is cause for panic. (Of course, some must be.) Key point: Even a fair portion of common household cleansers will light up under blacklight, including almost every laundry detergent. (Any time you see "brightening" listed on a detergent/laundry aid, it means "with stuff that glows blue-white under UV light." Srsly.) And lots of innocuous spills will too. Here's a list of some Food That Glows in Black Light. So don't automatically blame yer critters for everything.

Blacklight Gin-&-Tonic parties were my college generation's contribution to the Evolution of the Rave. The quinine in the tonic glows like nuclear waste under blacklight. (Srsly, right around the same wavelength as Cherenkov radiation in water.)

Or to steal (and probably mangle, 'cause I'm working from memory here and my first cup of coffee is growing cold) an old Mitch Hedberg quip:

"I went to a nightclub where they had blacklights everywhere. And that makes everybody look very cool. Except for me. Because I was under the impression that the mustard stain CAME OUT."