I can't stand stand processing. It's the most ridiculous concept ever developed.
I'm pretty sure there's a pun standing around in there somewhere.
FWIW, I've never used Rodinal (or R09, for that matter) that wasn't brown. Isn't it supposed to be brown?
"What drives man to create is the compulsion to, just once in his life, comprehend and record the pure, unadorned, unvarnished truth. Not some of it; all of it."