Ready for the rapture tomorrow? No? Then perhaps you'll enjoy my offensive little song.

( Do Not Read if you are happily Christian. )

I walked into the fishroom and found Ellie* looking a little upset. She'd been returning some fish to their tanks after a photo session.

"Um. I think I lost a fish," she said, sounding quite nervous.

From some people, a statement like that might send me into a rage, but not from Ellie. She's compassionate, and her appreciation of out little finned ( Read more... )

A little black cat in my condo complex appears to have been lost or abandoned. I plan to take measures to find its owner (if lost), but failing that, would like to see it have a home.

I got home a bit before midnight and saw it on the dumpsters nearest to where I park; I've seen it the last three or so nights. I figured it belonged to someone. ( Read more... )

As promised.

Lungfish eating is disgusting.

Lungfish don't have true stomachs.  They have a spiral valve instead, which increases the area of absorptive surface in lieu of having a "real" stomach.  To help start the digestive process because of this, lungfish take a food item, chew it, spit it out very chewily, suck it in and chew, spit it out, suck ( Read more... )

Boss got back from Zimbabwe last Tuesday. When I walked into the lab, my first reaction was to think, "Yay! Boss is back!", but before I could finish the thought, I saw the fish box he was unloading, and darted over, ignoring Boss unintentionally, and thought, "Yay! New fish!". No sooner had I finished that thought when I heard Boss say the ( Read more... )

Stinky's flower has opened.

And there is A Smell. It isn't so bad if there's a breeze blowing the smell around and away, but when the breeze stops, there's about a 2' Radius of Reek. That's a nice, big, 4' Sphere of Stench.

But GODS he's beautiful.

The great, ruffle-edged spathe is a deep, rich purple-maroon with a very slight irridescent sheen that ( Read more... )

We have an F2 from wild embryo prepared for hatching. Well, several, actually. But one is special.

It contains two perfect little fishes, in one single egg!

I've hoped to see this happen.

I can't help it, I've named them Gemini.

Photos soon.

Well, when I visited the Sahara years ago, it rained. It rains every time I travel, no matter when/where I go. I still have that magic, it seems. It rained in Death Valley ( Read more... )

Road trip ( Read more... )

Life is good.

Time is short.

Work kicks ass.

Que is happy.

What's new in my world? Not a whole lot. My only complaints are still about finances, and that research doesn't pay enough to live in the Bay Area easily. Fortunately, there are things like discount grocery stores, coupons, sales and loss leaders, discount clothiers, goodwill, etc.

Unless I ( Read more... )