Well, my fish is pregnant again. I actually don’t have any male fish in the tank. The fish that I have are capable of giving birth multiple times from a single mating. They can store sperm up, and if there are no male fish to mate with them after they give birth, they use the stored sperm. Since I got my fish when it was already pregnant, I don’t know how many times more this one fish will give birth, but I’m more than happy to donate some babies to anyone that wants to start up a tank. These are pretty hardy fish, so follow a few basic instructions, and you should be good to go. Let me know if you want to get into the fascinating world of aquaria.
Michelle: You love me a lot, huh?
Me: What’re you talking about?
Michelle: I have proof now.
Me: Huh?
Michelle: Alice’s pictures!
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I was checking out my tank, and I found another baby fry. This one is orange, and because I didn’t find him until today, he is tiny. I put him into the net incubator, so I hope he survives to grow up as big as his brothers and sisters. You can see that even though I found the last one a week later, he is only a third of the size as the others.
There must be something about beer that stimulates the mind, because a redneck came up with a brilliant invention. He came up with Season Shot. This is ingenious. The second you shoot your target, it’s already being prepared for dinner.
Instead of waiting for the kill to inject flavor into our favorite meats, let’s take it one step further. We should replace blood with marinade. Imagine a cow with Lawry’s Caribbean Jerk Marinade. We could breed cattle, pigs, and chickens, each with a different seasoning flowing through their blood. Then we could cross breed them to create even more delicious offspring. This will give rise to a great idea some of us came up with long ago. Instead of wineries, we could have steakeries! Now we have the methods to create the varieties needed for the industry.
This weekend Michelle flew in so we could celebrate her birthday. Fortunately, it also happened to be a weekend my parents went out of town. There were good eats, good drinks, good friends, and good times. It was made even more special by the display of Michelle’s cooking skills. She whipped up some delicious green beans and Jap Chae. Check out some of the fun below.
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I finally got a copy of my brother’s pictures from the Euro Trip. He has some pretty amazing shots, none more amazing than the ones where I make it into the photo. Here is our first stop on the cruise. While waiting for permission to disembark, we decided to snap some shots of the coastline.
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Well, I’ve separated the fry (baby fish) with a net incubator. It should be a couple months before they’re big enough to put in the tank without separation. There are six of them, and based on the way they swim, I think they are all healthy. I started to read up on how to care for the baby fish, because I want to double my investment and let them grow to adult age. Then I read that if the conditions are right, they can reproduce every three weeks. What the hell am I going to do with that many fish? If I find out my fish are breeding machines, does anyone else want to start a tank? I will be more than happy to distribute the babies.
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No, this is not a jab at your lame comments. I was getting complaints about how my anti-spam was working. The images for image verification were hard to read, and when you messed up, it would mean you would have to type it in all over again. I’ve completely done away with the image verification check. Instead, I’ve gone with an aggregated database check. Your posts will be processed automatically and compared with a database of spam. Hopefully there aren’t too many false positives. Happy posting, everyone. I better see more comments now.
