Another Casualty
Well, all our fish have names now, but one died this morning.
The Blue Gouramis got named after the fairies from Sleeping Beauty, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather. I have a strong suspicion that one of the Gouramis is a male, since it spends quite a lot of time chasing another Gourami, but that’s okay.
Two of the algae eaters are are significantly bigger than the third. When we were trying to think of good names for the fish I said, “It’s too bad we don’t have a pair of unnamed fish. We could call them Flotsam & Jetsam.” Depending on how well you know me, you may be surprised to find out that I was referring to the electric eels in The Little Mermaid, rather than the thrash metal band of the same name. Alexa said it would be funny if we named the little one Ursula, since… well, if I have to explain it I guess it isn’t that funny at all. It probably isn’t funny anyway, but that’s okay.
The Gold Barbs are now officially named 5 Guys Named Moe (aka Moe 1, Moe 2, etc.), which I threw out mostly as a joke, but Alexa liked it, so there you go.
The remaining 8 nameless fish stayed nameless until last night when I decided to take matters into my own hands. The Tiger Barbs are now Magic Johnson, Byron Scott, James Worthy, A.C. Green, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, which was the starting lineup for the Lakers’ 1988 NBA Championship team. (Byron Scott (the fish, not the current coach of the New Orleans Hornets) died late last night or early this morning.)
The last three firsh to be named were the Green Tiger Barbs, who are now known as Ty Detmer, Jim McMahon, and Steve Young.
I was relating your fish posts to your cousin and he chuckled but I don’t think he finds them quite as funny as I do.
I’m excited to see you this weekend. And despite what you said in an earlier post, spray-painting furniture sucks.
I think you have misrepresented what I wrote about spray painting furniture. If you look back to that particular post, you will find that my actual words about the task were as follows: “The guy at Home Depot convinced me that spray painting was the way to go. In retrospect I would certainly have to agree that it was easier (and cheaper) than painting with a brush would have been, but since I’m a spray paint rookie, the paint job doesn’t really look that great. It’s not terrible, and the living room isn’t terribly well-lit, so it’s not obvious how bad a job I did, but…”
Not exactly a ringing endorsement for spray painting furniture.
fine.
So what can wordpress do that blogger can’t?
Okay Jabe, I’m ready for a new post. How about it?
My condolences to Byron Scott’s fishy family. May he rest in peace. Kudos to you for keeping those names straight!