happy humpday!

fish with transparent head

Macropinna microstoma

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Excerpts from:: Human Body Factoids [http://bigjimindustries.com/wordpress]
+ It takes your food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
+ One human hair can support 3 kg (6.6 lb).
+ Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.
+ There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.
+ The average person’s skin weighs twice as much as the brain.
+ Your body uses 300 muscles to balance itself when you are standing still.
+ If saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT::
~ 39 bank failures in the USA since the beginning of 2008.
~ Michael Phelps will swim in a meet in Charlotte in May;
ending his three-month suspension
for being photographed
inhaling something from a bong.
14 Olympic Gold Medals.
23 years old
Onward & upward.
~ The chances of having identical twins is about 1 in 285. Bingo.
~ A persevering Personal Trainer is an excellent investment in your future.

! inspiration ! short & sweet...

b.q.

A Smile of Note

M.A.N. took a day to join his buddies,

P&Son, on a fishing adventure.

The destination was a secret pier,

& they left at 3:00 A.M.

Now, P. always takes his son on their fishing trips.

Son is confined to a wheelchair,

with many challenges. P. must have

the care & accommodations for his son down pat,

because the only comment I’ve heard,

is that it just takes a little longer, coming & going.

A Dad’s unconditional love & commitment;

a treasured gift.

Early start, the trip was a go.

However, due to an unusual occurrence,

this trip took a bit more time. They encountered

an unanticipated difficult search for live bait.

Apparently, once a year, the local Buddhist Monks

pay a price ( not sure how much) for the privilege

of praying for the lives of the bait fish.

After their prayer ceremony, the bait fish

are released back into the ocean waters.

This made for many unhappy fishermen.

All I could say was, “ All life is precious”.

Despite the bait delay, M.A.N. did

catch one nice Halibut.

He also pulled up a sand shark & a stingray,

which were released. I wish he would’ve

remembered to take pictures with his cell phone.

Maybe next time.

Here’s the Halibut we’re having for dinner…I was cleaning it at 11:00 PM, but decided to reconstruct a bit, & take the picture. So, this reminded me of summers at my cousins’ home in Huntington Beach. Uncle I. would go deep sea fishing, & bring home huge tunas. Auntie T. would have to clean them on the kitchen floor. She would give us all small knives, & we’d sit around the massive fish; slicing off tender chunks of fresh sashimi, & enjoying a little feast, while we watched Auntie T's swift cleaning process. Memories with a smile.

b.q.