Song of The Day: People of the Sun - Artist: Rage Against The Machine

Okay, okay. I took another prolonged hiatus from blogging. Why? Well, that’s almost like trying to explain why one would switch to listening to metal from listening to classical or instrumental music one day. Mood swings? Bipolar tendencies? Addictive personalities? Synapse overload? Hell, I don’t know, I just decided to take a break! :)

Okay. With that out of the way, back to serious business. My first entry, after a brief hiatus, will be about something that will definitely stir up the technology industry, a real disruptive approach to ponder, a whopper of an epiphany, a battle with a striped burrfish?

That’s right. While in the OBX about a week or so ago (that’s Outer Banks of NC savvy – in my best Jack Sparrow accent), I caught a striped burrfish. I thought it was a puffer fish at first–similar but a little different—until I hit an NC Aquarium the next day. Seems like they make good pets; however, my fish tank is fresh water, too small (55G), and that’s quite a distance to keep a little fish like that alive. So…I let the bugger go shortly after the “great struggle” to bring it ashore.

The other picture, perhaps macabre by some standards, has another story. Although I would like to write that I conquered the estimated 75 lb. fish from the shore, it actualy appeared to be a half eaten–“fairly big”–black drum (I think) that washed ashore close to where I was battling my striped burrfish. A policeman on one of those 4×4 ATVs stopped by and pointed it out. Maybe a shark got a hold of it? Perhaps it was torn somehow…dunno. It was interesting enough that I snapped a picture by a 2 1/2 ft. shovel I had. Perhaps someone will appreciate my efforts!

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