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100 Unblinking Eyes

These photos are of desert goby eggs, laid on the inside of a bit of 3/4″ PVC pipe.  They’re a week old, and must be just about to hatch since each clearly holds a tiny fish ready to scoot out. … Continue reading

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From the ashes

I’ve just revived much of this site (specifically, everything that wasn’t visible on the front page) from oblivion.  If that means that you just now received 1000 rss updates… I apologize.

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What Florida has lots of

Judging from a quick scan of storefronts and occasional radio-listening, Florida has many more plastic surgeons than Minnesota.  Also, a lot more malpractice and injury lawyers. I’ve already seen a bunch of commercials for getting advances on annuities and structured … Continue reading

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Shark Valley

Yesterday I rode out to Shark Valley (which is in the everglades, and doesn’t have anything to do with sharks — I believe it’s named after the Shark River).  As I approached the everglades there was a lot of nice … Continue reading

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Miami Beach

I’ve been in Miami Beach for about a week now. My first few days after arrival were deeply inconvenient, about which more later. I have a nice oceanfront condo a few miles up the road from South Beach, in the … Continue reading

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Blog Resurrection

Posting has been off-line for several weeks, thanks to a variety of unclear hacking/security/permission issues. Fritz graciously sacrificed his weekend to fixing things, but now each time I post I feel slightly guilty.

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More boring photos of tiny fish

Click to zoom in.

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Proud Father

Arriving home tonight, I found this male gudgeon nervously glued to a leaf. All his other little ones have left the nest but he’s keeping a close eye on one remaining straggler. The internet tells me that he will a) … Continue reading

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And, finally: artichokes

I thought that I was going to have to leave Rome without eating a proper artichoke, but today came up aces. We were shut out of Da Giggetto, which means another visit and I’ve still never had carcioffe ala guidia. … Continue reading

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Three meals of cheese!

Today was a very busy and cheese-filled day. I took too many photos to organize without making many posts, so I’m again stooping to gallery-format. Click on the photos to enlarge (especially the close-ups of plaques, which are interesting.)

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