Updating ourselves

Found a jar of taxidermy eyes sitting on a dusty shelf in my studio... awesome.

Myself, Aaron and Kyle, respectively.

Uh, WTF? Quick, get Will Smith on the line!

Apparently there is some fucked up stuff in the water in mexico.

I don't know about you, but if I pulled this thing out of the deep, I would throw it back as fast as possible and start scanning the skies to make sure the mother ship wasn't about to vaporize my boat.

Ratfish? Bullshitfish! Who knows what they dump in the water down there in Mexico. We have got to step it up here in the good ol' US of A, because Blinky don't have shit on this dude.

And don't you believe that for one second that this creature is dead. It's just waiting, and I feel sorry for the poor scientist that starts to cut it open just to have some spiked tentacles shoot out into his brain and turn him into a human puppet, bending him to its will, going on a fish taco fueled killing spree.

Drug cartel wars, kidnappings, Montezuma's revenge, watery mutant-seal-shark-chicken-alien critters plotting the downfall of man. Mexico kicks ass.

-Alex who thanks MG for waking me up with this.

Let me see your sad face.

So you have probably seen the recent article on fish feeling pain, found by Cutthroat Stalker. And if you are cool, will have read Mr. Gracie's and Hoss's opinions on the subject.

Ok, let us say that fish feel pain, and react to it similar to the way we do, (minus the stupid facial expressions and constant whining). Something hurts them, they get scared. It makes sense, I get it. But unfortunately it won't help their situation. You know why? Because they're not cute.

If my mother's cats suddenly became slimy, scale covered, floppy tubes of meat with fins, she would scream and boot them out the front door to the coyotes before you could say "not very humanitarian behavior."

PETA wants to know why you would hook a fish, and not your dog. Well, your German Shepherd can sit, rollover, fetch, beg, and is way more fun to hang out with than a trout.

No one wants to cuddle with a fish, and society has taught me that means it is okay to temporarily inflict physical and possibly mental pain for my own pleasure.

If this news is a shock to you, and you feel bad about making fish uncomfortable, then sell your gear and go do something else. There will be more room for the rest of us.

-Alex who has been hooked in the lip, and understands that it hurts.