Pink Anemone

Meet Pink - the pink Anemone. I like this guy and have had it for several months now. Which is good because I haven't had the best luck with anything besides fish and shrimps. Imaged is one of the clown fish that has come and gone, but definitely a fish that loved the anemone. Sometimes the clown fish don't connect and some times they are inseparable with each other. I have to hand feed a piece of large Krill or small shrimp at least once a week. The long tentacles have poisonous toxins that the clown fish are amune too, but I think the anemone can over medicate the fish and paralyze to death. That's my theory because I have been through 5-6 clown fish since I bought the Pinkster? (can you see Mya in the background?)

Picasso Trigger Fish

Meet Mya. Her fish name is (Rhinecanthus aculeatus), but we'll just refer to her as a Picasso Trigger Fish. I had named her Mya because she resembles the Myan Goddesses or Gods seen in books or museums. Even though Mya is one of the smaller fish in the tank, her queen stature is noticed by all. The over sized bold face and toga body is filled with with vivid color schemes of gold and gems. Triggers are known to be very aggressive and will actually bite humans. Some species of trigger fish are also known to make a snarl sound if removed from the water? That sounds neat, by my fish will stay in the water.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Tia and Pete and their search for that exclusive pot of gold on St. Patrick's Day. Good luck guys!

F*ck Off!

Have you seen Green Street Hooligans? This kid rocks! I bet his father is right beside him flipping the bird too. I just might have to plan a trip somewheres just to experience a professional rugby game.

Champaign Brunch on the Hornblower, SF

The Hornblower is awesome! I took my Mom and Dad on the champagne brunch cruise for my Moms 57th birthday. It was abeautiful day and we actually walked from my apartment in North Beach down to Pier 3 which took about 25 minutes. It was far from a tourist attraction and was about 75% local birthday parties celebrating with the delicious brunch. And I have to add that they keep your complimentary Mimosa glass full! The cruise is highly recommended.

Blue Damsel Fish

The Blue Damsel. When I restocked my fish tank I bought three of these as well as three Yellow Tail Blue Damsels to create some small schools of fish. I have always focuses on just a select few fish and wanted to change it up a bit. Damsel fish as the cheapest and hardiest fish available and often referred as the goldfish of freshwater tanks. Definitely a fish that can help break in your tank. I'll have to name the one that survived.

Red Tail Wrasse

My newest addition has been named "Slap Stick". A Hawaiian Red Tail Wrasse (also know as Psychedelic Wrasse), has a black body covered with varying sized white dots. The tail is white with a red band at the end and males have more vivid color tone. Slap Stick will hopefully find comfort in his new environment. Red Tails are know to bury themselves in deep sand and can often try to jump out of the tank. As a matter of fact, Slap Stick has been disappearing and cannot be found for days at a time. I hope he's alright?

Yellow Tang

We call this fish Lou Lou. She's a Yellow Hawaiian Tang from you guessed it! Hawaii. Yellow tangs are good community fish that habitat around reefs and are often found in depts of 100 feet or more. Lou Lou is a herbivor that will often scrap the tank for algae and other particles. I enjoy watching Lou Lou swin along side the other fish. She makes it seems so much like a play ground.

13 ft python eats 6 ft alligator

Biologists are now worried that the nonnative Burmese Python will disrupt the food chain in Florida's Everglades National Parks. The alligator has dominated the wetlands for centuries and the new competition seems to be the predecessor. This 13 foot python tried to swallow the live 6 foot alligator and it appears that the snake either busted a gut? or the gator made one last chance on life and clawed his way out from inside the belly. Either way, they both died trying. Around 100 pythons are captured each year in the Everglades.

Moray Eel or Alien?

Scientist have discovered that moray eels have a second set of jaws that help them swallow food. After the front jaws bite, the rear jaws slides forward and grabs the food. As the main jaws open, the rear jaws retract forcing the food down the pipes. This cool feature and the eels ugly smile could very well be the source of inspiration for many horror and sci-fi movies. Their snake like bodies and vacant star truly suggest alien origin. Remember the Aliens movie starring Singorney Weaver, where the mother alien had the second set of jaws pop out of the already terrifying set of chompers.

WARHOL LIVE

I never really understood who Andy Warhol was and always thought of him as some freak from the 70's who shared the same name as I. I guess I did catch a glimpse of him in the movie The Doors starring Val Kilmer. Anyways, I recommend the exhibit. The art seems remedial, but does bring together the pop culture with style through a wide variety of artists, paintings, music, films, illustrations and sounds. The venue at The De Young Museum is also a special field trip on its own.

http://www.warhollivesf.org/index.asp

Matt Davis Trial

This should be on America's top MUST HIKE destinations. Man did we catch one of the most sunny days in January. The deployed crew of Steve, Alahna, Dave, Greg and myself set foot mid after noon and completed the 4.3 mile down hill hike in about 3 hours. The trial was extremely diverse with bridges, tree canopy's, steep 45 degree hill sides and open plains with ocean and S.F. city views. The trial ends at the town of Stinson Beach where we all bought tall cans of beer and hit the beach for an hour. Stinson Beach is known for its large Great White Shark population and a few lucky swimmers get bitten each year.

Colby Darling

Meet the young stud Colby Darling. Son of San Francisco resident Scott Darling of the Hayes Valley neighborhood. Colby is a 9 month old pure breed brown Doberman Pincher. I have hiked a few times with Scott and Colby.

Just a heads up to check whether dogs are allowed or not at all state parks. California is know to NOT permit dogs (even on a leash) at most state ran recreation spots.

A Doggie Dogs Paradise

Fort Funston has to be the coolest dog park on the west coast. I'm talking about some 50 acres of beach side paradise dedicated to the dog.

I recommend walking the main trial loop down to the beach and back up to the parking lot, but the many trials will lead you through the park in just about any direction. The no leash policy allows our little friends to roam the scenic ocean brush down the sand dooms, through the cold water and waves. The are also many steep grades and cool rock formations just in case your dog wants to go extreme.

I had never seen so many dogs at once. I'd say the funniest thing I saw was a family of extra large weener dogs. The fat grandpa was so large I thought he was going to roll down the hill.


http://www.fortfunstondog.org/