What Does It Eat?

It may be the largest freshwater fish ever recorded. It’s a catfish “the size of a grizzly bear” pulled out of the Mekong River in Thailand. It’s an unusual fish, certainly, but apparently not as unusual as I’d have thought. Reports of ten-foot catfish come out of Bulgaria, I guess, and there’s even another type of giant Mekong catfish called “the dog-eating catfish.”

Unlike the capturers of oddly gigantic animals here in the States who either just bury the suckers (remember hogzilla?) or put ‘em on display for pay (I’m sure Bill Cody must’ve done it), the folks in Thailand do the sensible thing when a giant catfish dies. They eat him.

Tony Loves Chachi

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Tony, Hot Dog, Tuxedo,
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Tony, seen here eating a hot dog in a rented tuxedo at my wedding, is getting married himself now. The missus and I couldn’t be happier. First thing I thought after hearing the news: “So, will this make Jackie my sister-in-law?” Sadly, this was followed by: “No, you dufus, ’cause Tony isn’t actually your brother.” To which I replied to myself, “Whatever, dude. You shouldn’t talk about my brother like that.”

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Jackie @ the Reception,
originally uploaded by photoq.

This is the bride-to-be, the talented, hilarious and ridiculous Jackie. Seriously, in hindsight, I don’t think I’ve ever gone from meeting a person to loving them like a sister as quickly as I did with Jackie. She’s not a friend’s fiance I like because she makes my friend happy. She’s a person I’m thrilled to know myself and delighted to see joining Tony’s family. My joy for her engagement is, truly, quite selfish, because it means we’ll be seeing her for a long time. She is, quite simply, the bomb.