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BAD BOTIA!

Hey Sean, you still hanging around these parts?


Many months ago we added two tiny blue botias to our glorious fish tank. Our concern at the time was that the other fish -- namely three fairly large parrots -- would eat them whole and be happy about it. Instead, the botias adapted, killed our dolphin whale and ultimately turned on each other, with the larger of the two killing the smaller. The remaining botia grew to about the same size of the parrots, and has just been bugging the holy fuck out of them on a daily basis lately. Finally, last night while we had company here, we had to end the night early after catching the little bastard trying to knock the parrots right out of the tank. Today, we brought it to Petland and said "do what you must." Nature is nature, but c'mon, the botia wasn't cute enough to get away with that. My Geophagus -- best fish on the planet -- has a dime-sized scar on his face from the thing. At least, in retrospect, I'm pretty sure it was the botia's work.

Anyway, things just got plenty interesting over on the Advent Calendar. The Advert Calendar has also been brought back up to date, with two new ads -- one for the Lotto, the other for Garfield.

EDIT: Entries for Sunday on both Calendars have been added. God, I'm gonna miss Christmas being on every radio station 24/7. There needs to be a grace period after Christmas to ween us off it. The marathon ends way too abruptly. One minute you're dipping the lemon peel in the sambuca, next minute someone's dropping it like it's hot.

Posted by Matt on 12/18/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 36 comments

Well its 12* in Rochester rite now…

I’m glad someone mentioned a chia pet growing in the later episodes, saved me the trouble.

Chestnuts roasted by ANdrew @ 12/19/2004 7:55 PM


We’re supposed to get a dusting here in Southern New Jersey. It was just raining when I got home around 5PM, but I haven’t looked outside since.

Poor Waiterbot. I feel sorry for him – he lost his body AND his kitty (even if the MegaMare/Waiterbot fight was awesome). I have the feeling his little lost friend may have a very BIG surprise for him, though. And Random Jim is now living up to his name. Hope Mare and the Stormtrooper club can help unscramble his mind.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 12/19/2004 9:21 PM


The fates of Waiterbot and the botia make me sad. What we need is a Christmas miracle.

Off-topic but totally cool: http://bvbp-qt.vitalstream.com/LionWitchWardrobe/LionWitchWardrobe_BehindMagic_1500.mov">First look at The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 12/19/2004 9:43 PM


Megamare?! A combination of the best parts of what we may or may not know as x-entertainment! …I laughed and laughed and laughed!

Chestnuts roasted by Kate @ 12/19/2004 9:43 PM


Cameron-I don’t really care for Nightmare Before Christmas. Found it boring.

Of course, Tales From The Crypt did the killer Santa thing. Plus, there’s the Silent Night, Deadly Night movies.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 12/19/2004 10:44 PM


Hi Matt.

I’m still around, but with classes and a kid and such, I don’t get much time to post. I have to admit, I thought that might happen–those botias can be really tough. Admittedly, I’ve never heard of them going after cichlids, but not surprised.

Did you get the email I sent you? I can’t honestly say that I remember what I wrote, or when, but I have trouble with the email server sometimes, and people don’t get my messages.

Chestnuts roasted by Sean @ 12/20/2004 12:17 PM


Weather on the prairie is totally weird. It’s always windy, but normally tolerable with 70* highs and blinding sun, up until a couple of weeks ago. Now we’re lucky if it gets up to 30* during the day, and it’s STILL sunny…which I think is just cheating. The night sky is one good thing about this area of the country–it’s utterly crisp and clear. Or maybe that’s just the frozen tears in my eyes.

Chestnuts roasted by Emily @ 12/20/2004 3:04 AM


Im down in Texas, and winter here is a joke. It will be 70 degrees and sunny here today. Man i wish we had real seasons… :/

Chestnuts roasted by KillaHill @ 12/20/2004 10:00 AM


I beleive that Random Jim will someday write the Great American Novel.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 12/20/2004 12:02 PM


Hey Sean — thanks — glad to see you’re still around. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 12/21/2004 8:06 PM


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