Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Do vets treat fish?

Piscine emergency this weekend.

Returned home from a haircut (which subsequently did not get noticed much amongst the drama) to the news that Claude was swimming oddly and had an unpleasant looking red gash by one of his gills.

After careful observation (and the passing thought that staring into fishbowls on a Saturday afternoon was not the ideal way to spend what precious little is left of my twenties), a telephone consultation with Mr Kenny (he who knows about fish) and suitable documentation (photos of injury and video of unusual swimming motion), I wandered down to the fish emporium in Crystal Palace to secure suitable medication i.e. disturbingly-coloured stuff that gets measured out in drops per gallon of water or something equally precise that I didn't really follow. While there I also (finally) discovered what species the twins are - Calico Fantails for anyone who's interested.

As of yesterday the odd swimming seems to have abated but the red gash is only minimally improved. I fear the danger is not yet fully past.

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

X-Men 4; The Wrath of Lakshmi

Tried telling the boys at work about my potential magnetic/radioactive superpower. They were not supportive at all, reacting mostly by laughing derisively and suggesting that time probably just seems slower around me since my stories are long and dull.

The fools will pay for their insolence. When my powers reach full strength, they'll be the first ones I vaporise.