Oh, bugger!

[geoviki]

So much for mainstream media reporting the whole story. I got a kick out of this: One in three women admits to having had anal sex by age 24. So that means quite a few slash writers know whereof they speak. Well, except for the prostate thingie.

I have a few pictures of Alaska to share. None of me, yet.

The Stattendam, from Sitka, Alaska It looks as though the ship is practically on the beach, but that's foreshortening. We had to take a tender to get to land.

Salmon at home Okay, you know the thing on National Geographic when they explain that salmon swim upstream and all? I had no idea there were so many of the buggers! Look at 'em! Every stream we saw was crammed with salmon. And these puppies were 2 feet long!

Basketball player with glacier Now this? This is my son, doing what he does best. Tunes out nature for the rim. That's Hubbard Glacier in the background.

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[snottygrrl.livejournal.com]

see, now those of us that come from salmon country (seattle) think the rest of the world knows these sorts of things (and we've never experienced tinned salmon either, so we don't understand why everyone doesn't love salmon). i actually own a condo (that is being rented) in issaquah, a suburb of seattle. there is a salmon hatchery there, so we see salmon swimming up the little creek headed for where they hatched, they end up in this big tank and they are so many they are all nearly on top of each other piled to the edge of the water. pretty dang impressive, nature.

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

We went to two hatcheries - one in Juneau and one in Sitka - and it was exactly as you described. I just thought it was the coolest thing. Eric got to try to catch some as they jumped up one of the ladders (under supervision). I couldn't get over how big they were. Here we really only see trout, and if they get 12", that's big (for a river).

[snottygrrl.livejournal.com]

ah yes, well, if you hang out in the ocean it helps to be big. [*grin*] it is so funny what one gets used to. living on a coastal city, you eat mostly ocean fish, and they are all fairly large. you don't even think about it.

ladders are great for the fish, but also provide a feast for seals and such that can get near them. it tends to be a problem.

we had an award at work for achievement, that was a glass salmon (to signal endurance and persitance). we used to joke it was apropo since invariably we were all like salmon, swimming upstream trying to get anything done, and in the end you just got fucked and died [*smirk*]

looking forward to meeting you at twh, i believe i am chaser for one of your gigs, so i'll be your servant for a few hours [*bounces*]