Our mother

Our mother

we humans are all free spirits yet are confined by nature within the bodies of mammals; our ability to think creates a kindred spirit amongst members of our species and that spirit is a soul that is the essence of our being.

our bodies confine us – our need for food and water – our desires and wants – and often searching for what may not exist or is not attainable

all living beings are needers yet we humans are also wanters and in our quest for more than we need many of us care little for other than ourselves

we cherish our own lives above those of others and often thoughtlessly kill other forms of life and each other as well, without hesitation or remorse

we ignore our creator which is nature and like to imagine we are not born of nature

Our mother

we imagine we are godlike created by Gods who conveniently look human

Yet all life should be cherished and at the end of human life we once again become one with nature as do all other living creatures

thoughtless ageless and infinite

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Our mother

Our mother

we humans are all free spirits yet are confined by nature within the bodies of mammals; our ability to think creates a kindred spirit amongst members of our species and that spirit is a soul that is the essence of our being.

our bodies confine us – our need for food and water – our desires and wants – and often searching for what may not exist or is not attainable

all living beings are needers yet we humans are also wanters and in our quest for more than we need many of us care little for other than ourselves

we cherish our own lives above those of others and often thoughtlessly kill other forms of life and each other as well, without hesitation or remorse

we ignore our creator which is nature and like to imagine we are not born of nature

Our mother

we imagine we are godlike created by Gods who conveniently look human

Yet all life should be cherished and at the end of human life we once again become one with nature as do all other living creatures

thoughtless ageless and infinite

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

CoralFishes.com and DiscusFishes.com

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

MiniatureReefs.com

Posted in General, Shopping | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

If what I write bothers you, there’s a good chance it’s true! :insight

Our reaction to the truth is often one of anger.

Particularly when we don’t like what we are being made aware of …

Death for example is something we humans continue to deny with religion.

Those who don’t beleive in religious myths are often shunned upon as in the recent spate of anti-atheist and anti-secular attacks launched by the GOTP – supposedly on behalf and at the bequest of christians.

Can anyone say Holy War or Crusades?

This is merely a tactic employed often by the GOTP  - divide the populace 50% – 50%  and after all, the conventional wisdom says a two party system is good for our nation.

What I find frightening about all of this – is that how would we know if we couldn’t be much better with all of us humans just getting along and concentrating on what is good for everyone?!

I think we need only look at the results and clear our minds of the spin to realize the painful truth. Life is not getting better when I have to drink bottled water and turn on an air cleaner to remain healthy and survive. Or be forced to work for others yet make less than it costs to live.

I find the negative reactions to the concept of a unified world and one Government to be bizarre. But then I am reminded that we don’t often think for ourselves or step back and contemplate the merits …. others in the riling minority do that for us.

Big Brotherism is a disease we all have been infected with by the corporate owned, sponsored and managed media.

In fact we each attempt to be each others big brother and we call it freedom of speech.

So what if we lie to one another.

After all  - everything we see and hear on TV is one big meatball of a lie rolled with little pieces of truth thrown in for seasoning.

We have an odd sense of freedom  - allowing some humans to implicitly threaten others by open carrying firearms in public and calling it freedom. 

But we all exercise our so called freedoms in similar bizarre ways that actually impinge upon the freedom of the community at large to live free. WE think free and act free – but we don’t live free.

We fight wars for freedom yet the very essence of war is void of freedom … do our young men and women want to die? How many are motivated to join the armed forces by the prospect of dying? Given the absence of other job opportunities what career choices are available as alternatives? Are soldiers just another form of forced labor in a society that subtly guides us all down the same roads decade after decade.

We don’t fight wars to live free … we fight them so that the few in power have the freedom to control humanity.

Laws make suicide illegal yet we smoke cigarettes.

Are young people who smoke therefor breaking the law?

The saying that some people will do anything to make a dime has always been the case with capitalism… except it is just a very few people who buy influence and power and they make much more than a dime!

Posted in General | Tagged | Comments Off

Skechers – womens selection new and popular

Posted in Shopping | Comments Off

Autographed in 1986 collectible 25th anniversary Mets cap – Carter, Strawberry + six other autographs including Ray Knight, Bob Murphy, Mel Stottlemeyer

Posted in General, Shopping | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

NY Mets and NY Yankees collectible vintage buttons for sale

Mets vintage buttons

Mets vintage buttons
Posted in General, Shopping | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Choosing the right size aquarium tank

Three simple rules before you even think about what you want.

  1. Establish your budget $500 or $5,000
  2. Establish the space available including floor strength
  3. Buy the largest sized aquarium you can afford

My own rule of thumb for any aquarium is 70 gallons. In various literature I’ve read over years that seems to be the starting point give or take 10 gallons. From experience larger tanks have yielded better over all results.

Bigger (more water volume) is always better.

A few things you need to understand.

Aquariums are work. Water is heavy.

If you don’t maintain your aquarium properly it will look like hell.

The reason I recommend the “larger the better” is that a greater volume of water reduces the rate and degree of of fluctuation of water chemistry and temperature.

Bear in mind that fish live in environments with millions of gallons of water that is fairly stable and what variations exist are natural and related to seasonal weather patterns that tend to be consistent over time.

Fish do not usually adapt well to rapid fluctuations of any kind unless they lived in an environment where such fluctuations were normal.

Some fish therefore are less susceptible than others.

Saltwater fish are particularly sensitive to rapid changes  - given that they live in huge bodies of water (the ocean) that do not fluctuate in chemistry or temperature except extremely gradually.

So as you can see my emphasis is on size and my recommendation is the larger the better within your budgetary and space constraints.

Once you have chosen the size of the tank – the next step will be to choose the tank inhabitants and decor.

I will discuss that in another article.

Posted in General | Comments Off

Decorating your first Aquarium using common sense

One of the fun things about an aquarium is decorating it.

The options are endless.

There are as many choices you can make as their are humans on earth!

So how then can we decide?

There are three top level choices to start with.

Natural, artificial and hybrid.

With natural you google the types of fish you have and look at pictures of the fish in their natural environment. (click images)

The same goes for artificial.

Hybrid is up to you where you would select a mixed combination of elements to decorate your aquarium.

The choices are many and self evident as far as size is concerned. Color is a matter of taste or if you go the natural route you duplicate the pictures you have seen of the biotope.

Biotope is a fancy word for natural habitat. It could be a stream or a coral reef.

One way to get ideas is to visit an aquarium shop  - the better shops have nicely decorated tanks as well as some if not all of the decorations you will need.

Don’t use wood or rocks picked up in nature. Spend a few dollars on aquarium ready substrate instead.

Keep in mind the following:

Sand or gravel is a pain in the ass. Detritus (fish shit) accumulates under the surface. This can be good or bad  - you’ll need to read up on biological filtration to understand why.

One thing I want to mention is that there are numerous excellent books on decorating an aquarium and a library of 2 or 3 books is a worthwhile investment.

Since this is your first aquarium I assume it is freshwater. In fact I recommend freshwater for starters. But if not the same reference materials are available for saltwater tanks as well.

I recommend going natural in appearance and although you can do live plants go artificial first time around – you won’t know the difference and live plants require a lot more expertise.

There is a LOT more I could write  - but the most important thing you could do is read a lot. The internet can get very confusing when you solicit opinions and ask questions. For every helpful aquarium owner there will be a different answer to the same question

Good luck.

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off