The Zoo over Ambuscade Street

Let's play a little good idea, bad idea, shall we?

Good idea: Giving an elementary-aged child books

Bad idea: Giving an elementary-aged child a notebook

I'm going to have nightmares for a long, long time because of this article.

To summarize why I find these fish so unaccountably creepy, they have big, sharp pointy teeth, and they can breathe out of water and walk on land. So, if you ever piss one off, they can track you down, walk to your house, and eat you in your sleep. Ok, I exaggerate, but I'm still not getting within fifty yards of any lake or pond that's been confirmed to have these things in them.

For some background, in 2002 some small snakeheads were discovered in a pond in Maryland - apparently brought over as a pet (!!!) and dumped. There was a huge to-do with bounties offered for each one brought in, to try to get rid of them. They're such voracious carnivores that some biologists was feared that they could destroy the ecosystem of this pond, and then walk to the next pond and start all over again. No joke there, sadly...

This one is in a completely differend lake, and is at least four years old. They're going to drain the freaking lake in an attempt to get rid of the dreaded creepy frankenfish.

Closing on Karen's house has been pushed back to June 10. Fuckers (in this case, referring to my inlaws). This means I probably won't get to move into a house I really don't ever want to see again until probably Fourth of July weekend. And I can't imagine that we'll be able to get much assistance moving out stuff that particular weekend either.

And I still don't know how much it's going to cost us to buy. Navy Federal wants $250 to process the mortgage application, and we still have to pay !$%!#^@%$&^ rent for another two months.

(insert profound expressions of displeasure here)

Passing this on to any other Virginia residents out there. Looks like I've got a few letters to write.