Attention Fish Lovers

If you’re a fish lover like I am, you probably enjoy eating fish delicacies, or maybe you prefer to go fishing, catch your own fish and cook it over an open fire, that's great also.

I’ve been a fish lover all my life. My earliest recollection with fish dates to when my mother forced a daily dose of cod liver oil down my throat. Years later, I thanked her for torturing me with those spoonfuls of vicious slime extracted from the liver of a healthy cod.

So, imagine how I felt after reading the Federal fish consumption advisories and contaminant data . How can I think of fishing as a wholesome endeavor anymore? What does the future hold? If the EPA does not aggressively pursue this problem, instead of standing hip deep in a cold stream waiting for a fish to slash its mouth on my hook, my future as a fisherman may involve casting my angler in a sludge filled stream containing mutant fish, this is disturbing.

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THE NEWS OBSERVER: Dying young
"It is a heart-rending tragedy almost beyond comprehension: Each year 11 million children worldwide, most of them babies, die because they had the bad luck to be born into abject poverty."

Drinking orange juice lowers blood pressure well, hey, no more rhum and coke for me, from now on it's Gin and juice.
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Vending machines for your dog? Why of course, dogs are people too.
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movies opening this weekend include Blade 2. Reviews here

Royal Hotnesses

Halle Berry, Alicia Keyes and India.Arie hit the awards jackpot and are in the spotlight in the March Annual Women's issue of EBONY and they are among the most successful women in America.

(via Ebony.com)

What more can I say ... not enough room on this page, I assure you.

Ray's Way back machine (I remember when)

"Rapper's Delight" was probably the first rap song that most Americans heard if they grew up in the late 1970's and early 1980's. It featured Chic's bass line from Good Times, and was topped by the infectious rhymes of super rappers Mater Gee, Wonder Mike and Big Bank Hank. I was feeling that song as a teen, blasting it on the alpine as I cruised down the pike in my 1979 Cougar XR7 (if that car was still around and could talk, it would have a tale to tell), "Hotel, Motel Holiday Inn, If your girl starts acting up than you take her friend". Heck! I just had a flashback.

A Cleveland man hopes to set a world record by making love to 20 women (climaxing each time) in one day. I'll be more impressed if he can perform this feat without being called a "one minute man" by any of the women.

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ANDY ROONEY: Sex and the Catholic church
"The Catholic Church has never recognized that sexual desire cannot be suppressed by resolve. Having sex isn't something anyone can decide not to do and then never do it. The church was unrealistic when it established rules that put both marriage and sex outside the boundaries of acceptable behavior for priests. The church might as well have ordered church bells not to ring."

Ray's Way Back machine
a snapshot of my wedding day. The obligatory sideburn and mustache as well as the afro were standard back then. And even on this special day, being "cool" was the order of the day. Certainly, it was a match made in heaven and a union sealed with a promise and a kiss. Many years later (very many), the journey continues and the promise has been kept.

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Latest study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - "New research suggests that not only are men not afraid of commitment, but they may want it just as much as women do.

In what researchers say contradicts the evolutionary idea that women naturally seek a single, long-term mate while men prefer to play to the field, the study found that both sexes typically want a lasting, monogamous relationship." LINK

An Oscar Breakthrough for Black Actors? Maybe Not (via Yahoo)

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Flashback

"They transplanted a WHITE BIGOT'S head onto a Soul Brother's Body ...Now they're in Deeeeep trouble" Silly movie from the 1970's (Greg, you might remember that one)

Why the rich get richer "Exotic and complicated investements, unavailabe to the rest of us ..."

"Value chain arbitrage. Pair trades. Seagulls. Restructuring plays. Forget hedge funds. These are the true exotics of the investment world. Chances are you have never heard of them. Chances are better that you will never have access to them.

Only the rich, the liquid rich, get to play on this field. The rest of us, with our brokerage accounts and mutual funds, can heed the dusty old advice: Diversify, stay in for the long term, and forget about stock picking, because you will fail and look like a fool in the process."

Wifey Update

Our love has withstood the test of time. We have weathered the ups and downs and confronted the obstacles with courage, understanding and tolerance. My wife of (unintelligible) years, my friend, my life partner, my lover. I wonder if I will will get a prize for featuring her prominently on my webblog, perhaps I’ll find out tonight.

But seriously, thank you for being you. - Ray

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Happy equinox

Online Rants Not Always Free Speech
Fox News article about how people are getting sued for their online comments. Article claims that people treat online postings as similar to conversations and don't realize that they can get sued for what they post.

Some things are better left unsaid.