Frankenfish!!!

I am sure many of you have heard about the Northern Snakehead (dubbed frankenfish), Philadelphia, has taken some new action in trying to stop these fish. By shocking the lake, therefore paralyzing the fish.

The Northern Snakehead fish, or ‘walking fish’, is a native of China that has been banned since it was imported to the United States because of it’s predator behavior. These fish are extremely aggressive, and even worse, a serious threat to area fish of all kinds. The Northern Snakehead fish has been discovered in local ponds and lakes, which is not good news. But.. did we mention they can walk? You won’t see them strolling along the riverbank, but instead slithering and springing. Creepy, right? They can go days without water, so once they finish eating fish from one pond they can saunter over to another pond. Experts fear that these fish will make it to the Delaware River and hit up other waterways, making this a big deal. To make matters worse, these fish are ugly, really really ugly.

Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Science is making an effort to stop this demon fish before it’s too late. They have been conducting fish surveys in lakes and ponds of FDR Park, using electric shock to temporarily paralyze the fish for a couple minutes, count the different types of fish and then release them. Which has to be the coolest thing to see a pond full of fish be paralyzed and then snap back to life. Where can I find myself a fish-pond-shocker? So far an increasing amount of snakeheads have been discovered, and the scientists have yet to finish the shocking.

Here is the NBC10 video they they did on this shocking story...Snakehead Video



Catch it, Kill it.

365 Party Excuses

So I have a collection of old bartending books, started paging through them this morning, this is what I found:

365 Party Excuses

*Highlights
Jan 7th - Birthday of Millard Fillmore
March 3rd - Anniversary of Child Labor Law
April 9th - Tommy Manville's Birthday
June 16th - Convention of the International
brotherhood of Magicians
July 20th - Anniversary of the Nat'l
Shuffleboard Championship
August 6th - Deadwood Day
September 1st - Beginning of Oyster Season

Read on for more, feel free to repost. Print them out post them on the wall!

Let me know your favorite day.





*Next post will be about how to throw a 1950's Style Party

Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival

From the Japan American Soceity of Philadelphia:
http://www.jasgp.org/cherryblossomfestival/

Welcome to the world of the cherry blossoms (sakura). Few things in nature can equal their delicate beauty. Come celebrate it with us! For two exciting weeks, all of Philadelphia is in full bloom for Sakura Matsuri - the Cherry Blossom Festival.

The Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia, or Sakura Matsuri as it is known in Japanese, is an initiative to encourage a better understanding of the cultural, social, and educational customs of Japan and the United States. Japan has been celebrating the beauty of the elegant pink cherry blossom for hundreds of years with picnics under the trees accompanied by traditional music and dance. The Festival also seeks to beautify the Philadelphia landscape by annually planting and maintaining 100 cherry trees in Fairmount Park. In the spring of 2007, the JASGP finished planting 1,000 cherry trees to supplement the 1,600 flowering trees donated by Japanese government as a gesture of friendship in 1926.

The 2008 Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival will take place from Saturday, April 5 to Saturday, April 19 -- be part of a centuries-old tradition as we bring together the best in Japanese art, cuisine, dance, fashion, flowers, music and much more.

Dozo, oide kudasai! We look forward to seeing you.

Program Highlights:

Philly Native: Subaru Cherry Blossum Festival, In the Philadelphia Area!

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New Blog Site

A couple of people have recently commented that this really enjoy reading my blog, so I am going to expand. Some of you know, I love food made in Philadelphia so I started a new blog:

www.phillykevfood.blogspot.com

Check it out let me know what you think, there is also a link on the right side of the page.

I would like some help with this site because I want to capture the whole city. I am going to start out simple, with French fries and move on from there.

Eat it up Philly!

Crime Spotter

So in my early morning internet seaching, I have discovered this site called:

www.spotcrime.com/philadelphia

This site uses google maps to pin point local and national crime, so now you can look at this site and find out who was mugged on your corner or where car are being stolen from.

The only drawback that I see is that they are a little slow on the update, I looked this morning and they only had till March 25th on the map.

I have always thought that a neighborhood crime website was an amazing idea, because it lets everyone in the area know wahts going on. In a way bringing back an online neighborhood watch, which in this day and age is an easy thing to do. (Hell i spend hours online each day.)

Give it a look see, comment back on your feelings about the site.

Lenny Dykstra!

This video is kind of interesting, I have heard anything from Lenny Dykstra in years. After watching this video I kind of see why, not the most elegant of people.

"Now you got your Dick in your Hand...Basically." Lenny Dykstra

Lunar Eclipse Vlog!

So I have had a hell of a time uploading video from my editing program my audio codec is all fucked up anyway. Here is the Lunar Eclipse vlog, it is alright enjoy the music.

First Song: Brazilian Girls - Don't Stop (off of the ST)
Second Song - Dan Deacon - Wham City (off of Spiderman of the Rings)



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