My friend Deirdre and I have a love/hate with the H.Kitty. It’s sort of turned into more of a love because we hate it so much. (No, this will never happen to me and sesame seeds.)
It appears that people are more into putting the Hello on their cars then anywhere else. Do you see this everywhere, too?


I guess to each their own but they are inches away from the “Don’t trust list.”
Now if they stuff a bunch of stuffed animals in the back windows it’s over.
I have been writing on this blog since 2005 and never did I think I would type the words, Squirrel Underpants in a headline. Well, thanks to my friend Ashley we now know they exist. She saw this in a window of a store on her walk yesterday. Yes, there is Boys AND Girls versions.
Happy Nightmares!
Balboa Park is amazing… So much beauty and color everywhere.

It’s also a place to see some seriously intense dogs….

Yup that is a dog. No need to buy a mop when you have a pal like that.
We held a taste test of old timey soda and the winner was Hank’s root beer. Although I must say a vintage Dr. Pepper in a bottle is off the charts. If anyone can guess what the image is from in the lower right box I will praise you for all of 2012.

Happy New Year and happy birthday to Betsy Ross born Jan. 1, 1752.


2012 is gonna be big.
The King of Herrings (the oarfish) is truly unbelievable. It is amazingly beautiful and also the most photogenic creature I came across this week.
Here he is in an Ariel-inspired “part of that world” moment. He’s working on his thing-a-ma-bob collection.
But she’s still got more….
Unfortunately, the King of Herrings most often comes to the surface when it’s already dead or dying in shallow waters. They have been known to get up to 661 lbs! What is also surprising is that this fish is not actually a true herring. It gets it’s name because it’s been spotted guiding groups of herring…like only a King would be capable of doing. When I was looking up the K.O.H I could not believe how many group photos this fish gets into. Here are some of my favorites….




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What I found interesting about these group shots was that were were no pictures of the K.O.H with women, there were a lot of hard hats and lots of random kids in the shots. PERPLEXING!
I will leave you to ponder the women/hard hat/random kid mystery and say farewell. I hope you have enjoyed Ocean Week and the Intensity under the sea. A big thanks to the awesome guest bloggers Saskia van Gendt and Conor Lastowka and all of you for reading. Long live the King!