It was a crazy XMAS holiday with lots of snow, so seeing as I had some free time and couldn’t do much outside I started playing Word of Warcraft again. My interest in that game comes and goes and right now I am excited to play it again. I leveled from 69 to 70 and started saving for my flying mount in Northrend. I like that game as I can play for 3 months straight, then take a 2 month break and then start playing again with no consequences. It’s perfect for a guy like me that has other projects and things that are going on all the time.

Here is a link to my World of Warcraft character Wildbruiser.

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Rocky Piotrowski our 2nd family dog fell ill on Friday from a pinched nerve in his spine and with his complications of diabetes lost feeling and mobility in his rear left leg. After some x-rays and a diagnosis from the vet he was put on some medication to try to fix his issue and get his mobility and feeling back. Unfortunately even with the medication and care he was unable to regain his the mobility back and with him suffering like this the only choice we had was to let him join our long pasted dog Cezar in doggy heaven.

Ever since Friday even with the medication to make him feel better he was so sad as he was stuck laying on the floor and could not move around. He couldn’t go pee unless I carried him out side and helped him stay up. It was a very sad thing to see him like this as I know it wasn’t his fault but just old age and complications of diabetes. From the x-ray we also found out that his hip joint had deteriorated and this was probably causing him pain too. 

He had a loud bark to let you know he was around or that he needed food or water but was extremely passionate and caring. He was as gentle as a butterfly and even allowed my little 4 year old nephew feed him food right into his mouth and never showed any aggression at anyone. He wasn’t too friendly to other dogs but he stayed at home and in the back yard so that was never an issue. When I was smaller he use to jump on my bed and keep my feet warn on cold winter nights and never asked for anything but food and a pat on the back. We got him in 1996 and he past away Today Dec 22, 2008 at 12:00pm. Rocky lived to be 12.5 years old which is a decent age for larger dogs of his size. He was a great dog and friend, the best golden retriever/lab cross ever..

Rest in Peace Rocky and take care of Mortimer and Ceazer in Heaven.

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SuperTank molted on Monday, the 2nd time since I got him and it’s great to see he is doing well. He has also been moving rocks out of his little den for the past week. None of the fish seems to bother him and once in a while he catches one for fun and eats them. All the Lyretail platies are gone now as they must of been eaten by him. I am not upset, after all he is a crayfish.

I had some time last night so I cleaned my turtle auxilary XP4 filter and also my 45 Gallon XP3 Filter.

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I’ve been watching my 2 new Convict Cichlids and the bigger one has been chasing the little guy around the tank for a while now. At first I thought it was just for fun but last night I saw the smaller one hiding behind my pirates chest and scanning around him in a cautious way. He was watching for the whereabouts of the bigger one.

So since I have the 29 Gallon tank with no other aggressive fish I decided to move the little guy over to that tank and see how he adapts to all the tetras in that tank. He will soon have one of my baby angel fish to keep him company as they are both of a cichlid variety. There might be a power struggle there later with the angel fish but will tackle that hurdle when we get there.

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Back 15, 20 or even 30 years ago I believe that a lot more people were creative as things needed to last longer. But these days it seems that the life span of most electronics or even hobby like items only last a few months or years before they have new replacements. So instead of creating, drawing or fabricating these custom toys or gadgets we just buy quick mock ups and then find ourselves buying the replacements months later for newer models.

But the hope is not lost as there are still a lot of “OLD SKOOL” people out there that are very talented and creative. So hopefully these old timers pass down their knowledge and tricks of the trade for the next generation of creative and talented individuals.

Now most people have computers in their homes by now and might even have 2 or 3 but we buy them and that’s it,  not many go ahead and actually modify them. Well I found this one forum post about a computer case that will just stun the crap out of you, as it looks so awesome and is totally custom made. Click Here for a creative masterpiece the CPU STINGRAY.

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I really hate the morning and afternoon news as all I hear is bad news and never any good news. In my opinion the media always glorifies everything and makes it worse then it’s meant to be. Yes people loose jobs and fatal car accidents happen but that’s all they report. It is very rare that they report on something pleasant that happened but instead they report on another killing by some crazy person or another solder died in another war stricken country.

I believe that the more we watch negative news, radio and listen to negative people we will attract this kind of attitude and bring our self esteem down with it. I know from my own personality, that I am an optimistic person and always look for new things to entertain and make me smile. While other people out there all they do is complain and bitch how the world is against them and everything sucks.
Now regarding this so called recession that’s happening in the United States and affecting the world, I think its way over done. Yes things need to change but from what I’ve been seeing it’s like a snowball effect and the more we focus on this issue the more it will effect the rest of the world and come back to us.

I SAY FORGET ABOUT IT! Where there is a downfall there is an opportunity. We sometimes get stuck in a job because we don’t have the willpower to quit. Well guess what if you get laid off your excuse is gone now and you are free to look and find a better job. Look for the positives not the negatives, I know sometimes it’s hard to do but the more we focus on attracting positive events we will receive these sooner or later.

Paul at www.inspiredmoneymaker.com wrote a great article about this so called recession. Check it out.

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I finally gave in last Friday and purchased a 48″ Dual T5 light and a dual glass cover for my 45 gallon aquarium. I had the old T8 style fluorescent system before and it wasn’t lighting up the aquarium properly so now the T5 is in and the T8 is out. I was also using a piece of plexiglass to cover my 2nd half of my 45 gallon aquarium but now it’s all glass and looks a lot better.

I also picked up the largest available floating turtle dock that same day as both my turtles are submerging the ones that they now, so this should fix the issue.  I haven’t had a chance to install it yet but some time this week it will be done.

Yesterday I picked up the 2nd Expansion pack to World of Warcraft called Wrath of the Lich King and from last nights 4 hour game play, it looks good. I don’t plan to play everyday but it will be a nice change of pace when I am not working on my fish tanks or other hobbies.

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I went to Big Als Aquarium store today after work and picked up 2 Convict Cichlids. I read online that they can get pretty aggressive but so far they seem to be fitting in very well. I have 3 tanks so if they get bigger and start bullying the other fish around I can always make a tank for them. They grow to about 12cm or 4.5″ long so they do get bigger but not to big. One is bigger then the other but they seem to be buddy’s in my tank right now. Everywhere they swim they swim together and are very cautious fish. They seem to posses a lot more intelligence then the average live bearer. At first I was a bit worried because my large angel fish was eyeing up my larger convict but he stood his ground and then swam away cautiously. I will watch them closely for the next few months and if needed, I can adjust my tanks to match there behaviour. 

The smaller one is about 2cm and the bigger one is about 3cm

Here is another image of my larger Convict Cichlid.  

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