Want to know where the fish are biting?
Look for the lakes and the rivers
where there aren't as many 'meal tickets'
to be had.

Want to know where the fish are biting?
Look for the ponds and streams
where there aren't already
'stimulating lures.'

Want to know where the fish are biting?
Go where the fish are hungry,
where the fish can't find 'food.'
Offer them some.

Then you will be 'lord of the fish.'
You can keep the ones you want,
Eat the ones you want,
Throw back the ones you don't want.

'Lord of the fish' controls the pond,
controls the rivers and streams,
controls the lakes...
And everything in them.

Some fishermen don't want to be 'lord,'
will fish on the outside,
will ask permission,
will 'buy' or 'trade' something to catch bigger fish.

More ambitious fishermen
don't want to move into,
don't want to share with,
don't want to compete with a 'lord.'

These fishermen will take their 'lures,'
will take their 'food,'
will take their 'meal tickets,'
somewhere they can be 'lord.'

If the 'lord of fish' uses all of his fish,
or refuses to share too many times,
then he will be left
'lord of empty waters.'

A pond and a lake close together
lost extra 'food,' lost extra 'meal tickets,'
because they were so controlling, so mean
with their fish.

Now most of the little fish
in these two bodies of water
suffer.
Do the 'lords of the fish' hear their cries?

Stuff That Would Bore My Sisters, 7

I'm getting better at playing 'Guess Who I Am.' Okay, I have always given information order to get information. I just have to give the right stuff at the right time in order to get what I want (the information). It's like having the right bait to use when angling for a certain type of fish during a certain time of year or even during the day. One of the things I noted from the movie "A River Runs Through It" was that the dad and sons knew that the fish were in different places throughout the day, and so they would use different bait.

Sisters, I am sorry to discuss fisherman with you for two posts in a row, but I just have to get it out.

Also, did you see my brick wall poem? I tried to make it look like a brick wall. When I was 7 or 8, I actually did lay a few bricks with my dad. I rather liked doing that, building a tiny little wall. (Pause for thought) I was just remembering again, but I don't consider myself a mason or anything. I don't see masons anymore, or maybe they work when I am indoors. Masons are good, honest, spiritual people from what I've heard. Wonder what they would think of the way life is in some places.

Stuff That Would Bore My Sisters, 6

You know I watch tv sometimes, and tonight I watched the latest "Deadliest Catch." It's waaaay past time they let the wives come on for more than a kiss and a hug. Yay! They were all gorgeous, of course, and the proposal - wow! For doing that in front of every one, you know that guy can use that in every argument, and what can she say but "Aaaw, I can't stay mad at you."

During the work episode that aired right before the pub segment, I thought about a whole lot of things. I always laugh at the greenhorns for the trouble they get in and for the lack of understanding - I can relate. ;-) Anyway, I do get it that to understand how things go, you just got to be right in the middle of it.

Well, I am learning a lot better how things go. I still don't like the whole business of how all the employers, not just the main interviewer, go over every little detail about a person. Then when the job applicant walks through the door, she thinks it is the same person she spoke with on the phone. After all, he knows stuff, is using the same words... but is it the same person? It feels different somehow. Strange.