It begins with:
When I was seven, my family moved from suburban California to rural Idaho. In an effort to embrace Northern Idaho culture, my dad took me fishing at a lake near our house. I was really excited.
Mostly because I thought that I would get to keep the fish I caught as a pet.
Please continue reading the entire entry entitled “How a fish almost destroyed my childhood” at Hyperbole and a Half. Ohhh, you will be as pleased as I was.
The last sardine cannery in the U.S. has shut down. That’s a lot of jobs. It’s interesting that despite many years of popularity, the sardine population remains robust. Sardines are also a mega-healthfood, rich in Omega 3, B12, and other good things, but low enough on the food chain that they won’t have much mercury. There is, of course, a foodie sardine blog but I guess it wasn’t enough to turn the tide. I’m sure the laid-off cannery workers can go work in a macaron factory or something.—Snacktime