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thursday, january 19, 2006
The secrets of Santa Barbara

The Storke Tower reflecting pond (yes, reflecting pond — the filter broke and they let the pool go wild instead of fixing it) is home to the celebrated bent fish of UCSB:

the orange and black fish

Max (my superlatively awesome boyfriend) showed it to me and took this picture. He asked the biology majors in my house about it and they surmised something about a broken spine repaired by fish surgery. Fish malpractice suit?

He also noticed this:

television standards, graffiti edition

We’re tempted to scribble “PAL” and/or “SECAM” on the other sides.

comments (1)

why do your posts keep switching places?
lizzy on 1/20/2006 13:32:57

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