I Like Big (hali)Butts...

A group of nine of us went on a fishing trip from Seward, as I mentioned previously. We originally intended to just fish for halibut, but we ended up in a really good spot, and caught the limit (2 per person) by noon. This was followed by rockfish jigging--again catching the limit (4 per person): people were constantly reeling up and down, they were being caught that fast. This was followed by ocean salmon fishing (21 for the boat). Not a bad day, which also included seeing a humpback whale, sea lions basking on the rocks, a bald eagle, and a pod of orcas (not to mention Alaska's beautiful coastal scenery). So in case it isn't obvious, I thoroughly recommend these guys (Alaska Northern Outfitters); see if Ezra is available to captain the boat.

Incidentally, according to a book I glanced through (entirely and obsessively about halibut) the etymology is not from hali=holy + but=flounder (i.e., a flounder rare enough that you would only eat it on holy days). Instead, the beginning portion is meant to denote a "hole," which is the halibut's preferred habitat (a sinkhole in the ocean floor). Yeah, yours in useless trivia...

So anyway, this website describes the act of 'Abu Grhaibing' somebody (as 'the new bunny ears')--i.e., replicating Lyndie When she's not disgracing her country in ways that will have international repercussions for decades, she enjoys smoking and getting pregnant in military jail. England's infamous position of pointing at Iraqi prisoners (SNL's joke, not mine). There was a much funnier website that I can't find now, which includes photoshopped images of imperial stormtroopers and teletubbies Abu Ghraibing each other, but I can't find it now. So anyway, given the opportunity (including somebody I could bum a cigarette from), I had to take it: