Traffic here on the blog was down considerably yesterday, in the 400 page-view range. It always goes down on weekends. But not for everyone. Yesterday, about 1,200 people went to the site It’s Almost Naptime to read a story about goldfish, despite my attempts at hard-hitting journalism here at Thinking Out Loud. Maybe I should write about the fish our son brought home several years ago.
He and his brother were attending an AWANA club, and we were waiting to pick them up when I saw the first kid emerging with a plastic bag oozing water and fish and I thought, “I hope our kid didn’t win one of those.’
He did. So on the way home we made a quick stop at a 24-hour store that sells pet supplies, the upscale La Mart de Wal, and bought a relatively inexpensive aquarium, complete with all the fixings.
“Goldie” — who I assure you was not named after Ms. Hawn, even though I enjoyed the films she did with Chevy Chase — was predicted to last several weeks before the inevitable burial at flush sea. Instead it lasted four years.
That’s four years of food. Four years of whatever electricity the filter used. Four years of arranging for the person who was coming in to feed the cats to also remember to feed the fish. Goldie set some kind of record I’m sure among the common household varieties of its species, especially when you consider it did not get to enjoy the company of a friend (and the fact we bought the extra-small fish residence that night at La Mart de Wal). Whatever God said about it not being good for fish to be alone was apparently somewhat lost on us. At least we can take heart in the fact that we were obviously good overseers in terms of food and water changes, and whatever directive God gave humankind in terms of caring for animals. We passed with flying colors.
So there’s my goldfish story. It worked for Missy and Walker and the kids at It’s Almost Naptime, so I expect the same results here. At least a thousand hits today. Or maybe, at the very least, Missy will share her stat secret!
Related post on this blog — July 28/09 — Naptime and Blog Stats
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