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(That title should be read in the voice of Alan Rickman playing Hans Richter).

We got a fishtank on Saturday. Set it up, filled it up, added random bottles of chemicals to kill the bad stuff in the shitty water we are forced to use...and looked at it. No fish.

Sunday, I went out and got 10 neon tetras and a bunch of plants. Popped them into the tank (after letting them acclimatise for hours), and watched.

They were relatively happy, until this morning, ...

1. Turning keys. Seems simple enough, but when you can only put the required amount of torque in by putting the wounded area on the metal, it's not.

2. Showering. Keeping a thumb dry might sound easy, but involves plastic bags and holding an arm above the shower the entire time.

3. Shaving. As per Showering, but with the additional factor of being concerned about slicing more body parts off.

4. Rolling a ciggy. Not fun. Fingertips are getting good at it. ...

Christy bought me a Mandoline. It is awesome. It is awesomely sharp.

I was slicing potatoes when one slipped off the prongs of the handguard, and my thumb slipped onto the blade, slicing a 7mm diameter circle off the side.

Day 2 now, it's a tad infected, so I am on antibiotics.

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