Anyways about a month and a half ago I noticed a small lump on his right lower side just before the anal fin. It hasn’t changed but It does look like some scales are raised slightly in that area. I have tried to find an accurate internal betta anatomy picture but to no avail.
<This one is about right:  http://www.bubblenest.net/betta_anatomy2.jpg >
I know the swimbladder is along the back of the fish and all his internal organs are in the area between head and anal fin. But how far forward are they…where is his stomach, anus and intestines?
<Take a look at that image – it’s pretty good.>
Thinking it might be constipation I fasted him for one day and substituted Epsom salt for the aquarium salt (1/8 tsp per 5 gallons).
<Doesn’t sound like constipation.>
I never actually see him potty but I did see him the second day on the Epsom. Do fish potty quickly, or does it hang on for a while?
<Mm, depends on the food.  To be honest, I never see my betta in the act, either.>
The color was a light brown.
<Normal.>

just went looking for intresting things and came across this –

http://www.infinitecat.com

take a look around

michelelisa
39 things

Make and manage promises like my life depends on it (read all 8 entries…)

I have done this. Worth doing!

good management vs distructive behaviour  — 5 minutes ago

May 02, 03:06AM PDT

Avast, me proud beauty! Wanna know why my Roger is so Jolly?

Have ya ever met a man with a real yardarm?

Come on up and see me urchins.

Yes, that is a hornpipe in my pocket and I am happy to see you.

I’d love to drop anchor in your lagoon.

Pardon me, but would ya mind if fired me cannon through your porthole?

How’d you like to scrape the barnacles off of me rudder?

Ya know, darlin’, I’m 97 percent chum free.

Well blow me down?

Prepare to be boarded.

They don’t call me Long John because my head is so big.

You’re drinking a Salty Dog? How’d you like to try the real thing?

Wanna shiver me timbers?

I’ve sailed the seven seas, and you’re the sleekest schooner I’ve ever sighted.

Brwaack! Polly want a cracker? … Oh, wait. That’s for Talk Like a PARROT Day.

That’s the finest pirate booty I’ve ever laid eyes on.

Let’s get together and haul some keel.

That’s some treasure chest you’ve got there.

What are YOU doing here?

Is that a belayin’ pin in yer britches, or are ye … (this one is never completed)

Come show me how ye bury yer treasure, lad!

So, tell me, why do they call ye, “Cap’n Feathersword?”

That’s quite a cutlass ye got thar, what ye need is a good scabbard!

Aye, I guarantee ye, I’ve had a twenty percent decrease in me “lice ratio!”

I’ve crushed seventeen men’s skulls between me thighs!

C’mon, lad, shiver me timbers!

RAMMING SPEED!

You. Pants Off. Now!

soooo tired……  work is busy

this really made me blink – http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/16676990/

I’ve been cleaning and consolidating today, and I found a few ‘chuckle’ worthy things in an old data disc.

What how your initials affect your love life –

M You are emotional and intense. When involved in a relationship, you throw your entire being into it. Nothing stops you; there are no holds barred. You are all-consuming and crave someone who is equally passionate and intense. You believe in total sexual freedom. You are willing to try anything and everything. Your supply of sexual energy is inexhaustible. You also enjoy mothering your mate.

F You are idealistic and romantic, putting your lover on a pedestal. You look for the very best mate you can find. You are a flirt, yet once committed, you are very loyal. You are sensuous, sexual, and privately passionate. Publicly, you can be showy, extravagant, and gallant. You are born romantic. Dramatic love scenes are a favorite fantasy pastime. You can be a very generous lover.

Your Pokéname is:
Hypnoeon
Profile
You live in the steaming jungles of Guatemala, and your diet consists mostly of berries, bats and wine.
Characteristics
(Combat and Non-combat)
You can eat fire. You can spit ice bolts. You can spit sand. You can shoot broken glass. You can resist bricks. You can swim in jet fuel. You can spit sledgehammers. You can shoot rocks.
Natural Enemies
Your natural enemy is Bertnerd.

???

Your Pirate name is:

Captain Prudentilla Flint

Even though there’s no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you’re the one in charge. Like the rock flint, you’re hard and sharp. But, also like flint, you’re easily chipped, and sparky. Arr!

Choice Quiz – Results

You are a Maximiser

You always aim to make the best possible choice. And your choices are objectively better than the choices made by satisficers – but watch out you don’t take it to extremes.

http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/quiz/choice/default.htm

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• Put a message in a bottle and throw it out to sea 120 people Worth doing!
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• spend a day taking photos of my city 14 people Worth doing!
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Be intolerant of ignorance, but understanding of illiteracy. – Maya Angelou (Writer)

I started the 180 day reading track in my bible the day before last.  I think that 6 months is a fairly big commitment.  The next track however is reading the whole bible in 3 years… 

Anyhow, you start off at genesis of course, and the first verse really struck me in a way.  As a christian and a ‘physist’ (ehehe) its been really difficult for me to figure out just how the universe came in to being.  I admit that I am a bit doubtful about the whole big bang theory, and evolution, although it has merits, also has some problems.  But reading back over the first chapter Im seeing correlations with ‘intelligent design’ and other scientifically suggested theories.

As an example, the bible states – God created the heavens and the earth, light, night and day, and water and sky on the first day, which is kinda strikingly similar to how the universe is suggested to have been created.  Ignoring whatever catalyst that caused it to exist in the first place, and the times taken, earth would have formed as a ball, while it was rotating about the sun.  And before anything else could occur on the earth, it had to gather an atmosphere.  And i believe the theory is that at least most of the earth was covered in water, or primordial soup as some like to say.

On the second day dry ground appeared and then vegetation.  Well, now that the earth has an atmosphere things would change a lot!  like water being absorbed into the atmosphere and *gasp* ground appearing.  And naturally once life begins the simplest form would be plant life.  However I do believe this occurred in the sea first….

On the third day the stars and the sun were created…  well, we know these to be created before then anyway….  but technicalities….

Forth day – sea life and then bird life.   Now I think the accepted theory is that land life was before sky(?)(you know, birds…) life.  But sea life certainly was first…

On the fifth day land life and humans.  Certainly plausible if you believe evolution.

On the sixth day….  errr, I think i’ve put something in another day that was supposed to be separate….  oh well.

Apart from a few errors, its a pretty plausible and simple way of stating how things came to be.  But really, its up to you to decide for yourself.  I do believe that we are not here by accident, and even if I dont fully agree with scientific theories of how we came to be, I do think it would have been a process, and the bible states this process in a very simple manner.