Sardine Run
2009 July 23
If you think July is tough on you, try being a sardine! The narrator describes it as “the greatest gathering of predators anywhere on the planet.”
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“the greatest gathering of predators anywhere on the planet.” Except for DC.
“the greatest gathering of predators anywhere on the planet.” Except for our “men’s business meeting.”
… amazing cinematography!
Wow! Glad I watched it all, it just kept getting more amazing. Very weird to see birds swimming right next to sharks, then the whale!!!!
The entire BBC ‘Planet Earth’ series is amazing. My family watches it over & over again. God is awesome in His creation!!!!
Wow. That’s like watching WWII footage on the History Channel.
+1 to Shannon’s wryness. See also, “Appropriations Committee,” “TARP,” and “Porkulus.” Reminiscent of Joel 1:4.
In fact, this whole deal sent qb spelunking for knowledge about the Sardine Run (Agulhas Cape, gyres, etc.), and the parallels with congressional phenomena are remarkable.
qb
Politics? Okay, but to me it seemed more like snack time at Vacation Bible School. Love the NFL-films type music.
Men’s business meetings? There are so many reasons why they’re worse than a root canal. For one thing, the practice ignores the biblical principle of putting only the mature, approved, Christlike people out front. Why do these meetings take place in churches that require “Bible” for everything they do?
+1 to Bellizzi, too.
*chortle*
qb
P. S. One of the funnest things about this is to imagine what or whom the avian missiles represent in all of these apt analogies. Sorta turns “fish out of water” on its head.
And IF you survive all THAT carnage, you end up in a can!! Sucks being a sardine!!
WOW! Ten comments so far, and not one reference to lawyers. I am shocked! The Summer heat must be slowing everyone down.
How does everything become “political” to so many!?!
qb can only speak for himself, there, Sandra, but part of it has to do with the uncontestable fact that no matter where we turn, we are confronted with our newly minted Messiah holding forth in his famously stentorian tone (gag me) on this or that topic, no matter how local or banal it might be, and no matter whether or not it’s any of his business to begin with. So: politics and politicians are ubiquitous, perhaps now more than ever.
The only possible escape, alas, is the secluded shoreline or the prayer closet. And even the former’s no slam dunk; qb just returned from Kauai’s magnificent beaches, where the local markets have the Messiah’s face on everything! Made me misty for the good ol’ days, when Britney, Lindsay, and Brangelina were all the rage.
qb
I’ve followed Mike’s blog for several years; the tone of the comments was the same long before Obama was elected. Perhaps a lack of strong feelings concerning politics keeps me from understanding.
I have had the priviledge of witnessing the sardine run first hand. Truly amazing, last time I saw it was in 2005 just south of Durban, South Africa
Hey Mike!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
May your day be filled with the blessing of loving family and friends around you to celebrate this day! Glad you got home in time for this most auspicious day!!
In Him
Kathy
As I watched that video I was mindful of God’s provision for all His creatures.
Now that was a feeding frenzy!
I wonder if the whale considers gannets to be like parsley.