meet phineas

phineas has his own little office on the filing cabinet by my desk at work. he pretty much rocks hardcore, even if he does refuse to eat the healthy flake food & only wants the dried blood worms instead. and no, he is not named after a celebrity's child. he's named after the character in john knowles book 'a separate peace'.

a bit of trivia: phineas means "loudmouth" in its male hebrew origin.

and actually, he's named phineas because he has fins... but the liturature reference makes us sound more cultured. now if we could just get another one and name him gil...