Ichthy Travelers

In this photo provided by the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife, a striped beakfish swims in a water-filled well or bait box aboard a 20-foot-long Japanese boat that washed ashore at Long Beach, Washington. Biologists say five of the fish, plus other Japanese species of sea creatures, arrived alive, apparently hitching a ride across the Pacific Ocean on debris believed to have come from the March 2011 Japanese tsunami.

photo from National Geographic

Killer Queen

In 1974 the rock band Queen released their third album - Sheer Heart Attack. This was when I discovered the band. A year later their fourth album - A Night at the Opera and the stunning hit single Bohemian Rhapsody made Queen a worldwide sensation and Freddie Mercury a rock god.

I was reminded of the single hit from Sheer Heart Attack recently - the song was Killer Queen. The version I saw was on You Tube of course and featured a young man doing all the singing and instrumental parts. You can see and hear that video here it's worth a look and a listen. For the original version with Freddie and the boys here is Queen delivering one of their many renditions of Killer Queen.