So what are your passions that are spawned from your insatiable ADHD curiosity?

Here are some others from another chapter in distract able Ian.

Throughout my life some shiny bit has attracted my attention and I've headed off to pursue a new wheel within the wheel. This winter it's been the language of snakes and tarantulas. I love being curious. I meet so many interesting people along the way. Since I've become active here I've had two big interests sweep me away. The first was running which I'm still learning. I ran 500 miles in 2005 and learnt a great deal about how to listen to my body and learn from my mistakes, which I always seem to struggle with. Keeping a detailed journal has helped me not to have to repeat some of the mistakes I've made running.

I'm keeping journals of the new pets too. Feeding schedules, defecating cycles and whatever other details I can think to include that might be of some use looking back. I'm keeping a food journal too as I try and keep better track of my self care. Hopefully between an awareness of the food intake and the sleep habits I can learn to run farther and faster with better fuel and more sleep!

I'm curious if others have passions that they let get away on them. I'm so lucky to have a wife that doesn't need me to be boring. :D Included below are some of the images from the past few months as I've embraced a new appreciation for herpetiles and invertebrates.

This is the one that started it all. It's a normal corn snake. It was young and easy to handle and in very fit condition. No, not Manon! The snake silly! :eyebrow: I didn't know enough at that point to know a deal when I saw one.

http://static.flickr.com/51/118494464_a7be2e551f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/clocker/118494464/)


This was my first. It's a California Kingsnake (http://www.flickr.com/photos/clocker/131380776/). He's fast and nervous, but a stunner to look at, or so his keeper thinks. ;) He's in shed in this image and has decided to do the deli pack roll and soften up the skin before sloughing it off. They are almost totally blind at this point in the process. A great time to get bit! :rolleyes:

Here he is in the enclosure I got free (http://www.flickr.com/photos/clocker/141798916/) from favorville.com. His name is Diego.

Here he is out and about on my arm (http://www.flickr.com/photos/clocker/133627998/). He's never bit me, but I wouldn't be surprised to find him tagging me at some point. I finally got my first bite the other day by a lavender albino Kingsnake at a friends house. I was being a little too familiar. Go figure! :P Blood was drawn, but nothing serious. Not like capabilities of the six foot Jungle Carpet Python I have coming! < g >

This was my second snake (http://www.flickr.com/photos/clocker/141199279/). A male Ball Python from an 04 hatch I was told, but by the way he eats he could be much older. This species is a pain in the butt when it comes to eating. If they eat well while they are young, they grow like weeds. If they don't, they stay smallish. Many of them go off their feed in the winter and this guy was no different. He was 700g when I got him and a female would need to be twice that size to breed, so he's likely needed some more to eat. I take him out every night now trying to keep him awake and interested in the world around him.

Here's a somewhat gruesome shot of him (http://www.flickr.com/photos/clocker/141810848/) polishing off a 150g weaned f/t (frozen/thawed) rat.

Putting in time in the living room (http://www.flickr.com/photos/clocker/117562266/)

Some of the beauty marks (http://www.flickr.com/photos/clocker/117661131/)

I made a few snake hooks for field trips (http://remontoire.livejournal.com/65115.html) and that has proven to be a popular skill in some circles. :cool:

Of course friends seem to have some interesting pets these days. Is there anything better than a beautiful woman and a big snake (http://www.flickr.com/photos/clocker/145955961/)? The woman is a young mum and the snake is a 13kg (28 pound) Boa. This was after one of our field trips with the local herpetoculture crew (http://manitobaherp.proboards78.com/index.cgi). We had a BBQ at this kids (15) place after a trip to the local snake dens (http://remontoire.livejournal.com/72795.html#cutid1). He's got a zoo in his basement! :D

My new Pterinochilus murinus - Mombasa golden starburst tarantula (remontoire.livejournal.com/73281.html#cutid1) tarantula got a new home on Sunday. It was hair raising to manage such an aggresive species, but she was also beautiful to watch. She's an obligate burrower so it was a treat to have her out for a photo session. This is only the second time I've seen her since bringing her home a month ago.

All my recent images are uploaded to here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/clocker/) for the curious.
Cheers!