Well, it is that time again….  Once a year my TV goes a week without ever changing the channel.  The channel is the Discovery Channel, and the week is (you guessed it) Shark Week.

Since I was a little kid I have loved sharks, although I was not much of a Jaws fan.  I collected teeth (and sadly still do) and books, and the occasional jaw.  I knew every species, and could tell you the speed each could swim and how dangerous it was.  Some would say I am a bit of a shark nerd, and they would be correct.  I can remember the first Tiger shark tooth I ever got, and the blood thirty seconds later when I sliced into mythumb seeing how sharp it was.  Being a bit on the squeamish side, I remember when I got a book about Great White attacks, only to have to keeps my head between my knees after seeing the pictures.  Let’s face it, I love sharks…

Sadly, this was to be the year that I went cage diving with Great Whites of Southern California, but other work had conflicted it.  Though I vow to go some day, or at least as soon as we can figure out how to get the lights and a Nikon D3x under water……

So with that, go watch some Shark Week!!!!