Fishbowl is in no way affiliated with the advertisers who grace our pages each month, except for the ads for courses, jobs and seminars on the far-right from Mediabistro. Them we're affiliated with. Nevertheless, it cracked us up one day to realize that there is a unique form of blog synchronicity happening every day on this site, and every time a customer cracks open the menu at Brooklyn seafood restaurant Bouillabaisse, currently inviting Fishbowl readers to come visit. For the French-challenged amongst you, "bouillabaisse" is a delicious form of fish soup. Which comes in a bowl. Or, you know, "fish bowl." Which is pretty funny, no? Well, I'm laughing as I write this. Fish-Bowl! FISHBOWL! Oy, I kill me.

Disclaimer: Not only have I never eaten at Bouillabaisse, I have never eaten bouillabaisse. Even so, Fishbowl is grateful for their love and support.

Update: And now, a further inadvertent subliminal message from your blogger - a helpful reader just wrote in to let me know that I'd misspelled "Bouillabaisse" incorrectly with one "s" - my bad, especially given that "baiser" is French for, er, making the sweet love, except in four letters. Though Fishbowl encourages experimentation we wouldn't recommend doing any of that in boiling water, as "bouillabaise" might suggest. Fishbowl regrets the error, and the imagery.