The Black Donnellys

Okay, with all the brouhaha about it being cancelled (damn those networks who don't know a good thing when it hits them in the face!), and loriel_eris sending me this awesome link, I thought I'd check out the first episode of The Black Donnellys.

OMG! I cried at the end of the first episode! I really didn't think I would, but I did! Argh! How can this show have been cancelled??!!!! Grrrr!! Well, I shall definitely be getting hold of the rest of the season one way or another.

Hmm, looks like along with a Jericho icon, I shall also need a The Black Donnellys one!

Climbing and Easter!!

So, loriel_eris, rosenchanted, Sam, and myself went climbing today, and we actually took photos. I'm not sure if this link will work if you're not a member of Facebook; it says it will, but you never can tell! Anyway, here's the link to the climbing photo album:

Climbing Album

In other news, it's Easter, in case you didn't know, and for the occasion (and also climbing) I made some chocolate orange muffins. *g*

And I took photos of the flowers out the front of our house.

So here is ( Food and Flower porn )

So there you go! Photo mania!

Boat Race (Oxford v Cambridge)

So, I watched the Boat Race (O/C). (I have to specify which Boat Race it is, because the Edinburgh/Glasgow Boat Race is just as important north of the border.) It was a good race, although you could see that Oxford were tiring towards the end when Cambridge pushed forward. I felt a little sorry for Oxford, because they really expended all their energy a little early. Cambridge raced brilliantly, though, so well done to them.

Anyway, it got me thinking, and I went researching the Glasgow Rowing Club. That led me on to the Glasgow University Boat Club (GUBC) and discovering that the Ladies' Boat Club (GULBC, of which I was a member) has merged with the Men's club. Also, they've got an Alumni Club now, which naturally I'm thinking about joining. I've signed up for the graduate letter, but I think once my life is sorted, I might actually join the Alumni Club. It'd be good to get back into a boat.

Here's some info on both of the Boat Races:

( Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race )

( Edinburgh/Glasgow Boat Race )

The Edinburgh Glasgow Boat Race takes place this year on Saturday 12th May 2007 on the Clyde. I shall be there if I can! I have always ended up missing it, which totally sucks!

Doctor Who tonight!!

So, another new episode of Doctor Who was on tonight, The Shakespeare Code.

( Cut for spoilers )

Little known facts that will make you laugh!

From loriel_eris (the comments are not mine, and I don't think they're hers either):

LITTLE KNOWN FACTS

• If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
  (Hardly seems worth it.)
  
  
• If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
  (Now that's more like it!)
  
  
• The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
  (O.M.G.!)
  
  
• A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
  (In my next life, I want to be a pig.)
  
  
• A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
  (Creepy.)
  (I'm still not over the pig.)
  
  
• Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
  (Don't try this at home, maybe at work)
  
  
• The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
  (Honey, I'm home. What the...?!)
  
  
• The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.
  (30 minutes..lucky pig! Can you imagine?)
  
  
• The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
  (What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)
  
  
• Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
  (I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality over quantity)
  
  
• Butterflies taste with their feet.
  (Something I always wanted to know.)
  
  
• The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
  (Hmmmmmm......)
  
  
• Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
  (If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)
  
  
• Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
  (Okay, so that would be a good thing.)
  
  
• A cat's urine glows under a black light.
  (I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)
  
  
• An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
  (I know some people like that.)
  
  
• Starfish have no brains.
  (I know some people like that too.)
  
  
• Polar bears are left-handed.
  (If they switch, they'll live a lot longer.)
  
  
• Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
  (What about that pig??)
  
  Now that you've smiled at least once, it's your turn to spread these crazy
  facts and send this to someone you want to bring a smile to, may be even a
  chuckle.
  
  In other words, send it to everyone!
  (And God love that pig!)