Never Going on a "Cruise to Nowhere"

...you will likely end up in the middle of nowhere with no one to contact and no help available.

Scratch that. I now have a very healthy fear of cruises. So those big ocean liners are taboo for me.

165 people have disappeared from cruise ships since 1995.

So I Stumbled onto This...

Hilarious customer reviews for the Sigma 200mm-500mm lens on Amazon.com

You can find the full complement of reviews here. There are a few genuine reviews, but...yeah. Oh and don't forget the images uploaded by (supposed) users of the blessed thing.

Gee whiz. That thing really looks like a bazooka though. The military green doesn't help!!

Quick Photoshoot Around the House

The smog had cleared up a bit mid-morning, and I spotted the patch of wild pansies along the side of the fence. I say wild 'cos they weren't planted by anyone I know. And pansies 'cos that's what I think they are. Then the brilliance of the red and pink hydrangeas caught my eye, and decided to snap those too. Didn't turn out too badly, if I do say so myself =)

Opinions and the Like

So I've been putting off blogging properly since the week before handing in my damned thesis (no. not happy with it. but if I hang on to it anymore, it will refuse to go anywhere). In between completely chilling out after submitting, buying lots of a few books (finally got 'round to reading The Da Vinci Code), and sorting through the colossal mess that is my room (no..not done yet. but culled 8 pairs of shoes and boots that don't fit my style anymore and other clothes that I was sentimental about during the 1st round of culling), I didn't really have the presence of mind to really give voice to the voices in my head. Give...voice...to the voices... gee whiz. What the hell am I saying. Oh. No idea.

Anyway.

Courtesy of Jeri Ryan's Twitter Feed

The perfect (???) blend of "soooo cuuute!!!" and "WTF?!" Trust the Japanese to come up with something so inane.

Runaway Rabbit

Runaway rabbit in my backyard. Gorgeous colouring, don't you think? So so cute! Photos are untouched. Just resized downwards. Clicking on each will open in a new tab/window weird new-fangled Google-esque slideshow.

RIP Andy Whitfield

I don't really like the violence in Spartacus: Blood and Sand, but Andy Whitfield wrested Spartacus away from the cheesy arms of Kirk Douglas and made the character his own. I'm sure he will be missed greatly by all who knew him. RIP Andy Whitfield.