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Thor Extended Comic-con Trailer

Brian — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:42:43 +0000

Thor has always been one of my favourite superheroes and this trailer for the upcoming cinematic release looks the business!

Photo: It’s thirsty work being this mischievous!

Brian — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:21:22 +0000

Being mischievous is cleary thirsty work for Myshia – she’s trying to take a drink from Jacqui’s glass of juice!

Jacqui was faced with the choice of drinking it in full, or wearing it… and being close by her laptop, wisely chose the former! For Myshia, water would have to do on this occasion…

Video: Myshia and the bubbles…

Brian — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:40:08 +0000

After discovering the sink, Myshia takes a shine to the Fairy liquid bubbles and wants to play.

Plus she has a taste of them, just to see if she can eat them. Why not? She eats everything else…

Video: Myshia investigates the kitchen sink

Brian — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:35:16 +0000

Myshia the cat discovered the kitchen sink on Sunday as we were washing up after dinner… she became fascinated by the bubbles and tried to play with them.

Gallery: Union Canal Walk, May 2010

Brian — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:10:28 +0000

A small selection of photographs taken during a recent Saturday morning walk along the Union Canal between Lin’s Mill and Broxburn, West Lothian. The weather was scorching…

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Myshia, the latest addition to the Healy family!

Brian — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:17:43 +0000

Since Piper passed away a few weeks ago, we’ve been considering getting Fizz (our other dog) a pal, as she’s been pining a wee bit for company.

Meet Myshia, the latest addition to our family…

As cute as she might look, I still firmly believe she – and all cats for that matter – are inherently evil!

A real-life Deckard Cain!

Brian — Tue, 04 May 2010 09:45:22 +0000

Who is Deckard Cain? For those who don’t know, Deckard Cain is a character in the Diablo series of PC games. He is a Horadrim mage who assists the central character in the game by way of the telling of legends and identification of magic items.

And so when reports of a real-life Deckard Cain being found in India popped into my RSS reader and me being a huge fan of the Diablo series, I had to go and see what it was all about. Watch the video below to find out more about the real-life Cain.

One thing bothers me about this, though. In the news report it is stated that police found an unidentified staff among Cain’s possessions… but if he really was Cain, it would surely have already been identified!? Or maybe the police didn’t have 100gp to pay Cain to identify it for them?

Or is this some sort of wierd Blizzard promotion for the upcoming Diablo III? Its seems none of the above is true.. if Google Translate is to be believed, the actual story behind the video is of the elderly gentleman living without food or water for 70 years … which could, in fact, be worse than him claiming to be Deckard Cain in the first place!

Helicopter Trip

Brian — Sun, 02 May 2010 10:48:14 +0000

A couple of months ago, I was given a voucher for a helicopter tour operated by Lothian Helicopters. Yesterday Jacqui & myself used the voucher to take a short trip in a Bell Longranger helicopter and get a few photos.

It was an enjoyable experience even though the trip itself was maybe a little on the short side as we were only in the air around 10 minutes. Sadly, the skies were a wee bit hazy, so the photos I took haven’t come out as I would have liked despite some touching up in Photoshop. We weren’t allowed to open the windows due to the threat of losing cameras and the risk of crosswinds so the pictures we took had to be taken through the helicopter’s windows.

Here’s a wee selection of snaps from the trip. Click on an image to see a larger version.

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Photo: Jedburgh Abbey

Brian — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:13:15 +0000

Jedburgh Abbey, taken from the bank of the River Tweed.

I took this photo during a stop at Jedburgh on our way home from holiday in Bishop Monkton, Yorkshire.