The perfect pair of traditional familiars!

My last comments on the royal wedding:

Kate's reception dress was gorgeous.

The official photo with all the flower girls and page boys is kind of hilarious.

That poor, tired, cranky-faced child is never going to live that down.

And, most importantly, A ROYAL WEDDING DALEK!!!

That is awesome!!!

I now know two things about Conway, Arkansas.

1) It is Kris Allen's hometown.
2) The town's initial efforts to build a public water supply in the early 1900s were decidedly hampered by the use of wooden pipes.

The latter fact brought to you by Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization by W. Hodding Carter.

... I feel that in justice to Conway, I should learn at least one more thing about it.

Fandom collisions can be weird. Fandom and RL can be bizarre.

I rather like this article form Cracked:

5 Things TV Writers Apparently Believe About Smart People

I like the occasional 'genius' or prodigy (not necessarily the same thing) - hi, Spencer Reid - but there are rather a lot of them on TV these days. Being smart does not mean that you have free rein to be nasty, law enforcement is not filled with geniuses and becoming an expert in any subject requires years and years of patient hard work. Becoming an expert in more than one field of study ...

It would be nice to see that depicted sometimes.

When viewed from above, rainbows appear doughnut-shaped.

I did not know this. (Check out this link with ten spectacular kinds of rainbows.)

This random fact brought to you by Libra Odd Spots. Why Libra prints random facts on the adhesive paper of their sanitary pads is a question so far without an answer.

But I have learned something about rainbows!

Bob, you can love reading and sport - just try it

Drives me crazy when people act like they should be mutually exclusive.

Having recovered from the concert, I was then hit by The Period From Hell. That being almost over, my sister-in-law is once more pulling some massive passive-aggresive bullshit against Mum, which has upset her considerably when she hasn't done anything wrong. My brother is apparently incapable of dealing with this. Also, there is a memorial service for Dad on Saturday, organised by his coastal patrol colleagues. Brother informed me of this yesterday and today informs me that he'll pick me up at 8:15. That's a.m.

Despite years of telling him that I need notice for activities, especially ones that will muck up my sleep cycle, he apparently has yet to get the memo. I also have no idea if ex-defacto-stepmother will be there and if so, will she be gunning for me. I won't have Pip with me this time and given current passive-aggressive bullshit, I don't know how much I can rely on brother and sister-in-law to watch my back. Lovely.

Just to add to the fun and games, I have developed a massive pimple on the bridge of my nose which won't come to a head. There was quite a bit a swelling around it yesterday but it subsided after a while and I thought it would improving by today. Wrong! I woke up and discovered that not only was a good part of my nose swollen, so was part of one eyelid. It's not a good look. And it's giving me a headache.

I will be posting about the concert now that I'm feeling better but not tonight. I have to try to get to sleep early. But I will leave you with cuteness. I need the smiles.

Baby lions learning to swim! Look at their adorable little faces!

Plus, a Pallas cat. A very determined Pallas cat.