There are fears for the safety of Piglet!

Source

Bird Is The Word!

Definitely one of the funniest moments EVER in a Family Guy episode (in my opinion!!)

Love it!

Twitter deals with Swine Flu

So, we’ve all now heard far too much about ’swine flu’ and by now there should be many of you lot also using twitter…

But how do the people of twitter cope with the news of ’swine flu’…

I have to say, this is an accuate and cracking cartoon by the clever folks over at xkcd!

This morning, my twitter feed was full of ’swine flu’ related tweets… from the (un)funny jokes you’ve already heard twice on the way into work all the way up to the serious/hysterical ‘argh, we’re going to die’ tweets!

SOURCE (definitely well worth checking the xkcd website daily for new cartoon cells!)

Mario Kart… France?!

Great clip by Rémi Gaillard!

He also does a Human Pacman amongs his many funny clips…!

Her Morning Elegance / Oren Lavie

This is a REALLY cool stop-motion video… love it!

Update to the recent goings-on in the realm of DarkAeon

So, it’s time for another bit of a personal update to my blog I reckon.

It’s all been rather busy recently, especially so with work and college. Yesterday I finished the classroom study element of C4 (Fundamentals of Business Economics) on the CIMA/CBA course. I think that I chose an especially good time to study this element of the course what with the current financial problems, fiscal policy and the recent budget announcements, it made it really easy to relate the course notes to real life scenarios. I am more of a ‘finance’ person, and so economics was a little off the beaten track for me. It was all common sense really, but with them trying to attach fancy names and formulas to it.

I have my exam on Thursday 30th April, so we’ll see how that one goes!

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been a little ill, dental infection, ear infection, severe migraines – it’s been a constant flow of problems! Argh! I reckon that I have spent around £100 on NHS services and prescriptions in the last 3 weeks… it’s shocking! Hopefully I’m through the worst of it now, and my health will improve. I am thoroughly fed up of being in pain and trying to scramble to get seen at emergency NHS services in the community!

As always, when you know something is wrong, you go and research the heck out of it (and usually end up worrying yourself silly over nothing!). I fell into a bit of a Wiki-hole (thanks to @rosspj for the term!) the other day and was very surprised to learn that Boots the pharmacists were actually the people who developed Ibuprofen, in addition to the fact that when you take codeine, it actually metabolises into morphine at around 8-12% strength. I also figure that I have a fairly efficient metabolism, which when taking antibiotics is very good to know!

I’m off to see Sing-A-Long-A-Hairspray again tomorrow (third time now!), which I understand is shortly to be discontinued (which is a shame!). Always a great laugh and a relief to see that I’m not the only person who knows the entire script inside out heh! Introducing a friend, Ryan, to the shenanigans too, so that should be interesting…

I noted t’other day that I’ve not seen quite a few of my friends for such a long time, so I’m hoping that we’ll all have an excuse to meet up sometime soon… there have been a distinct lack of social events thus far this year, and absolutely no dinner parties yet. I’ve a few invites to Eurovision parties (though I’m working the next day, so I’ll have to weigh up transport home options!), so I think that’ll be the next ‘big’ social occasion.

I also need to try and plan my route into work on Sunday so as to avoid the London Marathon runners. It’ll be surreal as I’ll probably watch it online in the office, despite them running less than ¼ of a mile away from me!

Anyway, I’m off out for lunch to enjoy the 20oC temperatures that London is currently basking in!

I’ve been tweeting quite a lot on twitter for things that don’t really warrant a blog post so do feel free to follow me via http://twitter.com/darkaeon if you’re interested in the nitty-gritty day-to-day stuff.

Thanks for reading! x

Twanalysis

I rather like the Twanalysis website!

Basically, they scan your twitter account and make a few sweeping judgements based on your tweeting habits etc.

The results based on my account can be accessed below:

http://twanalyst.com/DarkAeon/

I especially liked:

Tips for your tweeting…

Your tweeting is already tip-top! No improvements needed – but check back here every so often to make sure your reputation is being maintained!

Hurrah!

So if that fills you with intrigue, feel free to follow me on twitter; http://twitter.com/DarkAeon

Happy Face Spider

*SHUDDER!*

It’s kinda creepy, in that Chucky-doll-esque kind of way!

Meet the happy-faced spider sure to make you smile

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:09 PM on 23rd April 2009

This amazing happy-faced spider found in Hawaii is bound to leave you beaming from ear to ear.

The tiny insect, which measures just a few millimetres across, has developed bizarre markings which look just like a smiling face.

Scientists think the spider, which is harmless to humans, has evolved the patterns to confuse predators.

But it’s no laughing matter for the spider which is under-threat from extinction from its home in the rainforests of the Hawaiian island chain in the Pacific ocean.

Spider expert and geneticist Dr Geoff Oxford, 62, from the University of York, said studying happy-face spiders was a real joy.

He said: ‘I must admit when I turned over the first leaf and saw one it certainly brought a smile to my face.

‘There are various theories as to why the spider has developed the markings it has, one of these that it may be to confuse predators.

‘When a bird or other predator first sees a prey item it has not seen before there is a moment before it decides whether to eat it or not.

‘It may be that this spider has developed these variations to take advantage of this, in the moment the predator is deciding if it is food it may have the chance to escape.

‘I don’t think the smiling face is enough to put off a bird though, but it would be nice to think so.

‘Not all happy-face spiders have such striking markings, and some are nearly all orange or all blue.’

Dolly Parton – House Of The Rising Sun

This evening, I was randomly clicking through YouTube and ended up wading deep into some Dolly Parton clips.

Her version / performance on the clip below (The House Of The Rising Sun) is awesome!!! How 80’s-Dolly-tastic!

Just wanted to share!

Angels and Demons (2009)

Another movie that I’m really looking forward to, Angels and Demons.