FINALLY on saturday we got the internet into our apartment! A suspiciously casual workman from Cox Communications came and wired us up without me needing to sign anything. Infact, they havent even got my card details to pay for it yet - i really should sort that out. And now with the internet, i spent the latter part of the morning watching the simpson's movie and directly following episode. There absolutely class! If you haven't already, go and see them immediately!
Sunday was relatively mild at 33 - 35 celcius so i jumped at the opportunity of going hiking up a local canyon! Except the buses were all wrong so i ended up walking for 2 hrs along Oracle road just to get there! Still, it was worth it! Pima canyon trail is a classic desert path surrounded by massive cacti towering over rocky shrubland which was teaming with wildlife - lizards, scorpions and a whole lotta spiders including the red-backed 'Black Widow', the venom of which is not normally fatal but will do a lot of harm and your gonna need help! Ironically, southern Arizona has something of an abundance of black widow's!
Anyway, i really need to cut this blog short today - ive got some seismology work to finish off and geochemistry to puzzle over. I'll add something later or tomorrow maybe. I won't leave you without some amusing news, this time from London and Berlin.
London: This years entries for the turner art prize have been unveiled and i must say, the artists have outdone themselves! My vote is on the 'pickled cow' exhibit containing, well, a pickled cow! (If you don't believe me (which you probably dont!), check this out: http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL0190054520071001)
Berlin: A man was arrested for trying to sell over a million stollen screws at a Berlin market! Police nailed him!
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