It occurs to me as interesting that the same technique is crucial to survival in both extremely cold and extremely hot climates; breathe through your nose. Noses: useful for more than just keeping bugs out of your sinuses!

I wanted to say on the topic of Merlin (Okay, first, re: 113, did anyone else find it hilarious that Gaius riding looks like an empty oil-drum in the back of a pickup truck going down a dirt road? (Technically a spoiler, I guess, sorry if knowing Gaius' butt touches a horse ruins the episode for anyone)) the rules of magic( spoiler )

ALSO on the subject of Merlin, I gather from third-hand reactions that someone somewhere has accused Merlin (either the fandom or the show, I'm really not clear) of something, and in case they were accusing the canon of being bad, I wish to immediately defend it by noting it is no more bad than the Pope is Catholic, and the accusation is similarly useless for defamatory purposes.

( super-serious Avatar icons, third season spoilers )

Fandom: Merlin. (Yeah, I know)
Warnings: Whacked the canon with the history stick, injuring both in the process. Also, I suffer from the bizarre conviction that sheep are intrinsically hilarious.
Disclaimer: I am not a historian.
Notes: Thanks to Derry and Karen for beta. Man, you guys, I did a stupid amount of research for this and then used NONE of it.
Summary: "Yes, I do it to aggravate you," says Arthur

( Mount Badon )

(Hint: no.)

Anyway, just watched a whole wodge of Merlin in a row, have some retroactive liveblogging! ( Spoilers 08-11 )