pop quiz

Quick quiz:

What do these things have in common?
Seahorses
Cuttlefish (X2)
Sand dollars
Scorpion Fish
Sea Stars (on the move!)
Nudibranchs (no, that's not dirty, it's the orange thing in the picture.)
Eels
An octopus eating a crab

Give up?

That's what we got to see tonight when we went on a night dive with Gaylene and Colin!
It was a big step. We haven't been diving long, and going at night always seems a little creepy, but it turned out to be exceptionally cool! It was very relaxed, and the folks here had created a sort of artificial reef where all sorts of cool marine life hung out in what would otherwise be classified as industrial waste -- discarded tires, anchor chains, and submerged buoys.

By the way, if you want to see some of the most bizarre of australian behaviour, I would encourage you to visit this link. There is a photo gallery, but words escape me as I try to describe it. I think we have found our next big hobby...

http://www.diveoz.com.au/aeui


Finally, and completely unrelated, some of you may have noticed that my good friend commented on the last post under the name Elwood, claiming that the Wild (NHL team, minnesota wild) are, "way down there." He has commited the most vile slander. To set the record straight, the Wild are currently in the first place in their division, sitting at 3rd seed in the western conference. I know that there many ways for that to change, but I couldn't just sit back and let such villainy go uncorrected.

Elwood then raised the question, will the Ducks repeat?

No, sorry, this is not the Ducks' year. I think it will be (and I'm going out on a limb here a little), a final between the Devils and the Sharks, with San Jose winning.

There. That should lower the tone of the blog a little, and I'll try to keep the NHL out of things for a while, although with the playoffs starting so soon, we'll just have to see.

Where did March go?

I can use all sorts of excuses. I've actually been practicing.
"With Easter so early this year, I lost track of time."
"I'm trying not to litter on the internet."
"I was distracted by the new season of NCIS."
Any way you slice it, there's no good reason for not posting in A MONTH!

So here goes -- I've got 4 minutes to get you all up to date...photos will come later when I'm not at work.
*Went diving again -- much, much better experience. Rottnest Island, for those of you who are interested, has a pretty incredible diversity of marine life, none of which bit or stung us, which is nice.
*We both volunteered for and participated in the international gathering of the Hash House Harriers, here in Perth, which was an entire weekend of free beer and running. In that order.
*Work, work, work.
*Still looking at buying a bike. In the finest example of decision-making, I have visited 11 bike shops, compared prices, components, frames, accessories, warranties, service plans, different types of carbon, seats, lycra outfits, sunglasses...and will probably just go for the one that gives me free shoes.
*Playing goalie
*Waiting for the NHL playoffs to start.
*...and waiting.

Back to work, but we'll throw a couple of pictures on today or tomorrow.

Really.

No, honest.

(insert picture here)