Someone Hit The Bridge Again!

Someone from Canada smucked it this time. We just found out. I'm not rehashing this; go look under the entry here: http://becca-blog-bec.blogspot.com/2008/10/truck-idiot-and-bridge.html

This makes four since they fixed it over four years ago. Bravo for flashing lights and little signs and things that say CLEARANCE and how high the bridge is. They clearly work VERY well.

What makes it six times funnier, however, is when the local newspeople act oblivious to the goings-on in their own town...take this for example: "This is not the first time a truck has gotten stuck at this location."

Is it now? Really? Fourth time in four years and you guys type the understatement OF THE YEAR. I applaud your obvious knowledge of the town you're reporting news on. By now you should be laughing along with the rest of us.


And now onto the sixth episode, The Changeling...







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Well, Arthur ALMOST got married to the girl, but decided that he wanted to make up his own mind who he would marry (cough*Gwen*cough). I don't think he would have fought the marriage off if he hadn't had someone he wanted beforehand. Not that the girl wasn't nice...if Arthur wanted a socially inept girl who tripped over her own feet...

Which means I have about as much chance of getting myself a handsome prince as winning the lottery or being struck by lightning or having actual luck.

(For the record, however, I do not eat frogs and I cannot ride a horse and my hair does behave itself. Sometimes.)

Anyway, Morgana found out about Gwen and Arthur's smoochies, so that means everyone knows they're mad crazy about each other except for, you guessed it, Uther. It becomes the second worst-kept secret in Camelot (after Merlin's magic, of course.) It's gonna figure into next week's episode so they had to get it out on the lawn, so to speak.

Morgana had the creepiest look on her face, however, when she had sussed out their relationship and got Gwen to fess up to it. She has nothing against Gwen but I get the feeling this has something to do with kicking Arthur down a flight of stairs or stabbing him with the birthday dagger or getting a crown so she can take over Camelot. (Morgana needs Morgause for originality in offing people. Seriously, she couldn't come up with anything better than stabbing Uther with a knife?) You gotta give her credit, though- even when it's not her episode she's plotting away. She's won the Manipulative Bitch of the Year Award and the series isn't even half-over yet.

Merlin fighting the Mighty Sidhe Mugwump and sending him off to Avalon was my favorite scene. It's gotta be difficult pointing a stick at a little blue light and blowing it to hell (half-awake and in your jammies. You've got some Doctor in you!) but Merlin managed it beautifully (well, save for bashing up the potion jar, but give him a break. He DID kill the King Sidhe. That's gotta mean something.) Although, for next time, Merlin, here's a little advice from a chronic klutz: WRAP THE POTION IN COTTON AND STASH IT AWAY SOMEWHERE SAFE BEFORE YOU KILL EVIL SIDHE BEINGS IN THE LAB.

And I know I keep saying it, but here I go again: Colin Morgan gets cuter every single week this show is on.

And it appears that this week and the week after are going to be Morgana and Morgause desperately trying to off Arthur so Morgana gets the Big Chair. Now things get fun and dark and nasty.

Next week: Gwen's brother is kinda hot, but Cendred turns up AND Arthur's in this episode imprisoned and everything, so who WILL Gwennie choose now? And then there's Morgana and Morgause trying to kill someone (no change there then.) And where the hell is Merlin?