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An interesting article on the "real" Highland emigrants

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( This historical event sounds rather interesting )

recent revelations, or Jan ascertains the bleeding obvious

So, the first one of these that I've been meaning to remark on for some time is that one of my wing mirrors got bumped the other day (they're the kind that fold in instead of breaking off) and I had to readjust it. At which point I realised (mirabile dictu) that if I aimed them *inwards* instead of wide, I could see the blind spots between where the rearview mirror covers and where I can see if I look over my shoulder.

I have a feeling that everyone but me figured this out a long time ago and has been using them this way, instead of positioning them so as to get the broadest possible *rear* vision. But, heck, better late than never, right?

Rebusfest

I broke down and bought some of the Ken Stott Rebus series. I still say that John Hannah is the definitive John Rebus. But I like Ken Stott as an actor, and I love the really comprehenisve shooting that they do in and around Edinburgh. I watched several of them in the last couple of days, and I recognised all sorts of places, large and small (from St Giles and the Castle to the Malt Shovel in Cockburn Street and the Jinglin' Geordie in Fleshmarket Close). I even recognised a couple of places I've not actually been yet, only planned to--a short cut away from the Edinburgh action in "The Naming of the Dead" moves the story to East Lothian and shots of Bass Rock and North Berwick Law (waves to Rho).

I really can't wait to see Auld Reekie again. :-)