Kilt Up, Sassanagh!

Today Alex Cavanaugh and Heather Gardner are hosting The Blood, Boobs and Carnage Blogfest. 

There are dozens of people signed up for this one and this time I'm #22 on the list.  I got in early this time.  This is one Blogfest I didn't want to miss.

After you've read and commented on my post, please go visit the other participants HERE

If you haven't heard about the epic TV Series, Outlander yet, then what bloody rock have you been hiding under?

This gorgeous and dramatic series has been adapted from Diana Gabaldon's book.

I'm totally addicted.  It has everything - drama, action, adventure, naked bodies, sex scenes, fantasy, oh yeah and boobs, blood and carnage.  Triple Whammy, Plonkers.

For those of you who have been living under That Rock, here is how the story line goes....

...after serving as a British Army nurse in World War 2, Claire Randall is enjoying a second honeymoon in Scotland with her husband Frank, an MI6 officer looking forward to a new career as an Oxford historian.

Suddenly, Claire is transported to 1743 where her freedom and life are threatened. To survive, she marries Jamie Fraser, a strapping saucy Scots warrior with a complicated past and a disarming sense of humor. 

A passionate relationship ensues, and Claire is caught between two vastly different men in two inharmonious lives. 

Fifty Shades of Gingerness ensues...

Outlander has won a People's Choice Award already for Season 1 and now, in Season 2, the story gets juicy and even more twisted.  Besides the costume porn, the scenery is incredibly lush.  The scenes are often graphically gruesome, but the passion and romance are tangible.  Sam Heughan is handsome and devilishly sexy...

The Blood

This was Jamie and Claire's Blood Vow at their wedding.  It was incredibly romantic and powerful at the same time. Jamie is so intense and dreamy...

“Because I wanted you." He turned to face me. "More than I ever wanted anything in my life," he added softly.

The Boobs 

There are lots of nakedness in Outlander. Lappings of Cleveage, bare bums and tons of naked flesh.

The wicked Jack Black and Jamie's wee Sister



The Steamy Wedding Night and the Jamie-Ass-Caress

The Busty Laoghaire makes her move on oor Jamie

The Carnage

Spankings, naked Pregnant bellies, whisky guzzling, swords piercing chests, brawling thugs, maimings, whippings, rape, witches, gory shootings....plenty of carnage.


 
 

Dog Days of Summer Blog Fest

Jeremy is hosting a Dog Days of Summer Blog Fest.

Go link up and write your post about the things you love about summer.

Being in the Southern Hemisphere, its the middle of winter here and we actually had snow this week, so I froze my bum off making some parts of this video.  But I still had loads of fun making it.

Only thing is now I'm nursing a really bad cold.  I've already gone through half a box of tissues today and my head hurts!

some of you can't view the above video because of music copyright, so I had to remove the music and do this one.

First Love Fever is only a little Foolishness and a lot of Curiosity.

They say that we never recover from our first love. I wouldn't say we don't reocover, but we certainly never forget.  First loves can really fuck you up for life.  

Alex J. Cavanaugh is hosting a First Love Blogfest today so head on over and see who else's is playing along.  You can also link up and tell us about your first music love, first book love, first music love and first person love.

My First Music Love was Mr Paul Hewson aka Bono from U2.  Oh Em Gee, I thought he was the bees knees and the most handsome man I'd ever laid my eyes on.  That dark hair, those blue eyes and that Irish accent *swoon*

The first U2 12" vinyl album I bought was "War" and I was totally smitten with his music and the band's sound.  After that, I couldn't get enough and I'd get the bus to Hillbrow Record Centre every other weekend to see if they had any new LPs to buy.  If they didn't have what I wanted, I'd order it.  I could remember how excited I was waiting for the release of Joshua Tree.  (Still one of the best albums ever)  I used to read the Smash Hits magazine to get all information I could on him (way before Google). 

I can remember when Bono was on the front cover.  It was 1986 and I swooned and drooled and plastered his posters on my bedroom walls.  I bought badges and postcards with Bono's face on, I wrote his name on my school notebooks, bag and pencil case.  He could do no wrong in my eyes.

My First Movie Love, or telly love, was Ricky Schroder of the television series Silver Spoons.  I wouldn't miss an episode every week because he was so dreamy.  I loved his blonde hair and blue eyes and I thought I'd never see a boy so beatiful until I set my eyes on Johnny Depp in 21 Jump Street.  My mum would let me stay up until 9pm on a Friday night to watch him.  He made my knees weak and my heart pound.  Aahhhh teenage crushes are so brilliant!

Is that a young Alfonso Ribeiro?



My First Book Love would be Shakespeare, believe it or not.  I didn't read much at school, in fact, I only read books if they were on the school mandatory reading list.  I detested reading while I was at school.  However, when we studied the Romeo and Juliet play in my second last year of high school, I was hooked and besotted (cliche, I know). 

After that, I'd scour the second hand books stores looking for Shakespeare classics and read and re-read them.  I still do.

"Like an old photograph
Time can make a feeling fade
But the memory of a first love
Never fades away.”

My First Real Person love was a boy called Mitch.  He was dark and handsome and phoned me every night to talk about nothing in particular.  He wrote me letters, he was the first boy that made me really giggle and the first boy who told me I was beautiful.  I was love-struck.

That Boy stole my heart and broke it at the same time.  I thought HE was the beginning and the end. When he broke up with me, I thought my heart would NEVER mend.  I cried for two days solid.  My world fell apart and I thought I'd never stop crying. My mum dried my tears, held me tight and told me that he was an ARSEHOLE.  Mum told me time would heal my wounds and that this too shall pass.

Mum was right.  Mum is always right.

The Noughties Blogfest 14 November

Dave Wrote This is hosting  The Noughties Blogfest on the 14 November.  Join me in signing up and celebrating your favourite stuff from the Noughties.

Choose one thing from each year from 2000 to 2009, be it a film, a TV show, a radio show, a particular episode of a TV or radio show, a piece of theatre, a book, a comic, a song, an album, a gig, a piece of artwork, something online or something else entirely, and then tell us what you love about it.

Here are the details on how to take part:

• Leave your name and link on the linky below. 
• Feel free to publicise the blogfest on your blog, facebook, twitter, etc and post the above image on your blog if you wish. 
• On the 14th of November post a favourite something for each year 2000-2009, and tell us what you love about each of them. 
• Visit as many other participating bloggers as you can. Compare, contrast and comment on their choices.

Sign Up, Plonkers.

Pay It Forward Blogfest

Today is Pay It Forward Blogfest over at The Quintessentially Questionable Query Experiment.

The idea of a Blogfest is to introduce everyone on the linkylist to three Brilliant Bloggers that either fly underneath the radar or that you think deserve a shout out for others to follow them.  Its a way to get introduced and to follow new bloggers.  

Remember - challenge yourself! 

Really give the new bloggers a chance and read at least 3 posts before you click the close button.  As bloggers, we normally stick to what we know and read the same blogs over and over. Diversify...read something different. I dare ye.  Blogging takes time, commitment and love.  We all love what we blog about.

Here are my three that are Proudly South African Bloggers:

indieberries

Bobbylicious

Darling Claire

I thought these three deserve a loud and proud shout out! Now go read, Tweet and follow them, Plonkers!

Pat It Forward Blogfest October 14, 2011

Welcome to Pay It Forward Blogfest!

The aim of this Blogfest created by  The Quintessentially Questionable Query Experiment is to find other interesting and new bloggers to read and follow. 

All you have to do is link up, take the button and recommend three fellow Brilliant Bloggers. 

So Plonkers, that's the Story in Balamory... Sign up in the linky list, and we will see you in two weeks!

Catch Fire Blogfest, 28 February 2012

Alex is hosting a Blogfest today to promote his new book and I'm help a fellow blogger out!  Go check out his blog and his books.  He's an incredibly talented writer.

"CassaStar was only the beginning…
The Vindicarn War is a distant memory and Byron’s days of piloting Cosbolt fighters are over. He has kept the promise he made to his fallen mentor and friend - to probe space on an exploration vessel. Shuttle work is dull, but it’s a free and solitary existence. The senior officer is content with his life aboard the Rennather.

The detection of alien ruins sends the exploration ship to the distant planet of Tgren. If their scientists can decipher the language, they can unlock the secrets of this device. Is it a key to the Tgren's civilization or a weapon of unimaginable power? Tensions mount as their new allies are suspicious of the Cassan's technology and strange mental abilities.

To complicate matters, the Tgrens are showing signs of mental powers themselves, the strongest of which belongs to a pilot named Athee, a woman whose skills rival Byron’s unique abilities. Forced to train her mind and further develop her flying aptitude, he finds his patience strained. Add a reluctant friendship with a young scientist, and he feels invaded on every level. All Byron wanted was his privacy…

CassaFire
by Alex J. Cavanaugh
Print ISBN 978-0-9827139-4-5
EBook ISBN 978-0-9827139-6-9
Science Fiction - Space Opera/Adventure

Five Star reviews on Edi’s Book Lighthouse and Fantasy Nibbles

Find it on Goodreads

Climate Changes Blogfest

For those of you who don’t know, Blog Action Day is an annual event held every October 15th where bloggers across the world unite to write about a single issue on a single day. We like to think of it as one big blogfest for good, and our goal is to spark conversation on an issue of importance across the web.

 

This year’s topic is climate change, and Blogger thus far has more than 4,000 bloggers from 123 countries registered.

I decided to Blog about our very own home-grown Climate Changes in South Africa.

Climate Change is often referred to as Global Warming. 

Africa faces more challenges than the developed or rich countries in both the impact and capacity to respond to Climate Change.  Climate Change is global problem hence it requires global co-ordinated action.

Our natural resources are rapidly being destroyed, which  we humans solely depend on for food, water, shelter, energy, and other commodities.  This has a huge impact on us and our environment and also delays sustainable development.  Our poisons:

-Carbon dioxide (omitted during the burning of fossil fuels and chemical reactions)

- Methane (produced when burning coal, natural gases and oils)

- Nitrous Oxide (omitted during agricultural and industrial activities and solid waste)

The changing weather patterns in South Africa are becoming evident because of these poisons.  Veld or bush fires are on the increase Natal, while Lesotho was covered in snow?  Weird?  It sure is...Lakes have literally shrunk and the snow on the mountains has dimished.

We need to change people's casual attitude towards global warming and as a country we need to educate everyone on the ripple affect their behaviour is having on our environment.  If everyone does a little something for the environment, it would make it much easier. 

We can start at home with simple tasks: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. 

• Reduce the waste you and your family produce.
• Reuse your items before they become waste.
• Recycle your waste.

In a CC Summit  in March 2006, President Kgalema Motlante said “Acting now on climate change presents the best possibility to overcome the challenges of the global economic crisis through investment in pro-poor, job creating and sustainable ‘green growth’” .