Alone in a boat.

This lady gave up her day job and decided to row across the Atlantic ocean.

Look at her, she's positively glowing she's so happy. I have taken great heart from this story, especially in the light of my current collegiate circumstances.

Directions

Past the crashed helicopter, turn left at the pile of frozen faeces and if you come to the body, then you've gone too far.

When one thinks about the top of Mount Everest, one usually imagines thin air, frostbite and sherpas. What one does not think of is discarded tents, oxygen cannisters and a couple of abandoned bodies. Amazingly, of the 300 people who have died on Mount Everest, only 150 bodies have been retrieved. Eeeck!

There has been a lot of media coverage during the week about the Eco Everest Mission to clean the top of Chomolungma. A team of 20 climbers have been dispatched to bring town over 2 tonnes of rubbish and a body. Tidy towns anyone?

Earth Hour

At 8.30pm this evening, I plan on turning on all of the lights in my house. I might even put on the oven, the dishwasher, the central heating, the electric shower and plug in every electrical appliance that I can find.

Earth Hour is the latest thing that Minister John Gormley has been promoting. Personally I can't see any advantage in a city turning out the lights for an hour, apart from the obvious gift that it would provide to burglars. In Dublin, our government's contribution to Earth hour is to plunge the Four Courts, Leinster House and Government Buildings into darkness. Bit late, I would feel; the lights went out there a very long time ago.

I love the quote from the Earth Hour sceptic who said "to hold a candles-and-champagne party indoors, on the mildest night of the year [she's Australian], for just one hour, shows the whole thing is green tokenism. Moreover, both candles and champagne emit carbon dioxide."