Doctor Who: The Mutants

This one is long and mediocre. It's your standard cartoonish bad guy, occupiers oppressing the indigenous people of Solos, etc. The twist here is that the indigenous people mutate as part of their species' natural life cycle and they don't know it.

Skip this one. I remembered it being bad and that's why the Whoathon had such a long break. I kept putting off watching it.

THE RUNDOWN

Doctor: Third
Companions: Jo Grant
Episode: #63, "The Mutants," six parts
Adversary: the Overlords and the Marshall

Classic Lines: scientist: "Earth is fighting for its survival. The side effects are of no importance." the Doctor: "Genocide as a side effect! You ought to write a paper on that, professor."

Tuck This Away to Impress Your Friends: The Doctor goes to Solos on a mission from the Time Lords.
Next Up: "The Time Monster"

Two T's Mini Golf

Dave and I went to Two T's for mini golf recently. I haven't played for years, and I was hoping this local place would be fun. We played the outdoor course, but there's a glow in the dark indoor course of 18 holes, too.

It was so much fun! The course was great. There were fun obstacles (including the obligatory windmill) and a neat cave. For one of the holes, you had to hit your ball into the water and let it be carried along to the second part of the hole. Cool.

The winner gets a free water ice. If you live in the Lehigh Valley, check it out.

Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Last weekend Dave and I visited Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey.

We walked the trails near the visitor center, and then we walked the trails and checked out the bird blinds in the wildlife observation area. Well, the trails near the visitor center were peaceful and we saw some cool birds.

great blue heron

The wildlife observation area was a bust. It was crowded and the wildlife were nowhere to be found. I'm glad we went, but it's probably not worth the drive there to go back.

Mom's chocolate cake

No, it's not MY mom's chocolate cake. This recipe is from Food & Wine. It's supposed to be one of the 40 best recipes in their history. Um, no.

This cake was bad. I didn't finish it. Let me repeat that- I didn't finish a piece of chocolate cake.

What else needs to be said?