Last night my friend and I went to a Ceilidh (pronounced KAYLEE), which is a traditional style of Scottish dance (similar to contra dancing). It looks like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXmnP38EAow

and is a lot of fun. I think I might join the Ceilidh Club they have here.

Anyway, at the dance we met some people who invited us to join them at a nearby pub. We all sat down around a big table and all of a sudden one of the guys we were with pulled out a set of bagpipes and began to play. This lead to me asking lots of questions about the pipes, which he and a friend of his (who is a lot like Bera if Bera were Scottish) were gracious enough to answer. So, now I know how the bagpipes work. I now also know dances with titles such as "The Flying Scotsman."

More later. Now for some microwaveable Indian food.

Edit: Deep fried Mars bars. They sound like a good idea at the time, but I think my liver just up and quit on me. This probably won't stop me from trying the deep fried pizza, or the pizza with mayo on it. There is a reason heart disease is prevalent amongst the Scots. Good thing I live about a half hour walk away from the main campus so I'll have lots of opportunities to walk it off.