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Yesterday we attended a rehearsal of the famous Grantchester Bovine Acapella Trio.

Actually, they were trying to reach this particularly tasty tree which was growing just a bit too far out over the river.

Neil deGrasse Tyson is just superb. This video has (a) some ads that pop up that you'll want to dismiss and (b) a microphone glitch early on so you'll need to wait until he swaps mics. But trust me, it's worth the effort.

Amazing what technology can do with music; what it could do, even back in 2008...

Aleksey Igudesman

Thanks to Adrian Higgs for the link.

I would like to propose a revision to the traditional blessing, which is a little more optimistic, but still covers all eventualities.

For what we are about to receive
We are most truly thankful.
May the Lord make us even more so.
(Above all, if we need it,
After we receive it.)

Lovely cartoon from Brevity.

Spotted on Facebook a while back. Shared in the free world.

From 'Art Roflmao'. Lovely.

A very nice short video from the Washington Post.

(Scroll down linked page for video)

...may want to install their lavatories elsewhere?

I picture a ne'er-do-well hobbit, probably an associate of Ted Sandyman's, who is seldom seen, but is believed to be the source of much unexplained mischief at St Catharine's College. He goes by the name of 'Slippery' Underfoot...

Is it cruel of the Italians to make soup from inspired beans?

Or were the beans inspired by Italians before they were turned into soup?

Is the soup, itself, perchance, inspired? In which case, I must be heartless to consume something so sentient.