In a few minutes, it will be my birthday...

To celebrate, here are a few things that tickled my fancy, today:

1. I learned that Brian May, guitarist for Queen, has a Ph.D in astrophysics. That was a casual aside, btw, in a science story on NPR about a mysterious glob of giant glowy gas in Space.
   
   
2. This YouTube vid of Old School Seseme Street with Bert and Ernie singing a litany of "L" words (See what I did, there?). And I agree with Bert. His words are just as lovely as Ernie's; even if the objects the words refer to might be pedestrian (might), the words themselves are nifty. Just saying.
   
   
3. Another Youtube Vid: Outakes from Season 2 of New Who (especailly the bit from 7:40 to 7:53, when K-9 meets a real dog, walking in the park)
   
   
4. My kitty, Trixie, standing in front of my monitor and very purposely putting her paw on my chest.
   
   
5. The Thomas Jefferson Hour on the radio, today, learning about efforts to save the Lakhota language from extinction... especially the bits where I got to hear the sound of that language.