You know what's an excellent thing to do on a lazy Sunday? Take a trip to Ireland! Okay, so maybe that's a bit expensive, especially last minute, but how about a virtual trip?

Rambles, Sketches, Tours: Travellers & Tourism in IrelandBasically, I made an exhibit for my library and now it is online and you should check it out! I am quite proud of ( Read more... )

The Firefly opening credits ... [1980s-style]!

Plus, [Simon Tam M.D.]!

From [io9] via [Bad Astronomy].

Aww, Firefly. ♥

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[The Tattúínárdœla Saga], being a retelling of Star Wars, Icelandic epic saga style. In Old Norse, even!!

No, I can't read it, either. But it is still awesome. And there will be English summaries someday. For now, check out the faux-academic [introduction].

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This made me smile: [Blue Giant leaves footprints in Scotland].

The puppetry is amazing, and of course I love the tale and the storykeepers. :)

There's more at the official site, [Big Man Walking], including some illustrated PDFs of the tale.

It would be so cool to see this in person!

As of yesterday, it's [National Library Week] here in the U.S. Woo, libraries! \o/ I, for one, am a fan of libraries. *g*

( Libraries, after all, are where all the cool kids hang out. )

In honour of V-Day, some brave & beautiful women I've heard about on the radio lately, and a song.

( as we come marching, marching )

BBC article, pointed out by elspethsheir: [ 'Arctic unicorns' in icy display ]

Narwhals, people! There's a ~2 minute video clip with the article and it is so amazing and beautiful. aksjkfhl.

Dude, I love this sort of footage of how awesome our world is. Planet Earth fills me with all kinds of wonder. But I have a weird particular affinity for the frozen ( Read more... )

Three cool things for the month of May! :)

A Song:
Romeo & JulietThis song is absolutely gorgeous. I'm completely in love with it and can listen to it on repeat for quite a while before deciding I should probably give my other music some attention. It is sung by a college a cappella group (not sure which one, as I got the song from a friend, ( Read more... )