One for Bonho..

Happy pans..

…because the universe will have its little joke every now and again…

Now that’s magic 2..

OK already, that’s far too many youtube clips recently. This will be the last for a while but, trust me, it’s worth it. I just finished mopping up after myself..

David Blaine – Street Magician

Now that’s magic..

The Master at work.

One for Mr. Wilson..

Bridge/tunnel..

My parents recently returned from a Scandinavian cruise and told me about this thing they’d seen from the ship: A bridge from Denmark to Sweden that becomes a tunnel halfway across so that ships can pass over it. I thought they were making it up..

Oh, come on..

.. what’s not to love?

His eyes, her eyes..

..a holy trinity – Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway and Michel Legrand..

Just found this – embeddable iMix..

..so, it appears you can make an iMix and include it in your myspace page. Only works with music available from the iTunes store apparently. Anyway, here’s 9 tunes I’ve been listening to today..

UPDATE; Don’t know if it’s just me, but there appear to be some teething troubles with this thing. Here’s the link anyway..

Pope slams ‘alarmist’ scientists..

Pope Benedict XVI has warned scientists to beware of making alarming predictions without having the proper science to back them up. His remarks are widely being interpreted as a swipe at last week’s forecast that by 2050 the world would have all but depleted its fish stocks.

“Science cannot replace philosophy and revelation by giving an exhaustive answer to man’s most radical questions: questions about the meaning of living and dying, about ultimate values, and about the nature of progress itself,” he said.

Christian nutrition experts have sided with the Holy Father, arguing that, if properly blessed, as little as five loaves and a mere two fishes would be be sufficient to sustain a multitude of people, possibly as many as 5000..

One for Vee..

We interrupt this blog for a public service announcement..

It has come to my attention..

..that there hasn’t been nearly enough Aretha on here of late. So, without further ado..

Seems a long time since people were capable of this kind of thing. I love the moves on the middle backing singer, and I’m not sure quite what Max Castle has concealed behind those lens flares but I find the overall effect positively mesmerising..

Parenting, the Jack Handey way..

“… If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is, “God is crying.” And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is, “Probably because of something you did…”

Leopards in the Temple..

A little parable from Franz Kafka

“…Leopards break into the temple and drink to the dregs what is in the sacrificial pitchers; this is repeated over and over again; finally it can be calculated in advance, and it becomes a part of the ceremony…”

The return of recursion, pac-man style..

…’Percentage of Chart Which Resembles Pac-Man’ represented as a pie-chart, resembling Pac-Man..

(Thanks, Fipi Lele!)

(Via Boing Boing.) ..of course..

Ponta de Areia..

..perhaps the loveliest of all Brazilian songs, performed in a theatrical setting by its composer, the marvellous Milton Nascimento..

…brightened my day a little, anyway…