Good news, everybody!

First:
Snow!  Well, ok, flurries.  That didn't last long and didn't stick.  But still, there were white fleck-y things in the sky, and I WAS OUT IN THEM!  Huzzah!

Second:
stick_poker , who is henceforth my personal hero until such time as I come across the next thing that literally makes me *gleep* with delight, has discovered something in "The Eleventh Hour" that everybody else missed.  A bit of a joke, if you will.  ( Unrestrained glee under the cut. )

Third:
Stephen Fry twitted the following article about the role of comedy and its importance and why the modern novel is dying from an angst overdose and I think I am in love with it but am having far too many thoughts about it to say anything coherent now, so I'll just leave this here: Divine Comedy.

Fourth:
A bit by the by, but since I was posting anyway: I think this is the funniest xkcd we've had in a long while.