Good News

Hey, the Massachussetts court ruled same-sex marriages to be okay! I'm actually suprised, but gratified thereby.

Almost-Extinct Whistling Language Returns -- with a sound sample of a whistled conversation. Absolutely fascinating.
(Thanks, Orion).

Fragments of Aeschylus's "Achilles" found stuffed in Egyptian mummies, reconstructed play to be put on in Cyprus and Greece next summer. The play was thought to have been wholly destroyed in the fire at the Library of Alexandria.

Filk

To the tune of "There's a Spaceship on the Cover of the Book".

Oh, I cannot find the cover of my book.
Oh, I cannot find the cover of my book.
Though the spine claims it is skiffy,
the connection's rather iffy,
and I cannot find the cover of my book.

With thanks to Trinfinity.