Sand and me have handled the most bizarre briefs

Poetry isn't something I generally connect to, but just as last year was my experiment in 'trying to understand vids', I thought I'd use this poetry month to try out some poetry. I went through a phase of memorising it, although the only things I can remember now are the couplets of "If" in a more or less random order, "Shall I compare thee to a Summer's Day", a couple of Yeats poems and this one:

( She walks in beauty... )

And while we're on the subject, I can't recommend the Mark Steel lecture on Byron highly enough. He has a few series on 'People with a Passion' and is a joy to listen to.

Oh, and not directly on that subject, but related to the idea of 'People with a Passion', if you can access the BBC iPlayer, try the latest Horizon programme. (apiphile, you'll like this - it's an hour of Marcus du Sautoy getting enthusiastic about maths and at one point they scan his brain :D) I swear, I fangirl that man to an embarrassing degree. Since the programme features Alan Davies getting maths lessons, you can also watch it and see where I went to school! We even had the same maths teacher *g*

I have a whole load more links I wanted to share with you, but for now, I'll settle for Diablo III - Archivist. There's more like this under my 'LJ' tag at my delicious account if anyone wants to get a head start on my next linkspam.

And if anyone spots my life while they're out and about, please send it back, along with the sleep that I seem to be missing at the moment. Ta muchly :)