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… and so the expenses mess continues. It’s so frequently on the tv and in the papers now that it’s becoming boring. Now we learn that they have been using taxpayers money to pay for flowers in the garden. Lovely.

There is an article on Neil Gaiman here, and it’s wonderful. It begins in a beautiful and artistic sort of way, and perfectly captures the craziness and contrast of images and ideas that must reside inside an authors mind. Certainly an author like Gaiman, who has dabbled in so many different mediums and genres that it boggles the mind. As you read the article, it is a story in itself; a journey, and there is a very real sense that anything can happen at any time. Such is the beauty of the mind of a master storyteller.

And there is also some interesting news here. A study in birds’ intelligence has been undertaken, and these rooks in particular have shone. Indeed, without having seen the setup before, they quickly and efficiently devised instruments out of wire to fish out worms from the bottom of a tube.

Equally impressive are the images that go with the article. Wonderful stuff.