If I knew how, I'd blow town now

1. Dinosaur feathers, preserved in amber. This is even more wonderful than the Tibetan woolly rhino.

2. I believe this is the nerdiest thing I've ever seen published in a military magazine: "Don't Come to the Dark Side: Acquisition Lessons from a Galaxy Far, Far Away."

3. These would be the songs I've had stuck in my head recently. I apologize in advance for whatever you go around humming for the next few days, unless it turns out they're catchy only by me. ( He's got those red, red lights in his eyes. )

4. Thanks to nineweaving, I have tickets for the live broadcast of One Man, Two Guvnors tonight at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. I wish I were seeing Nicholas Farrell in The Browning Version. Eventually someone will invent the teleporter or I'll invent a budget.

5. Written to margavriel, who thought it would make (avert!) a good Facebook status: "There are lots of things I wouldn't miss about the '50's, but the proliferation of extremely intelligent people doing silly things at a piano may never be seen again."

Off to catch a bus.