Potpourri

So as of my third day here, I've quickly realized that I need a general depository post for brilliant, but categorically random stuff...


1/16/10 Visit to Cambridge University

Old School...                                                            

...New School?

Why the University Library is officially my favorite place on campus

n.
1. An act of masturbation
2. A detestable person
...could be worse

Behold, the Paternoster!

First built in 1884 by Londoner J. E. Hall as the Cyclic Elevator, the name paternoster ("Our Father", the first two words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin) was originally applied to the device because the elevator is in the form of a loop and is thus similar to rosary beads used as an aid in reciting prayers.

1/22/10 On the train to London
What to have a 'prior engagement' may actually imply in England

Strolling around west-central London

Knowing that the meerkats are on the look out assuages any fears evoked by the sexual predators sign

1/26 Officially the best sign on campus and perhaps even all of England

I'm not offended, but really just more puzzled by the marketing strategy behind this...