One Astronomer's Noise

I know this isn’t news, but the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Hamlet is running, starring David Tennant as Hamlet and including Patrick Stewart as Claudius. How. Awesome. Is. That! It’s like a sci-fi/Shakespeare nerd’s dream come true! Of course, it’s sold out, so I hear. And across the Atlantic. Hopefully the RSC will record it and sell it the DVD. For now, I can always buy the poster! Check out the fabulous production photos, and some cute commentary from back in May by Neil Gaiman, on the Doctor as Hamlet:

“To be, or not to be, that is the question. Weeelll…. More of A question really. Not THE question. Because, well, I mean, there are billions and billions of questions out there, and well, when I say billions, I mean, when you add in the answers, not just the questions, weeelll, you’re looking at numbers that are positively astronomical and… for that matter the other question is what you lot are doing on this planet in the first place, and er, did anyone try just pushing this little red button?”

One more funny thing, from the Twitter feed (thanks, Steve!): Selections From H.P. Lovecraft’s Brief Tenure as a Whitman’s Sampler Copywriter. The best one IMO:

Caramel Chew

There is a dimension ruled by a blind caramel God-King who sits on a vast, cyclopean milk-chocolate throne while his mindless, gooey followers dance to the piping of crazed flutes. It is said that there are gateways in our world that lead to this caramel hell-planet. The delectable Caramel Chew may be one such portal.