"Even though it's the same old morning / it's dressed in vivid colors"

" ... that's the miracle of our chance encounter / you are not alone, because I'm with you"

Short shameful confession: The first time I heard the opening theme to the second season of the Aria anine, my first response was "But -- but -- but -- they changed it!" -- which was not so much a "change!bad!" reaction as a "how could anything be as good as "Undine"?" reaction. Now, tho', I'm all but obsessing over "Euforia" (I can't really recommend the somewhat lame official video). And for your browsing pleasure while you listen, here's some links that have nothing to do with gondoliering on a terraformed Mars:

• Special to buymeaclue, who will have seen it fifteen-dozen times by now: as an example of how everything really is better with zombies, how about Jane Austen? (via)
  
  
• I've liked this song for a while, but I'd never seen the live-action stop-motion music video, which is just about perfect. (via)
  
  
• Reproducing your desktop workspace on your computer desktop. (via)
  
  
• Candyland as an introduction to how to play a game. (via)
  
  
• Why overstructured playtime without free play may be bad for children. (via)
  
  
• Principles of the American Cargo Cult. For overseas readers, yeah, this pretty much describes Americans in their pathological state. Which explains a lot. (via)
  
  
• Photos of Sculptures at the Sapporo Snow Festival. Where else are you going to get captions like "Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers cleaning mouse heads"?
  
  
• Wm. Shakespeare's Five and Twenty Random Things Abovt Me. Now we need Chaucer's. (via all over)
  
  
• Reasons I love Wikipedia #521: List of oldest companies.

---L.