For people who like sonnets

Roz Kaveney wrote an opinion piece in the Guardian about atheists' response to "I'll pray for you". This is notable because it was in the form of a sonnet. I think more opinion pages should be in sonnet form.

I commented with an impromptu sonnet of my own.

Some heraldry

CUHaGS has a beautiful and sensible shield, combining as it does references to the Society's colours and the University, but the crest always makes me want to say "HEY YOU GUYS, I FOUND A CHICKEN IN THE LIBRARY." (Yes, I do know why it's there.)

Recent grants include:

a doctor who plays rugby (oh, very nice).

a commander in the navy (from the "almost impossible to blazon" department). I really like this one, except that a mermaid-elephant just makes me laugh, which presumably isn't the idea. Also notable for the three colours in the mantling: I have no idea why, since there's no gold on the shield or the torse.